Hi Roberta. I don't know if you are still viewing this thread, But I am Jesse Heim III, descendent of Pvt. Peter Heim, CSA, Born 1832, Austria who entered the USA from a sailing ship (hauling cattle) and settled in Fair Play, Texas. He Married Saphronia Elnora Page, who died 1887,TX.
While some in this thread are splitting hairs, 700,000 people in the US are descended from royalty. I can make my claim, (if I were a landowner in Scotland) on my Mothers side of the family as, Laird Jesse (Cochrane) Heim III, 16th Great Grand Nephew of Lord William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, Baron of Paisley and Ochiltree, Marquess of Maranhao, (Brazil). All descendants of Waldevus de Cochrane 1262. But I'll stay with US descendents Capt. Nathaniel Cochrane 1st Battalion, 11th Regiment Virginia Militia of the Continental Army, 27, Feb. 1757 and Peter Heim.