>St. Albans City land records: > 8 MAR 1819 Azariah Brooks to heirs of Harrington Brooks (Rusha Ann Brooks > and Lydia Maranda Brooks) [snip] What do you want to bet that "Rusha" is Jerusha? (I *love* that name.) Sorry, I meant to include that earlier rather than stringing it out. Chris

Some new information on the Harrington Brooks family of St. Albans. This is the line of Henry/1 Brooks of Woburn by way of Sgt. Adonijah/5 Brooks, who fought in both the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. He settled at St. Albans, situated at the northern end of Lake Champlain, near the Canadian border. From Laura Mollrich via Cindy Schroeder: St. Albans City land records: 8 MAR 1819 Azariah Brooks to heirs of Harrington Brooks (Rusha Ann Brooks and Lydia Maranda Brooks) for $800 that part of lot #112 which lies north of a straight line beginning at the NW corner of lot #111 thence running to a large oak tree standing at or near the landing place at Lapama Bay. Witnesses: Eleazer Brooks and William Burton. Eleazer Brooks also the Justice of Peace. From Cindy Schroeder's post of 19 Sep, augmented by the Dept. of Handwriting Analysis at Chez Brooks: > Records of the City Clerk, St. Albans, VT: > Carrie S., dau. of Zubin and E.A. Brooks, born 12-1873 Carrie S. [Cindy's "Carmi"] was the daughter of Ebenezer A/8 Brooks and AZUBAH Meigs. So much for "Zubin" as a first in the lexicon of family names. :-) This same Ebenezer, with an earlier wife, is probably the man in the following: > Clarey E., dau. of Ebenezer and Mary E. Brooks, born 9-10-1868. I previously voiced my suspicion that Betsy C. is the Cordelia E. who married Joshua Babbit. I'm still parsing two of the others. To strictly answer Cindy's question, those I've mentioned are indeed connected to Adonijah. Unless a ROUSSEAU from Quebec wandered in, every Brooks that Cindy and Laura have identified at St. Albans has been of Adonijah's line. The old ouija board is smokin' tonight! :-) Chris

Judith MacKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for help on finding the parents of Lydia Brooks. > She was b. abt 1770 and d. 20 Feb 1846 in Portland, Cumberland, > ME. she m. John Dunn 2 March 1794 in Falmouth ME. They had > 10 Children. I have had no luck in finding any reference to her. Any > help would be appreciated. I looked in my data for women named Lydia Brooks w/any event in ME, but got only 3 hits, none of them close. Of course, there are probably a dozen or more women of this name in ME by this time. I re-searched for Lydia Brooks, b. anywhere 1766-1776, coming up with 6 hits, but again none close. Finally I looked at all Brookses with any Portland connection. Plenty post-1770, but none in your time frame. Sorry. After the Seven Years' War a large percentage of New England men were on the move, and it is a huge task to find the majority of them in their new homes and then reconnect them with their ancestral lines. We do have listreaders who have researched Brooks families principally located in the Maine towns of Upton, Belfast, York and Kittery. (There are certainly more that I'm not remembering, for which I apologize.) But since no one has reported anyone that early around Portland, I'm inclined to Lydia was born somewhere else, "away." (Don't know if Portland even existed as a township then, but I suspect not.] If "abt. 1770" is a guess, I could widen the search timeframe and look again. Or perhaps you have some other clues -- the given names of subsequent children, or the place where John Dunn lived, or a will that references Brooks cousins we might be able to identify or locate in the 1790 census. If so, please re-post and we'll look anew. If not, please try again in a couple of months, as we pick up new listreaders weekly. One request is that you think up a more descriptive subject line for your next post. :-) Since "Brooks" is all we do here, it doesn't tell us much as a "teaser." You also want your message to be able to be found in the list archive. I hear from people weekly who've been digging through it. Chris ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

I am looking for help on finding the parents of Lydia Brooks. She was b. abt 1770 and d. 20 Feb 1846 in Portland, Cumberland, ME. she m. John Dunn 2 March 1794 in Falmouth ME. They had 10 Children. I have had no luck in finding any reference to her. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You

Dear Chris and list members We are currently on holiday in the States, so do not have access to our information, but when we get back to the UK we will send the title and details about one or possibly more books on the subject. Best regards Steve Hoffman Whitchurch, Hampshire England >From: "Christopher Brooks" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [B-NE] Henry Brooks of Royston, Yorkshire >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:35:48 -0400 > >Steve Hoffman wrote: > >| If we can put in our tuppence worth from England: >| >| In the middle ages (14-16th centuries) the wool and cloth was >huge in East >| Anglia (Norfolk, Suffolk) and the Cotswolds and southwards, >including the >| area where we live (Hampshire, Berkshire). There was a woolen >weaving >| industry in Newbury, Berkshire, that we know of. So, for a >Brooke to be a >| clothier, he doesn't have to come from Yorkshire [snip] > >Thanks to our "man on the ground" across the pond for the >reminder about both geography and perspective. > >Is there a well-regarded and currently available history of >England which would cover this, and which you'd recommend, Steve? > > >Chris > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >NO ATTACHMENTS or HMTL to the list, please. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Wayne Brooks wrote: >Cordelia E. Brooks, married Joshua Babbit, B 24 Jun 1818, D 16 Nov 1887, >children, Sara B, Frank M, Fred W, Thomas S, Sara R & Hattie W. >Cordelia E. Brooks was the daughter of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. >Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Cindy reports a St. Albans birth record for Betsy C. Brooks, d/o Eleazer/Olive, on17 Nov 1817. Is that consistent with your Cordelia E.? >Mary Samantha Brooks B 29 Dec 1836, D 13 April 1904, Burial Swanton River >Road Cemetary, married 26 Dec 1864 to Calvin R. Hogle B 9 Feb 1834, D Jan >1907, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, Daughter Grace Hogle B 1869, D 1925. >Mary S Brooks was the daughter of Hamilton Brooks & Sophia L. Hendricks. >Hamilton Brooks was the son of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. >Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Bingo! That's the "Lemanthu" in the 1850 census -- it's Samantha! Hamilton is "Hannibal" in his birth and marriage records, Cindy found. >Harrington Brooks, B abt 1786, D 3 Nov 1811, Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT at age 25 > 2. Vermont Historical Magazine page 294 Here's the text of page 294 from VT Historical Magazine, courtesy of Laura Mollrich: [TITLE] "St. A___" "…existed a fair demand for merchandise and manufactured articles from the surrounding towns. the foundations of some of the best properties in the village were laid during these years. An active contraband traffic sprang up with Canada, the center of which was here, and which added to the floating population, numbers who were engaged in smuggling operations. The people on each side of the line, seemingly by mutual understanding, not only abstained from all irritating and hostile acts, but actually lived on terms of friendship and good neighborhood with each other throughout the war. Sleigh-rides and pleasure parties from both sides were not infrequent. Smuggling was pursued with considerable activity. The extreme scarcity and high price of all foreign goods were such as to justify great risk. Collisions between the revenue officers and the smugglers occurred frequently along the frontier, and in several cases with fatal results. HARRINGTON BROOKS, of St. Albans, a young man 24 years of age, having a wife and two children, both daughters, was shot and instantly killed, while attempting to escape from the custom-house officials with a skiff-load of salt. He was on his return from St. Johns in Canada, accompanied by Miner Hilliard, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 1811, and has passed the revenue post of Wind-mill Point. He was pursued by the collector, Samuel Buel, in a boat with John Walker and George Graves as oarsmen. They came up with him about 9 o'clock A.M. near two rocky shoals or islets, one of which is called Gull island, lying off the west shore of Alburgh. The skiff drew less water than the revenue boat, and Brooks kept in shoal water where Buel could not board him. The latter demanded a surrender, when a parley ensued. Brooks told the collector that he had only 7 bushels of salt; that it belonged to five different families who wanted to cure their pork; that there was no salt to be had at St. Albans, and that he would pay him the duties if he would accept the same and allow him to proceed. Buel told him that he should seize the boat and its loading. Brooks replied that he must catch him first. He started and kept on rowing around the shore of the islands, keeping his skiff where the water was so shallow that the revenue boat could not reach him. The chase continued for some time, when Buel ordered Walker to fire. He obeyed, and discharged a load of duck-shot, twelve of which penetrated the breast of the unfortunate man. He pulled upon his shirt and exclaimed, "See what they have done," and fell forward dead upon the loading of the boat, covering the salt-bags with his blood. His boat, containing his dead body, was then towed by the revenue boat to the Alburgh shore, to a place where a store was at that time kept by Mr. Alexander Scott. Here an inquest was holden, the body laid out and provided with a shroud by Mr. Scott and Duncan McGregor, and during the night, forwarded to his late home. A large and excited crowd awaited the arrival of the remains, and the indignation expressed at the course of Buel was severe. The funeral services were attended by a large and sorrowing congregation. The exercises were conducted by the Rev. George W. Powers, who delivered a final discourse from Job xiv. 1, 2. The excitement which followed this deplorable event, aggravated by the extreme party virulence which at times prevailed, was very great, and continued for a long time. Mr. Walker, who fired the fatal shot, although in obedience to his superior officer, was full of distress on account of it. It threw a cloud of gloom over his entire after life. He died at Albany, while a member of the legislature of the state of New York, to which he had been elected from the county of Clinton, in Jan. 1832." Chris

Cindy Schroeder posted a list of Brooks events from St. Albans, VT on Wednesday. I am belatedly ringing in to say that those names are almost all unknown to me. I do have a Peter and Arvilla (Orvilla) who would fit chronologically, but they'd have had to migrate from Greenwood, ME to St. Albans, which seems improbable. Your Zubin Brooks is the first of that name I've ever seen. Sorry, have nothing to add re Adonijah. I suspect you're still the pathbreaker on this line. :-) In a second post, Cindy named two daughters of Harrington Brooks as Rusha and Lydia. Cindy, where did you find the names? As for Martha being the mother of Harrington's daughters, she'd have had a childbearing layoff of 7 years (1811-1818). You might look up Oliver Keith and see if he and his new bride have children who fit Martha's fertility years. (I'm sure there's a better phrase to use, but I don't know what.) Chris

It is with great reluctance that I issue another "cybersecurity advisory.". [email protected] is a mass-mailing worm written in the Visual Basic language. It requires the file Msvbvm50.dll to execute. When executed, the worm will attempt to email itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. The email will appear as follows. Subject: Fwd:Peace BeTweeN AmeriCa and IsLaM! Message: Hi iS iT A waR Against AmeriCa Or IsLaM !? Let's Vote To Live in Peace! Attachment: WTC.EXE Next, the worm will insert two .vbs files on the system: \<Windows folder>\MixDaLaL.vbs \<Windows\System folder>\ZaCker.vbs In addition, the worm will attempt to download and execute a file. This file is detected as Backdoor.Trojan by Norton Antivirus. Finally, the worm will attempt to delete all files from several folders. These folders appear to be the default installation folders for several antivirus products. For Norton AntiVirus, this worm will only attempt to delete the files if Norton Antivirus is located in C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus. =============================== I post this alert for two reasons. The first is that this worm cynically attempts to take advantage of our emotions following the Sept. 11th attack. I thought of that as I noticed in my inbox *again* several unsolicited "diary" messages which listreaders have been sending me, expressing their feelings about the attack. Given the heightened emotions we're all feeling, coupled with the dramatic upsurge in virus/worm attacks, I'm asking those on this list who are sending me political sentiments to cease and desist. I suggest each of you do the same with any correspondents who are sending *you* their unsolicited political thoughts. I believe a contribution to the Red Cross would be much more productive than mass mailing each other our unsolicited political opinions. My second reason is that these virus attacks are increasing in both frequency and virulence. They are usually directed against Microsoft products, specifically Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Outlook Express, for several reasons. First, Microsoft is the market share leader, and the vandals want the largest possible target. Secondly, all three of these MS products have gaping security holes. Microsoft's product development strategy has been to leave "hooks" or portals throughout their software which third-party developers can use to link their add-on products. In a perfect world, this would give us all better software and more choice, and it certainly has helped build Microsoft into the world's largest monopoly. But in the world as it really is, this practice is like triple-bolting the front door of your house, while advertising the fact that all the upstairs windows are unlocked and open. Vandals target these security gaps as entry points for their attacks faster than Microsoft can release after-the-fact security patches. I believe this problem will only continue to worsen, particularly with the impending release of the XP operating system. I am, alas, writing this email in Outlook Express, which I haven't yet been able to convince our IT guy at work to abandon. But here are the basic recommendations I will make to all of you: 1. Dump Outlook Express for *any other* email program. Netscape, Pegasus and Eudora (adware) are all free, all have more features than O/E, and all are much more secure. Pegasus Mail: http://www.pmail.com/downloads.htm Eudora: http://www.eudora.com/ 2. Click the Start button on your "Wintel" machine, click on "Windows Update," and download whatever security patches are recommended for your machine. This is a slow process via dial-up modem, but absolutely necessary. If you have never done this before, don't be shocked when the Microsoft site tells you you need umpteen megabytes worth of patches downloaded. Believe them ... you do. 3. If you're using Internet Explorer as a browser, update it *immediately* to 5.5 (with all available patches) or 6.0 to be safe. Windows Update (item #2, above) should have offered to update your browser version if what you're using is outdated. 4. Keep your anti-virus software constantly updated. If you haven't downloaded new virus recognition files *today,* you're unprotected against this "Vote" worm. If you haven't updated for a week, you're at risk for the Nimda ("admin" spelled backwards) worm. Here at work we have had three worm attacks in the 10 days since last Monday, and we're updating our antivirus software daily. 5. Turn OFF Visual Basic Scripting (another Microsoft "extra" that no one asked for), which many of these virus/worms utilize. Instructions for how to do this are at http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/u-vbs/ 6. Finally, the standard warnings: Don't open attachments unless you know exactly what they contain and who sent them. If in the slightest doubt, let it sit unopened in the inbox while you fire off a quick confirmation email to the sender. If unable to confirm its authenticity, delete it -- they can always send it again if you were mistaken. And stay current on backing up your computer data, just in case. Thanks for reading, Chris Christopher Brooks Researching Brooks families of New England Listowner, BROOKS-NE, HAPGOOD & MERRIAM lists at RootsWeb [email protected]

Chris and list members: If we can put in our tuppence worth from England: >The interesting thing is that it's a Yorkshire family. Teri says Yorkshire >was the hub of the clothier occupation in England. Henry, in his will, >describes himself as "a clothier, stricken in years." In the middle ages (14-16th centuries) the wool and cloth was huge in East Anglia (Norfolk, Suffolk) and the Cotswolds and southwards, including the area where we live (Hampshire, Berkshire). There was a woolen weaving industry in Newbury, Berkshire, that we know of. So, for a Brooke to be a clothier, he doesn't have to come from Yorkshire. In fact, we know that there are lots of Brookeses in East Anglia, and we are researching a Brooke family in Whitchurch, Hampshire ... don't think there is a connection with Henry, however. Steve Hoffman Whitchurch, Hampshire England _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Steve Hoffman wrote: | If we can put in our tuppence worth from England: | | In the middle ages (14-16th centuries) the wool and cloth was huge in East | Anglia (Norfolk, Suffolk) and the Cotswolds and southwards, including the | area where we live (Hampshire, Berkshire). There was a woolen weaving | industry in Newbury, Berkshire, that we know of. So, for a Brooke to be a | clothier, he doesn't have to come from Yorkshire [snip] Thanks to our "man on the ground" across the pond for the reminder about both geography and perspective. Is there a well-regarded and currently available history of England which would cover this, and which you'd recommend, Steve? Chris

Dear Chris, Teri and fellow Brooks Cousins, You're all great detectives!!! Wish you were the ones employed by the CIA and FBI!! Kathy

Thanks to the several people who volunteered to search through LDS film. That isn't needed, at least at present, as Teri Maddox figured out a way to access an online transcription of the contents of the film. These are BROOKE/BROUCKE/BROWKE baptisms in Royston/Roystone, Yorkshire, transcribed under the LDS controlled extraction process from parish and bishop's registers, LDS film 820757 Item 9. The birthdate of Henry of Woburn isn't firmly known. In a deposition much later in his life in Massachusetts, his age is given "about 60 years," and from this we infer 1592 as a birthdate. I don't think we can take that to the bank. Aside from the possibility of memory lapse or clerical or transcription error, we don't know that the age even came from Henry himself -- why qualify his age with "about"? -- it might represent a clerk's estimate, after the fact. The second problem here is that the given names found at Royston don't mesh at all with the Woburn line -- Robert, George, Margaret and Agnes are *all* MIA in the line of Henry Brooks until at least the 5th generation. The interesting thing is that it's a Yorkshire family. Teri says Yorkshire was the hub of the clothier occupation in England. Henry, in his will, describes himself as "a clothier, stricken in years." Anyway, here they are: 1. George BROUCKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Christening: 23 May 1611 Royston, Yorkshire, England 2. Willm. BROWKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Christening: 5 Feb 1565 Royston, Yorkshire, England 3. Elizabeth BROWKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Christening: 15 Jul 1599 Royston, Yorkshire, England 4. John BROWKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Christening: 9 Jan 1603 Royston, Yorkshire, England 5. Margrett BROOKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Christening: 16 May 1562 Royston, Yorkshire, England 6. Henrye BROOKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Christening: 10 Dec 1592 Royston, Yorkshire, England 7. Robert BROOKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Christening: 10 Dec 1592 Royston, Yorkshire, England 8. Agnes BROOKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Christening: 28 Jan 1593 Royston, Yorkshire, England 9. Agnes BROOKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Christening: 7 Apr 1596 Royston, Yorkshire, England Chris

I'm looking for a listreader who's a descendant of Henry/1 Brooks of Woburn, MA , and who also has convenient access to an FHC. In trying out a new piece of Internet search software today, I found myself staring at an LDS list of sources (FamilySearch website) purporting to document the birth and/or baptism (and thus, hopefully, the origins, unknown to date) of Henry Brooks. Most of the listings are hopeless. They tell me that Henry was born in Wales, Yorkshire or in Scotland, Wales, to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks; and even, in one case, to Henry's second wife. I clicked the Details link for each to find it credited to "patron submission" or some similar format of undocumented submission. One listing stood out, however, because it offers a specific date and location. I'm 70 miles from an FHC that's never open, has only one film reader that's always reserved, and which doesn't even maintain an answering machine. This film might be nothing, or at best a true record of the birth of another Henry Brooks, but then it might be the Holy Grail and the chance to make research history. At worst we would eliminate another suspect from the lineup. You never know until you look ... Who would like to volunteer? (Don't all come forward at once! <g>) Henry is known to have been born ca 1592 from a deposition he gave in Massachusetts in his 60s. The LDS listing purports to document the following: HENRYE BROOKE, chr. 10 Dec 1592, Royston, Yorkshire, England Here's the microfilm source: Christenings, 1558-1633, Roystone or Royston, Yorkshire England FHL British film #820757 Item 9 Should this by some chance be the right man, there might also be a marriage record at Roystan for his first (unnamed) wife, whom he married in England, and who was the mother of all his known children. Here's the appropriate call number for a possible marriage record: Marriages, A thru Z, 1562-1633 (1 fiche -- FHL British Fiche 6909883] If anyone is interested, I can supply the known biographical details and chronology of Henry Brooks. Thanks, Chris

Transcription kindly provided by Charlotte M. Davis of Fairbanks, AK, webmaster of the Bethel, VT U.S. GenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtcbethe/ LINE: Reuben/5 and Simeon/5 Lt. Edward/4 + Anna/5 HAYWARD (she of Mayflower descent) Benjamin/3 + Hannah WALKER Benjamin/2 + Mary BARNARD William/1 + Mary/2 BURT SOURCE: Fred G. Cox, "The Illustrated History of Bethel, Vermont," 1895 =================================== Pages 91-92 Reuben Brooks and his wife, Annie (Terry) Brooks, were among the first families to locate in Bethel when this town was almost a wilderness, and settled on a farm on Christian Hill, now owned and occupied by Anson Marsh. Ten children were born to them, viz: Osmand, Pardon, Fanny, Thora, Mary, Nancy, Sabrina, Reuben, James and Harrison. (1) Osmand married Polly Perham, and their five children were Alonzo, George, Laura, Frederick and Eugene. Alonzo married Ursula Burt, and their five children were Frederick, Ida, Hattie, George and Emma. Of this family, Hattie married Charles Coy, and Ida married Monroe Kendall. (See Kendall Sketch.) George Brooks, son of Osmand Brooks, married Betsy Corey, who was the mother of five children, viz: Birdsell, Elizabeth, Will, Eugene and Celia. Birdsell is now a carpenter and builder in Bethel village; Will is a farmer, and resides on Christian Hill; Elizabeth married Albion Spices, and their home is a Greenfield, Mass.; Eugene and Celia both reside in Bethel unmarried. Laura Brooks, daughter of Ormand, married Daniel Clough. (See Clough Sketch). (2) Pardon Brooks married Lavinia Lillie of Bethel. They moved West where four children were born to them, viz: Fannie, George, Albert and Hattie. His widow now resides in Independence, Iowa. (3) Fanny Brooks, daughter of Reuben and Annie (Terry) Brooks, married John Perham. (4) Thora went West where she married and resided until her death. (5) Mary married Eleazer Burt. (6) Nancy married Timothy Richardson. (7) Sabrina married ______ Walker. (8) Reuben Brooks, born July 18, 1803, married Philena Burt of Walpole, N. H. Four children were born of this marriage, viz: Mary, born May 26, 1842, now resides in Bethel, unmarried; Helen, born August 31, 1845, married Aaron Davis of Bethel, and died September 8, 1886; Walter, born September 26, 1847, died April 5, 1893; Jennie, born March 26, 1850, married Lewis S. Bird of Bethel. (See Bird Sketch.) Reuben Brooks died January 6, 1878, and his wife died September 8, 1889. (9) James Brooks married Irene Reed of Bethel, and they moved to the West. (10) Harrison Brooks moved West when he was eighteen years old, married, and raised a family of children. His home is now at Fort Wayne, Indiana. =================================== Chris

We have had queries here in the past about Brooks families of Bethel, VT. Furthermore, I have just invited (read: tried to cyber-shanghai <g>) several folks who recently posted Bethel queries to BROOKS-L at RootsWeb to join us here. For the benefit of all, I have two Bethel family profiles to share, which I will forward in separate posts -- these are brothers, of the Springfield line of William Brooks, who d. at Deerfield in 1688. Transcriptions kindly provided by Charlotte M. Davis of Fairbanks, AK, webmaster of the Bethel, VT U.S. GenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtcbethe/ LINE: Reuben/5 and Simeon/5 Lt. Edward/4 + Anna/5 HAYWARD (she of Mayflower descent) Benjamin/3 + Hannah WALKER Benjamin/2 + Mary BARNARD William/1 + Mary/2 BURT SOURCE: Fred G. Cox, "The Illustrated History of Bethel, Vermont," 1895 =================================== page 62: Simeon Brooks and his wife, Elizabeth (Strong) Brooks, came to Bethel in 1780. Their children were Eli, who died in Braintree; Simeon, who died in Bethel; Ira, who died in Bethel; Asa; Anna, who married Ellis Fish, and died in Randolph; Betsy, who died in Bethel, unmarried; and Almira, who was drowned in childhood. Asa Brooks, son of Simeon Brooks, was born in Bethel, July 31, 1788, and was married January 16, 1814, to Lucy Stevens, who was born November 27, 1792, and died March 29, 1876. Asa Brooks died August 7, 1871. There were seven children born of this marriage, viz: (1) Lucy Hayward, born October 11, 1814, died at the age of nine years; (2) Nancy S., born May 3, 1816, married S. A. Webster, and they now reside in Bethel. (3) Asa S., born August 25, 1819, died when four years old. (4) Albert A., fourth child of Asa and Lucy (Stevens) Brooks, was born in Bethel, October 18, 1824. His education was received in the public schools, and at an early age, he was engaged in farming, continuing in that occupation until he was eighteen years old. He then started in mercantile trade, and after working for other parities several years, he opened a general merchandise store in Gaysville, Vt., in 1856. In 1875, Mr. Brooks sold his store in Gaysville, and came to Bethel, where, in company with G. K. Montgomery, he purchased the business formerly carried on by Merrick Sylvester, and this business was conducted three years under the firm name of Brooks & Montgomery. The present partnership was then formed, and the firm now consisted of Albert A. Brooks and Seth M. Washburn, under the firm name of Brooks & Washburn. With Nelson Gay, Chester Downer and F. P. Holden, Mr. Brooks was interested in the Gaysville Manufacturing Company, which company was engaged in the manufacture of underwear from 1879 to 1888. A stock company was formed during the latter year, and the factory was destroyed by fire during the same year. Mr. Brooks was postmaster at Gaysville from 1861 to 1873, a period of twelve years. He is a director of the White River national Bank, and president of the Bethel Shoe Company. On December 24, 1848, Mr. Brooks was married to Miss Jennett Whitcomb, and their two children were Jennie, born September 1, 1849, married J. A. Chedell of Gaysville, Vt., and they have three children: and Kate, born July 17, 1854, married Seth M. Washburn, and they have four children. (See Washburn Sketch). (5) Samuel H., born January 29, 1827, died in infancy. (6) Julius P. Brooks, sixth child of Asa Brooks, was born October 25, 1828, married Sarah Gambell, who bore him two children, viz: Willard J., and Charles. Julius P. Brooks died in Auburn, California, in 1861. (7) Sophia Brooks was born October 31, 1832, married Albert F. Waterman and resides in Tunbridge, Vt. =================================== Chris

Cindy Schroeder wrote regarding the Brooks brothers of St. Albans, VT. I’m not familiar with the format used by those with more experience in genealogy than I. Here’s what I have that may be of interest. Cordelia E. Brooks, married Joshua Babbit, B 24 Jun 1818, D 16 Nov 1887, children, Sara B, Frank M, Fred W, Thomas S, Sara R & Hattie W. Cordelia E. Brooks was the daughter of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Mary Samantha Brooks B 29 Dec 1836, D 13 April 1904, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, married 26 Dec 1864 to Calvin R. Hogle B 9 Feb 1834, D Jan 1907, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, Daughter Grace Hogle B 1869, D 1925. Mary S Brooks was the daughter of Hamilton Brooks & Sophia L. Hendricks. Hamilton Brooks was the son of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Harrington Brooks, B abt 1786, D 3 Nov 1811, Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT at age 25 Harrington Brooks was the son of Azariah & Lydia Brooks. Azariah was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Oral family history told of Harrington Brooks being shot while smuggling salt near Isle La Motte on Lake Champlain. I located the following accounts which confirm the story. History Town of Alburgh Vermont, Volume I, compiled by Allen L. Stratton, North Hero, VT, Printed by the Northlight Studio Press, Barre, VT, Page 119, Violent Incident by Customs Men of “Wind Mill Point”. (1811). A sad occurance took place on the Lake off the west shore of Alburgh, in 1811. A man named HARRINGTON BROOKS from St. Albans Point, was shot by revenue officers while endeavoring to escape, and killed. BROOKS and a man named MINER HILLIARD, in a row boat, with seven bushels of salt and a small bill of dry goods for their families, passed the Port of Entry at Wind Mill Point, early on a pleasant Sunday morning in October. They were discovered and pursued by the revenue cutter, on board which were Customs Collector SAMUEL BUELL and boatman, JOHN WALKER who was brother-in-law to BUELL, and GEORGE GRAVES. They overtook BROOKS and HILLIARD three or four miles south, near two small rocky shoals called “Gull Islands”. BROOKS and HILLIARD having the smaller boat, avoided all attempts at being boarded. Finally BUELL lost patience and ordered WALKER to fire. He obeyed and shot BROOKS in the breast, the gun being loaded with buck shot. BROOKS tore open his bosom exclaiming “See what they have done?” - and fell dead. This affair produced a very great sensation in the community. A jury of Inquest found the parties guilty of murder, but upon further proceedings they were acquitted. JOHN WALKER was much upset by this incident and became a recluse, finally purchasing the Point Au Fer (NY) Farm. He died 16 Jan 1852. (Hemenway’s Vermont History Gazette, Vol. II, P. 495) "That smuggling was indulged in to a considerable extent by numbers of dwellers in St. Albans cannot be denied by any reasonable person. Collisions between the officers of the government and the violators of the law were frequent, but serious results were fortunately rare. On the 3d of November, 1811, the officers were in pursuit of a young man of the town, Harrington Brooks, and in order to prevent his escape he was shot and killed. Young Brooks was attempting to smuggle into the town a boat-load of salt." [1] See copy from Vermont Historial Magazine page 294. He left a wife and two children. [?] SOURCES 1. History of Franklin and Grand Isle Cos. by Aldrich [367] 2. Vermont Historical Magazine page 294 3. 1810 Census: Franklin Co. VT [310.1] I’m also interested in learning more of Harrington Brooks’ wife and their children. Wayne Brooks

In researching my Brooks, I find Rusha and Lydia Brooks of St. Albans, VT. They are daughters of Harrington Brooks (he died in 1811 - shot while smuggling salt). I believe Rusha and Lydia were probably born 1805-1811. I would like to know what happened to them. Their mother probably remarried. Could the mother be the Martha Brooks that married Oliver Keith in St. Albans in 1818? Cindy Schroeder

I am researching the Brooks brothers of St. Albans, VT. The father was Adonijah. The sons were Asahel, Azariah, Adonijah Jr., Eleazer, and Hananiah. The below are records of Brooks I have found that I have not connected to this family. Can anyone verify that they are NOT connected to the Adonijah Brooks family; or can anyone connect them to this family? Records of the City Clerk, St. Albans, VT Martha Brooks married Oliver A. Keith 2-10-1818 Curtis Brooks married Sarah Sleepor 11-29-1840 Cordelia E. Brooks married Joshua C. Babbit 12-25-1842 (she of Franklin) Antoinette L. Brooks married John K. Cleaveland 6-7-1846 Mary S. Brooks married Calvin R. Hogle 12-26-1864 Joseph, son of Francis and Louisa Brooks, born 8-6-1859 Clarey E., dau. of Ebenezer and Mary E. Brooks, born 9-10-1868 Clara L., dau. of Joseph and Mary Brooks, died 7-9-1870 Carrie S., dau. of Zubin and E.A. Brooks, born 12-1873 Albert Brooks married Jane Phelps 10-30-1878 Eushia and Martha, dau.? of Benjamin and _ (Connors) Brooks died 1889 Elizabeth Brooks died 5-2-1896 ---------- John D. b.1820 d. 11-27-1857 Greenwood Cem., St. Albans E., son of Peter and Orvilla d.& bur. St. Albans 1865 age 1y/10m Cindy Schroeder

We've had several queries and I've corresponded with other folks offlist about Brooks settlers in VT. Perhaps this will be helpful. From the William Gray Brooks manuscript again, p. 13: "Edward Flint Brooks, clergyman, Gill, Mass., was a son of Asa, who was born in Westminster, Mass. and died at Halifax, Vt. in 1826, aged 65 years. His children were, Asa, Ezra, Amos, John, Alva, Joseph, Edward Flint, Rebecca, Tamar, Polly, Rhoda and Eunice. "Amos, (Dr.) resides at French Creek, Upshur Co. Virginia. Alva resides in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill. These, with Edward Flint, are all the brothers now [1854] living." Chris

Here's something interesting. Brooks, William Gray, "A Genealogical Account of the Brooks Family," unpublished manuscript (Boston: 1854). Photocopy courtesy of Jane Patrick, with handwritten notations by Edward Towle Brooks, M.A., Q.C., M.P. of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Since the copy I have is typewritten, it would appear that Edward T. Brooks typed (or had typed for him) a copy of the original, which he had from the author, his cousin and the father of Rev. Phillips Brooks. (Recall that Mark Twain owned one of the first typewriters, and I don't think that was until the late 1870s. William Gray doubtless wrote in longhand.) On page 4, William Gray Brooks writes, "In a volume in the library of the Hist. Society [NEHGS?], I find a "sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Martha Brooks, late wife to Mr. Thomas Brooks, minister of the gospel in London, who departed this life June 20, 1676, by I.C. a friend of the deceased, and her surviving husband." In the Catalogue this is put down as a sermon by John Cotton. In the same volume is another "Sermon preached Oct. 10, on the sad occasion of the funeral of that reverend and faithful Minister of Christ in London, Mr. Thomas Brooks, who departed this life Sept. 27, 1680" &c." I've seen a number of genealogies of the unproven sort -- Ancestral File stype stuff -- which cite a Rev. Thomas Brooks as the father of Thomas the emigrant. I suspect this passage in William Gray Brooks is the source of the son-of-Rev. Thomas story, which would then take on a life of its own as it was borrowed and copied and copied again until the original ambiguity of the source was long since lost. W.G. Brooks presents this only as a curiosity in the context of a section in which he says no English roots have been found. Alas, it doesn't fit when you do the math. Capt. Thomas couldn't have been born much later than 1613, more probably around 1600. Rev. Thomas, to be his father, would require a birthdate as early as 1580, making him 100 or more years old at his death in 1680. Henry Brooks of Woburn, supposed to be Capt. Thomas's brother, was born about 1592, known from a deposition he gave in Woburn, which would push the birth of the Reverend back even farther. I thought it was interesting, nonetheless. Another small knot unravelled, perhaps. Chris