Hi Marianne, I have been swamped but was entering your hypotheses and realized I can't come up with your last name to enter as a source. Can you help me out? A city and state of residence would allow me to make you a proper source. :-) I haven't gotten any further than Jacobus on descendants past Benjamin, but at least I'm in good company. :-) Did you ever manage to contact Chris Webber? He's the guy who cited the War Dept. correspondence with Delbert Radke, so it sounds as if he's your cousin. Or did anyone else on the list recognize this Benjamin? As/when you get this sorted out, I'd be interested in what you find. Thanks, Chris [email protected] wrote: : :I believe that the George Brooks you found is my George Brooks. :The pieces are beginning to fall together! :You gave me.... ...but when I searched for any George born 1780 I :found the following. "Mr. Delbert Radke, Attorney at Law in San :Francisco, CA wrote a letter to the Record and Pension Office of :the War Department dated December 19th, 1928 in which he states :that George Brooks was born on Aug. 29, 1780.... : :If I am correct, this Delbert Radke, is descended from George W. :Brooks --Julius Caesar Brooks' brother. They both are sons of the :George Brooks born in 1780. :Their mother was Mary Clark. : :Also given: : :The line as he has it is George, 1780 - 1850 Major John (1755 :- 1846) + Rachel BLIZZARD Jonathan (say 1722) + Sarah HUBBARD :Benjamin (1685) of Stratford, CT + Mary BOOTH John (say 1640) of :Stratford + Sarah OSBORN, widow John PEAT Jr. : :A kind soul gave me the information from the "Families of Old :Fairfield", but it stopped at Benjamin Brooks, now I'm searching :for anything on Jonathan Brooks and Sarah Hubbard. He is now my :missing link. Any help is appreciated.