At the moment my list of Brooks is not so long. ASAHEL / ASA BROOKS b 1800 MA (per census records) d after 1870 prob in Iowa m early to mid 1820's in prob VT or NY to ELIZABETH "BETSY" MEARS She was b 1804 MA; dau of Isaac and Polly Mears formerly of MA, Middlesex Co. and Billeric Co. then after 1810 of VT, Bennington Co. Sandgate Twp. The first census I have Asahel in is 1830 NY, Saratoga Co. Concord Twp. Three of his known children were born in NY. Known children of Asahel and Betsy Brooks: (1) HARVEY BROOKS b 1827 NY, prob Saratoga Co. Concord Twp. (2) POLLY BROOKS b 1828 NY, prob Saratoga Co. Concord Twp. (MY ANCESTOR). (3) FLORINDA BROOKS b circa 1830 NY, prob Saratoga Co. Concord Twp (4) HENRY BROOKS b 1833 PA, Erie Co. Martha Heinrichs

>> Frank, Charles, Alphonso, Sewall, Seymour, William > > sons of William Curtis Brooks 1826 - 1915) & Lucinda W. Mason > of Lovell, Maine

My Brooks ancester with 6 sons is John Brooks of Lynn, MA John Brooks (son of Berriah and Mary York) married Mary Skilling March 6,1726-7 in Marblehead, MA Children, born in Marblehead: 3 Daughters, 7 Sons (took 2 shots for Beriah to stick) Benjamin, bapt sept 3,1732 married Hannah Vickrey Nov 27, 1755 Sarah, bapt feb 9,1734 married Robert Browne July 13, 1752 Mary, bapt Oct 2, 1737 married Robert Cloutman Nov 25, 1755 John, bapt Feb 24, 1739-40 married Remember Proctor Jan 27, 1763 William, bapt. Oct 10, 1742 married Ann Dixey Aug 27, 1765 (most likely my ancester/proponderance of evidence) Edmund, bapt March 24, 1745 married Elizabeth Fortin Jan 21, 1770 Beriah, bapt April 26,1747, deid young Mercy, bapt May 20, 1750 married John Martin (Marstin) Dec 29, 1768 Beriah, bapt July 19,1752 Nehemiah Skillein, bapt Aug 11, 1754 married Hannah Goodridge March 15, 1781 William Brooks (above) was baptized in Marblehead Octu 10,1742. Her was a merchant, and lived in Marblehead. He married Ann Dixey Aug 27, 1765; and was living in Marblehead as late as 1797. She was his wife in 1772. Children born in Marblehead: William, bapt Sept 29, 1765 married Mary Strong Sept 27, 1785 and lived in Marblehead as late as 1788. Registry of Deeds has William Brooks as merchant, 1794 in Brentwood, NH Edmund, bapt Sept 20, 1767 married Mary Pearce Dec 4, 1788. Died of old age, at the poorhouse, Jan 21, 1844, aged "eighty". Mary, bapt Oct 29, 1769 married James Felton Dec 20, 1795 Beriah, bapt Nov 15, 1772 My most recent Brooks ancester was Nancy (Ann) Brooks. She was born about 1776 in Marblehead, MA. She married Hale Knight of Newburyport in Newburyport Jan 1, 1797. Nancy's death record lists her parents as John and Mary. The only John and Mary that seem to come up in her line would have been her grandparents. One of Nancy and Hale's daughters was names Ann Dixy, which led me to William Brooks and Ann Dixey as her parents. Sources: The Essex Antiquarian, Vol XII, 1908 and MA Vital Records. I was "daughtered out" in 1797. I'm probably fascinated by this Surname List because it is absolutely the best! Thanks Chris and Carol and Steve and many others!! Kathy Chiappetta South Windsor, CT P.S Hale Knight and Nancy Brooks Knight had 13 children. Albert Knight born in 1803 was my ancester. He was a Stage Coach driver for the Eastern Stage Coach company which disbanded in 1840 due to the railroad. He carried students from Philip Exeter Academy back and forth from school to home. In 1837, Albert became the first Depot Master for the Salem, MA Depot of the Eastern Railroad (later the Boston and Maine). Albert's 2 wife was Mary Jane Noble Merrill (Mary Jane's first husband). Their daughter Annie B Knight born Oct 30, 1843 in Salem, MA married William Gambling of NYC (approx 1870). Son Richard Hale Gambling was born March 2, 1880. Richard married Louise Frye (actually Flora Louise Fry, which I discovered in her parents divorce records in Chadron, Nebraska. Hahaha. It's great being a snoop. Grandma would die if she knew I knew her real name). Richard Gambling and Louise Fry had a son Winfield Hale Gambling. Winfield Hale Gambling married Ada Bulger (bad move for Ada, my dear Mom. I always told her that she would have probably had a happier life if she stayed in her beloved Concord, New Hampshire. Her reply was that she never would have known me and my brother Bob). Hope you are all still awake. Sorry to go on and on. Hope at least some of this information is helpful to someone. I have learned the value of "VERIFYING INFORMATION" as many ways as possible.

My first six BROOKS brothers, as researched and shared by V. Van Zee: PARENTS: Jan BROOKS and Jannetje SALSBERGEN: Casparus BROOKS christened on 20 Jun 1773. Josua BROOKS christened on 13 Oct 1773 in Athens, Green, NY. Harmanus BROOKS born 31 Aug 1778 c. 14 Sep 1778 in Zion Lutheran Church, Athens, Greene, NY. John BROOKS christened on 25 May 1783. Jacobus BROOKS born on 21 Aug 1785. Hendrick BROOKS born on 14 Dec 1791. My next five are the children of : Caspar and Christianna (Brooks) BROOKS, who lived in Schodack NY after 1800. I am descended from their daughter Maria. (Christianna may have been the daughter of Caspar's uncle William BROOKS, brother of Jan BROOKS, above). John Wm. BROOKS Birth: 25 Jun 1800 Schodack, Rensselaer, New York Cornelius BROOKS Birth: 4 Jul 1802 Schodack, Rensselaer, New York Jeremiah BROOKS Birth: 30 Jul 1803 East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York Abraham BROOKS Birth: 12 Jan 1805 Schodack, Rensselaer, New York Hiram BROOKS Birth ca. 1811 m AnnEliza Van Buren There were at least three daughters: Caty BROOKS F Christening: 14 Apr 1799 , East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New > York Jane Maria BROOKS b. ca.1815, Christening: 21 Sep 1820 ,East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York m. Henry Van Buren RECTOR Nancy Van Buren Brooks, b. ca. 1819, christened the same day as Jane above. My Lineage: Joshua BROOKS b. ca. 1705 married Geertje Jans BONT 14 Jan 1729 in Linlithgo Reformed Church, Kinderhook Jan BROOKS chr.24 Dec 1738 m. Jannitje VAN SALSBERGEN (Salisbury) 14 Jan 1769 in Albany Caspar BROOKS m. Christianna BROOKS 11 Dec 1798 in Claverack, Columbia, NY Anna/Jane Maria BROOKS m. Henry Van Buren RECTOR 1838 Kinderhook NY Possible Sire: JONATHAN BROOKS was born 13 October 1674 at Springfield, Hampton, MA; died after 1725, son of William and Mary (Burt) Brooks of Springfield and Deerfield, MA. In 1725 he may have been on Long Island (or possibly Staten Island. (Brooks, Christopher, [email protected], posted 21 Nov 1999.) This may be the father of the Jonathan and Joshua BROOKS who settle upriver in the Albany area. Caspar's son Abraham also had a bunch of boys, but that is V. Van Zee's line, not mine. She has been the most helpful distant cousin! Aloha, Eve Grogan

My Brothers are the sons of Thomas Brooks from Glastonbury, CT, who settled in South Plymouth, Chenango, NY. Thomas is the brother of Carol Pullen Reynolds ancestor, Levi Elijah Brooks born in CT November 27, 1781 and died before 1822 Thomas Brooks born in Leydon, MA, December 29, 1783 and died in March, 1842 John Brooks born April 14, 1785, in CT and possibly died before 1852 (Quit Claim signed by John Brooks, Jr of Michigan) Socrates Brooks, born May 26, 1788 and Died August 12, 1841 (my gggrandfather) Theseus Brooks born May 26, 1788 (Socrates' twin) and died March 18, 1856 Clitus Brooks born about 1790 and died before 1840 Roswell Brooks born about 1793 and died before 1875 Cassius Brooks born about 1803 and died ? They also had two sisters Clarissa (old maid) and Electra (must have died young, in any case before 1822. Anne

I suppose I should have listed my line... Henry Brooks & Mrs Brooks John Brooks & Eunice Mousall Jabez Brooks & Hepzibah Cutter Ebenezer Brooks & Jemima Locke William Brooks & Thankful Fairbanks William Brooks & Abigail Babcock Lemuel Brooks & Eliza Bickford George Brooks & Julia Heffernon Francis Brooks & Edna Cutler Debbye

Okay, I'll play too...maybe I can get some idea's as to how to find the missing son (s). Children of Francis William Brooks (b. 1887 Dedham) & Edna Louise Cutler: Joseph Frederick Brooks b. Dec 25, 1910 George Warren Brooks b. Jul 27, 1916 Lawrence Edward Brooks b. Mar 2, 1918 Francis Wm Brooks Jr., b. Mar 16, 1921 Robert Brooks b. May 28, 1922 Henry Cutler Brooks b. Oct 27, 1923 John Robert Brooks b. Jun 23, 1926 Infant (male) Brooks b. 1928 Eugene Brooks b. Jul 23, 1931 Two girls, Edith (1913) & Theresa (1925)...Oral history states there were twin boys who were killed at age five while playing on the RR tracks near their home in Allston MA. I have no names for them, but thought perhaps Robert or John were one of the twins. I haven't been able to verify any of this. Eugene was supposedly the youngest of 12. Any ideas? Debbye

On Mon, 08 Apr 2002 20:41:12 -0700, Kathy Chiappetta wrote: :Hi, Chris and MAnne, Gad zooks! Imagine if Mel Brooks (The :Producers, Blazing Saddles) had 5 or 6 brothers!!! He's ineligible ...he's not a Brooks by birth (professional name) ... I don't know his real birth name, but I've read that his parents were immigrants from Russia. Not a lot of Brookses in Russia to my knowledge. :-) Chris

OK - I'll play. What a good idea Christopher. Gives us each a chance to brush up on who's looking for whom. My Brooks ancestor is Levi (son of Thomas). I have them in CT, a brief move to MA, and then settling in Chenango County, NY Levi Brooks (1757-1829) and Lydia Buck (1755-1806) had six sons Pelatiah - Guy - Selah - Asa - Bethuel - Levi Jr. AND 3 daughters Susannah - Hannah - Polly Carol Pullen-Reynolds

"Hello again Cousins!" This family descends through that of Thomas BROOKS of Concord, MA: 10 BROOKS Brothers & possibly more, sons of Cpt./ Esq. Thomas BROOKS & Mercy TUFTS. 242. Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) (Samuel4, Samuel3, Caleb2, Thomas1), born 6 Jan 1731/32 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 7 Mar 1799 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. He married (1) in 1755 Anna HALL, died 28 Aug 1757 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; (2) in 1762 Mercy TUFTS, born abt 1742; died 26 Aug 1813 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; buried 27 Aug 1813 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. Notes for Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 89, p 205. Representative to the General Court, 1776-82; also loaned money for bounty paid the men enlisting to go to New York. Died of lung fever. Children of Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) and Anna HALL were as follows: + 447 i Anna BROOKS, born 1757; died 1842. She married Samuel STEVENS (Dr.). Children of Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) and Mercy TUFTS were as follows: 448 i Mercy BROOKS, born 3 Sep 1763 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. She married on 6 Mar 1788 in Medford, Middleses, MA Cotton TUFTS (Jr.). 449 ii Jonathan BROOKS, born 25 Oct 1765 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 18 Apr 1847 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. He married on 26 Sep 1791 in Medford, Middleses, MA Elizabeth ALLBREE. 450 iii Samuel BROOKS, born Aug 1767 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; christened 16 Aug 1767 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 28 Sep 1767 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 451 iv Isaac BROOKS, born 2 Aug 1770 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 452 v William BROOKS, christened 15 Aug 1771 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 453 vi Simon BROOKS, born 2 Sep 1772 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 24 Jul 1805 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; buried 26 Jul 1805 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. Died of consumption. 454 vii Lucy BROOKS, christened 9 Apr 1775 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 455 viii Isaac BROOKS, born 3 Jun 1776 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 456 ix Abigail BROOKS, christened 28 Feb 1779 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. + 457 x William S. BROOKS (Cpt.), born 5 Mar 1781 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died Apr 1865. He married Eleanor FORMAN. 458 xi Thomas BROOKS, christened 2 Feb 1783 in Medford, Middlesex, MA, died 6 Jan 1810 in at sea. Died of consumption. 459 xii Edward BROOKS, born 18 Jun 1786 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 460 xiii James BROOKS, born 7 Feb 1789 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. Gender unverified. 461 xiv (---) BROOKS, born 17 Nov 1789 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 462 xv (---) BROOKS, born 3 Apr 1791 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. The last two children's names were on a torn page and do not appear in the town records. TTYL Craig "Always Looking for Cousins!"

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:32:05 EDT, [email protected] wrote: :Five Brooks Brothers! Wow! Who are they! Sounds wonderful! That gives me the idea for another hare-brained participational group exercise. I'll sit this one out, but please feel free to amuse yourselves (and me too) as much as you like, if you like. :-) Which one of you can report the most Brooks brothers in one family? Rules: (1) They have to have the BROOKS surname. (2) You should identify them clearly so that your claim can withstand your fellow researchers' scrutiny. (There is no judge.) For instance: Moe, Curley, Larry, Joe, and Beelzebub Sons of John Brooks (1800-1900) + Gloria Everlasting Lived in Reno, Nevada That's to give others a fighting chance to decipher who on earth you're talking about. :-) (3) Carol Reynolds started with 5 sons of Bezaleel. Who's got 6? Chris

Hi, Chris and MAnne, Gad zooks! Imagine if Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles) had 5 or 6 brothers!!! Kathy At 08:41 PM 4/8/02 -0400, you wrote: >On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:32:05 EDT, [email protected] wrote: > >:Five Brooks Brothers! Wow! Who are they! Sounds wonderful! > >That gives me the idea for another hare-brained participational group >exercise. I'll sit this one out, but please feel free to amuse >yourselves (and me too) as much as you like, if you like. :-) > >Which one of you can report the most Brooks brothers in one family? > >Rules: > >(1) They have to have the BROOKS surname. > >(2) You should identify them clearly so that your claim can withstand >your fellow researchers' scrutiny. (There is no judge.) For instance: > > Moe, Curley, Larry, Joe, and Beelzebub > Sons of John Brooks (1800-1900) + Gloria Everlasting > Lived in Reno, Nevada > >That's to give others a fighting chance to decipher who on earth >you're talking about. :-) > >(3) Carol Reynolds started with 5 sons of Bezaleel. Who's got 6? > >Chris > > > > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] >or [email protected] >

Five Brooks Brothers! Wow! Who are they! Sounds wonderful! Anne

For those of you interested in the VERMONT Brooks' and the article mentioned earlier, I decided to scan the pages and put them out on the web. Here's the URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooks/ Look near the bottom of the page for BROOKS IN VERMONT - click on that and follow the bouncing balls. This is not my line and the page shows all the information I have to offer. The only other thing I will try to do is enhance and enlarge the photo from page 2 of the five Brooks sons. This will have to wait a few days. I came across the info while visiting the Fiske Foundation (genealogy library) in Seattle, Washington a few years back while I was still gathering anything that had the Brooks name in it :-) Hoping it helps you. Carol Pullen-Reynolds

Yes, folks, it's becoming all the rage. A post on this subject to the Merriam list this morning drew the following reply from me, which bears on the ancestral questions in Brooks genealogy. I can't take the time right now to continue this thread, but if any of you are interested, you can drop me a line privately, and when my current project is finished, I'll pick it up again. Chris ================================== :The Mass(ie) Massey families are also doing a Dna sesearch project :to prove who is and is not in their lines. :I thought about this and ask myself this questions. Is the name :the thing that makes us Merriam or the Blood? This argument periodically rages, with dozens of participants on each side, on another list I read for users of TMG (The Master Genealogist). The basic positions expressed there seem to have hardened into: -- "Genealogy is the study of blood relationships. That doesn't mean that adoptive relationships and other non-blood connections aren't important, but don't pervert the software so that it's allowed to obscure the differentiation between blood and adoptive relationships, or to confuse another researcher with whom I've shared my data." OR -- "Then let's call what we do 'family history.' Today we have blended families, adoptions, same-sex couples, and artificial insemination — and the proportion of these relationships is growing compared to the straight blood links. I want my software to show the entire context of any given family, not just what some elitist thinks it should be restricted to." As you might guess, the argument often gets heated as both sides demand new features supporting their approach. :What about organizations like DAR or UEL. will they want DNA proof :of the tree connection. The DAR holds the traditional position requiring blood lines. I don't know about the UEL, which I assume is United Empire Loyalists, which I'm scarcely familiar with. As for DNA testing, I have pondering this with some interest for a few months. Home testing kits can be purchased ($59 to $229 per person) and I have thought of trying to recruit some Brooks descendant volunteers with crystal-clear pedigrees, each of whom would have to pick up the cost of their own test, in an attempt to untangle some of the Brooks lines. In the case of Merriam lines, OTOH, since all of us descend from the emigrant brothers who settled at Concord, MA, it seems moot. The price range I've seen among the kits relates to how many indicators they check. As is almost always true, you get what you pay for, and the high-priced tests claim to examine two or three times as many indicators. I will opine that I think consumer-grade testing of this sort is still in its infancy, and I wouldn't want to stake the entire genealogy of my own family on a $59 test. My inclination has been to wait until prices come down and reliability (I want near-certainty which can be mathematically quantified) gets much better. Chris

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 19:47:23 EST, [email protected] wrote: :Chris - you had referenced a Harrington Brooks on the 1800 census :in Middletown, Rutland Co., VT. I can't find him in the VT index :nor the census. Can you check on this? We've got our signals crossed somehow, Cindy. Here's what my census index gives for Rutland County, VT, 1800: RUTLAND COUNTY: Jonas, Orwell, 10010-00100-00 Joseph, Ira, 31010-10010-00 Peter, Clarendon, 40010-10010-00 Thomas, Benson, 21010-22010-00 No Harrington. I double-checked my data and have nothing for Harrington between his birth, c. 1787, and militia service in 1808. Chris

Don't work too hard. We love ya cuz! Janice "B" >From: Christopher Brooks <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [BNE] Sabbatical (Tributaries) announcement >Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 11:08:26 -0400 > >On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 09:46:35 -0400, Christopher Brooks wrote: > >:(That last sentence looks a little ungrammatical, but it comes >:from the heart.) > >Boy, I'm glad that I've learned to be semi-discreet in my offlist >utterances, because I've recently developed the unnerving habit of >sending private replies to the list as a whole. :-) > >================================== > >I'm going to be taking a brief sabbatical from the list. I have a >long overdue issue of Tributaries to get out the door. Since I'm >unemployed at the moment and the landlord is showing the house three >times a week, now is the time to make lemonade from lemons. > >As a rule I avoid plugging Tributaries on this list, since I request >a modest fee from Trib subscribers to help underwrite the costs of >researching, producing and distributing it. RootsWeb, which hosts >this mailing list, was, in contrast, founded on the premise of free >access, which I wholeheartedly support. I was a proud and >enthusiastic RootsWeb contributor during the time when RootsWeb was >attempting to survive on its own. (It's since been acquired by the >publicly-traded corporate behemoth Ancestry.com.) > >If you're new to the list, please understand that you do NOT have to >send money or subscribe to Tributaries to avail yourself of my help >or that of anyone else who's subscribed here. The publication is >independent of this list, and will stay that way. Non-subscribers do >not receive second-class treatment or less assistance via this list >in any way, and never will. But many folks who subscribe here have >only a modest interest in the Brooks surname -- perhaps because a >solitary Brooks spouse married into their Veeblefester line 4 or 5 >generations back -- and will be quite satisfied with finding their >Brooks ancestral line, and then moving on. For them, the list is >enough, and that's eminently sensible. On the other hand, for those >who have a strong Brooks connection, or who want to read more of my >scribblings or more in depth about these families as a whole, there's >Tributaries. You can read more about it, and download the sole issue >to date as a sample, at > http://www.tributaries.org > >You also may want to bookmark this web page for several reasons. >(1) It replaces my previous Trib page on RootsWeb's Freepages server. >The address will not change, even when cable modem service arrives >here next month and I change ISPs again. You can always reach me >through the web page's Email Me link. (2) The "publication" page now >at this address will soon be replaced by a generic home page, and >supplemented by data pages and links as I begin to upload portions of >my data to the web. The first five generations of William Brooks of >Springfield -- the feature subject of the upcoming issue, along with >the Baptist Timothys (father and son) of early West Jersey Province >-- will be uploaded first, to accompany release of the issue. Within >a year or two this site will house a Brooks Families of New England >mega-site which any one of you can search at your convenience 24/7. > >Today the boys (hardly boys -- one's 30 and one's 27), their ladies, >and baby Isaiah are coming over for a Sunday family dinner. We've >scheduled it precisely at the time when the landlord has scheduled >another showing of the house, so that the intruders will be properly >disconcerted. :-) Brooks uber alles! I guess that's my statement that >family rates ahead of greed on the Values Scale of life. Tonight I'll >plow through as much as I can in the Inbox. As of tomorrow morning >I'm going into semi-seclusion for two weeks. I'll be holding queries >and the like until my return, although I'll continue to monitor the >list for administrative and subscription issues and problems and get >involved as needed. > >As the monkey said after losing his tail to a passing freight on the >railroad track, "It won't be much longer." :-) > >Chris > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] >or [email protected] > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

The following, concerning the early history of Barnstable County, was sent to me from another list. The following is the chapter heading... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER IV. [p. 32] CHARTERS, GRANTS AND INDIAN DEEDS. Spanish Claims. Cabot's Discoveries. Plymouth Company. Council of Plymouth The Pilgrims. Patent of 1629-30. Settlement of the Cape Towns and Purchases from the Indians. Charter of 1691. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mabarnst/hbch04.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click on the above link for the rest of the chapter. Peace and Gentle Sunsets, ~~~Pam Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus 2002

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 09:46:35 -0400, Christopher Brooks wrote: :(That last sentence looks a little ungrammatical, but it comes :from the heart.) Boy, I'm glad that I've learned to be semi-discreet in my offlist utterances, because I've recently developed the unnerving habit of sending private replies to the list as a whole. :-) ================================== I'm going to be taking a brief sabbatical from the list. I have a long overdue issue of Tributaries to get out the door. Since I'm unemployed at the moment and the landlord is showing the house three times a week, now is the time to make lemonade from lemons. As a rule I avoid plugging Tributaries on this list, since I request a modest fee from Trib subscribers to help underwrite the costs of researching, producing and distributing it. RootsWeb, which hosts this mailing list, was, in contrast, founded on the premise of free access, which I wholeheartedly support. I was a proud and enthusiastic RootsWeb contributor during the time when RootsWeb was attempting to survive on its own. (It's since been acquired by the publicly-traded corporate behemoth Ancestry.com.) If you're new to the list, please understand that you do NOT have to send money or subscribe to Tributaries to avail yourself of my help or that of anyone else who's subscribed here. The publication is independent of this list, and will stay that way. Non-subscribers do not receive second-class treatment or less assistance via this list in any way, and never will. But many folks who subscribe here have only a modest interest in the Brooks surname -- perhaps because a solitary Brooks spouse married into their Veeblefester line 4 or 5 generations back -- and will be quite satisfied with finding their Brooks ancestral line, and then moving on. For them, the list is enough, and that's eminently sensible. On the other hand, for those who have a strong Brooks connection, or who want to read more of my scribblings or more in depth about these families as a whole, there's Tributaries. You can read more about it, and download the sole issue to date as a sample, at http://www.tributaries.org You also may want to bookmark this web page for several reasons. (1) It replaces my previous Trib page on RootsWeb's Freepages server. The address will not change, even when cable modem service arrives here next month and I change ISPs again. You can always reach me through the web page's Email Me link. (2) The "publication" page now at this address will soon be replaced by a generic home page, and supplemented by data pages and links as I begin to upload portions of my data to the web. The first five generations of William Brooks of Springfield -- the feature subject of the upcoming issue, along with the Baptist Timothys (father and son) of early West Jersey Province -- will be uploaded first, to accompany release of the issue. Within a year or two this site will house a Brooks Families of New England mega-site which any one of you can search at your convenience 24/7. Today the boys (hardly boys -- one's 30 and one's 27), their ladies, and baby Isaiah are coming over for a Sunday family dinner. We've scheduled it precisely at the time when the landlord has scheduled another showing of the house, so that the intruders will be properly disconcerted. :-) Brooks uber alles! I guess that's my statement that family rates ahead of greed on the Values Scale of life. Tonight I'll plow through as much as I can in the Inbox. As of tomorrow morning I'm going into semi-seclusion for two weeks. I'll be holding queries and the like until my return, although I'll continue to monitor the list for administrative and subscription issues and problems and get involved as needed. As the monkey said after losing his tail to a passing freight on the railroad track, "It won't be much longer." :-) Chris

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 08:53:12 -0400, Carol Reynolds wrote: :Good Morning - : :I have the article from Early American Industries Association (The :Chronicle). Anyone descended of Bezaleel MUST have it. There is :even a photo of his five sons, Thomas McDonough Brooks Jonathan :Edwards Brooks Norman Crane Brooks Milton Brooks Luther Martin :Brooks Kind of you, and quite in character ... I left you unidentified so that you would have the option of remaining the anonymous source if you wished, leaving it to me to deal with any followup inquiries. As always, given a choice, you freely select the Conscientious option rather than the Me First option -- which is one of the reasons I like you so much. I can't imagine that it gets any better for a listowner than having folks like you in the fold. (That last sentence looks a little ungrammatical, but it comes from the heart.) Thanks, Chris