My experience has been that if the name was originally 'Zeller' prior to becoming 'Sellers', then it designated that the line was of German descent. That is the case for my line as my 6 Great Grandfather was Heinrich Zeller. Born in Mottgers, Hesse, Germany in 1704, he and the family emigrated to America in 1738 when they landed in Philadelphia. My same experience has been that if the name was Sellers when they arrived in America, then they were usually of Anglican descent from England, Ireland, Scotland, etc., ie, non-German. I've seen the name misspelled in various records as Siller, Sellar, Keller, Ciller, etc. Personally, I've never seen nor heard of the name "von Scheller", but stranger things have happened ... Michael Sellers -----Original Message----- From: AKent616@aol.com [mailto:AKent616@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 03:49 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] Sellers, Abraham I've recently heard from a cousin that our ancestor, Abraham Jesse/Lenda Sellers, born in Pennsylvania, either he was the immigrant, or his father was...but that the original name was von Scheller of Germany.. and it was changed to Sellers in America. Now, the question is, has anyone on the list also heard this? Also, could the name have been also Zeller, Keller, Ciller...etc? I'd be interested in hearing some discussion along these lines. Ann K.