This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brooks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IBC.2ACI/310.695.699.1 Message Board Post: Charlotte, I think that Philip had a brother named James but he wouldn't have been old enough to fight in the Revolutionary War. If there is a connection with our two Brooks lines, it most likely is that your James is a brother of Bluford, the father of Philip. I don't show that connection right now but I'll keep looking and let you know if I find anything. Thanks for writing. Ron