This section is undergoing a major renovation. Susannah Ratcliff, the wife of Richard Ratcliff was NOT the daughter of William Brooke and Margaret Thomas as I previously posted. The errors that I made and posted in 1998 are now all over the Internet (World Connect) and on LDS CDs. For once I am glad that people did not give me credit for my work! (NOR for my mistakes) I posted the parents of Richard Ratcliff in 1998, based on geography and assumptions, but realized years later, that I had made an error. I removed the entire Ratcliff genealogy from this web site in 2005. My apologies to all descendants! If you can DOCUMENT the parents of either Richard or Susannah, please share the information!