Mrs. Neely Brooks, Box, 66, Tahoka, TX 79373 writes, "Enjoyed the first issue and I wish you the best for all future issues. The first one was great."

Janie Vickery, 1219 Division, Sulphur, OK 73086 writes, "I am enjoying my copy of the Query Exchange which arrived today."

Carson and Georgene Gallagher, 7408 Davis Street, Morton Grove, IL writes, "We are truly thrilled with your letter and society. It is absolutely wonderful. Please put us on your membership and mailing list. You have undertaken something quite worthwhile and "consuming". My first book, A Genealogy of the 1837 Leininger Family, (my father) will be published this month, so I know the commitment, financial problems, frustrations and wonderful rewards in seeing something like this 'take off'. We are grateful."

Wahner Brooks, 2855 South Madison, Yuma, AZ 85364, "I found your first issue of the Exchange very interesting and promising. However, I have a question that I suspect you may find rather naive. Perhaps, though, others would be interested in the answer, too. I noticed a total lack of source citations in the queries. Are these being edited out to save space, assuming individual correspondence will correct this lack? It would certainly reduce input effort if this is the case."

(From The Editor) The queries are not being edited. We do however, use general query abbreviations. Readers?

Evelynne Alvis, 1210 Shopping, Weatherford, OK 73096 writes, 'Vo1ume I, Issue 1 of The Brooks Family Query Exchange came today. It is certainly well done and I feel sure will be a valuable tool to those of us with Brooks loose ends."

Mr. Marion B. Brunson, Route 3, Box 14-M, Elba, AL 36323 writes, "I need some early Brooks genealogy and hope I can obtain it through your Exchange and also will be able to share some data which I have."

Anne Hinton, 603 Rockford Ave., Apt. 3, Dayton, OH 45405 writes, "Please warn your seekers when they ask the Archives for a veterans record to tell them you want BOTH HIS SELECTED AND NON-SELECTED records." After I learned this I proved a line.

Pat Ham, 623 Water Street, Paoli, IN 47454, "I really appreciate your efforts on behalf of all Brooks relatives. I am eager to get the November issue with family group sheets. Thanks again for your help."
 

W. Leigh Brookes, P.O. Box 403, Sweetwater, TX 79556 writes, "I very much enjoyed the first edition of your publication and plan to continue my subscription as long as you continue it. Your time and trouble is very much appreciated and we all hope you realize that."

Mrs. Patrick A. Yates, P.O. Box 2047, Ridgecrest, CA 93555 writes, "Thank you for answering my inquiry so promptly, and for answering all my questions. I am delighted to finally find a publication relating to Brooks.' I have been working on my husband's Brooks family for years and although I have made considerable progress, I thought I was probably the only one in the world interested in this family. "

Clifton Rowland Brooks, 1301 El Finito Way, Santa Ana, CA 92705, "I received the first issue of the Exchange and Adgie and I are quite pleased."
 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Corless, 610 Roslyn Road, Grosse Point, MI 48236 have asked us to announce their publication, Descendants of Jesseand Polly (Chase) Corless and David and ~ (Clark) Brooks, with the closely related families of Bailey, Charlton, Chase, Dexter, Harris, Hildreth, Luethe, Newell, Sham, Welch, Whaley, and Woolley.

The book has 460 pages, is hardbound, and the index contains over 7500 names. It is divided into three parts - Corless, Brooks, and Related Families, with a chapter being devoted to each of the related families. Six of these families were related to the Corless lines, and six to the Brooks lines by two or more marriages.

They have included available data on the children of the females, and a limited amount for the grandchildren, which they have found contrary to most family histories.

The price is $13.50, plus the shipping charges. The cost may be paid in installments, if desired, but it will be your responsibility to complete payments before shipment is made.

Mr. and Mrs. Corless ask that you please remember that in a few short years, children and grandchildren will be grown up, and in many cases, scattered about the country, and perhaps the world. When a complete printing has been sold out, there will be no more copies.

They say the book is much more comprehensive than anticipated, and that fact plus illness and other problems, delayed completion far beyond their earlier thinking. They trust you will find the work to be informative and interesting.
 
 

Mr. John M. Jones, 2011 Ferry Avenue, T-9, Camden, NJ 08104 has advised us that he has a few remaining copies of his 1977 book, History and Genealogyof the Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama, which he would be glad to give away free to libraries or to members as long as they last. We would like to thank Mr. Jones for contributing a copy to our Brooks Family Society Library.
 
 

Mrs. William P. Hensel, Stanford, IL 61701 advised that she compiled a history on
Miles Brooks, a brother to George Brooks. She had 150 copies (105 pages) of this
Genealogy printed and has sold practically all of them. She has a few left, but due
to the increase in cost of printing and binding her actual cost is $38.50 each.
 
 

Janie Vickery, 1219 Division, Sulphur, OK 73086 writes that the book, Brooksand
Kindred Families by Ida Brooks Kellam, 1950, has been reprinted and is available from
Ray and Virginia Johnson, 143 Jennifer Lane, Lilburn, GA 30247 for $13.00.

If you know of a recent publication, or reprint, of a Brooks family history, please write us advising the name and address where it can be ordered, and include the price if that information is available to you.
 
 

Many genealogists do some researching on their summer vacations. Did you? If so, write and share your experiences while searching for your Brooks kin. Did you attend a family reunion this summer? Tell us about it.
 
 

Mrs. Hazel A. Kennedy, 430 Chemawa Road North, Sale, OR 97303 contributed the BROOKE LINEAGE. This information was among papers left by her grandmother, Roby Stroud, who was, she says, always interested in the family history. She advised that she can sup-ply data on most of the present generation of descendants of Jacob Stroud and Anne M. Brooke.

Rev. Robert BROOKE, born in England in 1602, son of Thomas BROOKE and Susan FORSTER, BA Wadham College, Oxford, 1620 and MA 1624. Settled at Sandy Springs, MD in 1650. Was accompanied by his 2nd wife, Mary MAIN-WARING whom he m in 1635. 10 children and servants.

Mary MAINWARING was daughter of Roger MAINWARING, DO, Dean of Worcester and Bishop of Saint Davids 1636. Mary died in 1653.

Robert BROOKE was Treasurer Provincial Council and acting Governor of the Province of MD in 1652 and Governor in 1653.

Roger BROOKE I, son of the above, was born 20 Sep 1637 in Wales; died 8 Apr 1700. Married (1) Dorothy NEALE, daughter of Capt. James NEALE and Ann GILL.

Roger BROOKE II, son of Roger BROOKE I and Dorothy NEALE, was born 12 Apr 1673; died in 1718; married 23 Feb 1702 Elizabeth HUTCHENS, daughter of Francis HUTCHENS and Eliza N. ? .

James BROOKE, son of Roger BROOKE II and Elizabeth HUTCHENS, born 2 May 1705; died in 1784; married in 1725 Deborah SNOWDEN, daughter of Richard SNOWDEN and Elizabeth COALE.

Roger BROOKE IV, son of James BROOKE and Deborah SNOWDEN, born 9 Aug 1734; died 7 Sep 1790; married in 1758 Mary MATTHEWS.

Samuel BROOKE, son of Roger BROOKE IV and Mary MATTHEWS, born 9 Dec 1758; died 6 Feb 1844; married 28 Nov 1797 in North Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Sarah GARRIGUES, daughter of William GARRIGUES and Susan NUTSHALL. Sarah was born 13 Jan 1775 and died 9 Aug 1856.

Anne M. BROOKE, daughter of Samuel BROOKE and Sarah GARRIGUES, was born 29 Jun 1800 in MD; married at Sandy Springs, MD 15 Feb 1820 to Jacob STROUD, son of John STROUD and Elizabeth DEPUY. He was born 22 Nov 1797 at Stroudsburg, PA; died 11 Jan 1859 in Belmont Co., OH. Anne died in 1850 in OH.

William Russell STROUD, son of Jacob STROUD and Anne N. BROOKE, was born in Clinton Co., OH 20 Jan 1842; died 24 Oct 1911, Rosedale Community, Marion Co., OR. He was married 14 Jun 1871 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., IA to Roby Jane BROWNELL, daughter of David Sands BROWNELL and Hannah Milhous STEERE. She was born 17 Aug 1844 near Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI. She died 20 Jan 1920 at Rosedale, Marion Co., OR.

Ora Hannah Anna STROUD, daughter of William Russell STROUD and Roby Jane BROWNELL, was born 27 Oct 1872 at Leighton, Mahaska Co., IA; died 28 Aug 1952 at Turner, Marion Co., OR. Married in Salem, OR 8 Jun 1896 to Charles A. BEAR, son of Benjamin E. BEAR and Amy L. WOODBURN. He was born 10 Feb 1869 in La Porte Co., IN and died in Marion Co., OR 4 Mar 1965.

1. Hazel Amy BEAR b 1 Dec 1897 Salem, OR m (1) 17 Jun 1925 R.E. STEWART (1896- 1967) m (2) 20 Oct 1974 John J. KENNEDY (1894-1978).
 
 

2. Earl Charles BEAR b 19 Oct 1899 Salem, OR m 18 Jun 1928 Agnes GILLETT.
3. Kenneth STROUD BEAR b 16 Jan 1911 Turner, Marion Co., OR; d 16 Jun 1933.
4. Willard Benjamin BEAR b 19 Jun 1912 Turner, Marion Co., OR m 16 Jul 1939 Eva L. MILLER b 16 Jul 1914.

I. Eleanor (Ellen) STROUD b 26 Dec 1820 Monroe Co., PA; d 24 May 1861 OH, bur Colerain, Belmont Co., OH; m 20 Nov 1839 Clinton Co., OH Parvin WRIGHT, son of Benjamin WRIGHT, Jr. and Hannah MIIHOUS; b 15 Dec 1817 Oley Twp., Berks Co., PA. d 15 Mar 1899, Indian-apolis, IN, bur Earlham Cem., Richmond, IN.
Children:
1. Henry Charles WRIGHT m Caroline Mabie CARPENTER.
2. Morris Parvin WRIGHT m (1) Harriet A. LANCASTER; m (2) Anna WILLETS; m (3) Alice M. ENGLISH.
3. Walter BROOKE WRIGHT m Flora E. GREEN.

II. Sarah (Sally) B. STROUD b 18 Sep 1823 Monroe Co., PA; d 26 Jun 1901 Mower Co., MN; m 31 Aug 1843 Moses Dennis GOVE b 28 Nay 1816 Lincoln, VT; d 1 Aug 1854 Ontonagon, MI.
Children:
1. Frederick GOVE - unmarried.
2. Anna Ellen GOVE m James Russell BROWNELL.
3. John Howard GOVE m Mary Elizabeth GEIST.
4. Ernest GOVE.

III. Mary BROOKE STROUD b 14 Jun 1825 Monroe Co., PA; d 26 Jun 1909 Indianapolis, IN, bur Earlham Cem., Richmond, IN; m 29 Mar 1869 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., IN Parvin WRIGHT (his 2nd marriage). No issue from this marriage.
Mary B. STROUD taught school in Indiana several years. Parvin WRIGHT served as the
Superintendent of Earlham College in Richmond, IN from 1872 to 1880.

IV. Elizabeth M. STROUD b 13 Aug 1828 Monroe Co., PA; d 17 Apr 1833 Monroe Co., PA, bur Stroudsburg, PA.

V. Emily H. STROUD b 7 Dec 1830 Monroe Co., PA; d 1851 Belmont Co., OH.

VI. William Russell STROUD, Sr. b 20 Jan 1842 Clinton Co., OH; d 24 Oct 1911 near Salem, OR, bur Rosedale Friends Cem., Marion Co., OR; m 14 Jun 1871 Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., IA Roby Jane BROWNELL, dau of David Sands BROWNELL & Hannah Milhous STEERE, b 17 Aug 1844 Adrian, MI; d 20 Jan 1920 near Salem, OR, bur Rosedale Friends Cem., Marion Co., OR.
Children:
1. Ora Hannah Anna STROUD m Charles Adelbert BEAR.
2. William Russell STROUD, Jr. m Clara PEARSON.
3. Norton Jacob STROUD (triplet) m Ethel RIDER.
4. Malcom S. STROUD triplet d infancy.
5. Mary Roby STROUD (triplet) m Ralph CAMMACK.
6. Everett B. STROUD m (1) Elsie BLINSTON; m (2) Cornelia BRANT.

William and Roby STROUD moved from their home in Greene Co., IA to Salem, OR in 1900. Their two oldest children had already settled in Oregon.

Mr. Wahner Brooks contributed the following info: The only BROOKS entry in Betty Har-rington & Dolly Bottens' RECORDS OF JASPER COUNTY MISSOURI MARRIAGE BOOKS A & B, 18411861 (BRIEF COUNTY HISTORY & SHORT SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS), published by the compilers, Route 3, Carthage, MO 64836: 1969 is the marriage of Thomas W. BROOKS and Mary AKERS performed on 15 Jun 1857 by David S. Holman - op cit. p. 28.
 

The following information was contributed by Mrs. Rose Ann Thomas, 27938 Featherstar Avenue, Saugus, CA 91350.

Jonathan⁵ BROOKS ( Eliakim⁴ Nathaniel³ Nathaniel² William¹) was born 9 Aug 1765 in Montague, MA. He was the son of Eliakim BROOKS and Elizabeth _____.
Source: Vital Records of Montague

Jonathan BROOKS' military record is as follows:
BROOKS, Jonathan (also given John), Montague. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army as returned by Noah GOODMAN, Superintendent for Hampshire Co., age 16 yrs.; stature 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark; occupation, farmer; enlisted March 24, 1781; enlistment 3 years; also, Private, Capt. Michael G. HOUDIN's Co., Col. Rufus PUTNAM's (5th) regt., muster roll for April 1781, dated West Point; enlisted March 24, 1781; enlistment, 3 years.
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the War of the Revolution Pg. 578.

Jonathan BROOKS continued to serve in Captain Houdin 's company and regiment until Apr 1782 when he was transferred to the first company commanded by Capt. MILLS of the first Massachusetts regt. He continued to serve until Aug when being sick he was sent to the hospital in Philadelphia. His regiment and company were in Philadelphia because of mutiny in the Pennsylvania corps. He remained in the hospital sick until Oct of 1782 when he rejoined his regiment and returned with them to West Point. He was discharged in Nov of 1782 on account of ill health, and his discharge was signed by General McDOUGAL. He applied for his pension in 1818.
Source: Pension papers from National Archives

Jonathan settled a military tract in Fabius, Onadaga Co., New York. In 1820 he was remarried to widow Mrs. Mary Anne Pope who had a daughter Mariette Pope, age 2. Jonathan's children and approximate birth dates are:
1) son b 1794 (name unknown)
2) son b 1795-1800 (name unknown)
3) Alfred b 1804
4) Betsey b 26 May 1806 Source: Family Bible and Death Cert.
5) Gemima b 1808
6) Eunice b 1810
Sources: Onadaga's Soldiers of the Revolution published by the Onadaga Historical Association. Birthdates were computed from the 1810 and 1820 census.

I think Jonathan died in 1836 but the writing on his pension papers from National Archives was almost illegible (even with a magnifying glass).

Eliakim⁴ BROOKS (Nathaniel³ Nathaniel² William¹) born 11 Nov 1736 in Deerfield, MA. He was the son of Nathaniel BROOKS and Abigail ALLEN.
Source: A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts by George Sheldon.

Eliakim married Elizabeth ? . Their children born in Montague were:
1) Eunice b 6 Jun 1761
2) Joanna b 4 Mar 1763
*3) Jonathan b 9 Aug 1765
4) Abigail b 25 Aug 1768
5) Thamer b 14 Aug 1770
6) Mary b 2 Apr 1778
Source: Vital Records of Montague
 
 

Eliakim BROOKS military record is as follows:
BROOKS, Eliakim, Montague. Capt. Moses HARVEY's co., Col. Jonathan BREWER's regt.; order for cartridges dated Cambridge, June 24, 1775; also, Sergeant; muster roll dated Aug 1, 1775; enlisted June 2, 1775; service 2 mos. 3 days; also, company return (probably Oct., 1775); also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct 26, 1775; also, return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Lieut. Caleb BENJAMIN's (9th) co., 6th Hampshire Co., regt., dated April 1, 1779; residence, Montague; enlisted for town of Montague; joined Capt. KEITH's co., Col. Michael JACKSON's regt.; enlistment to expire Nov 1, 1778.

Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution Pg. 572. Eliakim BROOKS died 1 July 1778 at Valley Forge.

Sources: Military Records from National Archives Vital Records of Montague, Massachusetts

The following was taken from North and South Carolina Marriage Records by William Montgomery Clemens.

Hetty BROOKS (of Norwalk, Connecticut) and William JACKSON (of New York) 9 Aug 1800
James C. BROOKS and Sarah C. ROBERT 20 Nov 1843 Edgefield, South Carolina
John BROOKS and Patsy CUTHBERTSON 26 Nov 1825 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
John H. BROOKS (2nd Marriage) and Jane M. GIST 30 Dec 1858 Edgefield, South Carolina
J. Hampton BROOKS and Mary Goodwyn ADAMS 24 Jan 1856 Edgefield District, South Carolina
William BROOKS and Catherine M. KLOUTZ 21 Nov 1833 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

For those of you who are researching Louisiana ancestors, the following microfilm may be borrowed through your local library from Office of the State Library, Louisiana Section, P.O. Box 131, Baton Rouge, LA 70821.

New Orleans Citizens & Alien Manifests, 1903-1922, 86 reels.
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1902, 93 reels.
Passenger Lists Taken From Manifests of the Customs Service, Port of New Orleans, 1813- 1866, 2 reels.
Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820- 1875, 17 reels.
Louisiana Commissioner of Military Records. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 2 reels.

Marriage or succession records for the following parishes: Ascension 15 reels; Bienville 8 reels; Bossier 15 reels; Caddo 166 reels; Caldwell 2 reels; Claiborne 15 reels; East Baton Rouge 181 reels; East Carrol 15 reels; East Feliciana 22 reels; Iberville 21 reels; Jackson 4 reels; Lincoln 8 reels; Livingston 2 reels; Madison 8 reels; Moore-house 23 reels; Natchitoches 32 reels; Onachita 29 reels; Red River 8 reels; Richland 8 reels; Sabine 3 reels; St. Helena 27 reels; St. James 3 reels; Tangipahoa 6 reels; Tensas 24 reels; Union 25 reels; Webster 9 reels; West Baton Rouge 58 reels; West Carroll 1 reel; West Feliciana 17 reels.

You may write the State Library for complete information on these sources.

The following article was written and contributed by John BROOKS THRELFALL, 5518 Barton Road, Madison, WI 53711. This article previously appeared in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST.

Thomas BROOKS and his wife first appear on record in New England at Watertown, Mass., in July 1636 when he received a grant of land. The next February he received a four-acre lot, one acre per person being the allotment. However, he must have had three children with him then, a discrepancy not explained. He soon moved to Concord where he was appointed constable in 1638, and appraiser of livestock in 1640. He was representative to the General Court from Concord in 1642 and for four years after 1650. In 1640 he was appointed to prevent drunkenness among the Indians. In 1657 he purchased for £5 from the Commissioners of the General Court the right of carrying on the fur trade in Concord. In 1660 he and his son-in-law, Timothy Wheeler, jointly bought of Edward Collins for £404, 400 acres in Medford, a house and some artifacts. One third of it was for Wheeler (Middlesex Deeds 2:118). Grace Brooks, his wife, died 12 May 1664 and the next October he sold his house and lot in Concord to John Wheeler (ibid.3:169) and presumably went to live with one of his children, for he died in Concord 21 May 1667, intestate. His three sons and son-in-law presented an inventory of his estate for probate on 16 June 1667 and the next day signed an agreement for the division of his estate. Son Joshua was to have a double portion, the usual custom for the eldest son. This document certainly establishes the living heirs and eliminates the several other Brooks persons who have sometimes been suggested as children. See Bond's GENEALOGIES AND HISTORY OF WATERTOWN for the full text of the agreement.

Neither the date of his arrival in New England nor the place of his departure is known. He could hardly have been the Thomas Brooks who embarked in May 1635, then aged 20, in company with the Rev. Peter Bulkley, if his second son Caleb was born about 1632, unless the age is incorrect.

Children:

i. Mary, probably eldest child; m. Capt. Timothy Wheeler (3rd wife) after 1643; 2 daughters. She d. 4 Oct. 1693, testate.
1 ii. Joshua, b. probably about 1630 in England.
2 iii. Caleb, b. about 1632, probably in England.
3 iv. Gershom
(Note: Hannah Brooks who m., as 2nd wife, Thomas Fox, at Concord, 13 Dec. 1647, has been suggested as another daughter Thomas Fox d. 12 April 1658 and in his will mentions his uncle Thomas Brooks. While the term uncle was often used loosely then and might conceivably have been used to mean father-in-law, she or her children would surely have been among the heirs of Thomas Brooks if she had been a daughter. Her date of death is unknown. More likely she was a niece of Thomas Brooks and Thomas Fox was a nephew by marriage only. She was probably a daughter of Henry Brooks who first settled at Concord, then moved on to Woburn. Thus, most likely, Thomas and Henry Brooks were brothers and it may have been Henry who influenced Thomas to move from Watertown to Concord.)
1. Joshua² BROOKS (Thomas¹) was born about 1630. On 17 Oct. 1653 he married at Watertown, Hannah Mason, born there 23 Sept. 1636, daughter of Capt. Hugh and Hester (Wells) Mason. It is supposed that he learned his trade of tanner from Captain Mason, and, soon after, married his daughter who was just seventeen. He settled in that part of Concord which became Lincoln and, it is supposed, sold his share of his paternal estate in Medford to his brother Caleb who settled there. Deeds, however, do not show it. He was a captain in the militia and a deacon in the church. On 11 Nov. 1695, with consent of his wife, he sold his Concord lands by four deeds to his sons Noah, Daniel, Joseph and Job. Each deed described several parcels, all of which were in the same area and were bounded by lands of these four brothers. He and Hannah both signed by mark. Noah paid £59, Daniel £59, Joseph £50, and Job £35. By a deed of 24 Aug. 1697, Noah Brooks, Daniel Brooks Sen., Joseph Brooks Sen., Benjamin Pierce of Watertown, Benjamin Whittmore and
 

Judah Potter of Concord, sold to Hugh Brooks, all right in the estate "our brother Job Brooks had of our father Joshua Brooks, deceased." Thus, all the children were named
except Elizabeth who was then living in South Carolina. Therefore, Joshua died sometime in 1696 or 1697. Hannah's death is unrecorded (ibid. 10:438, 494, 533; 12:71; 14:353).

Children: all born at Concord
4 i. Noah, b. about 1656,
ii. Hannah, b. about 1658; m. at Watertown, 15 Jan. 1677/8, Benjamin Pierce, son of Anthony and Ann Pierce; 8 ch. She was about 13 in 1671 by deposition.
iii. Grace, b. 10 March 1660/1, d. 20 April 1753; m. 2 Dec. 1686, Judah Potter, burned in his house 20 June 1731, son of Luke; 10 ch.
5 iv. Daniel, b. 15 Nov. 1663.
v. Thomas, b. 5 May 1666, d. 9 Sept. 1671.
vi. Esther, b. 4 July 1668, d. 11 Jan 1742/3; m. 17 Aug. 1692, Benjamin Whittmore,
b. 1 Sept. 1669, d. 8 Sept. 1734, son of John and Mary (Upham) Whittmore; 8 ch. 6 vii. Joseph, b. about fall of 1670.
viii. Elizabeth, b. 16 Dec. 1672; m. about 1693 Simon Dakin, d. 11 Jan. 1739/40 in his 76th year (g.s.); 7 ch. They resided in South Carolina 1696-1701 where two ch were born. They were undoubtedly members of the Dorchester group which sailed in Dec. 1695 to found a colony and carry the Gospel to the Carolinas, but returned to Concord.
ix. Job, b. 26 July 1675, d. unm. 18 May 1697. The settlement of his estate indi- cates he was farming his own land; that there were medical bills indicates he
d. of some illness.
x. Hugh, b. 1 Jan. 1677/8.
(Note: The John Brooks listed by Bond as an eldest son was an error. He was son of Timothy, Henry, and d. at Sudbury 4 Aug. 1713.
See also N.E. Hist. and Gen. Register vol. 58.)

2. Caleb² BROOKS (Thomas¹), born about 1632, married, first, 10 April 1660, Susanna Atkinson, born 28 April 1641, died 19 Jan. 1668/9, daughter of Thomas Atkinson of Concord; second, Hannah ----, supposed to have been a sister of his first wife and born 5 March 1643/4 (though marriage to a dead wife's sister was regarded as incestuous by most Puritan communities--Ed.). Caleb died at Medford 29 July 1696 aged 64.
Children: all born at Concord by first wife
i. Susanna, b. 27 Dec. 1661, d. Medford, 23 Oct 1686 aged 25.
ii. Mary, b. 18 Nov. 1663, d.y.
iii. Mary, b. 3 April 1666, d. 22 Aug 1726 in 63rd year (g.s.); m. 19 April 1688
Nathaniel Ball, d. before wife. Her gravestone age was computed erroneously from her namesake's birthdate.
iv. Rebecca, b. 9 Nov. 1667, d.v.p. unm.
v. Sarah, b. 16 Dec. 1668; m. 18 Oct. 1705 as 2nd wife, Philip Russell, b. ca. 1650,
d. 7 Feb. 1730 (1730/1?).
vi. Ebenezer, b. 21 Feb. 1670/71 (sic 1667).
vii. Samuel, b. 1 Sept. 1672.

3. Gershom² BROOKS (Thomas¹) was born probably in New England between 1634 and 1640; died in 1686. He married at Concord, 12 March 1665/6, Hannah Eckles, died 2 Jan. 1716/17, daughter of Richard and Mary (-----) Eckles of Cambridge.
Children: all born Concord
i. Mary, b. 6 May 1667; m. Roxbury, 27 May 1690, Edward Bridge b. 9 Sept. 1668, son of John Bridge.
ii. Hannah, b. 24 March 1668/9, d. 13 Dec. 1696.
iii. Joseph, b. 16 Sept. 1671, apparently d.y.
7. iv. Tabitha, b. 31 March 1674, probably d.y. 7 v. Daniel, b. 14 March 1677/8.
vi. Elizabeth, b. 18 Jan. 1680/1; m. 6 Dec. 1705, Ebenezer Merriam (see Concord and Littleton VR).
8 vii. Joseph, b. in July, Aug. or Sept. 1682.
 
 

4. Noah³ BROOKS (Joshua², Thomas¹) was born about 1656 in Concord, and died in Lincoln, 1 Feb. 1738/9 in his 82nd year. He married Dorothy Potter, died 15 March 1752 in her 90th year, daughter of Luke and Dorothy (Edmunds) Potter. The marriage is proved by the will of Luke Potter in which he bequeathed to his daughter Dorothy Brooks. It should also be noted that Noah's sister Grace married Judah Potter, brother of Dorothy. In 1684 Noah Brooks was a witness to an Indian deed. He was selectman in 1702, 1704 wand 1709. They lived in Concord until 3 July 1735 when Lincoln was set off from Concord and incorporated, and his farm was thus included in the new town. He, his brothers and sister Esther, all opposed this change and signed a petition against it but to no avail (Register 12:20). Their grave stones are still extant in the old Hill cemetery though all that is left of his is the bottom part with his age.
Children: all born in Concord
i. Dorothy, b. 15 Oct. 1685; m. 24 March 1705, Joseph Merriam, b. 20 Aug. 1677, d. 10 Dec. 1750, son of John and Mary (Cooper) Merriam; 6 ch.
ii. Joshua, b. 14 Oct. 1688, d. 26 June 1768 (g.s.); m. (1) 24 April 1713, Lydia Wheeler, b. 5 May 1694, d. 25 June 1750, daughter of Timothy and Lydia (Whee1er), Wheeler; (2) 4 June 1751, Mary (Munroe) Wheeler, widow of Thomas Wheeler, and she d. 30 May 1782 aged 80 (g.s.). By first wife he had 8 ch., b. Concord:
Lydia 1714-1732; Dorothy 1717/8-1790; Joshua 1720/1-1790; Lois 1723-1805; Ephraim 1725-1792; Hepzibah (1727-1783; Martha (1731- 1795; Timothy 1733-
iii. Ebenezer, b. 14 Feb. 1691/2, d. 5 April 1768 in 78th year (g.s.); m. 18 Nov. 1714, Sarah Fletcher, b. 19 May 1690, d. 22 Feb. 1775 aged 85 (g.s.), daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Fletcher. He moved to Grafton. His will is marked as filed 16 March 1768, so perhaps the grave stone is incorrect (Worcester Co. Probate); 8 ch. b in Concord: Noah 1715-1805; Sarah 1717-1775; Joel 1720-1811; Simon 1722-1808; Mary 1724-1736; Peter 1727-1779; Elizabeth 1730-1754; Lucy 1733-1771.
iv. Benjamin, b. 28 April 1698; m. 29 Dec. 1719, Sarah Heywood, b. 18 Jan 1700/1, daughter of John and Sarah (---) Heywood; 10 ch.: Persis 1720- ; Seth 1721/2- ; Sarah 1723/4- ; Kezia 1725/6- ; Benjamin 1729- ; Dorothy
1731- ; Mary 1734- ; Mellescent 1736/7- ; Abner 1740- ; Rebekah 1742- .
v. Mary, b. 25 July 1699, d. 15 Feb. 1760; m. her 2nd cousin Timothy Minot, b. 18 June 1692, d. 30 Nov. 1788, son of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minot (see Sibley's Harvard Graduates).
v. Thomas, b. 28 May 1701, d. 22 Dec. 1790; m. 24 June 1725, Hannah Dakin, b. 23 Oct 1704, d. 3 July 1784, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy (Wooster) Dakin;
7 ch. b. at Concord: Rebecca 1726- ; Aaron 1727-1811; Ruth 1729-1770;
Luke 1731-1817; Noah 1733-1790; Hannah 1736/7- ; Stephen 1741- .
vi. Elizabeth, b. 27 Feb.1703/4, d. 5 May 1782; m. 23 Feb. 1723/4, John Miles, b. 24 Dec. 1702, d. 4 Feb. 1781, son of John and Mary (Prescott) Miles. 7 ch.

5. Daniel³ BROOKS (Joshua², Thomas¹) was born 15 Nov. 1663 and died 18 Oct. 1733 aged 69/11/2 (g.s.). He married 9 Aug. 1692, Ann Merriam, born 7 Sept. 1669, daughter of John and Mary (Cooper) Merriam. His will dated 6 Jan. 1728/9 mentions all living children and his wife.
Children: all born at Concord
i. Child, b. 5 June 1693, d. 9 June 1693.
ii. Samuel, b. 5 May 1694, d. testate, 6 April 1758 aged 63/10/20 (g.s.); m. at
Weston, 6 Sept. 1738, Elizabeth Garfield, b. 10 Aug. 1708 at Weston; daughter
of Thomas and Mercy (Bigelow); 8 ch.: Samuel 1739-1812; Elizabeth 1740/1- ;
Enoch 1742- ; Mary 1743- ; Elisha 1746- ; Anna 1748- ; Sarah 1751- ; Marcy 1755- . All children survived him.
iii. Anna, b. 21 Feb. 1695/6, d. 9 June 1753; m. 25 July 1716, John Jones, b. 6 Jan. 1689/90, d. 12 Mar. 1762, son of John and Sarah (Farwell) Jones; 5 ch.
 
 

iv. Job, b. 16 April 1698, d. 26 Oct 1788; m. 26 Jan. 1721 at Woburn, Elizabeth
Flagg, b. 25 July 1701, d. 21 Feb. 1786, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
(Carter) Flagg; 7 ch.: Jerusha 1721- ; John 1723- ; Elizabeth 1724-1739;
Eleazer 1727- ; Hannah 1729- ; Daniel 1731-1773; Abigail 1734- .
v. Mary, b. 2 March 1699/700, d. 24 July 1737; m. Francis Wheeler b. 8 Feb. 1697/8, son of William and Sarah Wheeler. He m. (2) Sarah Blood, and by Mary had 7 ch.
vi. John, b. 12 Feb. 1701/2, d. 6 March 1777 in Acton; m. 1728, Lydia Barker, b. 18 June 1711, d. 30 June 1802 (or 3 June per g.s.), daughter of John and Elizabeth Barker; 10 ch.: John 1728- ; Samuel 1729/30-1817; Charles 1732- ; Lydia 1734-1756; Ephraim 1736- ; Daniel 1738- ; Nathaniel 1740/1- ; Jonas 1743-1746; Peter 1745- ; Jonas 1747-1825 or 1826.

6. Joseph³ BROOKS (Joshua², Thomas¹) was born about the fall of 1670 at Concord, died 11 July 1746 in his 76th year per grave stone at Concord. He married at Concord, first, 31 Jan. 1703/4, Abigail Bateman, born 29 July 1677, died 24 Jan. 1704/5 in child bed, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Merriam) Bateman; second, 26 June 1706, Rebecca Blodgett, born 5 June 1689 at Woburn, died 25 Jan. 1768 in Lincoln, probably daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Tidd) Blodgett. His will names his wife and all his children (Middlesex Probate 2857),
Children: all born in Concord
i. Mary, b. 10 Jan. l7O4/5, m. Nathaniel Russell, son of William and Elizabeth (Pope) Russell, bp. 23 Feb. 1706, of Littleton, Mass. She was living in Rindge, N.H. after his death in 1763.
ii. Hannah, b. 26 April 1707, m. ----- Russell.
iii. Rebecca, b. 20 Aug. 1708, m. ----- Baker.
iv. Joseph, b. 16 Oct. 1710; m. 22 Feb. 1738/9, Esther Durant, b. 10 June 1707, daughter of John and Elizabeth Durant; 2 ch. recorded at Littleton.
v. Nathan, b. 1 March 1712/13; m. 9 Feb. 1736/7 in Bedford, (1) Susanna Bacon, d.
25 Sept. 1750 aged 37, mother of four; (2) 7 Feb. 1751, Mary Bigelow, 6 ch.
b. Harvard. Ch. by first wife: Nathan 1738- ; Joel bapt. 1756; Abigail bapt.
1759; Zaccheus bapt. 1760; inf. d. 1763
vi. Amos, b. 20 Dec. 1716, d. 19 Nov. 1765 aged 48/10/29 (g.s.) in Lincoln; m. 6 Feb. 1745/6 Lydia Bacon of Bedford; 6 ch. b. at Harvard, Concord, Lincoln:
Joseph 1746/7- ; Amos 1749- ; Stephen 1752- ; Lydia 1755 ; Thaddeus
l758- ; Joel 1761- .
vii. Jonas, b. 3 Oct 1718; m. 25 Dec. 1746 Dinah Pike; 8 ch. b. Bolton: Lois 1747- ; Hannah 1748/9- ; Rebecca 1750- ; Phebe 1751- ; Simeon Mark 1753- ; Jonas 1755- ; Eunice 1758- ; Jonas 1761- .
viii. Isaac, b. 17 March 1720/1, d. before 21 Oct. 1760; m. 16 July 1747, Mary Bath- rick of Charlestown, b. 24 Dec. 1725, probably sister of Elizabeth below, and she m. (2) 21 Oct 1760, John Glazier of Lancaster. 6 ch. b. Concord, Lexington, Harvard, Bolton: Isaac 1748- ; Jacob 1749- ; Jonathan 1751- ; Seth 1752; Mary 1754; Sarah 1756.
ix. James, b. 6 Aug. 1723; m. 26 Dec. 1745 in Cambridge, Elizabeth Bathrick, b. 7 Sept. 1724, daughter of John and Mary (Boyce) Bathrick; 7 ch.: Prudence
1750-after 1816; Phebe bapt. Harvard 1753- ; Elizabeth bapt. 1754; Rebecca bapt. 1756; Mary bapt. 1761; Drusilla bapt. 1761; a son 1765-1766.

7. Daniel³ BROOKS (Gershom², Thomas¹) was born 14 March 1677/8 and was known as Daniel Jr. since he was younger than his cousin Daniel, son of Joshua. He married Anna ----- who died at Concord 24 Jan. 1757, after which he married, second, intentions 19 Feb. 1757, Caroline Prescott of Acton, and third, at Concord on 2 Dec. 1768, Lydia Burrage of Concord. The children were all by the first wife.
 
 

Children: b. Concord

i. David, b. 6 May 1709, d. about 1777 when his will was probated; m. 13 Nov. 1740, Betty Buss, b. 4 Jan. 1714/15 in Concord, d. 26 June, 1757, daughter of Peter and Rachel (-----) Buss; (2) intentions 2 Dec. 1758, Elizabeth Brown, d. 8 or 9 Sept. 1818 aged 98. He resided in Acton.

ii. Timothy, b. 30 Aug. 1711, d. 11 May 1783 in 72nd year, at Acton, testate. He was survived by his wife Mary and only daughter Lydia, who was wife of Simon Hunt, Jr., both named in his will.

iii. Daniel, b. 28 Aug. 1720.

iv. Josiah, b. 21 May 1722, estate administered in 1771, resided in Westford. He was survived by his wife Lydia and children Josiah (eldest son), Lydia, John, Daniel, and Mary.

v. Anna, b. 26 March 1725; m. -----Hoar.
 

8. Joseph³ BROOKS (Gershom², Thomas¹) was born about July, August, or early September, 1682. This we learn from his guardianship papers among which is a bond:
 

Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Brooks Senr of Concord, Edward Bridge of Roxbury in ye county of Essex, and Daniel Brooks junr in said Concord in ye county of Midex . . . stand firmly bound and obliged unto James Russell Esq. Judge of Probate for ye county ... dated the 30th day of June Anno Dom 1701 in ye 13th year of his Majesties Reign. The condition of this psent obligation is such that if ye above bounden Joseph Brooks Senr of Concord ... guardian to his cousin Joseph Brooks son of Gershom Brooks late of sd Concord yeoman deces., a minor of eighteen years of age ... (Edward Bridge was a brother-in-law and Daniel Brooks was older brother of young Joseph Brooks.)
 

Being 18 at this time means he was born between 1 July 1682 and 29 June 1683. He died 17 Sept. 1759 in his 78th year per grave stone in Lincoln. Accordingly, he was born between 18 Sept. 1681 and 16 Sept. 1682. Thus he must have been born in July, August or the first half of September 1682 (Middlesex Probate 2829).

When of Weston, he married 29 July 1725, Jane Jennison of Sudbury, widow of Peter Jennison who died 17 Jan. 1723. Jane had seven children by her first marriage, and she died 16 Nov. 1753 in her 70th year, so was born about 1684. In his will of 19 March 1757, he bequeathed to his "sons-in-law" Peter Jeneson, Israel Jeneson, Robert Jeneson and Samuel Jeneson, to his "daughters-in-law" Sarah Severen, Jane How, and his three"grandchildren"born of his "daughter-in-law" Eunice Richardson deceased. These were his step-children. He also bequeathed to his kinsmen David, Timothy, Daniel, and Josiah Brooks and Anna Hoar, who were the five children of his brother Daniel. Then he bequeathed to the two children of his kinsman Eben Miriam, deceased. This Ebenezer Merriam was apparently his nephew by his sister Elizabeth (Brooks) Merriam (Middlesex Probate 2858).

Child:

Joseph, b. Weston, 14 June 1726, d. 7 Sept. 1749 in 24th year, "only son of Joseph Brooks" (g.s. at Lincoln).
 

The following article which was written by Miriam Brightman Eddy also appeared in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. This was contributed by John BROOKS THRELFALL.
 
 

There has been much speculation as to the relationship of the two early settlers of Concord, Massachusetts, Thomas and Henry Brooks, particularly as to whether these two men were brothers and as to which of them was the father of a daughter named Hannah.

Both Henry Bond, GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES AND DESCENDANTS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF WATERTOWN (1860) and Charles Edward Potter, GENEALOGIES OF SOME OLD FAMILIES OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS (1887) make Hannah a daughter of Thomas. The most recent writer to say
 

anything on the subject is John Brooks Threlfall who, in an article on the Thomas Brooks family (TAG 53:94-100), appends a note in which he leaves out Hannah from his list of the children of Thomas and suggests that she may have been a daughter of Henry Brooks, also of Concord, alluding to the fact that the will of Thomas Fox, who was the husband of this Hannah, refers to Thomas Brooks as uncle. Mr. Threlfall states that the word uncle was often used loosely in the colonial period and even supposes that it could sometimes mean father-in-law. If so, it is rather strange that the Oxford Dictionary fails to include any such looseness in the use of the word uncle, all examples cited having the same meaning as we now attach to the word, except in such phrases as "Welsh uncle," which seems to mean a first cousin once removed, or "Dutch uncle," a person soundly rebuking someone for a fault, "Uncle Sam" and "Uncle George," both referring to the government. It is true that words denoting other relationships, "brother," "son," "cousin and their feminine counterparts did in the 17th century often mean something different from the current meaning.

Henry Brooks was in Concord as early as 1639, and had a son Joseph born there on "12^o (2^o) 1641, that is, in all probability, 12 April 1641, but this Joseph is not heard of afterward and doubtless died young. The name of the first wife, the mother of all the children, is not found, nor do we know when she died, but by 1649 Henry had moved to Woburn at which date he had at least one child who had married. Henry married, secondly, at Woburn, a woman named Susanna who is said in Belle Preston's BASSETT-PRESTON ANCESTRY (1930), p.47, to have been a Bradford, widow of Ezekiel Richardson who had died at Woburn on 21 Oct. 1647. Susanna, whatever her maiden name was, died 15 Sept. 1681, and Henry married, thirdly, 12 July 1682, Annis Jaquith, probably a widow. Six days later, on 18 July 1682, Henry executed his will, stating that he was a clothier aged 91 years, and providing for his wife Annis, three sons and two daughters, as well as several grandchildren. He died at Woburn 12 April 1683. (See also John Adams Vinton, THE RICHARDSON MEMORIAL (1876), p. 37).

An abstract of the will of Henry Brooks is printed in the Hon. Edward F. Johnson's ABSTRACTS OF EARLY WOBURN DEEDS, p. 31, and Henry names sons John, Timothy and Isaac (the "youngest son"), son-in-law John Mousall, daughter Sarah (wife of John Mousall), and daughter Lester; and Isaac, Henry and Miriam, children of son Isaac.

The Concord Vital Records (p. 6) show the marriage of Thomas ffox and Hanath Brookes who were married 13th (10) 1647, i.e. 13 Dec. 1647. This was a second marriage for Thomas Fox whose death is recorded in the same source (p. 8) as "Thomas ffoxce husband to hana ffoxce his wife, died: 14 april: 1658." Thomas left a will in which he mentions "uncle Thomas Brooks" (James Savage, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF NEW ENGLAND 2:196). After the death of Thomas Fox, Hannah went to New London, Connecticut, and there married ca. 1661 Andrew Lester who had been in Gloucester, Mass., before his removal to New London. Charles Dyer Parkhurst's manuscript "New London, Connecticut, and Vicinity: Early Settlers," vol. 34; she is called "Ann, Henry --widow of Thos. Fox." Andrew died at New London, 7 Jan. 1669/70 (New London Co. Court Records 2:4). In 1670, as "Widow Lester," Hannah was received into Mr. Bradstreet's church, having come from the church at Concord (Frances M. Caulkin, HISTORY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT (1895), p. 193). Hannah married, thirdly, 24 April 1672, Isaac Willey of Charlestown and he died about 1685 (Bradley Bateman Ridge, "Bateman Genealogy" manuscript, copy in my possession). Miss Caulkins (p. 287) mentions "Widow Anna Willey, sometime wife to Andrew Lester, Sen., deceased." In equating the Hannah or Ann Fox who married Andrew Lester with the Hanath Brookes who married Thomas Fox at Concord, there is but one slight difficulty. Henry Brooks apparently did not know that his daughter had married a third time when he made his will in 1682, or at age 91 he was forgetful of her third marriage.

On the basis of Parkhurst (3:129, citing "Mr. Douglas") and the Bassett-Preston Genealogy, the complete list of Henry Brooks' children goes as follows:
 

i. Hannah, also called Anna, b. ca. 1620, d. 1692 (Caulkins); m. (1) 13 Dec. 1647;
(2) ca. 1661 Andrew Lester; (3) 24 April 1672, Isaac Willey.

ii. John, b. ca. 1623, d. 29 Sept. 1691; m. (1) Eunice Mousall; (2) Mary Chapman (Parkhurst) or Champney (Bassett-Preston), widow of Theophilus Richardson.
 

iii. Sarah, m. 1650 John Mousall, son of John.
iv. Timothy, d. 1712 at Salem, N.J., according to Bassett-Preston; m. (1) 1659 Mary Russell, daughter of John; (2) Mehitabel (Mowry) Kingsley or Kinsley.
v. Martha, d. Concord, 3 Aug. 1665; m. Thomas Bateman.
vi. Mary, m. 1650, Richard Norcross, son of Jeremiah.
vii. Joseph, b. 12 April 1641 at Concord, probably d. y.
viii. Isaac, d. 8 Sept. 1686 at Woburn, m. 10 Jan. 1665/6 Miriam Daniels, and had Isaac, Henry, Miriam.

While reviewing "One Hundred Years of Fayetteville" (Arkansas) 1828-1928 by William S. Campbell, I made note of the following Brooks names which were mentioned in this history.

CIVIL WAR:

Among those active in enlisting, recruiting, commanding and fighting, who lived in Fayetteville were Col. Wm. H. Brooks ........., and a long list of men in command of companies and in subordinate official capacities, as well as men who bore the brunt of rank and file of Confederate forces. Among those active in Union forces were ...... Col. Edward H. Brooks, brother of the Confederate Col. Wm. H. Brooks, and likewise a large number of men who saw official service throughout the war as well as the rank and file who fell or survived the struggle.

Capt. Sam R. Bell of Fayetteville raised Company C, 1st Regiment Arkansas Confederates, mustering in here. Among the privates were such well remembered names as ..... W.H. Brooks

On October 3, 1864, Maj.-Genl. Fagan made an attack on Fayetteville from the west, but failed to drive the Federals out. While the Federals held Fayetteville the Confederates under Col. W.H. Brooks threatened them with four regiments under Colonels S.W. Peel, Ras Stirman, D.H. Reynolds, and Capt. Wm. Brown. Brooks sent in a demand for surrender. Col. T.J. Hunt, in command at the time replied to come and take it. Federal scouting parties were driven in. Hunt was fearful of an attack and fortified the town with trenches, barricading the streets with what was termed the wreck of ruins. Col.. Brooks considered the situation, and did not attack. Neither commander was sure of results, and Brooks, Peel, nor Stirman had any desire to destroy property or kill their friends and neighbors.

The Missionary Baptist Church was organized June, 1858. E.W. Brooks was mentioned as being among the board of deacons at the writing of this book.

The Fayetteville Republican came to Fayetteville by way of West Fork in 1885, W.M.
Simpson being the first owner. In 1886, it was sold to Thomas Brooks and Damon Clark. They enlarged the paper and soon had a subscription list of 1,500.

About 1892, Thomas Brooks established the Washington County Review, over on the east side of the square. It was republican in politics. It was absorbed by D.C. Ambrose and Son who had bought the Fayetteville Republican from Brooks and Clark in 1890, in the year 1913.

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The following information was contributed by Mrs. R. Anderson, 1360 W. Midland, Auburn, MI 48611.

"The Lincoln branch of the Brooks family (Noah) and the Acton branch (Daniel) came from Joshua of Concord, son of Thomas of Watertown. The Brooks Tavern was built on Acton Common by Daniel Brooks and occupied by three succeeding generations, Job, Daniel, and Paul. The second Daniel married Caroline Prescott of Pepperell. Her relative Col. Prescott was in the inn in 1775. The Brooks Tavern was on the stage line with Wright's Tavern, Concord, and Howe's Tavern, Sudbury (Longfellows's Wayside). The Brooks Tavern is mentioned twelve times in Fletcher's Town History of Acton. The old Brooks house, now standing opposite the Town Hall, Acton Center, was built in 1760 from two earlier taverns, one being the original Brooks Tavern built by the first Daniel Brooks."

April 1st, 1882 Western Saratoga P.O. Union County, Illinois. To the County Clerk of Pike County, Indiana.

Dear Sir: I was informed by mail a few days ago that there is in your office $75 for the Heirs of Sarah Brooks, wife of Elijah Brooks, formerly Sarah Morton - daughter of Joseph Morton, deceased, of your county. You will find enclosed an affidavit stating that James D. Brooks, John M. Brooks, Polly Ann Harlin, and Martha J. Hines are the legal heirs of Sarah Brooks.

Please send by Babe Sarch (?) a receipt as you require of your state and we will assign. The heirs are all living in this county. Direct to the Clerk of this county and attorney.

Yours. J.D. Brooks

The Burleson County, Texas Courthouse does not have tax rolls dating back to 1880, however, the Tax Assessor-Collector does have abstract books showing everyone who owned land in the county at that time, and who would also have paid taxes. Following are those BROOKS who are listed in the abstract books for the years 1880 through 1885.

1880 - 1881 J.P. BROOKS, 113 acres in abstract 123, H.H. Goff survey. (Some of this land was located in Milam County.
1882, 1883,
1884 & 1885 George BROOKS, 100 acres in the J.P. Cole survey, abstract 12.

1885 C.H. BROOKS, 33 acres in the E.M. Cox survey, abstract 15.

1885 C.H. BROOKS, 66 acres in the S.F. Austin survey, abstract 2.

The following information was contributed by Mrs. Neely Brooks, Box 66, Tahoka, TX 79373.

Information in the Index shows (1) name of person who received the grant; (2) the
county in which the grant was located; (3) the book in which the grant is recorded;
(4) page in grant book; (5) number of acres in grant; (6) the year the grant was dated.

In order the patron may not be disappointed as to the information found in the grants themselves, we must stress the fact that the grants do not give any family names; do
not give any residence of the grantee; and do not give any military service record or ranks.

Records are kept at:
 

ROGERS. Mrs. J.M. (Ophelia BROOKS). 313 Dellwood Drive. Greenville. SC 29609. I have heard of a book published in the 1800's by a Mr. HEADON on my particular branch of BROOKS' - James ESAN (or ESAU?) and George W. WHITFIELD. If anyone knows where I might locate a copy, I would appreciate it.
 

BROSSARD, Alice BROOKE, 1781 Thornewood Dr., Concord, CA 94521. I have been researching my BROOKE line for 6 yrs and cannot find the fam outside Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA, mostly because of 4 places of birth for my g-gf. William Thomas BROOKE b 1827 VA, NC, D.C., or ENG, d 1868 Red Bluff, CA, m 1858 Red Bluff, CA Matilda PARTON. Their 3 sons: Robert James (my gf) b 1860; William b 1861; Thomas Lee b 1863. All liv most of their lives around Red Bluff, CA. Robert & William married & had ch, but don't know what happened to Thomas. Can anyone out there help me please? Perhaps William left home prior to 1855 as that is the earliest date I find him in Red Bluff. No other fam members.
 

WILSON. Imoene, P.O. Box 306, Llano, TX 78643. Need p and/or siblings of George Washington BROOKS b 21 May 1808 in or near Richmond, Virginia, d 1 Feb 1887 in Gonzales Co., TX, m/l 19 Apr 1831, Jefferson Co., MS to Eliza Ann CLAYTON b ca 1815 probably Concordia Parish, LA, d ca 1861 DeWitt Co., TX, dau of Ann RAYFORD and John or Henry W. CLAYTON. Known ch: Mary Catherine, Frances Ann, Eliza, Beverly Baker, Sarah E., James Madison, George Washington, Jr., Andrew Jackson, Josephus, Ann Anthora, Alpha Omega, Old Texas, & Charlotta, may be one or more who died young; m/2 10 Aug 1864 Rachal Ann Jane ROACH, nee RHODE (wid of Mathew L. ROACH killed in CW who she m 31 May 1860, Lavaca Co., TX. She had 1 dau this marriage, Rachel. Had 3 ch 2nd marriage to G.W. BROOKS namely Pinckney John, Charles, & Coletta. Eliza Ann came to TX as a colonist. Alpha Omega BROOKS b 1 Jan 1850 m Susan Irene SIMS and were my g-gp. Would like to know date, place of death, & where bur on Alpha Omega BROOKS.
 

MORTON, William E., Rt. #1, Box 411, Fairland, IN 46126. Who were the p of a Sarah BROOKS, bd unknown, who m a HARRELL and had at least two daus? (1) Priscilla, who m John BEADLES and (2) Jemima b 1785, who m my g-g gf, Joseph MORTON 30 Dec 1801 in Person Co., NC. Sarah (BROOKS) HARRELL later m a George VAUGHN. Her will is probated in Mercer Co., KY 1831. Joseph and Jemima are in Mercer Co., KY by 1807 where they raised 14 ch. One boy named Mathew BROOKS MORTON, another ch, Sarah, m Elijah BROOKS. Their heirs (b TN) are found in Union Co., IL 1850-1880.
 

SAPPENFIELD, Sue K., 2841 Fowler Rd., Sp. 102, Ceres, CA 95307. Eliza J. BROOKS m William K. CONDLEY (CONLY) 22 Jul 1867 in Butler Co., KY in the presence of Zacariah BROOKS and Robert BROOKS. Zacariah BROOKS was surety on the bond. They appeared in the 1880 cen of Ohio Co., KY as fol: W.K. CONLEY, 50, Blacksmith, b VA; E.J., 35, wife; T.N., 11, son; and daus Nancy, 9; Sarah E., 6; and Susan, 1, all b KY. Susan was my mor and was placed for adoption in the Louisville Baptist Orphans' Home on 23 Feb 1885 by a James B. WHITED of Rocky Hill Station, Edmonson Co., KY. She was adopted on 2 Mar 1885 by Nathan & Virginia Hayes, of Louisville. The 1880 soundex also listed a Kate BROOKS, age 48, "C", liv with this fam. Any info on this fam would be appreciated.
 

HART, Craig, Box 173, Uniontown, KS 66779. I would like the fol info on Samuel BROOKS: date & place of b, date & place of d, wife's name, par names, children's names, and bros and siss. I know that a dau of his m James McGREW & they had 1 ch, a son, Samuel Harden McGREW, who was raised by his BROOKS gp's. Samuel BROOKS liv in IA at least from the mid-1860's to the mid-1880's. He may have mov to Kansas between 1885 and 1889. He may have been born in IA in early 1800's.
 
 

VICKERY, Janie, 1219 Division, Sulphur, OK 73086. My g-g gf John BROOKS m Mary LOVE in Jasper Co., GA in 1808 acc to pension application for service in War of 1812. Mov to Tallapoosa Co., AL ca 1840; was in Drew Co., AR ca 1857; d in Walker or Winston Co., AL in l880s. Need names of p of John BROOKS and place of his b. Would like to correspond with his descs.

KECK, Mrs. Mae, 10003 Stonehurst Ave., Sun Valley, CA 91352. My hus g-g-g gmor Rebecca BROOKS was b 1790 where? Pars? She was m to Stephen MURPHREE b 3 Aug 1784 where? They had a dau, Frances Melvina MURPHREE b 2 Jun 1824 where? She m 23 Jan 1844 Fayette Co., TX Edward Craddock PETTUS. Any info appreciated.

ALVIS, Evelynne, 1210 Shopping, Weatherford, OK 73096. Need any info on Edward or Edwin BROOKS m Sarah ? about 1832. They liv in IL. Both are thought to have died young. Sarah was b NH 1796. I need any help with research on William H. ALVIS m their dau, Frances 1855 Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.

MAPES, Shirley, 5114 South 121st St., Omaha, NE 6813. Seeking pars of Daniel, Zipporah, and Wilder BROOKS. Daniel b in Union Co., OH ca 1834-1837. Daniel and Zipporah in Richardson Co., NE from 1860-1890. Daniel d 13 Jan 1892. Zipporah m William McINTOSH. Daniel m Mary Elizabeth HAXTON.

GRAVES, Dale E., 3130 Halifax Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46222. William BROOKS, Sr. b ca
1781 VA, d after 1870 IN. The 1850 US Cen of Hancock Co., Harrison Twp., IN lists
William Sr., age 69 b VA and his w Elizabeth, age 50 b KY; ch - Rachel 18; Jasper M. 9;
Sylvester 6; all b IN. Also listed is his s William Jr., age 21 b IN and his w Angeline
(MARTINDALE), age 21 b IN. The 1870 Cen lists William Sr. 94, b VA and w, also William Jr. age 41 and fam. Does anyone have info about William Sr? Will xch info on BROOKS-CURTIS-MARTINDALE in IN.
 

KINSLOW, Mrs. Marvin W., 1316 Miller Lane, New Albany, IN 47150. Thomas BROOKS of Prince Edward Co., VA d 3 May 1779 while a member of 7th Regt. of VA Contl. Line in Col. Abraham BUFORD's Company. Wife, Mary, had 5 ch under 17 at that time. One dau, Mary, m Daniel KELLEY on 2 Oct 1793 and they mov to Hawkins Co., TN before 1820. I would like to learn who the w of Thomas BROOKS was, Mary ? , the names of their pars, where they came from, etc.

JONES, Vera C. 4912 Ox Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. My g gf was Jacob BROOKS b 1806 NY. He d 1875 Fairfax Co., VA. His pars were Etheral BROOKS (1777-1816) and Sally Gale GALE (1780-1850). Did she remarry a ? ADAMS? Would like to hear from other members of this BROOKS fam. Any info much appreciated and will xch.
 

STIMMEL Mrs. Reba L., 22 Duren Drive, Greenfield, MA 01301. I would like to find out
where Luther BROOKS was b 4 Dec 1806 oldest ch of Calvin BROOKS b 9 Apr 1782 Princeton, MA (and Betsey BARTLETT BROOKS), son of Charles BROOKS b 6 Apr 1732 Concord, MA (and Mary HAPGOOD), son of John BROOKS b 12 Feb 1702 Concord (and Lydia BARKER BROOKS), son of Daniel BROOKS b 15 Nov 1663 Concord (and Anna MERIAM BROOKS), son of Joshua BROOKS b ca 1630 probably in ENG (and Hannah MASON BROOKS), son of Thomas BROOKS. Other ch b to Calvin were Mary, Calvin, Lucy, John, Artemus, Prentice, Charles, Betsy, Eliza Ann, and Almira. I have found info in the vital stats recs of Concord, Princeton, and Marlboro, MA. Prob most people interested know that it is poss to find John's grave in Woodlawn Cem Acton, MA and Daniel's grave in Old Hill Cem, Concord, MA. Both in well kept cems.
 

Oueries should be mailed to Karen D. Rocher, 817 East 7th Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701. They should be received by me prior to the 1st of November in order to guarantee they will appear in the November issue. All material for the quarterly should be sent to the above address.
 

PLOTT Mrs. Carol, Route 2, Box 4A, Stanfield, NC 28163. I'm looking for any descs of William BROOKS I. I only have 3 of his ch, but are supposed to be a lot more. His son, William BROOKS II is my direct line. Other sons, Alexander BROOKS and David BROOKS. We think Ezekiel BROOKS and Asa are also sons of William BROOKS I.
 

WOODMAN, Mrs. Helen D., 219 Springfield Ave., Summit, NJ 07901. Would apprec any info on Coenraad (Conrad) BROOKS, who m Mary DENNY 12 May 1800, Dutch Reformed Church, New York City. Was a shoemaker at 209 Greenwich St., New York City. Died or mov from NYC about 1825. His son, Henry BROOKS, b 1806 NYC is listed as a shoemaker in Rochester, NY in the 1860 cen.
 

RICHARDS, Alma BROOKS, 9165 Woodbine Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70815. From which fam of BROOKS in NC did Lloyd BROOKS originate? Who were his bros and sis? Lloyd BROOKS, a farmer, liv in Gwinnett Co., GA. He appears on the 1840 cen, m and between 20-30 yrs old. Other cen document that he liv in Gwinnett. The 1880 cen lists his age as 68. (Birth date ca 1812 in NC.) He was administrator of the Sherwood MORRIS estate, Gwinnett Co., GA. (Acc to cen recs he liv next door to him.) Poss they were kin. He m Nancy WEBB, also of Gwinnett Co. FLANIGAN's History states this under Wiley W. WEBB's fam. I have other proof of Lloyd BROOKS in Gwinnett Co., GA. I'll apprec any help and will ans all letters promptly.
 

SHIRE, Nancy S., 2187 Clearview Ave., Richland, WA 99352. Info is needed concerning Micajah or "Micager" BROOKS, also poss known as "Jim" BROOKS, a pioneer resident of Tulare Co., CA. Born in 1827 in GA, liv for short time in Upshur Co., TX, Micajah BROOKS traveled from TX with his w Susan SANSING in early 1⁸50's, settling in CA. By his 1st w he had many ch--and when she d (she is bur in Exeter, Tulare Co., CA) he remarried; this 2nd wifes first name was Mahala. By her he had another large fam, desc of whom liv for the most Dart in the State of WA. Micajah BROOKS had an older bro, John A. BROOKS, who was my g gf. John A. BROOKS was also b in GA and mov to TX, but he never left TX; he and his w, Jane ADAIR, are bur in Somerset, TX. The existence of Micajah BROOKS is hampering research into this fam, because nowhere can I find any rec of who Micajah's par were or the names of his other bros and sis. This info would verify--or rule out--that the BROOKS fam I am researching in GA and TX is the right line.
 

BRUNSON, Mr. Marion B., Route 3, Box 14-M, Elba, AL 36323. Need par of Jordan BROOKS, who m Mary Elizabeth COCKRUM in GA. After Jordan's death, the fam mov to Coffee Co., AL where many desc live now. Will gladly xch info.
 

BROOKS, Mrs. Neely, Box 66, Tahoka, TX 79373. Need info on ch of Silas BROOKS and w Lydia ? Troup Co., GA 1830-1840; Tippah Co., MS 1850; Silas is bur in Old Cem, New Albany, MS. William Jackson BROOKS (s of Silas) bur in Cem New Albany, MS. Where is Lydia bur? Is it in Tippah or Union Co MS?
 

BROOKS, Col. Roy I., RFD Box 256, Newfane, VT 05345. My g-gf, Thomas BROOKS was b 24 Jan 1805 in either ME or Bethel, VT. I have not been able to get any confirmation in either place. He went to Canada with his pars soon after he was born. He m Fanny Doying of Shiplon, Quebec on 10 Oct 1827. He d and is bur in Kingsey Falls, Quebec on 13 Jan 1876. His w was b in Shiplon 29 Jan 1804 and d 19 Apr 1877. He may have had a younger bro named Harvey, who m Fanny's sis Fynette. His f name may also have been Thomas, b around 1765.
 

GULLETT, Dorothy, 8023 Mount Hood, Dayton, OH 45424. Thomas BROOKS, b ca 1617, m Marah SPENCER, dau of Jared SPENCER. Liv Haddam, CT. Had dau Sarah BROOKS, b 1662, who m William LORD, son of William. William and Sarah (BROOKS) LORD had s Jonathan LORD, b 1685(6). Jonathan LORD m Bridget ? , and he d ca 1760. Would apprec any info on this Bridget.
 

McCRACKEN, Kenneth, R.R. 1, Piedmont, KS 67122. My g-g-g gf was John BROOKS, Pvt. Rev War, 2 1/2 yrs in Capt. John INGLES' Co., 2nd NC Battalion, commanded by Col. John PATTON; sick at Valley Forge. John BROOKS b ca 1745 VA m Lilly Ann (AMOS?) ca 1768. I would like info on both of them, as well as their ch. Ch known, as well as others, are:
William BROOKS b ca 1771 VA; John Jr. b ca 1773 VA; James BROOKS b ?; George BROOKS b 7 Jan 1778 VA; Miles BROOKS b 1 Dec 1781 VA; and it is believed at least one more son and one dau. We find 191 acres of land in Spartenburg Co., SC, south fork of the north fork of the Tygar River, was granted to John BROOKS on 1 May 1786. John BROOKS sold this 191 acres to James SUTTON on 29 Nov 1795. We also find that he sold 400 acres of land in Spartenburg Co. orig granted to James AMOS, to Thaddeus OWEN, 10 Apr 1810. We find John BROOKS on tax list of Barren Co., KY in 1799. It is said that John BROOKS was the first white land owner at Green River (later known as Woodsonville) KY. He was an associate of Daniel BOONE. Inventory of John BROOKS estate, Barren Co., KY was taken 27 Oct 1815. John BROOKS, Jr. m Betsy COURTS 21 Jul 1803 Barren Co., KY. My g-g gf George BROOKS m Editha TURPIN 16 Aug 1804 Barren Co., KY. Editha was the dau of Nathan TURPIN. Miles BROOKS m Lucy PULLIAM 24 May 1805 Barren Co., KY. I would like info on their wives and fams. I would also like info on the above Nathan TURPIN. Who were the pars of John BROOKS and Lilly Ann (AMOS?) BROOKS?
 

ANDERSON, R., 1360 W. Midland, Auburn, MI 48611. Seek info on Jonas BROOKS, son of Joseph b 1718, m Dinah PIKE 1746 Boston, MA.
 

SPENCER, R.S. Jr., P.O. Box 159, EngeIhard, NC 27824. I am interested in the BROOKS fam of Hyde Co., NC and surrounding areas. My g gf was William N. BROOKS (b ca 1813 and d in Mar 1860). He m Mehettable TUNNELL (1827-1861). They had Mahettable Jodie, Mary Ben, Charity, Franklin Pierce, James A. and William. I am interested in corresponding with their descs and with anyone who can shed light on William N., his bros and siss, his pars, etc.
 

DOUD. Col. Harold, 1306 E. Union Ave., Fullerton, CA 92631. Seek pars of Hannah BROOKS who m a W. BARNES. They liv in VT and had a son, Elijah, b there 14 Feb 1797.

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DeFREES, Mrs. Marie L., 1082 Bunker Hill Rd., Mooresville, IN 46158. Need pars and data on Rachel BROOKS b 2 Jan 1829 m William SCOTT. She d 3 Jul 1879 and is bur near Shanty Bay in Ontario, Canada. Among her several ch was my gmor Mary Rachel who m William FENNELL WOOD. Will gladly share data.
 

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BROOKS, Mrs. Joe D. Jr., Route #2, Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474. I am interested in finding the pars of Castleton BROOKS, b 1749 Brunswick Co., VA, d 1777 Washington Co., VA. He was a constable in Washington Co., VA in 1777 (History of Southwest VA, by Summers). Ch: (1) Mary b 20 Nov 1776, d 20 Oct 1849, m William BRICE b 1798 (?), d 19 Oct 1841.
 

BROOKS, Mrs. Joe D. Jr., Route #2, Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474. I would like to find the pars of Arthur BROOKS, who is bur in the Fox-Wheatley Cem, Bedford Co., TN. He was b 4 Jul 1774 and d 11 Dec 1819. Is he the 5 of John BROOKS of Caswell and Person Co., NC? Did he have a bro named Matthew and one named Robert? Have accumulated some info on these persons. Would be glad to xch info.
 

BROOKS, Mrs. Joe D. Jr., Route #2, Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474. I am interested in receiving info concerning the fam of John BROOKS in the Meherrin Section of Virginia, on the Meherrin River, south of Petersburg. This fam later mov to Person Co., NC. I have info from Person and Caswell Co., NC in the form of John BROOKS and Some of His Descendants. I am particularly interested in the bros and siss and pars of this John BROOKS.
 

BROOKS, Harold D., 12135 East 186th Street, Artesia, CA 90701. Searching for info about pars of George Washington BROOKS b 15 Apr 1849, Omensboro, Daviess Co., KY; m Catherine CRABTREE 6 Feb 1872 and had 7 ch. George Washington d 8 Mar 1943. Catherine d 27 Jun 1933. They are both bur at Oakridge Gem, Ozark, AR. His f was John F. "Jackie" BROOKS, m 1 Aug 1848 Daviess Co., KY to Martha Jane KENNEDY. The 1850 Daviess Co., KY cen shows John F., age 25, b in TN; Martha Jane, age 21, b in KY. They are also listed in the 1860 and 1870 cen for Daviess Go., KY. The 1880 cen shows them in Franklin Co., White Oak Twp., AR (p. 62). It states John F. age 55 b in TN, pars b in NC; Martha Jane age 48 b in KY, pars b in VA. I would like to know the date, place of their deaths, and I will answer all correspondence and xch info.
 

BALDWIN, Edwin Felts, 18213 Village 18, Camarillo, CA 93010. In the 1850 cen for
Shelby Co., TN, I find James BROOKS, 60 yrs old; his wife Feriby, 57; James 31; Robert
18; John 15; William 21. These people were born in VA and NC. My ancestor Capt.
Belvidere BROOKS was b in NC and 25 yrs old and liv in TX at this time. In 1848 he was a member of the Germantown Masonic Lodge No. 95, which is a suburb of Memphis in Shelby Co., TN. Can someone prove to me that my g gf Belvidere BROOKS is a son of James and Feriby BROOKS?
 

COX, Betty L., 1614 S. Lennox, Casper, WY 82601. Adelia BROOKS m William COX in Schuyler Co., IL on 28 Jun 1849. Her f signed the consent "C" BROOKS. What was his name and who was the mor of Adelia? Adelia had a bro named Harrison BROOKS. They were b in ME.
 

HALL, Opal, Route #4, Box 273-A, Russellville, AL 35653. I am just starting out so I would like everything I can get on Jenny BROOKS and her kin.
 

MEEHAN, Mrs. Pat, 35844 Sherborne, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043. Seek data of Richard BROOKS b 1854 and w Elizabeth (Betsy) PADLEY b 1856 and ch: Reuben b 1874, Ernest Richard b 1 Jul 1875, Mary b 25 Dec 1878, Lilley Elizabeth b 19 Mar 1881 and Maude Victoria b 10 Jun 1883 of London East, Canada and Canadian Methodist. Believe Richard had a bro David. Have birth, death and life of Maude, my gmor who came to Detroit, MI 1901 or 2, but nothing on rest of fam.
 

JONES, Miriam, P.O. Box 122, Eagleville, MO 64442. Who were the pars of John BROOKS
1745-1815, w Lilly Ann? Lived in Green River Settlement - Hart Co., KY. Had ch: John, James, Wm., George and Miles. Also a dau? Will xch info.
 

BROOKS, Wahner, 2855 S. Madison Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364. Donald Lines Jacobus in his FAMILIES OF ANCIENT NEW HAVEN and Joseph Parkins Beach in his HISTORY OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT FROM 1694 TO 1840 limit the coverage of the fam of Joel and Mariam (MOSS) BROOKS b 8 Feb 1787; Sally (BROOKS) TUTTLE b 30 Apr 1790; Joel BROOKS b 16 Apr 1795; and Aerah BROOKS b 13 Mar 1797. Jacobus and Beach both provide data on Hiram BROOKS b 3 Feb 1805. I need HELP though on Arvilla (BROOKS) HOTCHKISS b 3 Oct 1788; Merriam (or Miriam) BROOKS b 28 Apr 1793; and Eudocia (or Eudona, Udosia) (BROOKS) HOTCHKISS. Will xch.
 

BROOKS, Wahner, 2855 S. Madison Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364. According to the Surrogate's recs for St. Lawerance Go., NY, five of the six ch of Cooper and Sophia (TUTTLE) BROOKS were "lost" when Cooper d in Canton, NY 28 Apr 1866, Frances (BROOKS) NICKERSON, the oldest, being in Canton at the time. I know John Emalus BROOKS, b 29 Oct 1822, and Amasa BROOKS, b 1825, were both in Yamhill Co., OR at the time. I need help locating Hiram BROOKS, said to be in CA; Sherman BROOKS, said to be in IA (prob in the area of Muscatine); and Merriam (or Marion) (BROOKS) FISH (who had at least two ch, Ella A., b ca 1843; and Sarah S., b ca 1849) said to be in Hanchetville, WI. I haven't found Hanchetville on available maps. Will xch.
 

CRAWFORD, Vera J., 1575 Blossom Hill Rd. D-l, San Jose, CA 95118. I'm searching for descs of Hannah BROOKS and Jonathan CHANDLER. Their dau, Betsey Whitmore CHANDLER m Moses Barber NILES. His f was Robert NILES, mor Tacy BARBER? (DAR) They were of Stephenstown & Niles, NY. Moses mov to Tobinsport, IN where I believe he d. I am also interested in research of the BROOKS in ENG.
 

BROOKS, Clifton Rowland Sr., 1301 El Finito Way, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Wish correspondence with people researching BROOKS of Otsego Co., NY, descs of Henry BROOKS of New Haven, CT.
 

BROOKS, Clifton Rowland Sr., 1301 El Finito Way, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Need full info on Sarah Chase (SHAW) WILLIAMS b Otsego Co., NY who m (2) Bela BROOKS 1845, Otsego Co., NY and d 1 Sep 1855 Otsego Co., NY.
 

DILLEN, E. Daniel, 116 Country Club Drive, Newark, DE 19711. We believe my husband's fam is descended from Henry BROOKS landed in Boston in 1630 from Scotland. We would appreciate any info which would confirm the date and place. We would also like to confirm the birth date of David, s of Zebulon BROOKS, who was probably b ca 1770-1775 in Deerfield or Shiloh, NJ.
 

OLSON, Yetive BROOKS, 10106 White Trout Lane, Tam pa, FL 33618. Info on descs and pars of Isaac P. BROOKS of Thomas and Decatur Co., GA (1840 Cen I.P.B. 30-40, w Elizabeth Ann of Goshen, CT b 1802 d Oct 1840 - 6 boys, 3 girls. s Napoleon b 1829 d 4 Oct 1840) (18 Nov 1840 marr lic issued to I.P.B. and Gany EDNEY.) (He m Eliza McLENDON, my g gmor, 12 Dec 1841 - 1 ch Augustus Alston b 1843). Isaac P. BROOKS was first Postmaster of Thomasville, GA. Served in Indian War 1828-l835. Thomasville, GA Commissioner 1831.
 

BROWNING, Mrs. L.M., Jct. S.R. Box 39, Ingram, TX 78025. Need pars of John Brooks LOCK Sr b 11 Apr 1828 where? Killed in CW where? He m Elizabeth ? b 17 Jan 1827. Who were her pars? Their ch: (1) Zedock b 12 Oct 1848; (2) John Brooks LOCK Jr b 10 Jun 1850, d 17 Jul 1904 Hunt, Kerr Co., TX m Nancy Ellen PIERCE b 4 Sep 1859 where? Was the maiden name of John Brooks Lock Sr's mor BROOKS?
 

HINE, M.K., 1121 West Michigan, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Info desired about ancestors of Cynthia B. BROOKS (1825-1853) and Jane L. BROOKS (1831-1916) from OH - IN (?). Our "recs" indicate Cynthia m 15 Nov 1847 Horatio Sheldon HINE, my g gf and Jane m Sheldon Horatio HINE, my gf. She was his 2nd w. The two women may be siss.
 

YATES. Mrs. Patrick A., P.O. Box 2047, Ridgecrest, CA 93555. Seeking info about S.
McHenry BROOKS (1828-1892), liv Greencastle, IN ca 1847, was Coles Co., IL judge
1864-1869; served as Capt. in Union Army during CW, m/1 Sarah EASTON in Coles Co., IL in 1851. Will xch.
 

YATES. Mrs. Patrick A., P.O. Box 2047, Ridgecrest, CA 93555. Seeking info re John E.
BROOKS, b 1859 IL, 5 of Mollenry and Sarah EASTON BROOKS. He graduated from Tuscola High School 1878 and was still liv there in 1884.
 

YATES, Mrs. Patrick A. , P.0. Box 2047, Ridgecrest, CA 93555. Seeking pars of S. McHenry BROOKS, b 1828 Dearborn Co., IN. Was his mor one of the daus of Samuel McHENRY of Hamilton Co., OH who d 1858 Dearborn Co., IN?
 

DOROUGH, Mrs. T. Jack, 831 Rose Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235. Jordan BROOKS b ca 1790 SC, d Upson Co., GA. Estate probated 2 Feb 1850. M Elizabeth Cockran. Who were his pars and when was he b?
 

TODD, Mrs. Helen B., P.O. Box 555, Branson, MO 65616. Looking for info on ancestry and descs (especially his pars) of Jeremiah BROOKS b 1773 in PA, m 1895 to Elizabeth THOMAS b 1775 in VA. They liv in Caswell Co., NC. They were pars of 9 ch: David, Andrew, Green, Logan, Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth, Susan, and Hosey. David m Elizabeth TERRELL; Andrew m Sarah MALONE; Nancy m J.O. BRADSHER; Jame m W.S. MARSHALL; and Susan m a NEELEY. I understand some of them mov to TN, some of them to KY and some of them remained in NC.
 

BROOKS, Raymond T., 6319 Spanish Oak Drive, Orlando, FL 32809. See Vol. I, Issue 1, page 6. Found pars of Thomas BROOKS, Sr. b 1774. In 1833 Thomas BROOKS, Sr. sent S Moses BROOKS and dau Margaret BROOKS KING to Greenville Co., SC to settle est of "George BROOKS of whom I am an heir". Deeds and fam tradition indicate that George BROOKS and w Sarah reared fam on Hunting Creek, that now lies in Davy, Iredell and Surry Co's, NC before mov to SC before 1800. 1824 will of George BROOKS listed w, Sarah, and ch Polly BLACKMON, Thomas BROOKS, Samuel BROOKS, George BROOKS, John BROOKS, Elizabeth BAKER, Joseph BROOKS, Moses BROOKS, David BROOKS, and Leah FLETCHER. George and his w Sarah, no ch, were in the 1800 and 1820 Greenville, SC cen. George d 1825. Believe some of Thomas BROOKS' bros and siss mov to Ashe Co., NC about 1799. Have been told that prior to WW II BROOKS reunions were held around Davy and Iredell Co., NC.
 

EDWARDS, Bruce M., 6203 Mountain Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918. I am attempting to research the BROOKS fam of Buckingham Co., VA. The earliest info I have is on Reid BROOKS, d 1840-50 and his son Bezleel. The courthouse burned in 1869, destroying all county records.
 

LAM, Mrs. Blame, 1053 Bloonfield, Plainwell, MI 49080. I am seeking info on Washington BROOKS, b 26 Oct 1804, m Lucretia P. WOODS on 2 May 1833, d 24 Jan 1887. At one time he res in South Londonderry, VT, but I'm not sure whether he was born there or just settled there. I need the name of his pars. He might be related to Lieut. John BROOKS of Hancock, NH.
 

ROCHER, Karen D., 817 East 7th Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Need f of Mazura A. b ca 1852, Henry L. b Jun 1854, and Columbus F. b Aug 1855. All were b in AL, but what co.? They res in 1860 with mor Mary J. ? BROOKS PITTMAN and step-f, Huland R. PITTMAN in Henry Co., AL. Believe they were b probably in one of the surrounding co's. I note there were 21 BROOKS fams in 1850 Pike Co., AL cen. Appreciate any info.

Volume II of the Navarro Co., TX Marriage Records lists Travis BROOKS and Bettie DAVIS, m 10 Jun 1874, page 215.