Jim, I find your SEVERS very interesting but can't shed any light on your question. I am Carolyn L. SEVERS, Berry Clouse and my documented SEVERS ancestor is William SEVERS born TN ca 1794-97. He moved to Newton County, MO, is in 1840 census there also 1850 and 1860. There is A Charles Jackson SEVERS who married Basima BALLARD who is suppose to have been born near Knoxville, TN in 1811 who comes to Washington County, AR by 1833[ some say 1830]. Our MO line is suppose to be related to the AR line but after 45 years of research I nor any one else has proven it. I sponsored My brother, Don in a Y DNA SEVIER and variant spelling, project at Family Tree DNA site some months ago. So far there are 2 SEVERS participating and he and I are trying to get more SEVERS involved. We are even offering to help any one pay the fee if the only reason stopping them is the cost. I am in correspondence to the AR SEVERS, BALLARD researcher and can tell you Basima BALLARD'S father and brother are named Thomas and they came from AL. My G, father, son of William, Francis Marion SEVERS Sr. born 1846 married Sarah Caroline LEWIS who's parents came to MO from Claiborne County, TN I saw the SEVERS in listed in the North in the IGI but don't know if or how my southern ones might be connected? Sorry I can't be of help! If you know any SEVERS who might be interested in the DNA project please pass the word along. They must be male because the Y DNA is passed from father to son only. A female can sponsor a Male SEVERS Carolyn" Carol' > [Original Message] > From: Carl Roache <croache48@comcast.net> > To: <SEVERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/16/2005 6:23:00 AM > Subject: Severs family New jersey > > I have just begun researching my Severs family line after learning that my g-g-grandmother Beulah Shemeley Severs is the daughter of Benjamin Asbury Severs and Elma Hurley. Both the Severs and the Hurley families connect to very early Burlington Co. families such as the Haines, Borton, Sharp, and Stokes families, all of whom are well-documented. > I have accumulated quite a bit of research on the Burlington Co. Severs line, including early NJ wills from the NJ Archives. My concern is trying to determine if my Severs line is directly connected to the line of Robert Seaver and Elizabeth Ballard who settled in Roxbury, MA in 1634. A number of online family trees list my g-g-g-g-g-grandfather Peter Severs (who married Hannah Lewis on July 16, 1757 in Evesham Twp., NJ in Burlington County) as the son of Shubael Seaver II, who is in the direct line to Robert and Elizabeth, but offer no verification. Verification is what I seek. > Thanks! > Jim Roache > Burlington, NJ > > > ==== SEVERS Mailing List ==== > This Severs-L is set to reply to the list so that all readers may benefit from the message. If the message is private or of NO genealogical interest to others, send it to the individual. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx