I am attempting to link Hannah Brooks to Uri and Hannah (Sikes) Brooks. I know she was born in NY about 1799 based on the East Baton Rouge Parish census of 1850. She fits the age of several daughters listed to Uri Brooks of Bridgewater, Oneida, NY 1800 census. Her family lived very close to Berry Lively, the man she married, in East Baton Rouge parish. I have Uri's death from a Brooks researcher as 25 Aug 1822 in Baton Rouge, LA. I don't think she was formerly baptized in a church in NY. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to acquire a birth record of Hannah? Sincere thanks for any help you can provide!

This Alvin Brooks is the father of my Great great Grand Father Gillman Drew Brooks. The correct name for my Great great Grand Mother is Mary Elizabeth Scrivner another old American family. It's our family belief that we descend from Deacon Doans of the Mayflower. Google Deacon Doans. I still have to prove a couple of things but I reasonably certain of this history to go on this forum and make the statement. I believe that Gillman Drew Brooks moved to LA sometime after my Great Grand Mother Viola was about 3. I think he changed his name to David G Brooks. He joined a group of LDS followers and may have married again. I have that he hooked up with a cousin named James Wesley Clelland, whose history can be found online by googling that name. This genealogy was done by another cousin Stephany Smith of the Healthsmiths. My family was one of the 1st to go to Kansas and another cousin was the last white man (a kid of 10) killed by "wild" Indians in Kansas. I have that article too. Trudy Fielding

For any of the group interested in Cheshire, CT, you might like to look at some of the old houses around the green that were photographed in the 1930s and are now in the Library of Congress collection. If you don't know about their photographic collection, it is massive and on line. Find your state, then add any search from town location to generic terms like Farm, Woods, Landscapes, etc. Go to www.loc.gov/rr/print/ Then click on Prints, Photographs Online Catalog on the left paragraph area. In "Search" put in Cheshire, Connecticut and click.   Cheshire Jean

I stumbled upon this moments ago, and recognized Hervey Brooks of Goshen, CT as the letter writer. Debbye Lansing posted this in Sept 2005. Chris ======================== Another interesting site containing the following...type "Brooks" in the search engine on the left. http://www.osv.org/ Hervey Brooks of Goshen CT (Potter) (1779-1873)

Good morning, A folded letter dated 1833, from Hervey Brooks and unnamed wife in Goshen, CT, to son Watts H. Brooks in Romney, VA, is for sale on eBay. I have no personal or financial interest in passing this on. I don't know any more about this family, other than that Watts was back in Goshen 3 Apr 1834 to marry Mary Wadhams of Goshen (Barbour Collection). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5672806165 Chris

I have made website additions, revisions and corrections to the Kittery line and to the Scituate line of Gilbert/1 Brooks. 75 people have been added, a mix of Brooks descendants and spouse lines. Chris

Hello again, How positive are you (what is the source?) that Augusta's father was Eli? There is an Augusta Brooks are 14, in the Peoria Co. Ill 1850 census, with parents Cyrus and Emily. All of the family, but the youngest child, born Vermont.

While we're at it: St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT, 1860, M653/1317/356: 1222 | 1227 | Eli Brooks | 58 | M | Carpenter | 1800 | 250 | RI Elisa | 45 | F | NH St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT, 1870, M593/1616/241A: 742 | 980 | Brooks Eli | 72 | M | W | Carpenter | 0 | 300 | NH | citizen Chris

From Ancestry.com 1850 Bethel, Windsor Co. Vt: Eli Brooks 59, Sarah 56 1850 St. John's Caledonia CO Vt: Zelotes Farr 25 NY, Emeline 22 NH; Marcus C. 8/12 NY, Eli Brooks 50 NY 1850 Vernon, Windsor Co Vt: Nathaiel Brooks 45; Harriet 49; Henry 24; George 24; Harriet 18; Chandler 15; Eli S. 13 1850 Vernon (next house): Clarissa Brooks 70, enjamin 50, Polly Cameuff (?) 60 pauper Lois Ralph

As I said before, there were multiple men named Eli Brooks living at this time in New England. I know of six who married during this time span. No doubt there were even more of whom I'm ignorant. (Be glad he wasn't named John.) One of my six Elis, the son of Lemuel Brooks and Amelia Blakesley, married Sophronia Halbert by 1830 and went to New York. He is NOT your man. He can't be your man. His wife lived until the 1880s. When you consider conflicting information, one of the most valuable things you can do is to look at the reliability of the sources that are presented. If you google on "Jacobus," you'll find he was the founder of TAG (The American Genealogist), and the most respected genealogist of the first half of the 20th century. In this case, the census records bear him out completely. I'm not questioning your facts in any way. An Eli clearly was at Lyndon and Barton, and St. Jay is just a few miles south of them. But the son of Lemuel and Amelia was already married to someone else in NY state in 1830. So you need to find other parents for your Eli. Unfortunately, I don't have them. Have you been able to find Eli in the 1850 census? That would give us a reported birth state and age, which would be a start. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.us |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Debbie Allen wrote: > Naomi Wilson was born 21 Feb 1801 in Swanzey, Cheshire, > New Hampshire and died 26 Mar 1843. Naomi's parents were > Abel Wilson and Lucy Olcott both of New Hampshire. > > So what you are saying is that there are two Eli Brooks? > When did Sophronia Halbert marry Eli Brooks (1)? He could > not be married to two different women at the same time. > The Eli Brooks (2) that I am looking for was the father > of Augusta Marie Brooks and her mother was Naomi Wilson. > This I do know for sure. Augusta was born in St Johnbury, > Caledonia, Vermont 11 Sep 1836. This is getting really > hard to follow.

Hi Joyce, There isn't another Nathaniel in the Kittery/York/Eliot area in this period, so Hannah Moulton's husband ought to be Joseph's son Nathaniel. He's the only instance I've seen of the name Nathaniel in the Kittery Brooks line. The "reach" you mention is good reasoning, imo. Kittery, York, and Eliot are all within about 10 miles of each other, and just across the state line from Portsmouth, NH. I *think* York is inland, but Kittery (which hada U.S. Navy shipyard in WWII) and Eliot (on the Piscataqua River, I believe) were both ports and shipbuilding towns. I think the Kittery shipyard is gone, but Portsmouth still has one. Anyway, you can think of these towns as a regional whole. The only source I have for Nathaniel is Stackpole. If you've seen the Kittery VRs published by Picton Press, it's amazing how few Brooks entries there are, considering how many Brooks families were in the area. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.us |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Joyce Noonan wrote: > I have just recently found information on my mother's > great grandmother. Her name was Elizabeth Brooks from > York Maine, born about 1817. Elizabeth's marriage > record, her third, to Job Curtis of Woburn, indicates her > parents were Nathaniel and Hannah Brooks of York, Maine. > > I have found a Nathaniel, of York, living with Hannah in > the census; and, from the census (1850 - 1880) it looks > like Nathaniel's children were, George, Nathaniel, and > James. Elizabeth's first marriage was to Charles Moore > about 1836, so I don't find her in the census with the > family. Elizabeth's son, my mother's grandfather, was > George B. Moore. > > I have found the marriage intention of Nathaniel Brooks > and Hannah Moulton 01/02/1813 in York; NEHGR 1847-1994, > Yr 1962 Vol. 116 pg. 294. > > My question: Is Nathaniel Brooks of York, son of Joseph > Brooks of Kittery. In Stackpole's Old Kittery and Her > Families pg 305, it indicates that Joseph had son's James > and Nathaniel, with no other information on decendents. > > Does anyone know any information on Joseph's son > Nathaniel born in Kittery, or who the parents of > Nathaniel Brooks of York might be. > > It's a reach, but I am thinking the name George, > Elizabeth's brother's and son's name may have been after > George Fernald father of Abigail Fernald who married > Joseph Brooks in Kittery. Nathaniel also named one of > his son's James which might have been after his brother. > > Any information appreciated. I am willing to share any > information I have, although it's not much at this point.

Naomi Wilson was born 21 Feb 1801 in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire and died 26 Mar 1843. Naomi's parents were Abel Wilson and Lucy Olcott both of New Hampshire. So what you are saying is that there are two Eli Brooks? When did Sophronia Halbert marry Eli Brooks (1)? He could not be married to two different women at the same time. The Eli Brooks (2) that I am looking for was the father of Augusta Marie Brooks and her mother was Naomi Wilson. This I do know for sure. Augusta was born in St Johnbury, Caledonia, Vermont 11 Sep 1836. This is getting really hard to follow. Debbie Allen

I found the following 'Elis" in 1840 census: 1 each from GA; IN; West Springfield, Hampton, MA: Butternuts, Otsego, NY; & Franklin, Allegheny,PA. I found the following 26 'Elis" in 1850 census: 3 from GA; 4 from PA; 5 from OH; 1 from MC; 4 from NY; 2 from NH; 1 from AL; 1 from MA; 1 from CT; 1 from IN & 3 from the following areas of VT-- St Johnsbury, Caledonia; Bethel, Windsor, & Vernon, Windham. I'll be most happy to look up info on any of these "Elis". Jim Brooks -------Original Message------- From:trib@tributaries.us Date: 02/20/06 14:25:36 To:BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BNE] Eli Brooks m. Naomi Wilson Having poured cold water on Debbie Allen's ancestral theory, I am dismayed that I am unable to offer an alternative candidate. I've been through all my Elis, merged a pair who upon inspection were the same man, and I'm left with four Elis, three of whom have well-documented marriages and longstanding residence in one place, and then the Eli who married Naomi Wilson. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, Debbie. You might visit that Northeast Kingdom newspaper site whose URL I gave in my last posting — perhaps she has added more news items since I visited. I will check HeritageQuest for (with luck) a history of Orleans County, but that part of VT (extreme northeast) is sparsely populated, and I wouldn't expect to find much on it in print. Perhaps Jim Brooks could check Ancestry.com for Eli Brooks in 1840 (Lyndon or Barton?) and 1850 (same)? The census I have access to is not indexed for the years 1830-1850. Chris ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to BROOKS-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com or BROOKS-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com

Hi, I have just recently found information on my mother's great grandmother. Her name was Elizabeth Brooks from York Maine, born about 1817. Elizabeth's marriage record, her third, to Job Curtis of Woburn, indicates her parents were Nathaniel and Hannah Brooks of York, Maine. I have found a Nathaniel, of York, living with Hannah in the census; and, from the census (1850 - 1880) it looks like Nathaniel's children were, George, Nathaniel, and James. Elizabeth's first marriage was to Charles Moore about 1836, so I don't find her in the census with the family. Elizabeth's son, my mother's grandfather, was George B. Moore. I have found the marriage intention of Nathaniel Brooks and Hannah Moulton 01/02/1813 in York; NEHGR 1847-1994, Yr 1962 Vol. 116 pg. 294. My question: Is Nathaniel Brooks of York, son of Joseph Brooks of Kittery. In Stackpole's Old Kittery and Her Families pg 305, it indicates that Joseph had son's James and Nathaniel, with no other information on decendents. Does anyone know any information on Joseph's son Nathaniel born in Kittery, or who the parents of Nathaniel Brooks of York might be. It's a reach, but I am thinking the name George, Elizabeth's brother's and son's name may have been after George Fernald father of Abigail Fernald who married Joseph Brooks in Kittery. Nathaniel also named one of his son's James which might have been after his brother. Any information appreciated. I am willing to share any information I have, although it's not much at this point. Thank you, Joyce

Having poured cold water on Debbie Allen's ancestral theory, I am dismayed that I am unable to offer an alternative candidate. I've been through all my Elis, merged a pair who upon inspection were the same man, and I'm left with four Elis, three of whom have well-documented marriages and longstanding residence in one place, and then the Eli who married Naomi Wilson. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, Debbie. You might visit that Northeast Kingdom newspaper site whose URL I gave in my last posting � perhaps she has added more news items since I visited. I will check HeritageQuest for (with luck) a history of Orleans County, but that part of VT (extreme northeast) is sparsely populated, and I wouldn't expect to find much on it in print. Perhaps Jim Brooks could check Ancestry.com for Eli Brooks in 1840 (Lyndon or Barton?) and 1850 (same)? The census I have access to is not indexed for the years 1830-1850. Chris

I have a small snippet to add to the census extractions Jim Brooks has posted. The St. Johnsbury (VT) [SUP:]Caledonian-Record[:SUP], 18 Jul 1846, indexed by Janice Boyko at "Northeast Kingdom Genealogy," http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/files/stjcald.htm, contains the followed index item: Brooks, Zelotes, age 22, June 25, son of Eli Brooks of Barton, VT | Montpelier, VT | 7/18/1846 In other words, Zelotes (Biblical name) died at Montpelier in 1846, when his father Eli was in residence in Barton (just one or two towns away from Lyndon). I think what emerges is a clearer picture of two Elis. One, the Cheshire line guy from CT, was in Otsego County, NY by 1830, married to Sophronia. Debbie Allen's Eli, on the other hand, was in Vermont from 1830 on, in what they call up here the Northeast Kingdom, married to Naomi, and making appearances at Lyndon, Barton, and (as Debbie posted in 2005) St. Jay. I will do some rooting around in my Elis and see if I can find one who matches up by rough date and location, and who doesn't yet have a wife. Thanks for the lookups, Jim. Debbie, do you know anything of Naomi's place of origin? Chris

Debbie, The Eli born to Lemuel ("Lemme") and Amelia did indeed marry Sophronia Halbert, as the 1850 census indicates. They ended up (like many of this Brooks branch) at Butternuts, now Morris, Otsego, NY, where Eli died in 1858, and Sophronia in 1882. The authority for this, beyond the census and a couple of Barbour mentions, is Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven." Given his reputation, you want want to cross Eliza Mason off your list of wives. :-) I thought the name Naomi Wilson was familiar, and found that you have previously posted a similar query from which I made notes. If so, forgive me if this is the same response, but what makes you think that Eli Brooks, husband of Naomi Wilson, was the son of Lemuel and Amelia? Swanzey as a location is all wrong (there weren't any Cheshire line strays anywhere in that vicinity), and Jacobus mentions no wife other than Sophronia. I suspect Eli had just the one wife and went directly from Connecticut to Otsego County. The notes I made from your previous query, however, shows Eli in residence at Lyndon, VT in 1830. That's about 25 miles from where I live and way, way off the usual migration path. I haven't got access to an indexed 1830 census, so I can't check this at the moment, but you might want to. If Eli the Cheshire native is at Butternuts in 1830, he can't be the same man at Lyndon, VT that year. You can see the Jacobus research abstracted at the Tributaries website. Eli is in the 5th generation descending from Henry/1 Brooks of Wallingford and Cheshire, CT. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.us |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:55:20 -0700, Debbie Allen wrote: > I have an Eli Brooks that married Naomi Wilson abt 1821 > in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Eli Brooks parents > were Lemme Brooks and Amelia Blakislee. > > I think Eli married three times with Naomi being his 1st > wife. Other wives were Sophronia Halbert (married abt > 1843) and Eliza Mason (married 28 Mar 1852). > > The children of Eli and Naomi were Zelots born abt 1824 > and Augusta Marie Brooks born 11 Sep 1836. I come through > Augusta. She was my 2nd great-grandmother. > > Does anyone have information on this family? > > Thanks > Debbie Allen > Mesa, AZ > > > ==== 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.

I have an Eli Brooks that married Naomi Wilson abt 1821 in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Eli Brooks parents were Lemme Brooks and Amelia Blakislee. I think Eli married three times with Naomi being his 1st wife. Other wives were Sophronia Halbert (married abt 1843) and Eliza Mason (married 28 Mar 1852). The children of Eli and Naomi were Zelots born abt 1824 and Augusta Marie Brooks born 11 Sep 1836. I come through Augusta. She was my 2nd great-grandmother. Does anyone have information on this family? Thanks Debbie Allen Mesa, AZ

The Barbour Collection shows a Mary Bowden Brooks, daughter of Lemuel/4 (Sr.) and Hannah Raymond, born at Norwalk 16 May 1790. I'd be interested in where you found another birth of the same (or very similar) name in 1818, as well as where you found Jeremiah T.'s birth. I don't have any Van Houtens in my own database. I'd be surprised to find Van Houten rendered as Bowden or Borden, both of which are old, legimitate English surnames — as is Bouton, for that matter. One of the Lizzie Borden works I've read had a pedigree for the name going back to England. Chris On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:19:24 -0800 (PST), Lois Jeanne Jain wrote: > Well, I finally had prints made of the photos I took of > gravestones at Pine Island Historical Cemetery in > Norwalk. While copying the information from my notes to > the back of each photo, as some inscriptions were not > clear, I came across the photo of one gravestone > belonging to a Mary B. Brooks, wife of Moses VanHouten. > At the time I visited the cemetery, for some reason, I > didn't think she was part of my Brooks ancestry, even > though her stone was fairly close to the others. However, > lo and behold, upon searching various spellings of the > VanHouten name, I found out that Eli Brooks, son of > Lemuel and Lydia Benedict of Norwalk had their first > child, a daughter, named Mary Borden? Bowden? Brooks on > April 12, 1818. Therefore, Eli Brooks had at least five > children, not four, as I previously reported back in > August. <snip> > Children of Eli Brooks (8/23/1792-12/28/1857) and Nancy > (Ellis?) Taylor ( 3/20/1783-1/6/1866): > > Mary Borden Brooks, born 1818 > Jeremiah T., born 1820 > Julia Ann, born 1824 > Alanson, born 1826 > Sarah A., born 1830

Chris, Jeremiah T.'s birth month and year (March 1820) I found on censuses. I don't recall if his birth date is on his gravestone (it was toppled and overgrown so I don't have a photo) but that is where I got his date of death. Mary B. (Brooks) VanHouten's birth year (1818) and death date (1906) are on her gravestone, I got the the April 12 from the FHL submission of Ann Neil and hope to get documentation of the exact birth date from her. Jeanne Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.us> wrote: The Barbour Collection shows a Mary Bowden Brooks, daughter of Lemuel/4 (Sr.) and Hannah Raymond, born at Norwalk 16 May 1790. I'd be interested in where you found another birth of the same (or very similar) name in 1818, as well as where you found Jeremiah T.'s birth. I don't have any Van Houtens in my own database. I'd be surprised to find Van Houten rendered as Bowden or Borden, both of which are old, legimitate English surnames — as is Bouton, for that matter. One of the Lizzie Borden works I've read had a pedigree for the name going back to England. Chris On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:19:24 -0800 (PST), Lois Jeanne Jain wrote: > Well, I finally had prints made of the photos I took of > gravestones at Pine Island Historical Cemetery in > Norwalk. While copying the information from my notes to > the back of each photo, as some inscriptions were not > clear, I came across the photo of one gravestone > belonging to a Mary B. Brooks, wife of Moses VanHouten. > At the time I visited the cemetery, for some reason, I > didn't think she was part of my Brooks ancestry, even > though her stone was fairly close to the others. However, > lo and behold, upon searching various spellings of the > VanHouten name, I found out that Eli Brooks, son of > Lemuel and Lydia Benedict of Norwalk had their first > child, a daughter, named Mary Borden? Bowden? Brooks on > April 12, 1818. Therefore, Eli Brooks had at least five > children, not four, as I previously reported back in > August. > Children of Eli Brooks (8/23/1792-12/28/1857) and Nancy > (Ellis?) Taylor ( 3/20/1783-1/6/1866): > > Mary Borden Brooks, born 1818 > Jeremiah T., born 1820 > Julia Ann, born 1824 > Alanson, born 1826 > Sarah A., born 1830 ==== 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.