Jerry, You have my apology.. never said I could read reed good. Must admit I missed the brother part.. it was late, but it does say brother.. Oops! Probably won't be the last time I mess up, but at least we are having an interesting discussion as a result. For those of us (or at least me) who can get confused, maybe in the future just say you are related to Benjamin... I am related through Benjamin HAMRICK Sr. though his daughter, Mary, so I have a somewhat vested interest in the line. But I must point out that my Benajmin HAMRICK Sr doesn't have a brother named Jilson or Jeremiah so maybe I haven't been paying attention again. For the record, since it says you want to know.. Benjamin HAMRICK Junior, son of Benjamin HAMRICK Senior and Mary SIAS/SEIRS, was the one who served in the Revolutionary War and moved to present day West Virginia first. There was a Benjamin HAMRICK 3rd, son of Benjamin HAMRICK Jr and Nancy MCMILLION, but he wasn't born yet... Sorry about overlooking the "brother" part, and if you disagree with me on the first two generations of the HAMRICK family that is your right.. but I would like to why. What records point you to a different conclusion? Steven A. Bridges [email protected] Jerry G Collins wrote: > > If Mr. Bridges would have paid attention to my message, he would have seen > that I said his BROTHER'S line. Benjamin (who arried Mary Sias) is the > brother of Patrick Jr. (brothers Benjamin, Jilson, Robert, Jeremiah, James , > etc. ). If we are talking about the same Patrick Jr., then Benjamin's > grandson (the one who was at Valley Forge) moved to West Virginia. > If I am wrong -- and I do care by the way -- then let me know and accept my > apologies. > Jerry G Collins > > Jerry G Collins