The English vs German line is discussed in several pages in the Lutz book, as well as in the other material I am including. #1 -- The English cannot be documented. See also my replay to Barbara Lake Peters, cc'd to you. Miriam ----- Original Message ----- From: <JAKEOWEN@aol.com> To: <PETERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 1:01 PM Subject: Re: Historical Account of the Peters Family > Hi Miriam, > > Saying that Tunis was named after Catherine's grand-father is like me saying "the name Newton was handed down from Newton Peters(the English speculation, way back they were sad to be Dutch through Thomas Dykewoode Peters)". In addition the Petters spelling could be an English spelling for an Irish-Scotch name of Peddars. I think your theory is a posibility, but still falls in the speculative category. Do you have anything solid everyone can grasp onto in your material? Also can you help me in uderstanding the weaknesses of the Eglish theory? > > Did I mention that I am not from this line, but from the > James Peters line. James Peters is speculated to be of Scottish origin, but that's all it is right now! I am very curious about Tunis though!!! > > John Peters > New York > > In a message dated Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:37:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "mbshare" <mbshare@mindspring.com> writes: > > > Hi, John: The English lineaege cannot be documented; in fact, most has been > > proven invalid. The ancestry of Tunis and Francinah Adams Peters is proven > > by: the family Bible wherein he signed his name as Petters and lists > > births, deaths, and movement west of his children; 1880 census records for > > their three surviving children; Hampshire Co., VA land and legal records; > > Rev. War pension records; Loudoun Co., VA administration records; New Jersey > > Archives; Hunterdon Co., NJ records. A Tunis descendant married into a > > Newton family. > > > > Tunis's mother was Catherine Quick Peters. Quick is a Dutch name and Tunis > > is used repeatedly in her ancestry. The original spelling in the Quick > > family was Thoenis. > > As early as 1950, researchers were questioning the English lineage. > > > > Miriam ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <JAKEOWEN@aol.com> > > To: <mbshare@mindspring.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 7:58 AM > > Subject: Re: Historical Account of the Peters Family > > > > > > > Miriam- > > > > > > I have heard people say that Tunis has been proven to be of German Origin. > > The name Tunis is a Dutch name! > > > > > > Further, Tunis has descendents named Newton! What is the proof that Tunis > > is in fact German? I never heard anyone bring proof to table on this! > > > > > > John Peters > > > A James Peters Descendent > > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >