appear to be related to the Severs family. Vesta Nadine Severs of Newton Co MO tells me that Darlene wrote a Severs family history going back to Wm Severs 1752 and Catherine Peck. I would , greatly, appreciate their addresses, preferably Email as I appear to have additional info on this family , both additional children, and ancestry of Catherine Peck. Lets consider having anyone we correspond with via Email to subscribe to Severs-L by writing Severs-L-request@rootsweb.com and putting subscribe in the subject and body of the letter. Then we can carry on more public correspondence via email with them and this will make it more likely someone will have additional information on the same subject and wish to help. The list is quite inactive but additional info is trickling in all the time. I would love to have a history of William Severs l797 and his descendency as I only have portions of it. He lived in Anderson Co TN (probably born there), ARkansas from about l830-l850, likely a little less, and died in Newton Co MO area. I have info on his brother Daniel H Severs l802 and Jacob Peck Severs l809. The latter is right complete. I would be glad to cooperate on any research project involving Severs families even unrelated to mine and would "kill" to find the actual birth date of Wm Severs l752 who lived in ANderson Co TN from his marriage in Montgomery Co VA l793 or, at least by l800, to l849 (yes he was 97 at that time) when he moved with his son John Severs l798 to Nodaway Co MO and died there in l852. There was a deserting Hessian Soldier named Johannes Wilhelm Siebert who deserted in Savanna GA in July of l782 and never returned to Germany. He cannot be found among the Siebert families. In my family there was a family legend about a Hessian Soldier and I would like to prove that he was or WAS NOT the same person as William Severs l752. The Hessian was born in Germany, obviously, in l751 but the calender change in England and the Colonies changed that part of l751 into l752 and I believe it might be responsible for confusion in the birth date of Wm Severs l752 if that were the case. His birth date might be written l751/2 as the German was born in Feb l751. On the English calender there was NO FEBRUARY of l751 as it was taken into l752 making l751 a "short year" by removing January and February from l751 and giving them to l752 making January the first month of l752 when March was the first month of l751. I know it is complex but it works (note September means 7, October means 8, November means 9, and December means l0th month)--These were named before the calender change and when March was the first month of the year (l751 and before) Best wishes for the coming new year. Charles Severs Sorry for the long message, but it is a favorite speculation