> > >> Pat >> I do not believe that William Severs l752 was related to Henry Seaver of >> Botetout as there was a William Severs in the l800 Census of Botetout Co >> living with two males . at that time Wm Severs and wife had l female child >> and two male children , or more, and probably lived in Anderson Co TN. It >> is interested that daughter of Wm Severs married Wm Lamar and Daughter of >> Henry Seaver married James Lamar and that would suggest some connection. >> I believe there were multiple persons named William and the sorting is > > unclear. > The William Severs in the 1800 Botetourt Co. census could be the William who died in 1817 leaving children in Wythe Co., although there should have been 3 sons by 1800 instead of two: Henry 1794, John 1795, Joseph 1796, William C. 1800, Jeremiah 1805, Susannah 1805. The Bible of this William C. (John b. 1795 also had a son named William C. b. 1827) is in the possession of the Smyth Co. (VA) Historical Society. If the William Severs in the 1800 was the William who died in 1817, or another unknown William, would it not still be possible that the William 1752 was a brother of Henry b. 1743? Pat -- Patricia M. Seaver Williamsville, New York