>There is no known connection to the Seaver(s) family of Henry and Elizabeth >Seaver of Botetout Co VA with children Jacob, John, and Elizabeth(who married >James Lamar) other than their connection through the Lamar family... So, I >believe there was a William Severs and a William Seaver. I would like to find >proof that Wm Severs and Wm Seaver were the same person as more genealogy of >the Henry Seaver family of Botetout Co VA is known and I cant find any >ancestry for Wm Severs born l752 unless he happens to be the same person as >Deserting Hessian soldier from July l782 Savanna GA named Johannes Wilhelm >Siebert born l751. >Anyone with any information on Wm Severs, Wm Seaver, or Johannes Wilhelm >Siebert prior to l793 (probably in the area between Savanna GA and Montgomery >CO VA) such as an indenture or oath of allegiance, or anything. I would kill >for the information. >Charles Severs > Charles, There were definitely two different William Severs/Seaver(s) in VA & East TN. The William Seavers 1752-1852 married Catherine Peck in VA and died in Nodaway Co, MO. His DOB and DOD are established from the 1850 Nodaway Co, MO census and by death records in MO. There is also ample evidence of his residence in Knox and Anderson Co, TN. My husband's grgrgrgrandfather was another William Seavers/Severs/Sivers. He died in 1817, leaving minor children in Wythe Co, VA. He had connections in Scott Co. VA and Hawkins Co, TN. His DOD is established by orphans' records in Wythe Co. and other court records there. His name is established by his second wife's death certificate in Scott Co, VA. My *hypothesis* is that the William who died 1817 was a brother of Jacob, John and Elizabeth. He *may* have been the William who bonded Elizabeth's marriage to James Lamar. Jacob Seaver lived in Scott Co. until 1820; his wife's parents lived in Hawkins. I believe that the two Williams were probably connected in some way; perhaps they were uncle/nephew (more hypothesizing). I think that the spelling variations should be ignored, for the most part. The family of the William who died in 1817 used Seavers, Seevers, Severs, Sivers in earlier years. It is only in the 20th century that we begin to see any real consistency in the spelling of surnames in general. Pat Seaver whose husband's great-great-grandfather's marriage record says "John Sivers". -- Patricia M. Seaver Williamsville, New York