Hi, I received this today from the MAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com mailing list with a reference to Halifax, Vermont. I thought that perhaps someone could use this information. Jan Jordan ================================== This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Edson, Brooks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACE/74.1 Message Board Post: Hello Allan, There is a reference to Windham Co., VT, about the same time frame, not of Green or Mitchell that you seek but concerns two ministers "Rev. Jesse EDSON of Halifax, Vt., ...and, Rev. Edward F. BROOKS was installed in his place, June 25, 1851. Mr. BROOKS was a native of Halifax, Vt., a graduate of Washington College, Pa., and is still the pastor." found at the following link - hope you find something! History of GILL by Josiah Holland, 1855 http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.franklin&m=893 or, the shorter link - http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACE/893 GILL. - Names found in this transcription: Andrews, Arms, Baker, Ballard, Bannister, Barnes, Bascom, Bates, Bennett, Bontecou, Bosworth, Brooks, Burrows, Canning, Childs, Church, Clapp, Clarke, Combs, Cushman, Deane, Edson, Field, Frost, Gains, Gill, Gordon, Hawks, Hayward, Heath, Hitchcock, Hosley, Howland, Hulin, Husted, Jackson, Janes, Jordan, Kimball, Latham, Marcy, Marsh, Miller, Moulton, Munn, Munsell, Newton, Niles, Nixon, Ricketts, Roberts, Root, Sage, Sandford, Severance, Sizer, Smith, Sprague, Stevens, Stoddard, Stoughton, Swift, Tate, Thornton, Todd, Ward, Warner, Webster, Whiting, Wilcutt, Wilson, Wing, Winslow, Wrisley