Can you share the bibliographic info for this work as well? Thanks, Chris On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:36:41 -0400, Katherine Ayers wrote: > Regarding this "Major" Thomas Brooks (perhaps rank of > Major only for Shay's Rebellion?), the 1869-70 GAZETTEER - > NORWICH says:

Gene Hutson wrote: > While on the subject, I'm in the process of reading > through the "History of Grant County Wisconsin" the 1900 > edition which mentions Roswell and several other Brooks. It would be a wonderful contribution if you could transcribe their info, with page numbers and bibliographic information, and post it to the list. I haven't time right now to consult the list archive, but I believe there have been at least two "Roswell" threads here in the past. Chris

Thanks, Mo. There's also a newspaper column associated with Bourbon County Brookses that I've seen a couple of times. This was (probably still is) a branch of the Concord line of Capt. Thomas, as the article (which otherwise has numerous factual errors) states. Abijah/5 Brooks (1759-1814) was born in Medford, MA, and went to Clark County, KY, where he married Nancy Strode, a Virginia native. The late Wylie Brooks Jr., who was a faithful reader of this list, descended from Abijah and self-published a family history a few years ago. Wylie's line was in Clay County, MO, home place of Jesse and Frank James. On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:05:11 -0600, MoBrooks wrote: > Taken from "Early Bourbon Families" published in the > Kentuckian Citizen Newspaper, Paris, Ky. Tuesday > June 20, 1944- from the files of Mrs. William > Breckenridge Audry.

Help! I do not understand the Subject Line! What does "[WAS Pvt. John Brooks]" mean? Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: <brooks-ne-request@rootsweb.com> To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:02 AM Subject: BROOKS-NE Digest, Vol 1, Issue 5 > > > When replying to any particular message within this digest, please be sure > to use a specific subject line related to the specific message or > thread -- and avoid auto-replies with the meaningless subject line of > "Brooks-NE Digest." Help us maintain a functional and easily searched > message archive. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks > ofthe151st] (Gary Cooke) > 2. Fw: Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John > Brooksofthe151st] (Katherine Ayers) > 3. Re: Fw: Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John > Brooksofthe151st] (Christopher Brooks) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:39:32 -0400 > From: "Gary Cooke" <walkncrow@adelphia.net> > Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks > ofthe151st] > To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com>, <trib@tributaries.us> > Message-ID: <002a01c6c633$7498a3b0$7701a8c0@GARYMUSIC2> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi People > > Been a long time since I've responded. In Major Thomas's Brooks line is > Socrates , who has a son John who marries Lurinda Sheffield. Socrates has > a > brother John Brooks, who many claim married a Clarissa Pendell and moved > to > Blue Creek , Adams County Ohio and dies in 1875. I do not think this John > Brooks in Ohio is the son of Major Thomas because I have documentation > that Major Thomas's son's death , predates the John that married Clarrissa > Pendall. > > Have you all already solved this mystery? > > Anybody interested? > > Gary Cooke > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Hutson" <FishRus@cableone.net> > To: <trib@tributaries.us>; <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:13 AM > Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks > ofthe151st] > > >> You are so right Christopher, >> >> Maj Thomas Brooks b. 1761 Glastonbury, CT >> d. 30 Aug 1822 Plymouth, NY >> cause of death, accidental, tree fell on him, >> husband to Lucy Christian Brooks, son of Thomas >> Brooks b. 1719 Glastonbury, CT >> father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy Brooks >> father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, Roswell, Cassius and >> Electra with Parnell Boylston. >> >> Hope this clarifies. >> >> Gene >> >> Genealogy; >> "a stirring of the memories" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.us> >> To: "Brooks-NEW ENGLAND List" <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:05 PM >> Subject: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks of >> the151st] >> >> >>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:05:56 -0500, Gene Hutson wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know which battles Maj Thomas Brooks 1761 - >>>> 1822 may have been involved with?? >>> >>> I don't have an exact match for those exact dates, but would hope >>> I have this guy if you could provide us more information, >>> something with which to diffentiate him besides dates, which as >>> we all know are often elastic when borrowed from others -- like >>> his parentage, locale, or name of wife/children, things like >>> that. Lotsa Thomases . I have 195 of them. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >>> Christopher Brooks >>> BROOKS Families of New England >>> www.tributaries.us >>> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:48:19 -0400 > From: "Katherine Ayers" <kayers2@comcast.net> > Subject: [BNE] Fw: Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John > Brooksofthe151st] > To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002d01c6c645$7360bac0$e3ecc047@hsd1.ma.comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Gene, > Have you seen the following? It is copied from Chap. 23 of HISTORY OF > CHENANGO AND MADISON COUNTIES: > > "Nicholas Pickett and Major Thomas Brooks were settlers of about this > period, 1790-91. Pickett located on the east side of the river, on what > was > afterwards known as the Pendleton farm. He sold out after a few years and > removed west. Major Brooks settled on the west green in Norwich village, > on > which he built a log shanty. He removed at an early day to the south-east > corner of Plymouth, to the farm now occupied by Ambrose Bryant. He was > killed by the fall of a tree, August 30, 1822, at the age of 61 years. > Lucy, > his wife, died on that farm Dec. 31, 1827, aged 71. Major Brooks was a > Massachusetts man. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and also participated > in > Shay's rebellion, a fact which he always admitted and justified. His > children mostly scattered and removed from the town." > > Good luck to you in your research. > Kay Ayers > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Hutson" <FishRus@cableone.net> > To: <trib@tributaries.us>; <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John > Brooksofthe151st] > > >> I'll be forever trying to untangle this line. >> >> Thanx Chris, >> >> Gene > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:14:25 -0400 > From: Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.us> > Subject: Re: [BNE] Fw: Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John > Brooksofthe151st] > To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <200682301425.178569@hal2000> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Katherine Ayers wrote, in part: > >> He was a Revolutionary soldier, and also participated in >> Shay's rebellion, a fact which he always admitted and >> justified. His children mostly scattered and removed from >> the town." > > A useful work I can recommend is "Shays' Rebellion: The Making of > an Agrarian Insurrection," by David P. Szatmary, University of > Massachusetts Press, 1980. This is not a blow-by-blow account, > however, and no Thomas Brooks is mentioned by name. > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BROOKS-NE list administrator, send an email to > BROOKS-NE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BROOKS-NE mailing list, send an email to > BROOKS-NE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BROOKS-NE Digest, Vol 1, Issue 5 > ***************************************

I haven't seen anything about this before so I thought I'd give it some mention. Ran across it while I was away. Mo Taken from "Early Bourbon Families" published in the Kentuckian Citizen Newspaper, Paris, Ky. Tuesday June 20, 1944- from the files of Mrs. William Breckenridge Audry. ARMS: Sable, three escallops or CREST: A beaver passant, proper MOTTO: Perervando [By Persevering] Thomas Brooks, ancestor of the Bourbon County, Kentucky family was the first of the name in New England. he was born in 1610 and is said to have come from Suffolk, England and sailed in the "Susan and Ellen" to Watertown, Mass. here he was assigned land in 1631 and in 1638 removed to Concord, became a large landowner and held many positions of trust and honor. He was Constable in 1638; Captain of a Company of Foot in King Phillip's War and Deputy to the General Court from Concord 1643-1662. In 1660 he and his son in law, Timothy Wheeler bought lands in Medford which he owned at his death, 21 May 1667. His wife, Grace, died 02 November 1664. Descendants of Captain Thomas and Grace Brooks still own 400 acres of this original tract which was inherited by his son, Caleb Brooks. The old Brooks estate is said to have been a place of rare beauty in 1908 when visited by Kentucky descendants of the family. "Every tree and shrub has history as they had been brought from all over the world by Peter Brooks". Washington and his staff had been entertained under a hugh oak in the yard during the Revolutionary War. The children of Captain Thomas and Grace Brooks are: I. Joshua Brooks married Hannah Mason II. Caleb of whom hereafter. III. Gersham married Hannah Eccles IV. Mary married Timothy Wheeler Reference; Bond's History of Watertown, page 356. Genealogical Dictionary of New England.

Chris and Gene, Regarding this "Major" Thomas Brooks (perhaps rank of Major only for Shay's Rebellion?), the 1869-70 GAZETTEER - NORWICH says: "He was a soldier of the Revolution and was at the battle of Bunker Hill." (I did not see an on-line listing of MA participants at Bunker Hill, so have not confirmed this.) This book, as did the other, also stated that Thomas was from Massachusetts and was engaged in Shay's Rebellion. Also consistently recorded is that his wife, Lucy, died about five years after him. So, it would seem that this man had only one wife. Regards, Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.us> To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [BNE] Fw: Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. JohnBrooksofthe151st] > > A useful work I can recommend is "Shays' Rebellion: The Making of > an Agrarian Insurrection," by David P. Szatmary, University of > Massachusetts Press, 1980. This is not a blow-by-blow account, > however, and no Thomas Brooks is mentioned by name. > > Chris

No Kathy, I hadn't, didn't even know it existed. Thanx for the insight!!! Can you give me the complete title please?? We're excited now!!! Gene > Gene, > Have you seen the following? It is copied from Chap. 23 of HISTORY OF > CHENANGO AND MADISON COUNTIES: > > "Nicholas Pickett and Major Thomas Brooks were settlers of about this > period, 1790-91.

While on the subject, I'm in the process of reading through the "History of Grant County Wisconsin" the 1900 edition which mentions Roswell and several other Brooks. Gene Genealogy; "a stirring of the memories" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Cooke" <walkncrow@adelphia.net> To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com>; <trib@tributaries.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooksofthe151st] > Hi People > > Been a long time since I've responded. In Major Thomas's Brooks line is > Socrates , who has a son John who marries Lurinda Sheffield. Socrates has > a > brother John Brooks, who many claim married a Clarissa Pendell and moved > to > Blue Creek , Adams County Ohio and dies in 1875. I do not think this John > Brooks in Ohio is the son of Major Thomas because I have documentation > that Major Thomas's son's death , predates the John that married Clarrissa > Pendall. > > Have you all already solved this mystery? > > Anybody interested? > > Gary Cooke > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Hutson" <FishRus@cableone.net> > To: <trib@tributaries.us>; <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:13 AM > Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks > ofthe151st] > > >> You are so right Christopher, >> >> Maj Thomas Brooks b. 1761 Glastonbury, CT >> d. 30 Aug 1822 Plymouth, NY >> cause of death, accidental, tree fell on him, >> husband to Lucy Christian Brooks, son of Thomas >> Brooks b. 1719 Glastonbury, CT >> father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy Brooks >> father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, Roswell, Cassius and >> Electra with Parnell Boylston. >> >> Hope this clarifies. >> >> Gene >> >> Genealogy; >> "a stirring of the memories" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.us> >> To: "Brooks-NEW ENGLAND List" <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:05 PM >> Subject: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks of >> the151st] >> >> >>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:05:56 -0500, Gene Hutson wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know which battles Maj Thomas Brooks 1761 - >>>> 1822 may have been involved with?? >>> >>> I don't have an exact match for those exact dates, but would hope >>> I have this guy if you could provide us more information, >>> something with which to diffentiate him besides dates, which as >>> we all know are often elastic when borrowed from others -- like >>> his parentage, locale, or name of wife/children, things like >>> that. Lotsa Thomases . I have 195 of them. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >>> Christopher Brooks >>> BROOKS Families of New England >>> www.tributaries.us >>> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Katherine Ayers wrote, in part: > He was a Revolutionary soldier, and also participated in > Shay's rebellion, a fact which he always admitted and > justified. His children mostly scattered and removed from > the town." A useful work I can recommend is "Shays' Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection," by David P. Szatmary, University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. This is not a blow-by-blow account, however, and no Thomas Brooks is mentioned by name. Chris

Gene, Have you seen the following? It is copied from Chap. 23 of HISTORY OF CHENANGO AND MADISON COUNTIES: "Nicholas Pickett and Major Thomas Brooks were settlers of about this period, 1790-91. Pickett located on the east side of the river, on what was afterwards known as the Pendleton farm. He sold out after a few years and removed west. Major Brooks settled on the west green in Norwich village, on which he built a log shanty. He removed at an early day to the south-east corner of Plymouth, to the farm now occupied by Ambrose Bryant. He was killed by the fall of a tree, August 30, 1822, at the age of 61 years. Lucy, his wife, died on that farm Dec. 31, 1827, aged 71. Major Brooks was a Massachusetts man. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and also participated in Shay's rebellion, a fact which he always admitted and justified. His children mostly scattered and removed from the town." Good luck to you in your research. Kay Ayers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Hutson" <FishRus@cableone.net> To: <trib@tributaries.us>; <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooksofthe151st] > I'll be forever trying to untangle this line. > > Thanx Chris, > > Gene

Hi People Been a long time since I've responded. In Major Thomas's Brooks line is Socrates , who has a son John who marries Lurinda Sheffield. Socrates has a brother John Brooks, who many claim married a Clarissa Pendell and moved to Blue Creek , Adams County Ohio and dies in 1875. I do not think this John Brooks in Ohio is the son of Major Thomas because I have documentation that Major Thomas's son's death , predates the John that married Clarrissa Pendall. Have you all already solved this mystery? Anybody interested? Gary Cooke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Hutson" <FishRus@cableone.net> To: <trib@tributaries.us>; <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks ofthe151st] > You are so right Christopher, > > Maj Thomas Brooks b. 1761 Glastonbury, CT > d. 30 Aug 1822 Plymouth, NY > cause of death, accidental, tree fell on him, > husband to Lucy Christian Brooks, son of Thomas > Brooks b. 1719 Glastonbury, CT > father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy Brooks > father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, Roswell, Cassius and > Electra with Parnell Boylston. > > Hope this clarifies. > > Gene > > Genealogy; > "a stirring of the memories" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.us> > To: "Brooks-NEW ENGLAND List" <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:05 PM > Subject: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks of > the151st] > > >> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:05:56 -0500, Gene Hutson wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know which battles Maj Thomas Brooks 1761 - >>> 1822 may have been involved with?? >> >> I don't have an exact match for those exact dates, but would hope >> I have this guy if you could provide us more information, >> something with which to diffentiate him besides dates, which as >> we all know are often elastic when borrowed from others -- like >> his parentage, locale, or name of wife/children, things like >> that. Lotsa Thomases . I have 195 of them. >> >> Chris >> >> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >> Christopher Brooks >> BROOKS Families of New England >> www.tributaries.us >> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Gene Hutson wrote that Thomas Brooks was: > father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy Brooks > father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, Roswell, Cassius and > Electra with Parnell Boylston. > > Hope this clarifies. Actually, I'm afraid it obfuscates. :-(. Thomas/5 in the Glastonbury line, the Revolutionary soldier you inquired about, had only one wife, Lucy Brooks, his cousin in the same line. They had 10 children, and to the best of my knowledge ended their lives in Chenango County, NY. Parnell/5 Boylston, dau. of Richard/4 Boylston and Parnell Foster, was born 23 Dec 1764 at Charlestown, MA. She married, 9 May 1786 at Medford, Thomas/5 Brooks of the Concord line (Capt. Thomas/1), born at Medford in 1756. He and Parnell lived at Charlestown and then Lunenberg, MA, and had 12 children. Thomas died at Lunenberg 20 May 1823; Parnell died there 7 Jan 1831. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England www.tributaries.us ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

All: I don't know what methodology HeritageQuest used in scanning the Revolutionary War Pension Files, so I can't comment about what they offer. However, from what I've seen of the files, they can sometimes be very incomplete -- I suspect that contents of many files went missing during the years before they were transferred to the Archives. I would not be at all surprised to find a cover sheet of a file with nothing following the cover sheet. On the other hand, I would equally not be at all surprised to find a very rich file, with a long letter from an aged veteran, a page from a family bible, and perhaps even a sampler or two. It's amazing what you can sometimes -- note "sometimes" -- find in those files. It's certainly true that many veterans and their families did not apply for pensions for one reason or another, as Chris discussed, and as I recall there were many cases where claims were denied. However, a great many veterans and their families did apply, sending in all sorts of family records and memorabilia to help establish their cases. It's always worth a trip to Washington to examine the records yourself if you have reason to believe that the records might be helpful. I haven't worked with those records for well over 20 years, since the days when I was in the old office of public programs. For the last 12 years of my career I was in a different office of NARA, and I have now been retired for 10 years. One of the current archivists who handle those records regularly could speak much more authoritatively than I. Sorry not to be of more help. Phil Brooks On Aug 22, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Christopher Brooks wrote: > Gene Hutson wrote: > >> Maj Thomas Brooks b. 1761 Glastonbury, CT >> d. 30 Aug 1822 Plymouth, NY >> cause of death, accidental, tree fell on him, >> husband to Lucy Christian Brooks, son of Thomas >> Brooks b. 1719 Glastonbury, CT >> father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy >> Brooks father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, >> Roswell, Cassius and Electra with Parnell Boylston. > > That's Thomas/5 in the Glastonbury line, as I think I've already > shared with Gene offline. I've got his DOB as circa 19 Aug 1760, > based on a death age of 62-0-11 on his gravestone. Nor do I know > anything of his military service other than that his son was > presented for baptism 4 Jul 1778, "on mother's account, the > father being in the Army." > > The HeritageQuest subscription library has a section of > Revolutionary pension application files. I don't know how > complete they are. Certainly the names available represent a > fraction of the Brooks males who served, and the pages included > in the scanned files offered by HQ appear to be portions of a > file in many cases rather than the whole. (Some of these digital > files contain only a single page with a scan of the file's cover > sheet.) Perhaps Phil Brooks (who wrote that he is retired from > the National Archives) has a better take on whether this is par > for the course. > > Aside from preservation issues, losses to fire and time, and so > on, there are other reasons why your guy might not be found in > such a collection. A percentage of the males who fought in the > Revolution died before the pension legislation was enacted. > Others would have failed or declined to apply, and there were > means tests included in the legislation. > > HeritageQuest listed two Revolutionary pension files available > for a Thomas from CT, two for a Thomas from NY, and zero for a > Thomas from MA. I opened each, and none fit Gene's bill. A town > or county history of Glastonbury and the surrounding area might > identify which wartime units were locally raised, and when, and > perhaps some details of their service. > > At the state level, Massachusetts printed 28? volumes of > "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution" around the > end of the 19th century. I don't know if there was a Connecticut > analogue to this project. > > Ancestry may well offer a similar collection of scanned pension > files for these Revolutionary veterans. > > Chris > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

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Gene: Good luck with the gang at NARA. They are good, but they are often swamped and can sometimes be not as quick in responding as one (including them) would prefer. I wouldn't be surprised if something had been published about Maj. Thomas Brooks. I wonder if the DAR Library would have anything? Yours -- Phil On Aug 22, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Gene Hutson wrote: > Thanx Phil, > > Yes, I've written to NARA for the necessary forms, > hope to hear from them soon. I was just hoping/ > wondering if there were anything about him is a History > Book somewhere. > > Thanx Again, > > Gene > > Genealogy; > "a stirring of the memories" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Brooks" <philip.brooks@wap.org> > To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:52 PM > Subject: Re: [BNE] Pvt. John Brooks of the 151st N.Y.S.V., July 9 1864 > > >> Gene: >> >> I have no idea which battles he was in, but it would be worth checking >> with the National Archives. If he filed a Revolutionary War pension >> application, that is where the original document(s) would be found. >> He >> would have had to provide some recounting, preferably with proof, of >> his military service in order to get a pension. >> >> Philip C. Brooks >> (retired National Archives staffer) >> >> >> On Aug 21, 2006, at 7:05 PM, Gene Hutson wrote: >> >>> Thanx for this Lynn, >>> >>> Does anyone know which battles Maj Thomas Brooks 1761 - 1822 >>> may have been involved with?? >>> >>> Thanx, >>> >>> Gene Hutson >>> Norfolk, Nebraska >>> >>> >>> Genealogy; >>> "a stirring of the memories" >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Lynn E. Brooks" <lynn@ivycreekfarm.com> >>> To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:07 PM >>> Subject: Re: [BNE] Pvt. John Brooks of the 151st N.Y.S.V., July 9 >>> 1864 >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Fighting for Time* by Glenn H. Worthington, which describes this >>>> battle. >>>> The battle was relatively small, but was critical in saving >>>> Washington, >>>> D.C., from Confederate capture. The Union general opposing knew he >>>> would >>>> lose, but also knew he must delay Early to allow reinforcements time >>>> to >>>> get into Washington. The Union general was General Lew Wallace, who >>>> later >>>> wrote Ben Hur. >>>> >>>> Eearly was pardoned and retired to practice law and die in >>>> Lynchburg, >>>> Virginia, where he is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. >>>> >>>> Lynn Brooks >>>> Lynchburg, VA (previously from Frederick, MD) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> * In the summer of 1864, General Jubal A. Early led about 15,000 >>>> Confederates on a daring sweep through Maryland to attack the >>>> Federal >>>> capital from the north. The savage battle proved to be one of the >>>> most >>>> decisive engagements of the Civil War. The hard-marching Confederate >>>> troops of General Jubal Early were embarked on a desperate gamble - >>>> an >>>> invasion of the North meant to take the pressure off Robert E. Lee's >>>> besieged forces at Petersburg. Early's goal was nothing less than >>>> the >>>> seat >>>> of the Federal Government, Washington, DC. Glenn Worthington, a >>>> youthful >>>> witness of the carnage at Monocacy, recounts in rich detail the >>>> see-saw >>>> fighting as lines of blue and gray swept across the rolling >>>> pastureland >>>> and wheatfields of central Maryland, each side knowing that their >>>> efforts >>>> would decide the fate of their cause. Replete with official reports >>>> of the >>>> engagement, and the anecdotal recollections and memoirs of >>>> participants, >>>> Fighting For Time vividly brings to life this fiercely fough! >>>> t soldier's battle, the Battle of Monocacy. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: MJMCKEE1@aol.com >>>> To: BROOKS-NE@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:40 PM >>>> Subject: [BNE] Pvt. John Brooks of the 151st N.Y.S.V., July 9 1864 >>>> >>>> >>>>> From NY-OLD NEWS at Rootsweb in the event this helps anyone: >>>> >>>> Newspaper: Spirit of the Times, Batavia NY; Saturday, July 23, >>>> 1864. >>>> . >>>> List of Killed, Wounded and Missing in the 151st N.Y.S.V. in the >>>> Battle of Monocacy Junction, on Saturday, July 9th, 1864. >>>> >>>> The following sad list of the killed, wounded and missing of the >>>> 151st >>>> N.Y.S.V., in the recent fight at Monocacy Junction, we extract from >>>> the >>>> Baltimore >>>> 'American' >>>> .....Company F: Wounded..... Pvt. John Brooks >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I'll be forever trying to untangle this line. Thanx Chris, Gene > > Actually, I'm afraid it obfuscates. :-(. > > Thomas/5 in the Glastonbury line, the Revolutionary soldier you > inquired about, had only one wife, Lucy Brooks, his cousin in the > same line. They had 10 children, and to the best of my knowledge > ended their lives in Chenango County, NY. > > Parnell/5 Boylston, dau. of Richard/4 Boylston and Parnell > Foster, was born 23 Dec 1764 at Charlestown, MA. She married, 9 > May 1786 at Medford, Thomas/5 Brooks of the Concord line (Capt. > Thomas/1), born at Medford in 1756. He and Parnell lived at > Charlestown and then Lunenberg, MA, and had 12 children. Thomas > died at Lunenberg 20 May 1823; Parnell died there 7 Jan 1831. > > Chris > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Christopher Brooks > BROOKS Families of New England > www.tributaries.us > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Gene Hutson wrote: > Maj Thomas Brooks b. 1761 Glastonbury, CT > d. 30 Aug 1822 Plymouth, NY > cause of death, accidental, tree fell on him, > husband to Lucy Christian Brooks, son of Thomas > Brooks b. 1719 Glastonbury, CT > father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy > Brooks father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, > Roswell, Cassius and Electra with Parnell Boylston. That's Thomas/5 in the Glastonbury line, as I think I've already shared with Gene offline. I've got his DOB as circa 19 Aug 1760, based on a death age of 62-0-11 on his gravestone. Nor do I know anything of his military service other than that his son was presented for baptism 4 Jul 1778, "on mother's account, the father being in the Army." The HeritageQuest subscription library has a section of Revolutionary pension application files. I don't know how complete they are. Certainly the names available represent a fraction of the Brooks males who served, and the pages included in the scanned files offered by HQ appear to be portions of a file in many cases rather than the whole. (Some of these digital files contain only a single page with a scan of the file's cover sheet.) Perhaps Phil Brooks (who wrote that he is retired from the National Archives) has a better take on whether this is par for the course. Aside from preservation issues, losses to fire and time, and so on, there are other reasons why your guy might not be found in such a collection. A percentage of the males who fought in the Revolution died before the pension legislation was enacted. Others would have failed or declined to apply, and there were means tests included in the legislation. HeritageQuest listed two Revolutionary pension files available for a Thomas from CT, two for a Thomas from NY, and zero for a Thomas from MA. I opened each, and none fit Gene's bill. A town or county history of Glastonbury and the surrounding area might identify which wartime units were locally raised, and when, and perhaps some details of their service. At the state level, Massachusetts printed 28? volumes of "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution" around the end of the 19th century. I don't know if there was a Connecticut analogue to this project. Ancestry may well offer a similar collection of scanned pension files for these Revolutionary veterans. Chris

Thanx Phil, Yes, I've written to NARA for the necessary forms, hope to hear from them soon. I was just hoping/ wondering if there were anything about him is a History Book somewhere. Thanx Again, Gene Genealogy; "a stirring of the memories" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Brooks" <philip.brooks@wap.org> To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] Pvt. John Brooks of the 151st N.Y.S.V., July 9 1864 > Gene: > > I have no idea which battles he was in, but it would be worth checking > with the National Archives. If he filed a Revolutionary War pension > application, that is where the original document(s) would be found. He > would have had to provide some recounting, preferably with proof, of > his military service in order to get a pension. > > Philip C. Brooks > (retired National Archives staffer) > > > On Aug 21, 2006, at 7:05 PM, Gene Hutson wrote: > >> Thanx for this Lynn, >> >> Does anyone know which battles Maj Thomas Brooks 1761 - 1822 >> may have been involved with?? >> >> Thanx, >> >> Gene Hutson >> Norfolk, Nebraska >> >> >> Genealogy; >> "a stirring of the memories" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lynn E. Brooks" <lynn@ivycreekfarm.com> >> To: <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [BNE] Pvt. John Brooks of the 151st N.Y.S.V., July 9 1864 >> >> >>> >>> Fighting for Time* by Glenn H. Worthington, which describes this >>> battle. >>> The battle was relatively small, but was critical in saving >>> Washington, >>> D.C., from Confederate capture. The Union general opposing knew he >>> would >>> lose, but also knew he must delay Early to allow reinforcements time >>> to >>> get into Washington. The Union general was General Lew Wallace, who >>> later >>> wrote Ben Hur. >>> >>> Eearly was pardoned and retired to practice law and die in Lynchburg, >>> Virginia, where he is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. >>> >>> Lynn Brooks >>> Lynchburg, VA (previously from Frederick, MD) >>> >>> >>> >>> * In the summer of 1864, General Jubal A. Early led about 15,000 >>> Confederates on a daring sweep through Maryland to attack the Federal >>> capital from the north. The savage battle proved to be one of the most >>> decisive engagements of the Civil War. The hard-marching Confederate >>> troops of General Jubal Early were embarked on a desperate gamble - an >>> invasion of the North meant to take the pressure off Robert E. Lee's >>> besieged forces at Petersburg. Early's goal was nothing less than the >>> seat >>> of the Federal Government, Washington, DC. Glenn Worthington, a >>> youthful >>> witness of the carnage at Monocacy, recounts in rich detail the >>> see-saw >>> fighting as lines of blue and gray swept across the rolling >>> pastureland >>> and wheatfields of central Maryland, each side knowing that their >>> efforts >>> would decide the fate of their cause. Replete with official reports >>> of the >>> engagement, and the anecdotal recollections and memoirs of >>> participants, >>> Fighting For Time vividly brings to life this fiercely fough! >>> t soldier's battle, the Battle of Monocacy. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: MJMCKEE1@aol.com >>> To: BROOKS-NE@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:40 PM >>> Subject: [BNE] Pvt. John Brooks of the 151st N.Y.S.V., July 9 1864 >>> >>> >>>> From NY-OLD NEWS at Rootsweb in the event this helps anyone: >>> >>> Newspaper: Spirit of the Times, Batavia NY; Saturday, July 23, 1864. >>> . >>> List of Killed, Wounded and Missing in the 151st N.Y.S.V. in the >>> Battle of Monocacy Junction, on Saturday, July 9th, 1864. >>> >>> The following sad list of the killed, wounded and missing of the >>> 151st >>> N.Y.S.V., in the recent fight at Monocacy Junction, we extract from >>> the >>> Baltimore >>> 'American' >>> .....Company F: Wounded..... Pvt. John Brooks >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You are so right Christopher, Maj Thomas Brooks b. 1761 Glastonbury, CT d. 30 Aug 1822 Plymouth, NY cause of death, accidental, tree fell on him, husband to Lucy Christian Brooks, son of Thomas Brooks b. 1719 Glastonbury, CT father of Clarissa, Elijah, Thomas, John, with Lucy Brooks father to Dr. Thesius, Socrates, Clitus, Roswell, Cassius and Electra with Parnell Boylston. Hope this clarifies. Gene Genealogy; "a stirring of the memories" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.us> To: "Brooks-NEW ENGLAND List" <brooks-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: [BNE] Maj. Thomas Brooks 1761-1822 [WAS Pvt. John Brooks of the151st] > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:05:56 -0500, Gene Hutson wrote: > >> Does anyone know which battles Maj Thomas Brooks 1761 - >> 1822 may have been involved with?? > > I don't have an exact match for those exact dates, but would hope > I have this guy if you could provide us more information, > something with which to diffentiate him besides dates, which as > we all know are often elastic when borrowed from others -- like > his parentage, locale, or name of wife/children, things like > that. Lotsa Thomases . I have 195 of them. > > Chris > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Christopher Brooks > BROOKS Families of New England > www.tributaries.us > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROOKS-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message