As suggested by the NEHGS newsletter of Dec. 14th, I clicked on the following URL http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ which catalogs collections from many sources. I tried putting in David Brooks. The first three of interest produced this when I clicked on "More On This Record." Title: Logbook for the ship Australia, 1857-1859. Description: 1 v. (ca. 100 leaves) ; 27 cm. Local Call No: C0199 (no. 79) Notes: Supplied title. "D.B. Brooks, No. 193 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., wholesale and retail dealer in books, stationery, and music"--Bookseller's label, pasted on front flyleaf. Logbook of "Ship Australia of Salem, J. Dudley, Master, from New York to Sumatra." Subjects: Australia (Ship) Shipping -- Pacific Ocean -- 19th century. Voyages and travels -- 19th century. Logbooks -- United States -- 19th century. lcsh Ships' logs -- 19th century. aat Booksellers' labels (Provenance) rbprov Other authors: Brooks, David Brainard, 1824-1884, bookseller. Location: NjP mss C0199 (no. 79) Control No.: NJPGV3241539-A Access: Note: Search MASC (Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections), the database of the Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, to find related material Location: http://libweb5.princeton.edu/masc/MascSearch.asp Author: Brooks, David. Title: Description of lot sold to Gilbert Livingston, 1806 June 10. Description: 1 p. Notes: Judge in Dutchess County, N.Y. appointed, 1794. A description of a lot of land surveyed by David Brooks and sold by Andrew Billings to Gilbert Livingston. The description provides a detailed description of a lot in the village of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y. David Brooks, Descrption of a Lot Sold to Gilbert Livingston, 1806 June 10. 1.1\a Lossing purchase 19120822 797 David Brooks Description of Lot Sold to G. Livingston 1.2\a cataloged 19880603 tr David Brooks Description of Lot Sold to G. Livingston 1.3\a Physical location: mss11 David Brooks Description of Lot Sold to G. Livingston Subjects: Livingston, Gilbert. Billings, Andrew. Surveys -- New York (State). Poughkeepsie (N.Y.). Dutchess County (N.Y.). Location: Manuscripts and Special Collections, New York State Library, Albany, NY 12230. N 797 Control No.: NYSR88-A587 Author: Brooks, David. Title: Letter, 1806 September 27. Description: 1 p. Notes: Judge in Dutchess County, N.Y. Appointed in 1794. "Judge Brooks presents his compliments to Mrs. G. Livingston and wishes her to inform the bearer whether it will be convenient for her to permit his horse to run in her pastures. He is perfectly quiet and inoffensive." David Brooks to Mrs. Gilbert Livingston, 1806 September 27. 1.1\a David Brooks to Mrs. Gilbert Livingston Lossing 0798 purchase mss11 08/22/12 1.2\a cataloged 19880603 tr 08/22/12 Subjects: Livingston, Gilbert. Horses. Horse owners -- New York (State). Dutchess County (N.Y.). Personal letters. aat. Location: Manuscripts and Special Collections, New York State Library, Albany, NY 12230. N 798 Control No.: NYSR88-A588 Anyway, you get the idea if you want to pursue with any search term. Cheshire Jean

This is the most unproductive of possible list exercises — a test. I wouldn't clog your mailboxes with it if it weren't a necessity. I am in the midst of transferring the domain tributaries.org, which hosts not only the Tributaries website but my personal email, from one host to another. My email, both incoming and outgoing, has consequently been down over the weekend. If you have sent mail to either myself or to the list, and it bounced, please refrain from resending for a day or two more until I give the "all clear." Thanks, Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ============================================ BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) at RootsWeb.com ============================================

Thanks for a valuable finding aid, Jennifer. Here's a marriage record for the John/Diana referenced on your site, courtesy of Jim Nolan. First Presbyterian Church, Albany - Marriages 1785+ 10.4.1807 Brooks, John [and] Smith, Diana citing [ITAL:]The Capital[:ITAL] (Rhinebeck, N.Y. Valley Quarterlies, 1986-), 7:66 Chris jennifer bumann wrote: > http://home.new.rr.com/warped1/family/genealogy.html > >> If anyone is interested I have finished my database of >> all the Brooks listings in the Albany, New York >> directories. It currently goes from 1813 to 1860. I >> only have to do 1861 then I am done - for my own >> purposes anyway. It is much easier to read than the >> previous upload, with everything lining up properly. I >> hope someone will find it useful.

Merry Gonsalves wrote: > Reading Kitty's message about the William Gray Brooks > Bible and Chris's reply, I thought that the name, William > Henry Brooks seemed familiar. When I checked my > transcriptions from Briggs' history of St. Andrew's > Church in Hanover, Mass. (see below), there he was. It > has been a couple of years (or more) since I looked at > the book and I don't remember if there was any other > mention of him that I may not have transcribed. I doubt > it because I was transcribing the Brooks items for Chris > as well as for myself. Briggs gives his birthplace as > Baltimore, so he may have belonged to one of the southern > Brooks families. However, his position as Phillips > Brooks' secretary, along with his bearing the name of > Phillips Brooks' father, does make one wonder if their > relationship was familial as well as professional. More grist for the mill … thanks, Merry. Chris

I goofed big-time on the preceding analysis, dropping a generation in my computation. I find no obvious candidate for the father of Rev. William Henry Brooks, nor any demonstrable or even suggestive connection to Rev. Phillips Brooks and his father William Gray Brooks. Chris

> I don't know if everyone knows about this wonderful > Family Bibles Blog site so thought that I would send it > along. The Brooks Bible mentions William Henry Brooks, > wife Ellen Cordis Gray married 9 Aug 1853, their children > William Gray and Grace Elizabeth Brooks. I have old tired > eyes so found it difficult to read so mostly just copied > the names. Birth places mentioned are Philadelphia PA., > N.Y. and Pittsfield MA. Hope this helps someone. A visit > to the site is well worth it as there are MANY other > bibles transcribed. Thanks for passing this on, Kitty. Does anyone recognize Rev. William Henry Brooks and wife (Anna) Ellen Cordis Gray? They may have been native Philadelphians. I tried connecting their son William Gray to William Gray Brooks, father of Rev. Phillips Brooks, but found nothing conclusive. Phillips Brooks did have a sibling, William Gray Jr., of Philadelphia, b. in Boston 2 Jul 1834, who married, ca Mar 1867, a Miss Franks. While it's tempting to assign this brother W.G. Jr. a first wife Ellen, the dates are a little difficult. Clergymen typically marry later than their peers, but this clergyman would have had to marry earlier than the generational norm to squeeze in both wives. Chris

Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.org> wrote: >Does anyone recognize Rev. William Henry Brooks and wife (Anna) Ellen Cordis Gray? They may have been native Philadelphians.< Reading Kitty's message about the William Gray Brooks Bible and Chris's reply, I thought that the name, William Henry Brooks seemed familiar. When I checked my transcriptions from Briggs' history of St. Andrew's Church in Hanover, Mass. (see below), there he was. It has been a couple of years (or more) since I looked at the book and I don't remember if there was any other mention of him that I may not have transcribed. I doubt it because I was transcribing the Brooks items for Chris as well as for myself. Briggs gives his birthplace as Baltimore, so he may have belonged to one of the southern Brooks families. However, his position as Phillips Brooks' secretary, along with his bearing the name of Phillips Brooks' father, does make one wonder if their relationship was familial as well as professional. Merry Gonsalves ___________________________________________________ From L.Vernon Briggs, History and Records of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Scituate, Mass. 1725 -1811, of Hanover, Mass. 1811- 1903. (Boston, Mass. 1904) p. 64 May 19, 1872 William Henry Brooks Ellen Cordis Gray Brooks } [all] rec.[eived] from Church of Reconciliation, Web- William Gray Brooks ster, Mass. Removed Nov. 7, 1888. pp. 165-166 Rev. William Henry Brooks, S.T.D., was born in Baltimore and at age 21, graduated at the Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained in Christ Church in Alexandria. He became rector of Trinity Church, Lenox, Mass. in 1855, and from that time until his death his ministerial work was in the Massachusetts Diosese. He had parishes in Plymouth and Webster before Hanover. He was private secretary to Bishop Phillips Brooks and to Bishop Lawrence. He died February 21, 1900. He was Rector of St. Andrew's for 16 years, from 1872 - 1888. _______________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

Thanks, Wayne, for this suggestion and also for your response, Chris. An earlier message from Dave, called attention to the presence of Lucy and Blair Brooks in Manhattan, NY in the 1880 Census. Blair is now age 14, as we would expect, but now reportedly born in New York and parents both born in Washington DC. During the same ten year interval between 1870 and 1880 censuses, Lucy has advanced only five years -- from age 21 to age 26; she now reports that she and her parents were born in Washington DC. Georgia, whether State or village, is not mentioned. In 1880, they are living, again, in a large diffuse household, made up of people born in France, Mexico, Cuba, Spain, and Ireland. Some sort of residential hotel or boarding house perhaps; there are several adults with identified professions but also a number of young people who don't have families with them. I am, for now at least, filing Lucy and Blair my mystery folder -- but open to ideas! ----- Original Message ----- From: <WayneAlvis@aol.com> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [BNE] Lucy Brooks with Catharine Brooks Yale >> THE MYSTERY PEOPLE are Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair >> Brooks, age 4. Both are identified as born in Georgia. > > Regarding THE MYSTERY PEOPLE Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair > Brooks, age 4 born in Georgia. Could that be Georgia, VT rather > than Georgia the state? I don't show a Blair or Lucy of that > age. However, there were a lot of Brooks in Georgia, VT at that > time. I don't have all their names. Just a thought. > > Wayne Brooks > > > ==== 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 don't know if everyone knows about this wonderful Family Bibles Blog site so thought that I would send it along. The Brooks Bible mentions William Henry Brooks, wife Ellen Cordis Gray married 9 Aug 1853, their children William Gray and Grace Elizabeth Brooks. I have old tired eyes so found it difficult to read so mostly just copied the names. Birth places mentioned are Philadelphia PA., N.Y. and Pittsfield MA. Hope this helps someone. A visit to the site is well worth it as there are MANY other bibles transcribed. Regards, Kitty in cold, cold Maine http://familybibles.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_familybibles_archive.html

Wayne Brooks wrote: >> THE MYSTERY PEOPLE are Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair >> Brooks, age 4. Both are identified as born in Georgia. >> > Regarding THE MYSTERY PEOPLE Lucy Brooks, age 21, and > Blair Brooks, age 4 born in Georgia. Could that be > Georgia, VT rather than Georgia the state? I don't show > a Blair or Lucy of that age. However, there were a lot > of Brooks in Georgia, VT at that time. I don't have all > their names. Just a thought. It's an interesting one. Despite the fact these are different lines -- Catherine descends from Capt. Thomas Brooks, while the Georgia, VT families descend via Adonijah Brooks of St. Albans from Henry Brooks of Woburn -- far stranger things have happened. Wayne has previously sent me a three-quarter-inch thick genealogy of the Georgia, VT families. I'm sorry to say that its data entry is still in the To Do stage, and the actual document hasn't yet resurfaced since I moved a year ago, so I can't consult it for a related Lucy and Blair. Chris

> THE MYSTERY PEOPLE are Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair > Brooks, age 4. Both are identified as born in Georgia. Regarding THE MYSTERY PEOPLE Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair Brooks, age 4 born in Georgia. Could that be Georgia, VT rather than Georgia the state? I don't show a Blair or Lucy of that age. However, there were a lot of Brooks in Georgia, VT at that time. I don't have all their names. Just a thought. Wayne Brooks

Pretty slow in responding here, but it's the thought that counts (I hope). This is an unusual household to be sure. There's nothing off topic about your query, since these are Yankee Brookses, but I can't place any Lucy or Blair (a given name I haven't heretofore encountered) in Georgia. The Yale lock seems to have done wonders for them financially, as the personal estates are substantial and well distributed. I've never seen Quackenbos, only Quackenbush, which I first thought was a humorous invention until I learned that it's a real, in-use surname. Other than that, as Sgt. Schultz used to say on TV, "I know nothing, nothing." Could Quackenbos be a Dutch form of the name? Sorry I can't offer more. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Elaine Sunde wrote: > On the 1870 census in Orangetown, Rockland County, NY > there is a curious household comprised of 14 persons. > The household head is identified as John Quackenbos with > his 6-person family. No occupation and no property are > identified for John (although, curiously, his wife Roxana > holds $2000 in personal property). > > But also in the household is Catharine Brooks Yale > (daughter of Dr. John Brooks of Bernardston in the Thomas > line and widow of inventor Linus Yale, Jr). She is > credited in the census with extensive property. Also in > the home are Catharine's son John Brooks Yale and the > family of her daughter Madeline Yale Winn (later the > founder of the Deerfield arts & crafts movement). > > THE MYSTERY PEOPLE are Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair > Brooks, age 4. Both are identified as born in Georgia. > Lucy is credited with property but no relationships are > indicated. I realize that I'm talking to the New England > group here but these Georgia Brooks people appear to have > some relationship with the Massachusetts Brooks line. > ANYONE??? > > PS. I'm curious about the Quackenbos family too. That's > an even bigger stretch but in the off-chance that someone > knows something...

Before filing away: In Vol. 19, p. 78, on 13 Dec. 1771 in Wallingford there is a quit claim deed from "Tamar Brooks widow of Capt. Enos Brooks late of Wallingford deceased, David Brooks and Tamar Brooks, Jr., of Wallingford in New Haven County, Enos Brooks John Miles Jr. and Mehitable his wife of New Haven in the county aforesaid.....unto Simeon Bristol and Mary* his wife of New Haven in New Haven County......to the Real Estate of Capt. Enos Brooks late of said Wallingford deceased..... being the same that the said Capt. Enos Brooks in his life time ...... (description)" *Mary is daughter of Enos/3 and Tamer (Wooster) Brooks of Henry Brooks of the Cheshire line. Like the Hitchcock family, there are a lot of Brooks and Bristol marriages and connections. The Bristol family runs from page 309 to 323 in Jacobus's Families of Ancient New Haven. Cheshire Jean

In CT Public Records, Vol. 15, p. 8 in 1775 and p, 276 in May 1776 are references to Joseph Brooks. He is appointed by the Assembly to be a Justice of the Peace "in and for the County of Hartford the year ensuing." Maybe Joseph/3h descendant of Thomas of Haddam? But Haddam is in Middlesex County now. However, the Haddam Historical Society's history site http://www.haddamhistory.org/history_haddam.htm states: > "In 1785 Middlesex County was created from towns from Hartford and New > London counties and Haddam and Middletown were selected to share the county seat, > an arrangement that lasted over 100 years." So, originally Haddam was probably part of Hartford County. Cheshire Jean

I'm sad to report that Jim Miller passed away recently. He was a grandson of Herbert E. Brooks. Lineage was from John Warner BROOKS > Judson > Joseph > Herbert > Marion Floy MILLER > Jim. He had been a subscriber of this list, which is where I connected with him back in May of 2002. He was a 2nd cousin to my mother, but his branch had left Kansas for California in the 1890s and the families lost contact (both branches were Kingsbury descendants from Oneida Co NY). With help from Chris Brooks & Ron Brownell, I was able to help him fill in his family history. He had been trying to tie his life & history together before his end came up. Thanks to Chris & Ron, as well as to all that help preserve genealogy history and keep our families connected. I found an obit at: http://www.redding.com/redd/archive/0,2232,REDD_17535_12-08-2005,00.html Here it is in case it isn't available: James Miller Sr. BELLA VISTA -- Services for James Gordon Miller Sr., 92, of Bella Vista will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Baptist Church in Bella Vista. The Rev. Ken Landers of the church will officiate. Burial will be at Redding Memorial Park. Mr. Miller died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at his residence. Born Jan. 14, 1913, in Los Angeles, he moved to Shasta County in 1978 from his birthplace. He was a firefighter and battalion chief for the Los Angeles Fire Department and, after retiring, worked in the ornithology department at UCLA. He was a member of the Under Wharf Firefighters team in Los Angeles, the Toastmasters Club, the Lithophiles rock club in Los Angeles, Flying Samaritans and Physicians, and Adventurers Club, and was former president of Shasta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Anderson, Archeological Survey Association in Southern California and Shasta Gem & Minerals Society in Redding. Survivors include wife Mary; son James of Bella Vista; daughters Marlys Carusone of Altadena and Yvonne Boisclaire of Bella Vista; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions can be made to Mercy Hospice, 1544 Market St., Redding, CA 96001. Arrangements are being handled by McDonald's Redding Chapel.

Jean McKee wrote: > While pursuing a stack of unfiled papers came across a > copy I made from Vol. 14, > p. 225 of the deeds in Wallingford dated 23 Jan 1755. <snip> Great piece of evidence! Thanks, Jean. Chris

While pursuing a stack of unfiled papers came across a copy I made from Vol. 14, p. 225 of the deeds in Wallingford dated 23 Jan 1755. (That was before Cheshire became its own town in 1780.) AS an added source, I thought I would pass on that in the deed she refers to her children: Stephen Brooks of Farmington in Hartford County Thomas Brooks, Enos Brooks, Cornelius Brooks, Henry Brooks, Nathan Gailord (stet) and Thankful his wife of Wallingford in New Haven County, Samuel Coles (stet) and Martha his wife of Torrington in Litchfield County*, Benjamin Brooks, Edward Gailord (stet) and Mahittable (stet) his wife of Farmington and "the rights that properly belong to the heirs of my daughter Mary Benham deceased who was the wife of Joseph Benham of Farmington." Martha quits claim "unto my said children their heirs and assigns forever all my right of dower (illegible) buildings and lands that came to me from my said husband deceased being the place where he last dwelt in said Wallingford, in New Cheshire Parish....." * Jacobus has the daughter Martha married to Samuel Cole of Farmington. Farmington is in Hartford County, and Torrington is in Litchfield County, so they evidently lived in Torrington. Cheshire Jean

oops... http://home.new.rr.com/warped1/family/genealogy.html On Nov 30, 2005, at 9:00 AM, jennifer bumann wrote: > To the list, > > If anyone is interested I have finished my database of all the > Brooks listings in the Albany, New York directories. It currently > goes from 1813 to 1860. I only have to do 1861 then I am done - for > my own purposes anyway. It is much easier to read than the previous > upload, with everything lining up properly. I hope someone will > find it useful. > > Good researching, > jen bumann > That which you survive, only puts off the inevitable. "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar!"

To the list, If anyone is interested I have finished my database of all the Brooks listings in the Albany, New York directories. It currently goes from 1813 to 1860. I only have to do 1861 then I am done - for my own purposes anyway. It is much easier to read than the previous upload, with everything lining up properly. I hope someone will find it useful. Good researching, jen bumann That which you survive, only puts off the inevitable.

On the 1870 census in Orangetown, Rockland County, NY there is a curious household comprised of 14 persons. The household head is identified as John Quackenbos with his 6-person family. No occupation and no property are identified for John (although, curiously, his wife Roxana holds $2000 in personal property). But also in the household is Catharine Brooks Yale (daughter of Dr. John Brooks of Bernardston in the Thomas line and widow of inventor Linus Yale, Jr). She is credited in the census with extensive property. Also in the home are Catharine's son John Brooks Yale and the family of her daughter Madeline Yale Winn (later the founder of the Deerfield arts & crafts movement). THE MYSTERY PEOPLE are Lucy Brooks, age 21, and Blair Brooks, age 4. Both are identified as born in Georgia. Lucy is credited with property but no relationships are indicated. I realize that I'm talking to the New England group here but these Georgia Brooks people appear to have some relationship with the Massachusetts Brooks line. ANYONE??? PS. I'm curious about the Quackenbos family too. That's an even bigger stretch but in the off-chance that someone knows something...