Joe, It's all a mystery. Many of these Brummetts may be descendants of a James Brummett who appears in the Virgnia land records. I believe that the Comfort name was from another line of Brummetts, a Daniel Brummett who m. Susannah Davis Comfort. Haven't seen the Cavender, Hartwell, Mulkey or Hawkins name. The first Banner Pearson and Reese Brummitt appears to have been been children of James Brummett (Jr) & Sarah Riece. James, Jr is s/o James (Sr) and Agnes. The first Langston Brummett appears to have been b. 1806, s/o George Brummett & Mary French. George appears to be a sibling of James, Jr. and s/o James, Sr. & Agnes. The first Renna (another unique name) appears to have been b. 1770 s/o James, Sr. and Agnes. The first Peyton appears to have been b. 1799 s/o William C. Brummett & Rebecca Simpson. The name Pleasant appears in two branches in 1800, but that was a fairly common name at the time. It is said that the family is French, which seems to be supported by the large number of Williams. This is a common French name (Guillame). Phil Jlbrumit@aol.com wrote: > Families with surnames BANNER/BONER, CAVENDER, COMFORT, HARTWELL, HAWKINS, > LANGSTON, MULKY/MULKEY, PEARSON/PERSON, PEYTON, PLEASANT, REECE/REECE/REES, > SPENCER appear in early records (prior 1850), all of which, from time to > time, have been utilized by early BRUMIT (All Spelling Variants) as given > names for children. This suggests possible relationships yet to be > identified. Seeking any information that might assist in establishing such > relationships. > Joe Brumit > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #9 As of 3/22/2000 we have 550 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your > mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. > There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. > -sysop