Gene Hutson wrote: > and here I'd thought I'd found the three brothers that > originally came over from Nantwich, Cheshire. Gene, I don't know what three brothers you speak of — the "three brothers came over" legend has been attached to many, many families, usually without foundation. I have never encountered any threesomes among New England Brooks founders. The pairs of siblings which are documented can be seen at the Tributaries website. Henry and John Brooks were brothers who came from Cheshire, England, were at New London and then Wallingford, CT, and finally at Cheshire, CT, which was named for their home in Old England. Jean McKee, a descendant, has been to Nantwich looking for evidence of them there, so far without results, as I recall. There were only two of them, not three, unless you've found evidence that eluded Jacobus, who covered these lines in detail in his "Ancient Families of New Haven." Henry and John have biographies available on the Tributaries website, the bulk of the information extracted from Jacobus. > > I found a LONG line from there, from Brooke to Brooks, if > I have this right, Caleb would be my 8X Great Granddad. Caleb's not in either of the Cheshire lines descending from Henry and John Brooks. He descends from Capt. Thomas Brooks of Concord, MA. There's no evidence whatever that Thomas was related to the Cheshire men. So unless I'm misunderstanding you, which is quite possible, it seems you may be misconnecting Caleb of the Concord line to these Cheshire line founders. If you want to send me a simple ahnentafel of your Brooks ancestors offline, I'll see what I can match up and send you an annotated ancestral file for as many generations as I have. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England www.tributaries.us ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||