I, too, am descended from John Bruce who married Sarah Parrell in Leochel Cushney in Scotland on 1709.  He was born on 11/7/1690 in Portsoy, in the Fordyce Parish in Scotland. and Died in Brucetown in Fredrick Co VA. on 9/23/1748.  I am descended from his son, James (and Margaret McMahon) > James (and Mary Polly Runyan) > George (and Frances Kepley) > George (and Sarah Reynolds) > Samuel (and Leonora Walker) > Samuel (and Ruth Nicholson) > Samuel (my dad).....   Joelle Garlow