This note is in response to messages by Jimmy David Brewster [hbrewst@mail.lig.bellsouth.net] and Jeannie-ology [Brewlist@aol.com] concerning the children of Andrew Peery Brewster and Mary "Polly" Pruitt. This following information comes from S. Paul Peery, the most knowledgeable researcher of the Peery lines. The children of Andrew Peery Brewster (b. 1808 in Wythe Co., VA) and Mary "Polly" Pruitt are: Ebenezer m. Whitt Benjamin m. Louise Marrs Thomas P. m. Elizabeth Marrs Reese (died young) James S. m. Fanny S. Shrader Elizabeth George F. m. Patsy Brandy Harvey Peery m. Darthula Amandy Cameron Mary (Molly) William Hannah Andrew Crockett m. Mary J. Daniels In the Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter of March 1998, Thomas C. Hatcher says that Andrew Peery Brewster was a quartermaster in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and that seven of his sons also served in the Confederate Army, including George who was severely wounded, Benjamin who was killed in battle, and Ebenezer who was a captain. Concerning the Andrew Brewster born on March 29, 1847, I show him to be the son of Ebenezer Brewster and Elizabeth (Hannah) Whitt. This Ebenezer is the son of Archibald T. Brewster and Elizabeth Lockhart. And this Archibald is both (1) the son of Ebenezer Brewster and Elizabeth Peery and (2) the brother of the Andrew Peery Brewster born in 1808. Jimmy David Brewster's message shows this Brewster line back to a 1William, 2William, 3William, 4Jonathan, 5Benjamin, 6William, 7Ebenezer, 8Comfort, 9Ebenezer & Elizabeth Peery. I am a descendent of Comfort through his son Thomas (bother of Ebenezer). Establishing Comfort as the son of Ebenezer Brewster and Elizabeth DeWolfe would make me very happy. I assume that Jimmy's disclaimer "Now I just have to verify it" applies to that link. It is interesting to note that in Hatcher's article, he feels the information in the 1415-page book on "The Brewster Genealogy (1566 - 1907)" written in 1908 by Emma C. Brewster Jones makes it possible to determine that the Tazewell County Brewsters are descendants of Jonathan Brewster, the eldest son of the William Brewster who came to America on the Mayflower. Sam Finley Brewster, in his book "William B. Bruster, Virginia-Tennessee, 1793 - 1853" published in 1966, adds another link, stating that the Tazewell County Brewsters descend from Benjamin, a son of Jonathan. But the links connecting this Benjamin to our Comfort is not clear. Several possibilities are presented, including the one shown in Jimmy's message: William>Jonathan>Benjamin>William>Ebenezer>Comfort. Where can I find verification of the names of Comfort's parents? And who was Comfort's wife? Steve Jamison