Hi all - and thanks Jackie for refreshing my memory. ++++No Year, April 30: Photocopy of handwritten letter in the possession of Muriel Brisbin Morrison as of Feb 1997. "Loving son and Daughter thes comes with a fatherley Love and regard to you hopin thes will find you all in good helth I rite to you with sorey of hart to lete you kow that yore Brother James is dede he depart this life the fiftenth of this month april I hve had sore sicknss this winter I bles god for his marces I ame gote beter youre Brothers corpes wase bured in the desents mener by his brothr inla and his ante margaret Rutherford all frendes hear is well Samul and betey and ante sends ther Love to you all give my kind Love to all your femley I ad no mor at present by Remends your loving Father John Brisban Envelope: /Harrisburg ap 30/ To Mr John Brisban in kishey kockes vealey To the keare of Robarte devson in Luestown thes / PAID 10" This letter from Capt. John in Harrisburg to John Jr. in Kishacoquilles Valley could have been written after 1815 and before Capt. John died in 1822. We are uncertain about the brother James mentioned in it. The above seems to clear up whether Margaret Brisbin was a dau or sister of Capt. John. "youre Brothers corpes wase bured in the desents mener by his brothr inla and his ante margaret Rutherford". The brother in law must have been Samuel Rutherford (husband of Capt. John's dau Elizabeth) and "ante margaret Rutherford" must have been the wife of James Rutherford who was the uncle of Samuel. Anne Futch