Connecticut Journal, Date: 1818-07-14; Vol: LI; Iss: 2646; Page: [3]; MARRIED, …At the same place [Roxbury, MA], Mr. James Hall, aged 23, to Miss Lucy Frisbie, a maid of 67 — only — "If love's a flame that's kindled by desire, "An old stick's surely best, because 'tis dryer." Chris

Where are you getting these tidbits? It made my day. Cheshire Jean

From the Franklin Herald, 3 June 1817 (vol XXVI, issue 330, page 3) - Image at News Bank online: Column is Mortuary Notices: "In West-Boylston, on the 15th ult, Mrs. Mary Brigham, wife of Mr. Edmund Brigham, and only daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Brooks of Worcester, aged 40 years."

Yes, Chris, that would be me! Thanks for the new info (Nancy's maiden name). I'm still trying to find the father of my Julia A. Brooks, husband Reuben Rogers, married at Norwalk April 27, 1842. I have made progress finding Reuben's parents, i.e., death certificate which lists father as Moses and mother as Rachel, both of Long Island, NY. Still no luck finding the marriage certificate which I hope would name her parents. Genealogy.com lists the FHL film and I ordered it but alas, it was not on that film, nor on the one I just recently had hoped to find it. However, I have not given up yet! Did you find this on Godfrey's new newspaper search? Jeanne Jain Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.org> wrote: Wasn't somebody asking about an Eli connected with Norwalk within the past couple of months? Connecticut Courant.; Date: 1817-05-06; Vol: LIII; Iss: 2728; Page: [3]; MARRIED.� At New-Marlborough, (Ms.) Capt Thaddeus Keyes to Mrs. Tamar Smith.� At East-Haddam, Mr. Jonathan Clark, of Saybrook, to Miss Anna Cone, daughter of Mr. Isaac Cone.� At Bridgeport, Mr. Abijah Morehouse to Miss Mary Winship.� At Brookfield, Mr. William W. Wellman to Miss ---- Hubbell.� At Norwalk, Mr. ELI BROOKS to Miss NANCY TAYLOR.� 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

Chris here, bouncing this to the list from Jerry Walsh. The Lydia Cook mentioned is Lydia/2 (1673-1747) of the Glastonbury line, who married Nathaniel/3 Cook Jr. (1658-1725). =================================== Hello Chris, Just returned from the DAR library in DC. While there I found a reference to Lydia Cook. In the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records for Stafford 1719-1850 and Tolland 1715-1850, compiled by J. Tilton, copyright 2002, published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, page 220, you will find: Cook, Lydia, wid. d. May 7, 1747 Vol 1 Page 52 Then I checked the microfilm of Tolland and found the exact same citation. But I did not find a copy of the actual record or any other references to Lydia. Jerry Walsh

Connecticut Courant, 9 Aug 1802: Transcribed exactly … MARRIED, At Buckland, (Maff.) Mr. Amos Brooks, to Mifs Lucy Butler, after a tedious and perplexing courtfhip of feveral years ! — At Baltimore, Mr. Nicholas Leake, aged fixty, to Mifs Hannah Bark, aged fixteen ! The fhattered bridegroom, is thus finifhing his voyage of life, in a leaky bark. [Aegis.]

Wasn't somebody asking about an Eli connected with Norwalk within the past couple of months? Connecticut Courant.; Date: 1817-05-06; Vol: LIII; Iss: 2728; Page: [3]; MARRIED.— At New-Marlborough, (Ms.) Capt Thaddeus Keyes to Mrs. Tamar Smith.— At East-Haddam, Mr. Jonathan Clark, of Saybrook, to Miss Anna Cone, daughter of Mr. Isaac Cone.— At Bridgeport, Mr. Abijah Morehouse to Miss Mary Winship.— At Brookfield, Mr. William W. Wellman to Miss ---- Hubbell.— At Norwalk, Mr. ELI BROOKS to Miss NANCY TAYLOR.— <remainder snipped> Chris

Carolyn, Thank you for your response. Is the Christopher Brooks you're referring to the one who died in Nashville in 1854? I've found court records that refer to him as a constable. Christopher & William are both buried in the Old City Cemetery. There are several Brooks' buried there -- do you know if there is a Brooks family plot? Malissa Brooks who is buried there was the first wife of William's son MDFH. Court records show William was Administrator of the will of Thos. Athey, and that he sold 4 slaves to MDFH, both events in 1832. If you have Christopher's line, I'd love to see it. Again, Thanks! Brooks Snyder -------------- Original message from zallrelative <zallrelative@katynet.net>: -------------- > That would be me! > > > Carolyn Enders Balkum, who may or may not subscribe to this > > list, has a photocopy of the book which I sent to her. (She's a > > descendant of one of the brothers > > Unfortunately Chris is not the only one who is in boxes. I have > just sold my home and am downsizing. It will be at least 6 weeks > before I even see something more than paper plates. > > I don't have anything on a Brooks from Tennessee in anything on > my hard drive and I did a search of all my saved emails and came > up with nothing of substance. I will be happy to search the copy > of the book that Chris referred to when I recover and find where > it's located. > > I really know what you're going through, looking for your needle > in a haystack. I did that for years until up popped Christopher > Brooks! It just takes one connection to make all the pieces fit. > > Sorry I can't be of immediate help. > > Carolyn Balkum > > > > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > Is the subject line current? Is it relevant > to your question? >

That would be me! > Carolyn Enders Balkum, who may or may not subscribe to this > list, has a photocopy of the book which I sent to her. (She's a > descendant of one of the brothers Unfortunately Chris is not the only one who is in boxes. I have just sold my home and am downsizing. It will be at least 6 weeks before I even see something more than paper plates. I don't have anything on a Brooks from Tennessee in anything on my hard drive and I did a search of all my saved emails and came up with nothing of substance. I will be happy to search the copy of the book that Chris referred to when I recover and find where it's located. I really know what you're going through, looking for your needle in a haystack. I did that for years until up popped Christopher Brooks! It just takes one connection to make all the pieces fit. Sorry I can't be of immediate help. Carolyn Balkum

Brooks Snyder wrote: > Capt. Brooks probably referred to my gg-grandfather, > alternately listed as MDFH and MLFH Brooks. (Marriage > records show his name to be Marcus LaFayette Brooks.) > Marcus lost his oldest son John to the Civil War. He had > 2 other sons, James & William, daughters Elizabeth, Emma, > Alice. Marcus was a lifelong Episcopalian – so is the > remainder of the line to me. He died July 6, 1876 in New > Orleans. There were a pair of brothers, Samuel and William Brooks, sons of Deacon Samuel of Exeter, NH, who went to Natchez, Mississippi Territory, circa 1800, and stayed. I revisited them last night, but only William had a son, and he died at age 3. This family is very well documented in James Emery Brooks, "My Great Grandfather's House in Exeter, N.H.," which was privately published around 1930 and revised around 1946. I moved in November and many boxes are still unpacked, including that which contains the photocopy of the J.E. Brooks book. I mention this because my best recollection is that one of the Natchez brothers may have had a nephew who came down from New England to join him in Mississippi. The author includes some correspondence and I *think* one letter references a nephew's arrival. This is at best a longshot — did the nephew remain, or return North? — but the locale is proximate to Tennessee, the two brothers achieved some distinction (one state treasurer, the other a county sheriff), and the brothers were ancestral cousins of Rev. Phillips and Abigail Brown Brooks. (These latter two were born two generations later than the Natchez brothers.) So you might look into this nephew … Carolyn Enders Balkum, who may or may not subscribe to this list, has a photocopy of the book which I sent to her. (She's a descendant of one of the brothers, and thus the go-to person on these guys.) For reasons of privacy and spam protection, I won't include her email address here, but if you don't hear from her in reply to this posting within a few days, contact me offlist and I'll send along her e-dress. You can tell her I'm sorry for previously mocking former Red Sox and current Astros pitcher Roger Clemens, he of the 1.11 ERA. (They live in the same town.) :-) > I’m not ready to discount the family lore because other > stories have checked out. For example, according to > family lore, William was acquainted with & a neighbor of > Andrew Jackson. I haven’t been able to check deeds, but > their names are listed side by side on some tax rolls. > It’s said William was prosperous from business as a > merchant and shipper. And its said that William descended > from a family of merchants and shippers between Boston > and England. In the mid 1940’s my grandfather Howard > Brooks (and his brother another William Brooks) received > an attorney’s letter regarding an inheritance share of > Brooks property in Quincy, MA. By all means, don't discount anything automatically. My point was that I have corresponded with dozens if not hundreds of folks reporting a family legend that they were related to Phillips Brooks. (Ditto, on a lesser scale, Gov. John Brooks, who was an intimate of George Washington.) Some turned out to be, and just as many turned out not to be. Legends grow in their repetition. If it turns out that you descend from the NH/Natchez Brooks nephew, and are thus a distant cousin of Phillips Brooks, then you'll have found the grain of sand (truth) which over the years produced the elaborate pearl around it. > I have materials from trying to research backwards from > the Phillips Brooks and Abigail Brown Brooks lines, but I > would welcome yours so that I can compare. I will send you ancestral files for both offlist. Warning: they will be lengthy and semi-unedited. Just as it's the barber's son who always needs a haircut, so it's my own line which is most in need of editing and cleanup. Again, please see the Tributaries web site for the Reverend's biography, as the file version will be nothing but disjointed, raw notes. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Thanks for your comments. . . you know why I’m stuck! This William knew some measure of affluence – in 1820 there were 24 in his household, including 14 slaves. I have nothing on the other members of the 1820 household. An 1848 Nashville newspaper reported that William died in the home of his son Capt. Brooks. Capt. Brooks probably referred to my gg-grandfather, alternately listed as MDFH and MLFH Brooks. (Marriage records show his name to be Marcus LaFayette Brooks.) Marcus lost his oldest son John to the Civil War. He had 2 other sons, James & William, daughters Elizabeth, Emma, Alice. Marcus was a lifelong Episcopalian – so is the remainder of the line to me. He died July 6, 1876 in New Orleans. I’m not ready to discount the family lore because other stories have checked out. For example, according to family lore, William was acquainted with & a neighbor of Andrew Jackson. I haven’t been able to check deeds, but their names are listed side by side on some tax rolls. It’s said William was prosperous from business as a merchant and shipper. And its said that William descended from a family of merchants and shippers between Boston and England. In the mid 1940’s my grandfather Howard Brooks (and his brother another William Brooks) received an attorney’s letter regarding an inheritance share of Brooks property in Quincy, MA. I have materials from trying to research backwards from the Phillips Brooks and Abigail Brown Brooks lines, but I would welcome yours so that I can compare. -------------- Original message from Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.org>: -------------- > brooks.snyder@att.net wrote: > > > Help! My ggg-grandfather was William BROOKS, b. abt 1770; > > d. 1848 in Nashville TN. According to family lore, our > > ancestry includes Rev. Phillips BROOKS & Abigail (BROOKS) > > ADAMS. I’ve found early 1800’s tax records in Nashville > > for William – also for both Christopher & Matthew BROOKS, > > but don’t know if they are all related. Any info on > > William's ancestry would be appreciated. > > Which William? :-) William is, after John, the most common given > name among male New England Brookses. In my own one-name regional > study on New England Brooks families, I've identified 294 men > with first name William and surname Brooks. Eight of these for > whom I've found a documented DOB were born between 1764 and 1775, > all in New England. None have any known connection with > Tennessee. > > If you can give us *something* — anything — in the way of > particulars about your William's origins, we could try to > determine his identity, or offer suggestions for how to do so. > But as the list administrator, and the resident one-name > researcher, it's sometimes my unappealing duty to puncture family > legends. Phillips Brooks was one of the most famous Americans of > the 19th century, so family lore often borrows him as a relation > without supporting evidence. But his line is exceedingly > well-documented — his father spent decades compiling their family > history, aside from the standard evidentiary resources available > today — and there are no Southern connections. You can read a > biography of Phillips Brooks in the first issue of the > publication Tributaries, which can be downloaded from the > Publications link at the URL in my signature below. > > The Abigail you mention would be Abigail Brown Brooks, who > married Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy and grandson of > John. Charles Francis Adams was Lincoln's minister to England > during the Civil War. Abigail was a daughter of Peter Chardon > Brooks, reputedly the first millionaire (maritime insurance) in > Massachusetts, and a kinswoman of Phillips Brooks, whose father, > William Gray Brooks of Boston, was a grand-nephew of Peter C. > Brooks. Again, this line is quite well-documented due to the > prominence of the names I've mentioned, and I have not seen any > Southern connection. > > I ran a search of my own main database for any Brooks with any > event in Tennessee. Out of 45,000 people, 11,000 of them surnamed > Brooks, with roughly 96,000 defined events, I find a total of > three events in Tennessee, and two of these are in the 20th > century. Pelatiah Brooks, born in 1824 into the Glastonbury (CT) > line, did venture into Tennessee in the 19th century, but that's > still a century too late for your needs. > > I can send you privately the ancestral lines for Phillips Brooks > and Abigail Brown Brooks if you like. Perhaps another subscriber > to this list can offer more. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. > > Chris > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Christopher Brooks > BROOKS Families of New England > http://www.tributaries.org > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > > ==== 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 >

Bit of a stretch here but is anyone familiar with Cleveland Folsom BROOKS [born 9 November 1887 in Harrison Co IA and died 6 December 1986 in Charles Mix Co SD]? His parents John F and Ella BROOKS were from PA. He was married to Esther Sylvia BEEBE, 8 June 1915 in Charles Mix Co SD. Dr. BROOKS was a druggist who served one term [1933-4] in the SD House of Representatives. I am especially interested in any information one of you might have concerning Dr. BROOKS, his wife or their children Bruce B. or Beverly A. BROOKS. Ester Sylvia [BEEBE] BROOKS is a 2nd great granddaughter of Hannah [BROOKS] JACKSON of Onondaga Co NY and Jackson Co MI. Hannah was the wife of Anson William JACKSON.

Forward from the Brooklyn, New York list: ~~~~ DIED BROOKS--On Friday morning, November 22, 1895, after a long illness, Ellen Jane BROOKS, in the 50th year of her age. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, 1161 Myrtle ave, at 2 o'clock, Sunday, November 24. ~~~~ ~~~Pam Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus 2005

When one of you is next at a library with Barbour Collection listings for the town of Tolland (Tolland County), could you check an item for me? I'm looking for confirmation for … Lydia Cook, d. 7 May 1747 A literal transcription of the entry, if it exists, would be great, but even a confirmation that it's in there would be most helpful. Thanks, Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

The Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven is on line and searchable free by name or other attributes. For the list, I tried Brooks, but only found those below. The URL is www.grovestreetcemetery.org and all you have to do is sign in with your email address and a password is immediately sent by email. Date of death is first, then date of burial, then location. Poor Katie! 1 Brooks William H.    04/04/1935 04/06/1935 33 Pine Ave.  2 Brooks Maria       05/28/1869 Potter's Field  3 Brooks Mabelle H.    06/01/1958 06/04/1958 33 Pine Ave.  4 Brooks Joseph       12/08/1842   5 Brooks Katie         Potter's Field  Records 1 to 5 of 5

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If a Brooks family from Newburgh, Orange, NY in 1843 rings a bell with anyone, please get in touch with me. First names of James, George and William. In addition, the names of Farrington, Beveridge, Forsyth and Gidney may be part of the family. Thanks. Ron Hughes rondh@cox.net

For anyone doing NY research, there is a website for Cazenovia that has been run by Daniel H. Weiskoffen. Unfortunately, according to the obituary on NYFingerLakes at Rootsweb, he has just died, so if you are interested in the site, I suggest you might want to go to it as not sure what will happen. The site is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/ You can do a name search, as I did for Brooks NOT water, and then click on various opportunities. Here is a sample of one: Holland Land Company Cazenovia Establishment Land Books, 1793 to 1816 Summaries Arranged by Name Daniel H. Weiskotten Brooks, Roger (Roger Brooks), purchased 75 acres of Lot N 94 for $6.00 per acre on 4/6/1809 for a total price of $450.00; paid in full in 1815 (2:94). Brooks, Russell (Rossell Brooks), purchased 71.63 acres of Lot B 39 for $4.00 per acre on 5/11/1814 for a total price of $286.52; paid in full in 1816 (1:185). Brooks, Shubal (Shubel Brooks), purchased 195.38 acres of Lot RT 10 for $1.26 per acre on 6/1/1793 for a total price of $246.18; paid in full in 1804 (3:10). Cheshire Jean

Passing the announcement below along from Northeast-Roots-L. If you're not familiar with David Samuelsen and SamPubCo, he provides for a small fee (8 bucks last time I checked) photocopies of wills for the counties and states listed on his web site. Although he can be a bit, um, curmudgeonly, and there's a wait of some weeks for delivery (about which he's quite up front on his web site), I've never had a problem with his service, nor have a number of other folks with whom I correspond. Photocopies were of high quality and always exactly what I ordered. He used to (and probably still does) offer a discount for purchasers willing to transcribe the wills they're buying and place them in online archives for the benefit of other researchers. A couple of our listreaders found me and this list through Brooks wills I transcribed for the Worcester County (MA) Wills pages at RootsWeb, so I can personally endorse this practice. (Advice if you're interested in ordering: Read his online instructions carefully, then read them twice or thrice more before sending him a question.) The following announcement includes new listings for Berkshire County, MA, 1761-1784, part of the western Massachusetts corridor through which many CT families seem to have migrated to VT, as well as Litchfield and Windsor Counties, CT. Perhaps these will help one of you to find your missing link. The SamPubCo web site lists all the wills he's copied to date, organized by county and testator name. Chris ===================== New volumes in SAMPUBCO will testators indexes Tue, 10 May 2005 13:58:03 -0600 Indexes of Testators NY - Rensselaer co NY - Vol 19 (1856-1859) (10 May) MA - Berkshire co MA - Vol 1-4 (1761-1784) (10 May) PA - Philadelphia co PA (entire file repaired to correct Volumes #) (7 May) NY - Albany Co NY - Vol 18-19 (1861-1865) (7 May) NY - Wayne Co NY - Vol. 1-3 (1886-1891) (7 May) VT - Windsor Co VT - Windsor District Vol 1-5 (1787-1821) (7 May) CT - Litchfield Co CT - Sharon District Vol. B-K (1757-1810) (7 May) NY - Richmond Co NY Vol. A (1787-1811) (7 May) These are not only ones. There are more counties and states in the indexes. Just that these ones are newest additions. http://www.sampubco.com/ W. David Samuelsen SAMPUBCO

Elaine Sunde wrote: > Bryant Butler Brooks (1861-1944) was the son of Silas > Newton Brooks and grandson of Dr. John Brooks, descended from > Capt Thomas Brooks; spent early years in Bernardston, Mass and > Chicago; Is Dr. John the man who, according to the IGI, married Nancy Reddington? Chris