Hi, all. I've just had time to glance at Eric Johnson's very interesting posting. So, Henderson Lucas (Basel<Thomas<Charles<Thomas) wasn't related to the Susannah Lucas (William<Edward<Edward) who married Robert Buckles? Yet he married Maria Buckles, who was related to Susannah ... how? And some of the Shepherdstown Lucases came from England, while others came from Germany? Wow. Time to start drawing some family trees. Too bad I didn't know there was going to be such interest in BRASHEARS. Yesterday, at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, I was copying down information from two books, "Marriage Records of Berkeley Conty, Virginia (1781-1854)" and "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson County, West Virginia." I'm sure I spotted masses of BRASHEARS-es in them, but I flipped right past. Maybe I can snag a few next time around. Meanwhile, I see that my files disagree with what Eric said about Edward Lucas's wives. They say that Edward Lucas (3.) was indeed married to Bridgett Scott. But it was his *son* Edward who married - Mary Darke (NOT "Drake"; she was related to the Revolutionary War general) - Elizabeth Corn (or Cran), and - <somebody> Wells. Anybody know for sure which Edward married whom? Thanks, Eric, for clearing things up. But I have a feeling we're not out of the woods yet... Robert Coontz Waukesha, Wisconsin