Dear List members, I have very good reason to believe that the first of my ancestors, surname SILPATH, was a Native American. The area is around the Burlington, NJ area. I know from history books that there was a very large population of Native Americans in that area in the Colonial times. The family story (known and told by each branch - even though the branches didn't know one another), is that the first SILPATH was a Native American and that he fell in love and married a colonial girl. He then changed his name from Silver Path to Silpath. I don't know how to research that information. Can anyone give me guidance? The earliest Silpaths that I have proof of date to about 1740's. I can't find the name on Ship records. All Silpaths that I do find are definitely related. There is only ONE Silpath family. Any guidance that anyone can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Suzanne