For those of you who believe you may descend from John Snow and Elizabeth Lower (Lauer), there is a lot about the Lowers' ancestry of Elizabeth Lower on the internet. She is shown as the daughter of Peter Lower at Charles John Tippet's website below: http://members.home.net/charlestippet/lower003.htm#id3931 However, this is not correct. Peter Lower who was born in 1778 was a contemporary of Elizabeth Lower Snow. Mr. Tippet emailed me: "There was an elder Johann Peter Lower who resided in Orange County, VA (he is also listed on the Tippet web page - the son of John Michael Lower, b. 1715). He was born in 1752 in PA. This was most likely the father of Elizabeth. I don't know if this is a coincidence, but there were quite a few Lowers who migrated to Roane County, TN, that I have not been able to connect into my database. I would guess they may be descendants of Johann Peter Lower of Orange County, VA but this is pure speculation on my part." . John Michael1 Lower was born in Jan 1715. He was baptized on 17 Jan 1715 Hirstein, Saarland, Germany. He married Anna Barbara Frey, daughter of Johann Peter Frey and Anna Barbara Schmidt, on 9 Jun 1741 Moden Creek (now Muddy Creek), Cocalico township, Lancaster, PA. He was buried in Moravian Church Cemetery, Heidelberg township, Berks County, PA. He died on 15 Apr 1789 Berks County, PA at age 74. He was also known as Hans Lauer. He sailed from Rotterdam with his parents aboard the ship "Samuel," Hugh Percy, Master. He immigrated on 30 Aug 1737 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. He lived in Tulpehocken township, Berks County, PA. He was naturalized on 24 Sep 1761 Heidelberg township, Berks, PA. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He lived in 1785 in Heidelberg township, Berks County, PA. Frey-Lower lineage Heinrich Frey (b.1588 Kononau, Kt Zurich, Switzerland), m. Anna Hoen (b.1598, Wadenswil. Kt Zurich, Switzerland). Their son was Gregorius Frey (b.1610), m. Verena Oberdorfer (b.c1616). Their son was Johan Jacob Frey (b.1648), m. Anna Marie Schauben (b.1688). Their son was Johann "Hans" Peter Frey (b.1689 Alsace, FR), m. Anna Barbara Schmidt (b.1696). They came to Pennsylvania and their daughter Anna Barbara Frey married John Michael Lower, also called Hans Lauer. You might want to check: http://www.genforum.com/lower http://www.genforum.com/frey _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.