--=======737C4A72======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Maggie Parker wrote: >I am looking for John Brooks that was born 2/14/1814 in Maine. He died in >Charlton Co., GA on 11/4/1892. And I am dilatory in responding, for which I apologize. I can't match this man by DOB, but you didn't give us much else to go on, Maggie. :-) We have have a dozen listreaders descended from various Brooks lines in Maine, and I've researched the Kittery and Saco lines a bit on my own. At the very least, with more information we ought to be able to rule *out* some families and save you wasted research time. John, unfortunately, is the most common of given male names in the Brooks families, and thus the least help in identification. (William is, numerically, second, for those who enjoy this sort of factoid. I will guess that Samuel, followed by Charles, is third most frequent, but haven't counted that far). If you could put your John into some sort of context, we might be able to make some educated guesses or provide you a lead or two. Do you know the names of any of his siblings? Was he a war veteran (Mexican, or Civil War)? Who did he marry, and was she a New England girl? If born in Maine, why did he go to Georgia? How do you know (i.e., from what source (as in Census or military record)) that he was from Maine? Assuming he had children, what were their names? What was his occupation? What was his religious affiliation? I'll be glad to take a second and more thorough look if you could provide a short paragraph with whatever you know of John. Chris ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| --=======737C4A72======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 --=======737C4A72=======--

I found John B. Brooks, a farmer, age 66 (born 1814 in Maine) listed in the 1880 federal census for Charlton County in Georgia; his wife's name was Sarah, age 63 (born 1817 in Georgia; both of John's parents were born in Maine, whereas both of Sarah's parents were born in Georgia. Listed in the same census was John B. Brooks, a farmer, age 44 (born 1836 in Florida); his wife's name was Mary H., age 33 (born 1847 in Georgia); the husband's father was born in Maine and his mother was born in Georgia; the wife's father was born in North Carolina and her mother was born in Georgia; living with them were five sons and one daughter as follows: William G. 13, Jesse M. 11, John B. 9, Martin L. 6, Mary H. 3, and Simon P. 7/12; all six children were born in Georgia. Apparently, John Brooks Sr. was married to his wife Sarah about 1835 (she would have been eighteen then), and a son, John B. Brooks Jr., was born to them during 1836 in Florida--probably near Jacksonville, Florida because the state of Florida borders on the Charlton county line. I have a Higginson book entitled BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES, which was authored by Ida Brooks Kellam and published in 1950, and names many descendants of John and Susan Brooks, who came to America about 1731-34 with six sons and settled first in Virginia near the James River. It is rumored that when the Brookses left Virginia, three of the sons went north and three went south. Those who went south during 1735 moved to North Carolina and lived in the following counties: Bladen, Cumberland, Orange, and Chatham. Two of the sons ended up in Georgia about 1775, living in the following counties: Wilkes, Warren, Jones, Jasper, Early, Polk, Paulding, Henry, Putman, Columbia, and Harris. I scanned the Higginson book for John B. Brooks 1814-1892, but did not find any mention of him, or his son John B. Brooks, Jr., in it. Charlton County, Georgia is quite thinly populated, and I would recommend searching birth, marriage, death, and land records at the county seat there. --Compliments of Fred Cruckson in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [B-NE] John Brooks 1st request > --=======737C4A72======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Maggie Parker wrote: > > > >I am looking for John Brooks that was born 2/14/1814 in Maine. He died in > >Charlton Co., GA on 11/4/1892. > > And I am dilatory in responding, for which I apologize. I can't match this > man by DOB, but you didn't give us much else to go on, Maggie. :-) We have > have a dozen listreaders descended from various Brooks lines in Maine, and > I've researched the Kittery and Saco lines a bit on my own. At the very > least, with more information we ought to be able to rule *out* some > families and save you wasted research time. > > John, unfortunately, is the most common of given male names in the Brooks > families, and thus the least help in identification. (William is, > numerically, second, for those who enjoy this sort of factoid. I will guess > that Samuel, followed by Charles, is third most frequent, but haven't > counted that far). If you could put your John into some sort of context, we > might be able to make some educated guesses or provide you a lead or two. > Do you know the names of any of his siblings? Was he a war veteran > (Mexican, or Civil War)? Who did he marry, and was she a New England girl? > If born in Maine, why did he go to Georgia? How do you know (i.e., from > what source (as in Census or military record)) that he was from Maine? > Assuming he had children, what were their names? What was his occupation? > What was his religious affiliation? > > I'll be glad to take a second and more thorough look if you could provide a > short paragraph with whatever you know of John. > > Chris > > > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| > Christopher Hapgood Brooks > Researching BROOKS Families of New England > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| > > --=======737C4A72======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-17BD54BE > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 > > --=======737C4A72=======-- > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > Archives of previous posts are located at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BROOKS-NE-L/ > The address is case-sensitive. >