Stephanie, I don't know if your dates is necessarily "wrong." I'm of the impression the Neptune made several crossings. Here's *some* information online (though granted, not a huge amount). http://genealogy.org/~palam/ships.htm I've not yet located full passenger lists, though possibly there are some online. Here's another url that lists records submitted by people concerning specific surnames...though subject to the usual errors. Perhaps it will be of some help as well: http://palam.org/ia_index.htm Hope this helps, Sandy teylu@home.com ========== Conquest Music wrote: > > Hi Ray > Sorry, me again. I see that the Bolich's came over on the Neptune. The > Barrier/Berrier folklore is that we came over on the Neptune in 1727 (yr > must be wrong) and Capt Wilkinson steered the ship. I finally decided > that this information came down to us (verbally) from the Valentine > Leonard side of the family as this info was true for this family only I > believe the year was 1746. But just in case,you wouldn't happen to have > a list for the passengers of the Neptune which brought the Bolch family > would you? > Bye > Stephanie > > alby6@juno.com wrote: > > > > Dear Sandy, > > > > I think the given name for Casper Bolch most likely came from the old > > German practice of giving children a saint's name, usually as a first > > name followed by the name, sometimes also a saints name, by which the > > child was actually called. His full name was Johan Caspar Bolch. > > According to tradition, Caspar/Gaspar was one of the Three Magi (the > > others being Melchior and Balthasar, which also were used as given names > > in German families). The name also gets transmuted to Jasper. The > > Bolch family came from the Vosges Mountains region in Alsace-Loraine > > according to a notation in an old family Bible. > > > > The Barger family in Lincoln County, NC was not related to the > > Berrier/Berger/Barger family in Davidson County. The Lincoln (now > > Catawba) County family descends from Simeon Barger, of English > > extraction. He was a Quaker and came to Lincoln County from Berks > > County, PA. Most of his descendants, though, did marry Germans! > > > > Best regards, > > Ray Yount > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.