In 1659, William Brockway's son, Wolston, emigrates from England to the American Colonies, settling in Lyme, Connecticut, on the shores of the Long Island Sound. Our ancestors farm and start businesses there, and move on to Fulton County in central New York. Brockways of this era serve in the Revolutionary War, and in the War of 1812. Brockway brother goes into the lumber business in Wisconsin, while the others farm and settle in the Iowa territory, and see it become a state in 1848. They serve in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Later generations are active in state and local associations, in community affairs, and in business.