This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WVUBAEB/12.82.109.1 Message Board Post: I know that Amer apparently had a son named William b. ABT 1698 or 1700...The name VIA changed to VIAR, VIARS, VIRES, VIER, VIERS to name the most common variations. It is in no way Native American...just French apparently.