oh, I am sure you know all about spelling variations -- on the other hand, the Brechbiels/Brackbills/Brechtbills/Brightbells had been in North America for 150 years by then, and your line may have settled on a spelling... I think Juniata has a Henry B who served in the British forces at the 'taking of Havana' and lived into the 19th century to the age of 100 or so. Wish someone would get that line squared away so I could get the line for my gggrandfather McMeen's first wife. paul in buffalo