Good morning to all, I've revised the welcome message which explains how and why the list works. Please print or save a copy for future reference. 90% of the questions which recur daily are answered here. The message includes tips on how to maximize the chances of getting a response to your query. Thanks, Chris ========================================== WELCOME TO THE BROOKS FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND MAIL LIST! Revised 8 May 2002 **PLEASE READ AND SAVE THIS MESSAGE for your future reference.** The list administrator is Christopher Brooks [email protected] RootsWeb.com hosts the mailing list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To SUBSCRIBE: Send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] In the body and subject line of the message, include ONLY the word SUBSCRIBE. Turn OFF any email signature file you may use, as this may confuse the server which will process your command. 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If you have a matter you'd like to discuss but are not sure it is "on topic", please check with the list administrator [email protected] before posting it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINKS TO BOOKMARK: Genealogy Resources on the Internet: http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html User Mailing Lists Hosted by RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ U.S. GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ U.S. GenNet http://www.usgennet.org/ USGS GNIS Server [U.S. place names, locations and geographical features. 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--part1_142.e2a9a56.2a0a81fc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry Chris and "List". I put the wrong address on a letter and was trying to delete, but sent it instead!! I'll be more careful in the future. Carole --part1_142.e2a9a56.2a0a81fc_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yb02.mx.aol.com (rly-yb02.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.2]) by air-yb05.mail.aol.com (v84.16) with ESMTP id MAILINYB52-0507231232; Tue, 07 May 2002 23:12:32 -0400 Received: from mercury.mv.net (mercury.mv.net [199.125.85.40]) by rly-yb02.mx.aol.com (v86.6) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYB210-0507231214; Tue, 07 May 2002 23:12:14 -0400 Received: from computer (bnh-7-24.mv.com [199.125.98.152]) by mercury.mv.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/mem-20020217) with SMTP id XAA23774 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 7 May 2002 23:12:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: Christopher Brooks <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: PocoMail 2.6 (1006) - Licensed Version Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 23:38:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: (no subject) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 7 May 2002 19:53:05 -0600, [email protected] wrote: : Hi Carole, Blank email, no subject, to the list ... ??? Chris --part1_142.e2a9a56.2a0a81fc_boundary--

Forwarded from Jim Nolan. Fourth and final installment of a series which I'll break out by churches. If the column formatting (I'm using tabs to align the columns) doesn't display properly in your email program, I can forward the file upon request in Word format. If this is your preference, please post me PRIVATELY with the same subject line above. Chris ======================================= Title: Vital records of Woestina Reformed Church (Rotterdam, NY) and Glenville Reformed Church, 1800-1899 / [transcribed and indexed by Arthur C.M. Kelly]. Author: Kelly, Arthur C. M. Publisher: Rhinebeck, N.Y.: A.C.M. Kelly, 1984 Repository: Schenectady County Public Library - R 929.3 KELW Marriages RecordNumber Page Date Couple Church 11 61 5-Feb-1820 Christian Brooks/[ ] Hewson(2) Glenville (2) Probably Maria. Christian and Christopher seem to be the same man. [JJN] 24 61 - - 1821(3) Albert Vedder/Maria Brooks Glenville (3) Between 8-Jun and 1-Nov. Entries before and after. [JJN] Baptisms Woestina RecordNumber Page Date Couple Child 193 9 13-Jun-1819 Peter H Brooks/Maria Swart Nancy Haverly b. 11-Apr- 236 11 26-May-1821 Christopher Brooks/Maria Hewson Mary b. 20-Jan 256 12 21-Jul-1822 Peter H Brooks/Mariah Swart Agniss Swartb. 27-May- * * * * *

Well, I guess I better report in here. I believe that I qualify as a member of the Pennsylvania branch of the Cheshire line. An ancestor of ours came to northwestern Pennsylvania (Warren Co.) and purchased 5,000 acres of land from an Indian named Blue Eye. I only live a few miles from there. There is a minor tourist attraction on Brooks Hill called Brooks Rocks, but I think it is no longer open to the public. There is also a small Brooks cemetery on Brooks Hill. My maternal grandmother was nee Frances Brooks. She was born in a log cabin located on Brooks Hill. Some members of our branch moved to Oregon many years back. I corresponded with one of them fairly recently. Mr. Edia Monroe Silvis

Forwarded from Jim Nolan. Third installment of a series which I'll break out by churches. If the column formatting (I'm using tabs to align the columns) doesn't display properly in your email program, I can forward the file upon request in Word format. If this is your preference, please post me PRIVATELY with the same subject line above. Chris ======================================= Title: Vital records of Niskayuna Reformed Church, Schenectady, N.Y., 1783-1861 / [transcribed and indexed by Arthur C.M. Kelly]. Author: Kelly, Arthur C. M. Publisher: Rhinebeck, N.Y.: A.C.M. Kelly, c1984 Repository: Schenectady County Public Library - R 929.3 KELN Marriages RecordNumber Page Date Couple 115 70 12-Feb-1848 Michael Unger/ Elisabeth Brooks 159 72 22-Dec-1853 George Sluyter(1)/Julia Ann Brooks 1 - In newspaper as Sliter. 12/30/1853 Schenectady Reflector and 12/27/1853 Schenectady Cabinet [JJN] Baptisms RecordNumber Page Date Couple Child 299 14 29-Apr-1811 Garret G Van Qadt/Salley Brooks Jonathan b. 6-Apr- * * * * *

Forwarded from Jim Nolan. Second installment of a series which I'll break out by churches. If the column formatting (I'm using tabs to align the columns) doesn't display properly in your email program, I can forward the file upon request in Word format. If this is your preference, please post me PRIVATELY with the same subject line above. Chris ======================================= Marriage Records of Schenectady Reformed Church 1694 - 1852 Title: Marriage record of Schenectady Reformed Church: Schenectady, New York, 1694-1852 / edited by Arthur C.M. Kelly; transcribed by Donald A. Keefer. Author: Kelly, Arthur C. M. Publisher: Rhinebeck, N.Y.: A.C.M. Kelly, c1988. Repository: Schenectady County Public Library - R 929.3 KELsc Page Record Number Date Couple Comment 52 1143 1-Mar-1791 Jonathan Brooks/Maria Haverly Both of Normans Kill. 64 1398 5-Feb-1796 Jacob Van Petten/Susanna Brooks Both of Normans Kill. 82 1807 29-Apr-1809 William Brooks/Sarah Springer 85 1867 8-Jun-1811 Arron Swart/Anne Brooks Both of Schenectady 4th Ward. 91 2017 9-Mar-1820 John H Brooks/Isabella Strong 100 2199 17-Nov-1831 Harmanus V. S. Brooks/Catherine Stephens He of Glenville. She of Schenectady. 110 2417 9-Apr-1845 Charles H Lee/Mary C Brooks He of Schenectady. She of Glenville. Baptism Records of Schenectady Reformed Church 1694 - 1811 Title: Baptism record of Schenectady Reformed Church: Schenectady, New York, 1694-1811 / compiled by Arthur C.M. Kelly; transcribed by Donald A. Keefer. Author: Kelly, Arthur C. M. Publisher: Rhinebeck, N.Y.: A.C.M. Kelly, c1987. Repository: Schenectady County Public Library - R 929 Kel Record Number Date Parents Child Comment 9191 3-Jul-1803 Jonathan P Brooks/Maria Haverly Harmanus Van Slyke b. 24-May Witnesses: Harmanus Van Slyke, Nancy Haverly 9535 4-May-1806 Jonathan P Brooks/Maria Haverly Maria b. 10-Feb- 9705 - - 1808 Jonathan P Brooks/Maria Haverly Jacob Adams b. 10-Apr- Witnesses: John Haverly, Nancy Adams * * * * *

Forwarded from Jim Nolan. First installment of a series which I'll break out by churches. If the column formatting (I'm using tabs to align the columns) doesn't display properly in your email program, I can forward the file upon request in Word format. If this is your preference, please post me PRIVATELY with the same subject line above. Chris ======================================= Title: First Reformed Church, 224 Ballston Avenue, Scotia, New York, compiled by Donald A. Keefer. Publisher: Rhinebeck? N.Y.: Kelly [Not in book, but same as the others JJN], 1986. Repository: Schenectady County Public Library - Adult R 929.3 KEE Baptisms of Herman B Stryker Page Date Parents Child 4 14-Sept-1834 Jacob A Brooks/Sarah G Vedder Maria b. 20-Jun-1834 5 9-Aug-1835 Christopher Brooks/Maria Hewson Frances b. 26-Aug-1834 5 6-Dec-1835 *Sarah Ann Brooks/Robert McKay Maria b. 30-Nov-1834 6 25-Dec-1836 Nicholas Brooks/Margaret Mabee Maria b. 7-Oct-1836 * - Date marked as unsure. Baptisms of Abraham J Swits Page Date Parents Child 6 22-Jul-1838 *Jacob A Brooks/Sarah Vedder Agnes Schermerhorn b. 3-Oct-1837 7 7-Jul-1839 Nicholas Brooks/Margaret Mabee Jane Anna b. 28-Sep-1838 7 2-May-1840 Nancy H Brooks/Widow of B Knapp Sarah Maria b. 23-Jun-1839 7 9-Aug-1840 Nicholas Brooks/Margaret Mabee Agnes b. 10-May-1840 7 6-Feb-1841 Christopher H Brooks/Maria Hewson Sarah b. 12-Feb-1840 8 27-Feb-1842 Harvey Vedder/Nancy H Brooks Magdalin b. 7-Jan-1842 * - Date marked as unsure. Baptisms of Asaiel B Crocker Page Date Parents Child 8 8-Mar-1843 Adams Brooks/Gertrude Carver Archibald Linn b. 7-Nov-1840 8 8-Mar-1843 Adams Brooks/Gertrude Carver Jacob Adams b. 25-Nov-1842 9 19-Jan-1845 Harvey Vedder/Nancy H Brooks Agnes Brooks 9 2-Feb-1845 Sarah Ann Brooks/Robert McKay Sarah Ann Baptisms of Adults by Reverend F. F. Wilson Page Date Person Comment 19 3-May-1868 Mary A Brooks Wife of George A Brooks Marriages of Herman B Stryker Page Date Couple Comment 12-Nov-1836 *Benjamin Knapp/Nancy Brooks Of Glenville. 8-Sep-1836 Arron Brooks/Miss [blank] [Fanny, JJN] Duncan He of Glenville. She of Schenectady. * - Date marked as unsure. Marriages of Abraham J Swits Page Date Couple Comment 28 16-Aug-1838 Edwin Gibbs/Agnes C Brooks He of Rutland, VT. She of Glenville. Marriages of N.D. Williamson Page Date Couple Comment 32 12-Dec-1851 William H Van Epps/Catherine Brooks He of Glenville. She of Glenville. 33 2-Sep-1854 Peter H Brooks/Julia Ketchum He of Albany. She of Niskayuna. 33 6-Sep-1855 Hudson T Smith/Frances S Brooks He of Bennington, VT. She of Glenville. Marriages of F. F. Wilson Page Date Couple Comment 35 24-Apr-1866 Charles C Van Patten/Sarah A Brooks He of Glenville. She of Glenville. Death of Members Page Date Name 46 27-Jun-1867 Christian H Brooks Old Reformed Church Cemetery North Ballston Avenue, Scotia, NY Sarah A Brooks, wife of Robert McKay. D. 17-Jun-1869 Aged 57 years, 1 month, 13 days. William, only son of Robert and Sarah McKay. D. 16-Jan-1856 Aged 24 years, 6 months, 25 days. * * * * *

I have CHANGED the list's REPLY-TO DEFAULT back to "sender." All email programs don't work the same, but most of you, in replying to any list message, will now find that the address which appears in the "To" (address) line of your response is that of the INDIVIDUAL whose message you're answering. In other words, the default is now a private rather than a public reply. (Until last evening the recent default was that the reply went to the list as a whole.) So ... if you want everyone to read your reply, you'll have to OVERTYPE the individual's address with [email protected] in the address ("To") line. Sorry, there's no "one size fits all" solution, regardless of how I set up the list defaults. You will still have to take a moment to decide whether your reply is private or public, and address it accordingly. The address to send a public message to everyone on the list is [email protected] Thanks, Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ========================================== BROOKS-NE (Brooks Families of New England) ========================================== [email protected]

On Tue, 07 May 2002 20:48:59 -0400, LORRAINE DEWYER wrote: :Hi Chris! Thanks again, geeze this better be the charm. It was -- you reached the list. :-) :Hi Brooks Cousins! Chris suggested I place my information for all :to read, so here it is. I along with several other Brooks :Cousins are researching our Brooks line, but have dead ended at :our 4th g-grandparents Thomas Brooks & Rebecca(Andrus). Thomas & :Rebecca were in Delaware Co, NY for a period, then migrated on to :Lake Co, Ohio about 1816. We believe Thomas was born in Conn. :Anyone else from this line? Take care, Lorraine(Brooks)Dewyer I privately replied to Lorraine earlier that ANDRUS is a Connecticut name, and sent a couple of BROOKS snippets from the Glastonbury and Cheshire lines as possible leads. Can anyone else help, or add to this? Chris

Hi Chris! Thanks again, geeze this better be the charm. Hi Brooks Cousins! Chris suggested I place my information for all to read, so here it is. I along with several other Brooks Cousins are researching our Brooks line, but have dead ended at our 4th g-grandparents Thomas Brooks & Rebecca(Andrus). Thomas & Rebecca were in Delaware Co, NY for a period, then migrated on to Lake Co, Ohio about 1816. We believe Thomas was born in Conn. Anyone else from this line? Take care, Lorraine(Brooks)Dewyer _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

>Sarah's lineage is: >1) Robert SMITH (1626-1693) m. Mary FRENCH (1634-1684) >2) their dau Mary SMITH m. John TOWNE >3) their son Israel TOWNE m. Susannah HAVEN I realize this is off topic for this list....... I share these first 3 generations and would be very glad to share anything I have. My dates vary somewhat from yours. >4) their dau Mary TOWNE m. Theodore KINGSBURY "NEHG Register," New England Historical Genealogy Society, Boston, Massachusetts: 21:217. gives Mary Towne's husband as Thedore McKinstry Oxford VR, p 248 gives his name as Theodore Kingsbury Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listmanager Essex County, Massachusetts Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Listmanager Grafton County, New Hampshire Mail List Listmanager Ordway Mail List

I humbly apologize both to Mike Shaw, and to the list, for the absolutely inappropriate message I just inadvertantly forwarded to all of you. I have been posting private messages to the list more and more often recently. If I were more on top of things, and triple-checking what I'm doing before posting, this sort of thing would not occur. This sloppiness is inexcusable, particularly so when it comes from the list administrator. As for my temperament, there's not much I can say -- I am who I am, for better or worse -- but that in no way excuses or ameliorates my public embarrassment of another person by name. At this point, I think administration of this list would be better served by a new face -- one who doesn't have a foot in the mouth as often as I do, one who can stay more on top of things, and one who can show greater patience. If you would be interested in becoming BROOKS-NE list administrator ("listowner"), please drop me a line PRIVATELY. It's not rocket science, and basic to intermediate computer skills will suffice. A stay-at-home lifestyle (rather than frequent travel) would help in terms of daily monitoring. Again, my sincere apology. Please do NOT respond to the list regarding either this topic or my preceding message. I cannot undo it, but at least I can insist that it NOT be repeated. I've done enough damage already; please do not add to it in any way. Thanks, Chris

In a message dated 5/6/2002 12:35:50 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > f anyone is in touch with the following person > > [email protected] > > You might advise them that their mail is bouncing. Apparently this > person has my address blocked, or their ISP or software does. > > :Your mail to the following recipients could not be delivered > :because they are not accepting mail from > :[email protected]: > : aquari > > Thanks, > > Chris Sorry 'bout that. It is no longer blocked. Libby

If anyone is in touch with the following person [email protected] You might advise them that their mail is bouncing. Apparently this person has my address blocked, or their ISP or software does. :Your mail to the following recipients could not be delivered :because they are not accepting mail from :[email protected]: : aquari Thanks, Chris

On Mon, 06 May 2002 14:12:18 -0700, Kathy Chiappetta wrote: :Hi Docdad! I'm afraid I'm always having trouble figuring out your :emails. :Are you chatting with one specific person or something???? If you :put your comments near what they refer to they'd make sense to :folks like myself, who apparently are not "in the loop" or "on the :same page" as you are. Bless you, Kathy! His name is Michael (Mike) Shaw, he lives somewhere within driving distance of Concord, NH, and he's been "my little problem" for about a year now. As far as I can tell he's not on *any* page. I've given him a ton of private coaching because he seems to struggle with both keying and understanding how the list works. I first thought he was a stroke victim or had a learning disability. But after he recently received a long-awaited NARA file, he wrote an entire paragraph to the list to announce it, complete with punctuation and an organizational sequence. SO he CAN be lucid when he takes the time and commits the effort to do so. I CANNOT get him to pay the slightest attention to subject lines, about which I've posted him dozens of times. He sends me one to five of these cryptic messages each week, and occasionally sends one to the list as well. Mike has a Brooks line that was in Williamsburg (now Brooklyn), NY and Red Bank, NJ. He's got them back to around 1800, but in that area they might come from anywhere. I've done exhaustive lookups on my own initiative to try to help him, but he doesn't follow up any of my suggestions. (The last was that he subscribe to Williamsburg and Jersey area lists.) He doesn't seem to have ever read a "how to" books for genealogy beginners, and ignores my suggestions that he do so. I really haven't a clue what to do with him, but it seems hardhearted to bounce him off the list simply because he doesn't know how to effectively participate. It took me months of repeatedly asking him for his name before he'd answer even that question. Any thoughts or suggestions on how to coach him would be welcome. I also hope your response will spur him to try harder. Chris

Mike Shaw ([email protected]) wrote: :Henry has any dates? Mike, you have exactly the same information we do. Go to the link included and you can view the scanned pages for yourself. Chris

Chris, As I was picking through the archives, I came upon your message from 24-Mar-2002 regarding Brooks connections to the LDS prophet Joseph Smith Jr. While this connection isn't the same as you posted, I thought I'd mention that this connection I'm working on (Joseph Brooks of NY, b. abt 1839, d. 1864 in civil war) married a woman connected to the prophet Joseph Smith Jr. This Joseph Brooks married Sarah Elizabeth KINGSBURY. She was a "4th cousin twice removed" of the prophet Joseph Smith Jr. She & Joseph Smith both share Robert Smith & Mary French as common ancestors. Sarah's lineage is: 1) Robert SMITH (1626-1693) m. Mary FRENCH (1634-1684) 2) their dau Mary SMITH m. John TOWNE 3) their son Israel TOWNE m. Susannah HAVEN 4) their dau Mary TOWNE m. Theodore KINGSBURY 5) their son Elijah KINGSBURY Sr. m. Lois LEONARD 6) their son Elijah KINGSBURY Jr. m. <unknown> 7) their son Alfred H. KINGSBURY m. Ann Elizabeth NEWSON 8) their dau Sarah Elizabeth KINGSBURY (1841-1915) m. Joseph BROOKS (Joseph Smith lineage is: Robert Smith > Samuel > Samuel > Asael > Joseph Sr > Joseph Smith Jr). Both of these families (Joseph Smith & Kingsbury) are well documented, except the KINGSBURY documentation I've found stops at Alfred (Alford) Kingsbury. Anyway, just thought you (or someone) might be interested in this. -Kevin Vap Overland Park, KS

[email protected] wrote in response to Thom Brooks's query: :Greetings from Jean McKee's sister, Elizabeth Brooks McKee Lewis! :Delighted to learn about you and your parents, who must visit our :Brooks Homestead in Cheshire. Jean and I spent summers there :growing up and now she is there often. My husband and I return :usually July/August. Our 2 daughters, Linda Brooks Lewis McCoy and :Elizabeth Brooks Lewis Panke, and our 8 grandchildren including :Whitney Brooks McCoy, Elizabeth Brooks Panke, Rachel Brooks Lewis :(our son's daughter) usually drive east to visit. An important :tradition is an afternoon at Hillside Cemetary, where Thomas et al :are buried. :Doing our best to imbue them with a sense of our family's place in :history! :Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Elizabeth. Exactly the kind of informative and friendly response I was hoping would be forwarded to the list. Elizabeth and Jean have reported in. Who else of the Cheshire line cousins will do so? You know who you are, and so do I. :-) Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ========================================== BROOKS-NE (Brooks Families of New England) ========================================== [email protected]

Hi Docdad! I'm afraid I'm always having trouble figuring out your emails. Are you chatting with one specific person or something???? If you put your comments near what they refer to they'd make sense to folks like myself, who apparently are not "in the loop" or "on the same page" as you are. Thanks. Kathy At 12:32 PM 5/6/02 -0400, you wrote: >Henry has any dates? > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] >or [email protected] >

Henry has any dates?