This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lBHBAIB/72.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The only connection of Severs I am aware of is a "Dennis Severs House" in London. It turned out to be a Dinner theater and Dennis was a relative of a Kentucky Severs family Desc of an illigitimate son of a Dr George Kincaid and a housemaid named Cynthia Barnett. Cynthia married a Severs (apparently from the family of Frederick Severs, a Revolutionary War Soldier) who adopted him, fathered a couple more children, and disappeared. The son was William Porter Severs who fathered a Clan of Severs and lived in Apanoose Co IA in the USA. Possibly you could write Severs-L-request at rootsweb.com and say subscribe (one word only) and then Write your querry to Severs-L@rootsweb.com. You should also explain the prevalance of Seaver and Severs in the UK as most Seaver in the US seem to be of English origin and most Severs/Sever seem to be of Germanic Origin. During the English period (pre 1776) many German and other names were changed to Seaver as that seemed to be the common English spelling.