See below re: Quote from 1908 newspaper regarding "well founded tradition" -- this is nonsense! Numerous Elliotts were around long before the 1740s -- and many arrived at later dates. I have seen this "three brothers" phase ascribed to a number of early surname genealogies and most all seem to have been products of poor research and/or lack of common sense. (This does not imply that each of the three specific individuals named cannot be traced back to the states indicated.) Dan In a message dated 10/1/2001 10:18:30 PM Central Daylight Time, oretm@msx.upmc.edu writes: The posting entitled "Elliott~Officer Family Reunion", posted by Ken Hixon on June 1, 1998, gives some additional information concerning Judge Byron K. and Joseph T. Elliott. It states in a quote from a 1908 paper"...There is a well founded tradition that most of our names in this country can trace back to three brothers who came over about 1740. One settling in Virginia, one in Pennsylvania and one in North Carolina. This State has representatives of all three. We are of the Virginia branch. Judge Byron K. Elliott and his brother, Jos. T. Elliott, prominent citizens of Indianapolis, are of the Pennsylvania branch, and the North Carolina family is represented in Indiana by the widow of Senator Voorhees, of Terre Haute." Can anyone confirm that this is the actual origin of the Elliott name in America?