Year: 1614 Surname1: Brooks Forename1: Hen Surname2: Cornwell Forename2: Mary Place: Clavering County: Essex In other words, one Henry Brooks married, 1614 at Clavering, Essex, Mary Cornwell. Since we don't have a name for the first wife of Henry Brooks, why not? Then again, why? Before we hyperventilate, we should remember that only a handful of English counties are online as yet. Since this is again Essex, the contact information in the previous post will apply here as well. If any of you are wondering why the presumption that these men came from East Anglia, I recommend a readily available book by David Hackett Fischer called "Albion's Seed." It's a study of the persistence of English folkways in four regional early American cultures: the Puritans of New England, the Cavaliers of Virginia, the Quakers and Germans of the Delaware Valley, and the English/Scottish/Irish borders of the southern backcountry. There's a wealth of information on the Puritans and their connections with East Anglia, as well as on the region itself. The prose is graceful if workmanlike, very clear and straightforward, and the book is loaded with tables and first-rate maps. A fine bibliography is the frosting on the cake. Chris