Judy, I don't have any info on Elizabeth Lynch. I have seen the spelling of the ship they sailed on as Debores. Would you be willing to share your Margaret Somerville line? This info comes from a researcher in Lost Creek, WV. History of the Sommerville Family The Somerville of Wirt and surrounding counties are of Irish extraction, though it is known that people of that name were natives, not only of Ireland, but of England and Scotland, long before the Irish Sommervilles migrated to America. In Ireland and England at an early date they were of the title class. The progenitor of the family in this county, and the first of whom we have any direct knowledge was one Solomon Somerville, who lived in the county Donegal, Ireland. The date of his birth and information relative to his family are lacking, except for his children who came to America. Sailed to America in 1795 Three sons, James, Samuel and Robert, or Andrew (of whom we have no record) accompanied by one sister, Elizabeth, who was already wed to John Burnsides before leaving Ireland, also the parents of Mr. Burnsides were among the immigrant party. They set sail about, April 6, 1795, on the ship Debores. The voyage covered a period thirteen weeks on the water. They landed on the 6th or 7th of July of the same year. The plan of their landing is not definitely known. But, considering the topography of the country, and the route of travel westward, the place of settlement, which was in western Virginia, and that some of the Burnsides settled in Rockingham County, Virginia it is more than likely that they landed somewhere on the coast of Virginia. It was just below the mouth of Hackers Creek, now the Good Hope community, on the West Fork River in Harrison County, Virginia that these people chose for a home site. It was there that James Sommerville and the Burnside family purchased land consisting of several hundred acres of John Ellsworth and others. Elizabeth Sommerville Burnside died June 22, 1861, age unknown. She and her husband have many descendants living in Ritchie, Harrison and Lewis Counties. James Sommerville Born in Ireland James Sommerville was born in Ireland, March 22, 1752, and died July 2, 1821. The maiden name of his wife is believed to be Lynch. He and his wife are buried in the family cemetery where the old pioneer Bethel church was located near Good Hope. James had three sons, Andrew and James were born in Ireland. Andrew was nine years old and James was only a few months old at the time of their departure. Robert, the youngest, was born May 1, 1800, at Good Hope, Harrison County. He married Mary Ward. In 1844, he and his family moved to Auburn, Ritchie County. Their children were James, Martin, Franklin, John, Sarah, Margaret, Drusila, and Nancy. Robert Sommerville, father of this family and a son of James, a native of Ireland, died June 19, 1871. Many of his descendants still reside in Ritchie County. James Sommerville, son of James, as previously stated, was born in Ireland February 2, 1795. He married Elizabeth Post, of a pioneer family of Harrison County, and like his father James, resided there the remainder of his life. He died April 7, 1873, his wife in 1881. The were the parents of the following children, Jacob, William, Soloman, Phoebe, Mary, Edith, Anne, Jane and Margaret. Myrt MSmith2313@aol.com