This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAUDER, EMERICK, POTTER, BADER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/odB.2ACI/506 Message Board Post: I am wondering if any PAPERRY Lister is also researching the Bauder or Emerick names, and might have anything to share or to further the ancestry research. I am researching the POTTER family in 1820 Buffalo Township. My family name was evolved into the Anglicized "POTTER" from the surname BADER or BAUDER. The name seems to have evolved from Bauder to Potter over the period from about 1810 to 1830. They have also been found earlier (1800-1810) listed as BOUGHTER on census and tax lists in Cumberland County. I have just recently read the passage below from page 202 of the Annals of the Buffalo Valley. It references a George Bauder and Catharine Emerick. " 9th August, 1786, John Aurand appointed guardian of Margaret and Catherine Emerick, children of David Emerick, deceased. Finally there is a release recorded at Lewisburg, dated the 26th of September, 1816, from James Thompson to George Schoch, which recites that David Emerick left a widow, named Catherine, and two daughters, Margaret, intermarried with James Thompson, and the other intermarried with George Bauder, and he, Thompson, releases his wife's share of David Emerick's estate, amounting to $516 75. So it seems that the wife, and at least one of the daughters, married... ..The plaintiffs then gave in evidence the records of an ejectment, No. 138, May Term, 1834. James Thompson and Margaret, his wife, late Margaret Emerick, in right of said Margaret, George BAUDER and Catherine, his wife, late Catherine EMERICK, vs. David Zeluff and Robert Hilands, and called the late James Merrill, Esquire, who said that he had brought "this suit at the instance of David Thorburn, who showed me a power of attorney, which he took away with him again. I never knew the man before. He said he lived in Canada." They also offered letters from Thorburn from Canada, post-marked Lewistown, which were rejected. This ejectment was non-prossed under the rules." I am hoping something additional may surface to identify this George Bauder and help to determine if this George Bauder is mine. The time frame would be right. If anyone has further interest or information that connects with this BAUDER or EMERICK family, please contact me. Thank you. Virginia Jones Arnold, MD