On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:07:53 -0700, Virginia Tobias wrote: +My great-aunt was Mary MacMillan. She was the daughter of James +MacMillan (1828 - 1914) and Susan Hannan (1829 - 1919). They had +9 children, or thereabouts. Daughter #2, Mary MacMillan, married +Lewis S. Brooks - + probably in the Perinton (Monroe County), NY area. Lewis S. +Brooks was the son of Capt. Garry Brooks. Virginia, Might Capt. Garry Brooks be the "Gerry Brooks" of Penfield, Monroe, NY who married Amelia Chauncy, according to J. Montgomery Seaver's little booklet "Brooks Family History?" Gerry became a popular given name in New England in honor of Elbridge Gerry. I'm afraid I have nothing on Lewis, nor on Gerry (or any Gary/Garry) beyond what's above. Seaver does include an alleged pedigree for Amelia back to Edward III, but since he was a writer-for-hire using a nom-de-plume (real name Jesse Montgomery) working for a Halbert's-type operation back around 1928, everything he presents is suspect until confirmed in other, more reliable sources. Since this is getting well into the 19th century, have you checked the census (or census index) for which Brooks families were around Monroe County in the appropriate decennial years? Have you looked for a 19th-century History of Monroe County or a township history which might profile the early settlers' families? Chris