Hello Charles, Thanks for that bit of history! Coincidentally my Breakey ancestors played a significant role in the development of the linen industry in Ireland. All the Greenvale Mills in the early 18th century were built by Isaiah Breakey b 1688 of Ballybay, Co. Monaghan. Isaiah and his brother Obadiah b 1692 also bleached linen. Thomas C Breakey (1834-1914) states in his memoirs: "It can be honestly be said our Huguenot ancestors brought the knowledge of manufacturing and bleaching linen to this country." -- Colin Ferguson Coarsegold, CA, USA http://www.foothillsoftware.com/genealogy.html BAKER*BREAKEY*BUCHAN*COLLIN*COX*CRISP*CULLIFORD* DeBREQUET*DRISCOLL*ELLIOTT*FERGUSON*FREDERICK* HUNT*HYSLOP*KING*LAHY*MCCLEAN*NEW*SMALL*THOMAS* VINCE*WILKIN*YOUNG