George - Sorry for the delayed response. I looked everywhere trying to find the site I found of Canadian Brisbins & was unsuccesful. Our list mom "Yvonne Henderson" is of the Canadian Brisbins. Have never been to the archives in Washington so can't offer advice there. General advice would be what I did wrong when I first started researching. I made mounds of copies as a new researcher when I went to locations where I knew my ancestors were. Today I have all these copies from books & sources that are probably my ancestors but I have no idea what books or sources they came from. There are many questions in the Brisbin line that Jackie can answer in the William Brisbin - Sarah Moore line and I can answer in the John Brisbin, jr. - Mary Clark line . Can't speak for Jackie but I can't keep up with all the lines. Anne Futch ---------- > From: George H. Brisbin Jr. <oldsalt@pilot.infi.net> > To: BRISBIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Margaret Brisbin > Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 11:27 PM > > Ann Futch, Jackie and Others > Ann, sometime in the next month or so I will be going up to the DC area and > will try and pick up on the Penn. Brisbin stuff. Since I am very much a novice > at this I look forward on comments from all of you to help make sure that I do > a good job documenting and cross referencing the information that I gather. > No, I haven't been in touch with any Canadian Brisbins as of yet. I know that > one of them is running a Engineering Consulting firm doing much the same kind > of work that I used to do. Do you have e-mail addresses, or are they on the > Brisbin list? Both the names of James and Elizabeth along with the death date > sound right. Since James was in and out of the service, is it possible that he > was a Col. at one time? Captain does not sound right for what I was reading > though it may have been. Rank in the Revolutionary Army was passed out on the > number of men you were able to muster together. One time he might have put > together enough men to receive a higher rank. > > Jackie, you know that the James Brisbin that settled in the New York area had > two wives. I don't have the name of the first wife, but two sons were born to > this marriage. First was William b. about 1732. The second was Samuel b. > about 1734. The rest of his children by Margaret Carruth are listed in the > Mormon records NYSLcp.401 All of James' children were born in the UK but most > start showing up tin the New York records in the 1750's. By this time William > would have been past 18 and out of the house. Have you or anyone been able to > track these two? Are they the source of some of the Penn. Brisbins? I picked > these two from a different source in the Salt Lake records but didn't document > it. I know William and Samuel are not usually listed with the James > Brisbin/Margaret Carruth listings and seemed to get overlooked at times. > > I would appreciate any information that anyone has on the father of Robert > Brisbin b. Aug. 1809 in Clinton N. Y. The information that I have seems to > indicate the line may run from the above James and Margaret through one of > their 4 sons (perhaps Robert b. 1749) to a son and then to the Robert I have > being born in 1809. My research and records fail to list any information on > children or parents from the 1740's to the 1800's. These folks would be > appearing in the New York area around Saratoga Springs, Warren and Essex > Counties. Many thanks for any leads. Right now I am at a dead end mainly > because I haven't learned how to do this type of research yet. Thanks again > George > > > ==== BRISBIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Brisbin Family List Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/brisbin.htm > >