In This four volume set the author traces his Cottrell, Lashbrook, Brashear, and Campbell Family Lineage from Europe to the present day. Details on descendants of each generation is carried down through at least four descendant generations when known. Volume I and II cover the authorÕs FatherÕs beginnings (Cottrell and Lashbrook Lines). Volume III and IV cover the author's Mother's beginnings (Brashear and Campbell Lines). Sources are extensively documented. Timeline and ancestor charts are also included as well an Òall nameÓ index for each volume that provides page number references for each individual found in the respective volume. This Volume (Volume I) traces the authorÕs Cottrell ancestry to William Cottrell who was born around 1615 in Stockport, England. WilliamÕs son Thomas Cottrell, the authorÕs seventh great-grandfather, who was also born in Stockport in 1635 was the first Cottrell in the authorÕs lineage to immigrate to the New World and settle in New Kent County, Virginia.