I am looking for information on the French origin of the TONNELIER family in Yorkshire or other parts of England in the 1600-1750 time frame. A Lt. Thomas Tunnell served for Lord Baltimore in Maryland in the mid 1600s. I am also looking for info on the French origin of the BRASSIER/BRAZIER family in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, England, from the 1500-1700 time frame. A Robert Brassier was in Norfolk Co., Virginia, early in the 1600s. His son, Benois/Benoit was granted Letters of Denization by Lord Baltimore in Maryland in the 1660s. He served as a Justice of the Peace before his death in the late 1660s. Robert Brassier, and his son-in-law Maureen Duvall, appear to be ancestors of US Vice President Richard Cheney Thanks, Steven C. Perkins Steven C. Perkins sperkins@rci.rutgers.edu http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scperkins/ http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~sperkins/hdtv.html