I haven't spent a lot of time on my WEAVERs once I visited the Northampton Co. (PA) Historical Society a few years ago, and had every single research assistant there stumped as to where my WEAVERs fit in ;-) So, since Randy mentioned this county with his Tobias WEAVER, I thought I'd post about mine. My G-G-Grandpa was Fredrick "Fred" WEAVER Jr. (1830-1898). According to a church death notice, he was the S/O Friedrich/Fredrick Sr. & Sophia (maiden name unknown) WEAVER of Northampton Co. Fred supposedly followed his blacksmith father to Pottsville in the late 1840s, where he married a Caroline CONRAD circa 1850; they had three surviving daughters. The girls' names were handed down for a few generations, so they may be family names: Christine Sophia, Henrietta Marie, and Caroline L. Fred's obituary also listed a sister (first name unknown) who married a Mr. SMITH (:-p). Fred then moved to Elizabethville in Dauphin Co., started a distillery called Weaver & Son, and married Catherine HELFRICH. They had only one son, Harry, to carry on the name -- though *he* did his duty and fathered over a dozen kids! The family rumor is that Fred &/or his father came directly from Germany, and I tend to believe it (although I haven't had an opportunity to research as deeply as I'd like). Any clues gratefully accepted! Judy Lynn WEAVER jweaver@kellyadv.com ---My British Isles heritage includes: Bovill?, Brewis, Burnett, Chesney, Cheeseman/Ch(r)isman, Clifton, Crawford, Crossland, Edwards, Emerson?, Glover?, Higgins, Horn, Johns, Johns(t)on?, Main, McClure, Merton, Myers, Nash, Ritchie?, Stephenson?, Stanier?, Storey?, Whitmore, Wilbrau?, Wildridge, Wilson. ---My "Pennsylvania Dutch" heritage includes: Arnold, Bayer/Beyer, Click/Klick, Daub, Dreibelbis, Feherenback, Heitzman, Helfrich, Hepler, Hoch, Hoffman, Jury, Kehler, Marmelot/Mermilo, Messerschmidt?, Peffley, Phillips, Sassamanshausen, Scharadin, Scheible, Schmidt, Schram/Shrum, Sherrick, Wanner, Weaver, Welker