At 06:54 AM 12/15/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Sandra, >    I have an old GedCom from Ken Brisbin, deceased. Here is what he has >on parents of Fields Brisbin. There are no children listed for Fields >Brisbin. This line of Brisbins goes back to the New York Brisbin >families who went to Canada after the Revolutionary War. >    Jackie > >Descendants of John Brisbin > Apropos the descendancy list that accompanied the message above, I have one provided by a distant cousin that very closely parallels - to the point that I am looking then for a direct connection for the two descendancies. (I do have considerable that follows on the lines after that below.) Just too many "coincidences" for them not to be connected. sorry if it is a bit disjointed. I did a quick OCR on a scan. don ronk 1. William BRISBIN (b.Abt 1724 - Scotland; d. 17 Apr l799 - Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada) sp: Elizabeth FERGUSON (b. Abt 1728 - Scotland) 2. James BRISBIN (b.21 Apr 1858-NY,d.21 Apr 1858-NY) 2. John BRISBIN (b.1762-NY) 2. Samuel BRISBIN (b.1765-NY;d 24 Oct 1839) 2. William BRISBIN Jr (b.Abt 1770-NY) 2. Robert BRISBIN (b.1775-NY) 2. Joseph Arthur BRISBIN (b. 19 Sep 1776-NY,d 1832-Ontario,Canada) sp: Rachel LINDSAY (b.11 May 1786; m. Abt 1803 d 13 Aug 1861) 3 John BRISBIN (b.28 Sep 1 804 - Hemmingford Twp, LIC, Quebec; d. Abt 1879-IA) sp: Philanda TAYLOR (b.1814 -VT; m 1834 d 5 Dec 1890 - Dickinson Co, IA) 3 Richard BRISBIN (b.30 Jun 1806 - Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada) 3. Effie BRISBIN (b.30 Jun 1806 - Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada) 3. Joseph BRISBIN Jr (b.3 Nov 181O-Hemmingford,Quebec, Canada) sp: Mary BRISBIN (b.5 Aug 1815-Quebec, m. 29 Dec 1833; d.9 Jun 1906) 3. Hannah BRISBIN (b.24 May 1813 - Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada; d.23 Oct 1901) 3. Lucretia BRISBIN (b.8 Dec 1815 - Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada) 3. George BRISBIN (b.21 May 1820) 3. Daniel Lindsay BRISBIN (b.22 Jul 1822 - Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada d 1888 - Maple Park, Kane Co, IL) 3. Harriet BRISBIN (b. 15 Aug 1824 - Burlington, Kane Co IL) 3. Margaret S BRISBIN (b. 15 Sep 1826 - Pulman, Whitman Co WA) 3. Samuel BRISBIN ~ (b. 9 Apr 1828 - Coberg, Montreal, Canada) 2. Patrick BRISBIN (b.3 Mar 1779 - NY)