This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ncB.2ACE/1443.1.2 Message Board Post: Just a tidbit that may be an item of interest to you since your great grandfather came from New Bern, NC. My ancestor, Baron Tscharner DeGraffenreid landed in New Bern in September, 1711 where he brought 600 peasants from Europe who suffered the persecution there.