This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Witter, Brooks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZZB.2ACI/503.55.88.920.2 Message Board Post: Can't help you about the Braceville, but I am descended from Septimus Witter, Jr. through his son, Henry C. Family rumor has it that Mary, Melona, Malory Brooks was the daughter of Lt. John Brooks who perished at the Battle of Lake Erie. I have not been able to figure it out so I will check out your David. Thanks, Ellen