At some point in the 1500s, the Weavers escaped Germany facing prosecution that is poorly recorded within our family. There, a generation of Weavers spent time in Holland before emigrating to America. John Weaver then traveled with his brothers, eventually splitting off from them to live with the Cherokee and later claim their land for himself. This particular line of ancestry is poorly recorded pre-emigration, but we present it here to give a nod to the German ancestry in our family!