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.