Hello, I am trying to sort out the tangled web of the Ayliffe/Aylett family of Westmoreland Co. In court records there is a Richard Ayliffe in several court cases in the late 1600s. In the mid 1700s there are Ayletts (William, John, Philip, Benjamin) in the Westmoreland records. There is a series of letters supposedly from a Sir Benjamin Ayloffe of Essex, England to his brother John Aylett of VA, which would lead one to assume that the names Ayloffe and Aylett were one and the same. Is anyone else researching these families? I am trying to connect a Thomas Aliff/Ayliff of Fauquier Co. (d. between 1800-1810) who had sons Thomas and William who moved to Bedford Co. Is Thomas Sr. the son of William Aliff of Prince William? The land deeds and wills of the Ayletts mention having land in all of these counties (Fauquier, Prince William and Bedford). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mary