Chris: Sounds lie this is going to get fairly involved. But that's OK. The fun is in the hunt, and it will be nice to show my kids where the family came from. Bob At 12:12 AM 3/28/02, Christopher Brooks wrote: >On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 21:12:05 -0500, Robert Brooks wrote: > >:The most unusual name I can link was my Great Great grandfather >:who was William Sayres Brooks. > >William Heysham SAYRE m. Elizabeth Mitchell Brooks. She was of >Philadelphia, a descendant of Capt. Thomas Brooks. > >Esther SAYRE m., 1798 in Cumberland County, NJ, Ira Brooks of the >Woburn line. > >Prudence Ann SAYRE m., prob. about 1840 in Chenango County, NY, >Elijah Perry/7 Brooks. He's of the Glastonbury line. > >Naomi/9 Brooks, born around 1821, prob. Cumberland County, NJ, >married Harry SAYRE. > >Overall, I've got 11 instances of the SAYRE surname, and every >blessed one of them is somehow connected with the Philadelphia/Jersey >region, as is the name in general. On the other hand, the Brooks >spouses here really have nothing in common but their name. Run a >Google search on "Sayre(s) + genealogy" and you'll be pleasantly >surprised. > >Unfortunately, once you get into the Philadelphia/Jersey melting pot, >it's very difficult to figure out who is who, for reasons I've >mentioned previously. Even in the events above, a simplified "pool" >where only New England Brooks families are cited, there are three >different lineages for the cluster of four individuals. > >Chris > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >Archives of previous posts are located at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BROOKS-NE-L/ >The address is case-sensitive.