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Folks, you know I have no financial interest in these things. Personally, it angers me to see family history being piecemealed out to "strangers" as collectibles. I regard the dealers as little better than vultures. Nonetheless I hold my nose and pass on eBay listings related to Brooks families of New England. Best never sold, but if sold, then to one of us, is my philosophy. Today's listing contains 4 letters of the Rev. Phillips/8 Brooks, of the Medford line originating with Capt. Thomas/1 of Concord, MA and then descending through Caleb/2 Brooks of Medford. Here's your chance to have an autograph of "Philly" himself! :-) Phillips Brooks really WAS a great man, regardless of his surname. If you're not familiar with him, there's a fairly detailed profile in the first issue of the Tributaries publication, which you can download from the Publications link at the Tributaries website. The eBay URL will break into two lines. Copy and paste it into a continuous string in your browser to see the auction listing. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=125&item=6 525145456&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Chris, >I searched my own data for any Brooks who married a Louisa, >Lovisa, or Louise and had some event in NY state within this time >frame, but came up empty. Nor does Mollet or Mellot match >anything I have. Thank you for searching. >Louisa has a rather hyperkinetic chronology. She's a 21-year-old >widow, with a 5-year-old daughter, marrying for the 2d time. Did >she go on to have a dozen children with your g-grandfather, and >live to a ripe old age? She and my g-grandfather had six sons, my grandfather being the youngest, b. 1882. According to my database, she died ca. 1895, but what I remember from family discussions, he was on his own from third grade which would mean she died closer to 1890. My grandfather had also said that he lived for a time with his half-sister, Elizabeth. She's buried in a cemetery in Hobart, Delaware County, NY, as Elizabeth Aldrich with her husband, William Miller. They had five children. I don't know absolutely whether or not she actually was Louisa's daughter from her first marriage, or was Andrew's daughter from . . . who knows. I cannot find her anywhere in 1870 censuses. If she was going by the name "Brooks" then and staying with Brooks relatives, I suppose she would have been listed as part of the family without distinction. Any Brooks families that suddenly have a ten-year-old child? Another family legend that I'm trying to work out is that Louisa may have been American Indian. According to my 79-year-old aunt, my grandfather was half Indian. I had never heard it stated that definitely before! The next candidate is Andrew's mother, Elizabeth (unknown), b. in Connecticut. I tried to figure from local families in Lexington, Greene Cty, NY, who Louisa's husband might have been. Although, divorce could have been a possibility, I'm supposing he might have died in the Civil War before her second marriage in 1864. So far, I find that all of the likely candidates live too long or were otherwise married except Archibald Brooks. Anyone reading this probably knows this family tree better than I, and if you know that he didn't marry Louisa, then let me know and the mystery remains. For what it's worth, at www.itd.nps.gov, I find an Archibald F. Brooks, 115 N.Y. Infantry, Private. ----------------------------------------- Get free email at http://mail.destin.com ----------------------------------------- Get free email at http://mail.destin.com

I found a marriage record for my g-grandfather, Andrew J. Aldrich (listed as "Aldridge"). He married (by J.P.), Sep. 30, 1864, Mrs. Louisa Brooks, b. 1843. I know from my grandfather's marriage license that her maiden name was Mollet (although another researcher in the 60s had her surname as "Mellot"). I'd like to know who the "Mr." was and who her parents/siblings were. She apparently had a five-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, when she married my g-grandfather.

Vernon Aldrich wrote: > I found a marriage record for my g-grandfather, Andrew J. > Aldrich (listed as "Aldridge"). He married (by J.P.), > Sep. 30, 1864, Mrs. Louisa Brooks, b. 1843. I know from > my grandfather's marriage license that her maiden name > was Mollet (although another researcher in the 60s had > her surname as "Mellot"). > > I'd like to know who the "Mr." was and who her > parents/siblings were. She apparently had a five-year-old > daughter, Elizabeth, when she married my g-grandfather. I searched my own data for any Brooks who married a Louisa, Lovisa, or Louise and had some event in NY state within this time frame, but came up empty. Nor does Mollet or Mellot match anything I have. Perhaps one of our other subscribers working on Greene County, NY, will recognize her. The Resources page at the Tributaries web site has census index transcriptions of Brooks heads of household for Greene County from 1790-1860. Louisa has a rather hyperkinetic chronology. She's a 21-year-old widow, with a 5-year-old daughter, marrying for the 2d time. Did she go on to have a dozen children with your g-grandfather, and live to a ripe old age? Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Ann Kessler wrote: > I found proof that John Brooks married Tabitha Wright on > August 16, 1711 in Swansea, Bristol, MA. The notation is in > Book A, records of the town of Swansea, 1662 to 1705, edited by > Alverdo Hayward Mason and published by East Braintree, > Massachusetts: A.H. Mason, 1900. The book is microfilmed by the > Mormons, FHL US/CAN Film (903395 Item 6). Just to the side and > above her name is a notation: (New York). Costello, Margaret F., Jane Fletcher Fiske and H.L. Peter Rounds. [ITAL:]Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts, to 1850[:ITAL]. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. Page 181: Newport Rhoad island august ye 16—1711 These may sertifie Whome it may concerne that John Brooks of Swanzey of the County of Bristol in ye province of the Massachusetts Bay: and Tabitha Wright of oisster Bay in Queen County in the Govement of new york: were lawfully joyned together in the honourable Estate of matrimony in the Dweling house of Capt James Cole Newport: the day and year above sd: Attest John Rogers: assistant. Alverdo Mason's "Swansea Records" is available as page scans in the HeritageQuest library, and may be available through Ancestry.com as well. > On April 2 you sent me an abstract of John's will. Thank > you. It states: > > Cousin Mary Salisbury dau of my sister Mary Salisbury > dcd. Cousin Samuel Salisbury brother of my said Mary Salisbury. > Was Mary Salisbury his sister Mary Brooks b. 10 Dec 1677? Were > Cousin Mary and Cousin Samuel her children? Do you have any > idea how Christian Kingsley of Swansea and Mary Brown is > related to him? First, let's keep list and private correspondence separate. If I reply to you privately, then the appropriate reply on your part would be to me offlist. As for the identities of the various parties named in the will of John/3 Brooks of Swansea, I've already promised publicly to upload these individuals to the Tributaries website as soon as I can work them out. It's a promise I wish I'd never made — 55 individuals edited and flagged for addition so far, and each one seems to provide a new discrepancy or conflict — but I'm working on it and will announce to the list when the upload has been made. Surnames include Cole, Bisbee/Bisby, Salisbury, Mason, and a bunch more. You are, of course, free to work these out on your own and post them here, to save me the labor, but that's your call. :-) I am plodding along as fast as I can. Chris

On April 2 you sent me an abstract of John's will. Thank you. It states: Cousin Mary Salisbury dau of my sister Mary Salisbury dcd. Cousin Samuel Salisbury brother of my said Mary Salisbury. Was Mary Salisbury his sister Mary Brooks b. 10 Dec 1677? Were Cousin Mary and Cousin Samuel her children? Do you have any idea how Christian Kingsley of Swansea and Mary Brown is related to him? Thank you. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.org> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] John Brooks, son of Timothy > On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:38:58 -0500, Ann Kessler wrote: > > > I am looking for John Brooks, b 1662 in Woburn, who was > > the son of Timothy Brooks. John married Tabitha Wright in > > Swansea, MA on 16 Aug 1711. They may have died in 1714, > > but I'm not sure of that fact. Does anyone have proof of > > their deaths? > > I'll swap with you. :-) > > John's death: > > Inv. of Est. of John Brooks who d. 22 Nov 1714, dtd 7 Dec 1714, > pres. by Thomas Lewis & Pelatiah Mason, Exec. Apprs: Joseph > Mason, William Wood & William Anthony [3:214/15] > > Source: Rounds, H.L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, > Massachusetts Probate Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing > Co., 1987, 2 vols. > > I'm interested in proof of Tabitha's identity, and the marriage > date and location. So far all I have is the mention of a 2d wife > Tabitha in the probate. > > Please respond to the list (Reply All) and not to me privately. > > BTW, list messages to your address have been bouncing to your > address for a couple of days. You might want to visit the list > archive to see what you missed, though there's been nothing on > this line recently. > > Chris > > Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: > ============================================ > BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) > at RootsWeb.com > ============================================ > > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > Changing email addresses? Preparing ahead of > time can save both you and your listowner a > headache. Write brooks-ne-admin@rootsweb.com. > >

I found proof that John Brooks married Tabitha Wright on August 16, 1711 in Swansea, Bristol, MA. The notation is in Book A, records of the town of Swansea, 1662 to 1705, edited by Alverdo Hayward Mason and published by East Braintree, Massachusetts: A.H. Mason, 1900. The book is microfilmed by the Mormons, FHL US/CAN Film (903395 Item 6). Just to the side and above her name is a notation: (New York). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.org> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] John Brooks, son of Timothy > On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:38:58 -0500, Ann Kessler wrote: > > > I am looking for John Brooks, b 1662 in Woburn, who was > > the son of Timothy Brooks. John married Tabitha Wright in > > Swansea, MA on 16 Aug 1711. They may have died in 1714, > > but I'm not sure of that fact. Does anyone have proof of > > their deaths? > > I'll swap with you. :-) > > John's death: > > Inv. of Est. of John Brooks who d. 22 Nov 1714, dtd 7 Dec 1714, > pres. by Thomas Lewis & Pelatiah Mason, Exec. Apprs: Joseph > Mason, William Wood & William Anthony [3:214/15] > > Source: Rounds, H.L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, > Massachusetts Probate Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing > Co., 1987, 2 vols. > > I'm interested in proof of Tabitha's identity, and the marriage > date and location. So far all I have is the mention of a 2d wife > Tabitha in the probate. > > Please respond to the list (Reply All) and not to me privately. > > BTW, list messages to your address have been bouncing to your > address for a couple of days. You might want to visit the list > archive to see what you missed, though there's been nothing on > this line recently. > > Chris > > Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: > ============================================ > BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) > at RootsWeb.com > ============================================ > > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > Changing email addresses? Preparing ahead of > time can save both you and your listowner a > headache. Write brooks-ne-admin@rootsweb.com. > >

Hi again, I am sorry, I put Ann as the person interested in the Alexander Brooks of Ohio and I should have noted that Lisa is the one with the original query. Kitty Scott

Hello Carol, According to my records, Noah E. Brooks was b.5 Jan 1800 in Morris Twp, Greene Co, PA, moved to Richland Co, OH and then to DeKalb Co, Indiana (1840 and 1850 census reports) rather than Illinois. Noah E. married to Rachel Day. Their children: John and James, born PA, and Barkley F., William D., Hannah, Lydia, Simon Neal, born OH. The second wife, Lydia H. Abbott. Children: Adelia, Martin V., George W., Sarah A., Silas N., and Calvin. All but Calvin were born DeKalb Co, IN. Calvin was b.WI. The 1850 census says that the children were born in PA, but that doesn't make sense. The 1860 says they were born in IN. Kris Bomersbach

Hi Ann, and list, I did some research in the census on Ancestry looking any Ohio Alexander Brooks. I first found him in the 1850, age 6, born abt. 1844 in Ohio, he was in an infirmary run by Oliver Cleveland in Eaton, Preble County Ohio and was designated as a pauper. I then looked in the 1840 census for any Brooks Family in Preble county. There were two, Henry in Jackson, and Jacob in Casper or Gasper Preble Co., both born in VA. So I am assuming that they were brothers or at least related. The next search was a marriage which has Alexander and Annie E. Dunning marrying on 14-Sep-1870, Jackson, Preble Co. I then searched in the 1870 which finds in Jackson, Alexander age 25 born Ohio abt. 1845, father born Va. Mother born Indiana, he is in the home of Lewis Schute occupation working on farm, there is an Anna E. designated as wife to Lewis but I am thinking it was a mistake and she was the wife of Alexander. In the 1880 census he is found in German, Montgomery Co. Ohio age, 34 born Ohio, father, VA. Mother Indiana. He is head and his wife is Annie E. 37 born Ohio, father and mother also born Ohio, children Charles R. 8, Frank E. 5, and Edward A. 3 all born Ohio. The 1900 census finds him in Eel Cass Indiana, age 57, born March 1843 Ohio, whoever gave the information says parents both born Ohio, married 30 years, Annie E. born January 1842 Ohio, father New York (last time it says he was born in Ohio), mother Ohio with only Edward born July 1877 Ohio. I decided to see if I could find Jacob or Henry after the 1840 census. In the 1850 census I found Jacob 44, born abt. 1806 in VA., with wife Hannah age 41 born Va. John 21 born Va. Nicholas 18 born Ohio. All of the following were born in Ohio. Jacob 16, Mary 15, Susan 14, Lucinda 12, Joseph 8, Sarah 7, Peter 3 Daniel 20. As you can see there is a nice little space between Sarah and Peter for another child and Alexander was 6 and in the infirmary in. It bares looking into but there was also another Alexander in Ohio, about the same age with father Henry mother Millie, Henry was Black and Millie and Alexander were classed as Malatto. They were both from VA. But that Alexander was born in Mississippi. All of this is census and guessing as I have NO primary proof that this is your Alexander and he is not in my line. Hope this answers some questions for you. Warm Regards, Kitty Scott

Note that my prior listing and comment on Noah E. Brooks stated that he was born in 1899, I should have typed 1799! Carol

Three days' worth of missing email has suddenly arrived, about 60 messages in all. Still have no clue what occasioned the interruption. If you perchance sent anything to me and it bounced, now's the time to try, try again. I was surprised that no one has requested the RUSSELL file in connection with the Noah Brooks/Maracha Russell thread. (At least I see no requests for it in the mail dump I received.) If by chance you missed it, I'll repeat the offer, which seems like a no-brainer for those interested in this Noah. ===================== Les LeMay has also shared a file of his research on the relevant RUSSELL families, and a pair of JPG portraits of Erastus Russell and his wife Elizabeth Brooks. If you would like a copy of these files, please send me your request privately with an ALL-CAPS subject line of SEND RUSSELL. This will spare Les the chore of distribution and also ensure that your request receives a prompt reply. Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ============================================ BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) at RootsWeb.com ============================================

In regards to the listing for Alexander Brooks of Richland County Ohio: Note the following possible links: John Brooks ( origins still unknown) born about 1754 in ? and lived in Greenwich Cumberland County New Jersey. Married Judith Robinson of the same area in 1784 in the Greenwich Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, NJ.( Loomis Library in Greenwich) The moved to 10 Mile Creek in Greene County PA by the time that their youngest son Noah E. Brooks was born in 1899. Noah was living in Richland Cty Ohio at the time of John Brooks death in Greene County in 1824 as noted in John's Probate in Greene County. I do not know of any children of Noah E. other than my ancester, Simeon Brooks, who moved with his father to Dekalb Illinois then on to Lind County in Wisconsin by 1854. Both Noah and Simeon are in the GLO records as buying land at that time along Hatton Creek. Perhaps checking census in the above locations will be helpful. Carol Brooks

I don't have much on him. Do you know if he married and had children? Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Brooks1934@aol.com> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:37 AM Subject: [BNE] Alexandrew Brooks > I have Alexandrew Brooks in one of my genealogies with parents Uriah Brooks > and Jane Joslin. This is the Henry Brooks line of Woburn. > Judy Brooks Truchon > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To Search previous posts by keyword(s): > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BROOKS-NE > The address is case-sensitive. > >

For whatever reason, I've been unable to access my incoming mail server since Saturday evening. Outgoing mail seems OK, though I can't receive my own test messages to be sure. Until I get this figured out, please hold any mail (and particularly attachments) you might have planned to send me. If you've sent me a request for the Russell file or anything similar, I'll process it just as soon as I can collect my accumulated mail again. Thanks, Chris

Lisa - Have you done your basic census work? ... at least for the years 1850-1870? You can go to http://www.ancestry.com/ and even without being a member you can get an idea about where your Alexander might have been previously. They won't let you look at the actual record unless you subscribe to their service(s) but you can take the basic information to you local genealogical library and order the census film for the location(s) you find. This works best with unusual names. Someone said earlier that Alexander coupled with Brooks was unusual in the NJ line(s), so I thought this might help you. For instance the only Alexander Brooks in IL in 1870 is in Richland Co., perhaps if you are lucky in 1850 you'll find him still living with his parents or at least in the same general location. There are two Alexander Brooks listed in Ohio in 1850 in the approximate age bracket you would be looking for. Happy hunting. Val ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Clements" <lgc1997@cablelynx.com> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 3:12 PM Subject: [BNE] Re: James Brooks from Ohio >I am trying to find a line of Brooks from Ohio that moved to Arkansas. >Alexander Brooks is shown on the 1880 census as being 43 born in Ohio. >I've also seen where he lived in Olney, Illinois before that. Any help >would be appreciated > > Lisa > lgc1997@cablelynx.com > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To send a message to all subscribers: > BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com > >

I have Alexandrew Brooks in one of my genealogies with parents Uriah Brooks and Jane Joslin. This is the Henry Brooks line of Woburn. Judy Brooks Truchon

I'm sorry, but I don't have an Alexander. That is a very unusual name for the New Jersey line. I have one Alexandrew, and he was born in Deerfield, Cumberland, NJ on 10 October 1831, but I don't know where he died. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Clements" <lgc1997@cablelynx.com> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: [BNE] Re: James Brooks from Ohio > I am trying to find a line of Brooks from Ohio that moved to Arkansas. Alexander Brooks is shown on the 1880 census as being 43 born in Ohio. I've also seen where he lived in Olney, Illinois before that. Any help would be appreciated > > Lisa > lgc1997@cablelynx.com > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To send a message to all subscribers: > BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com > >

I am trying to find a line of Brooks from Ohio that moved to Arkansas. Alexander Brooks is shown on the 1880 census as being 43 born in Ohio. I've also seen where he lived in Olney, Illinois before that. Any help would be appreciated Lisa lgc1997@cablelynx.com