Sure can't top nine, but thought I would represent the Scituate Brookses. My 2nd great grandfather had six sons: JOHN BROOKS(of Hanover, MA), 13 SEP 1802 - 5 OCT 1878 married, 5 DEC 1823 Emma(Amy)Mann, 20 APR 1803 - 21 JUN 1876 and had John b.1824 Levi b.1827 Joseph b.1829 Ara b.1835 Thomas b.1843 George b.1849 plus Emma b.1831 Sarah b.1832 Mary b.1837 Hannah b.1840 Elizabeth b.1845 This is my line: WILLIAM, (settled in Scituate,MA in 1635) abt 1615-aft. JUL 1680, m.(1) ? NATHANIEL, bp. 29 MAR 1646-?, m. Elizabeth Curtis, 1651-? GILBERT, 9 NOV 1690-6 DEC 1768, m.(1) Elizabeth ? GILBERT, bp. 13 JUL 1718-bef.1758, m.(1)Deborah Curtis, 1717-bef.1749 JOSEPH, AUG 1747-20 DEC 1821, m. (1) Lydia Stetson, 1769-1792 CURTIS, 12 DEC 1770-31 AUG 1817, m. Anne Southworth, 1770-1857 JOHN, 13 SEP 1802-5 OCT 1878, m. Emma(Amy)Mann, 1803- 1876 JOHN SOUTHWORTH, 27 OCT 1824-4 DEC 1909, m.(2) Eliza Flavel Shurtleff, 1836-1890 JOHN FLAVEL, 21 DEC 1874-6 NOV 1945, m. Edith Maria Crane, 1875-1964 JOHN SOUTHWORTH, 10 MAY 1902-28 NOV 1973, m. Annie Lillian Sides, 1908-1974 (my parents) Marion(Merry) Brooks Gonsalves ===== "The cure for anything is salt - sweat, tears or the sea." Isak Dinesen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/