Nancy, Interesting! My Isaac Gibbons married Mary Gangwer. They came to Virginia from Pennsylvania because Mary's father, John George Gangwer, had moved there first. Whatever the proper spelling of this surname is, there are many variants -- GANGWER and GONGWER are but two of the spelling variants. I bet that Joseph GONGWER must have been a descendant of John George GANGWER. What more do you have on Joseph Gongwer? -- Mary Norma Lewis wrote: > > [snip] > Tollarus md. first Nancy Gongwer,daughter of > Joseph and Jane. > [snip]