Dear Judy, No, not at all did I intend to imply that I thought there was but one immigrant ancestor of ours, Amor Via. I do believe that we all descend from him. I intended to explain perhaps why some of the Vias and Maupins who left Hanover began to attach the name William to Amor's name, but the Vias who remained in Hanover never did append Amor's name to include William. The Albemarle families had moved away from the original home and this was a way to stay connected to the patriarch by combining Amor's name with son, William. The Hanover Vias were there where Amor and wife lived and died. They knew and could visit and even be buried in the same location as Amor and wife, Mary or Margaret. It's just an idea, an explanation, a theory. I know for certain that there is no documentation that includes William as part of Amor's name. I surely have no objection if it is the truth, but regardless of who or how often I ask for source for this William Amor or Amor William business, it has never been forthcoming, and I think the reason for such is that it does not exist. Janelle

Janelle - I think that the connection of William with the name of Amor/Amer came about from the research of Socrates Maupin. I think I remember reading in his notes that he had both William and Amer listed as the immigrant ancestor with a question mark. Dr. Socrates Maupin was the grandson of William Maupin, who was a son of Margaret, the daughter of Amer VIA. It seems that when he was doing his family research in the mid-1800s that the name of Margaret VIA's father had been forgotten by then.