Cindy Schroeder wrote regarding the Brooks brothers of St. Albans, VT. I’m not familiar with the format used by those with more experience in genealogy than I. Here’s what I have that may be of interest. Cordelia E. Brooks, married Joshua Babbit, B 24 Jun 1818, D 16 Nov 1887, children, Sara B, Frank M, Fred W, Thomas S, Sara R & Hattie W. Cordelia E. Brooks was the daughter of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Mary Samantha Brooks B 29 Dec 1836, D 13 April 1904, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, married 26 Dec 1864 to Calvin R. Hogle B 9 Feb 1834, D Jan 1907, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, Daughter Grace Hogle B 1869, D 1925. Mary S Brooks was the daughter of Hamilton Brooks & Sophia L. Hendricks. Hamilton Brooks was the son of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Harrington Brooks, B abt 1786, D 3 Nov 1811, Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT at age 25 Harrington Brooks was the son of Azariah & Lydia Brooks. Azariah was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Oral family history told of Harrington Brooks being shot while smuggling salt near Isle La Motte on Lake Champlain. I located the following accounts which confirm the story. History Town of Alburgh Vermont, Volume I, compiled by Allen L. Stratton, North Hero, VT, Printed by the Northlight Studio Press, Barre, VT, Page 119, Violent Incident by Customs Men of “Wind Mill Point”. (1811). A sad occurance took place on the Lake off the west shore of Alburgh, in 1811. A man named HARRINGTON BROOKS from St. Albans Point, was shot by revenue officers while endeavoring to escape, and killed. BROOKS and a man named MINER HILLIARD, in a row boat, with seven bushels of salt and a small bill of dry goods for their families, passed the Port of Entry at Wind Mill Point, early on a pleasant Sunday morning in October. They were discovered and pursued by the revenue cutter, on board which were Customs Collector SAMUEL BUELL and boatman, JOHN WALKER who was brother-in-law to BUELL, and GEORGE GRAVES. They overtook BROOKS and HILLIARD three or four miles south, near two small rocky shoals called “Gull Islands”. BROOKS and HILLIARD having the smaller boat, avoided all attempts at being boarded. Finally BUELL lost patience and ordered WALKER to fire. He obeyed and shot BROOKS in the breast, the gun being loaded with buck shot. BROOKS tore open his bosom exclaiming “See what they have done?” - and fell dead. This affair produced a very great sensation in the community. A jury of Inquest found the parties guilty of murder, but upon further proceedings they were acquitted. JOHN WALKER was much upset by this incident and became a recluse, finally purchasing the Point Au Fer (NY) Farm. He died 16 Jan 1852. (Hemenway’s Vermont History Gazette, Vol. II, P. 495) "That smuggling was indulged in to a considerable extent by numbers of dwellers in St. Albans cannot be denied by any reasonable person. Collisions between the officers of the government and the violators of the law were frequent, but serious results were fortunately rare. On the 3d of November, 1811, the officers were in pursuit of a young man of the town, Harrington Brooks, and in order to prevent his escape he was shot and killed. Young Brooks was attempting to smuggle into the town a boat-load of salt." [1] See copy from Vermont Historial Magazine page 294. He left a wife and two children. [?] SOURCES 1. History of Franklin and Grand Isle Cos. by Aldrich [367] 2. Vermont Historical Magazine page 294 3. 1810 Census: Franklin Co. VT [310.1] I’m also interested in learning more of Harrington Brooks’ wife and their children. Wayne Brooks

Wayne Brooks wrote: >Cordelia E. Brooks, married Joshua Babbit, B 24 Jun 1818, D 16 Nov 1887, >children, Sara B, Frank M, Fred W, Thomas S, Sara R & Hattie W. >Cordelia E. Brooks was the daughter of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. >Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Cindy reports a St. Albans birth record for Betsy C. Brooks, d/o Eleazer/Olive, on17 Nov 1817. Is that consistent with your Cordelia E.? >Mary Samantha Brooks B 29 Dec 1836, D 13 April 1904, Burial Swanton River >Road Cemetary, married 26 Dec 1864 to Calvin R. Hogle B 9 Feb 1834, D Jan >1907, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, Daughter Grace Hogle B 1869, D 1925. >Mary S Brooks was the daughter of Hamilton Brooks & Sophia L. Hendricks. >Hamilton Brooks was the son of Eleazer Brooks and Olive Weed. >Eleazer Brooks was the son of Adonijah Brooks and Olive Harrington. Bingo! That's the "Lemanthu" in the 1850 census -- it's Samantha! Hamilton is "Hannibal" in his birth and marriage records, Cindy found. >Harrington Brooks, B abt 1786, D 3 Nov 1811, Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT at age 25 > 2. Vermont Historical Magazine page 294 Here's the text of page 294 from VT Historical Magazine, courtesy of Laura Mollrich: [TITLE] "St. A___" "…existed a fair demand for merchandise and manufactured articles from the surrounding towns. the foundations of some of the best properties in the village were laid during these years. An active contraband traffic sprang up with Canada, the center of which was here, and which added to the floating population, numbers who were engaged in smuggling operations. The people on each side of the line, seemingly by mutual understanding, not only abstained from all irritating and hostile acts, but actually lived on terms of friendship and good neighborhood with each other throughout the war. Sleigh-rides and pleasure parties from both sides were not infrequent. Smuggling was pursued with considerable activity. The extreme scarcity and high price of all foreign goods were such as to justify great risk. Collisions between the revenue officers and the smugglers occurred frequently along the frontier, and in several cases with fatal results. HARRINGTON BROOKS, of St. Albans, a young man 24 years of age, having a wife and two children, both daughters, was shot and instantly killed, while attempting to escape from the custom-house officials with a skiff-load of salt. He was on his return from St. Johns in Canada, accompanied by Miner Hilliard, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 1811, and has passed the revenue post of Wind-mill Point. He was pursued by the collector, Samuel Buel, in a boat with John Walker and George Graves as oarsmen. They came up with him about 9 o'clock A.M. near two rocky shoals or islets, one of which is called Gull island, lying off the west shore of Alburgh. The skiff drew less water than the revenue boat, and Brooks kept in shoal water where Buel could not board him. The latter demanded a surrender, when a parley ensued. Brooks told the collector that he had only 7 bushels of salt; that it belonged to five different families who wanted to cure their pork; that there was no salt to be had at St. Albans, and that he would pay him the duties if he would accept the same and allow him to proceed. Buel told him that he should seize the boat and its loading. Brooks replied that he must catch him first. He started and kept on rowing around the shore of the islands, keeping his skiff where the water was so shallow that the revenue boat could not reach him. The chase continued for some time, when Buel ordered Walker to fire. He obeyed, and discharged a load of duck-shot, twelve of which penetrated the breast of the unfortunate man. He pulled upon his shirt and exclaimed, "See what they have done," and fell forward dead upon the loading of the boat, covering the salt-bags with his blood. His boat, containing his dead body, was then towed by the revenue boat to the Alburgh shore, to a place where a store was at that time kept by Mr. Alexander Scott. Here an inquest was holden, the body laid out and provided with a shroud by Mr. Scott and Duncan McGregor, and during the night, forwarded to his late home. A large and excited crowd awaited the arrival of the remains, and the indignation expressed at the course of Buel was severe. The funeral services were attended by a large and sorrowing congregation. The exercises were conducted by the Rev. George W. Powers, who delivered a final discourse from Job xiv. 1, 2. The excitement which followed this deplorable event, aggravated by the extreme party virulence which at times prevailed, was very great, and continued for a long time. Mr. Walker, who fired the fatal shot, although in obedience to his superior officer, was full of distress on account of it. It threw a cloud of gloom over his entire after life. He died at Albany, while a member of the legislature of the state of New York, to which he had been elected from the county of Clinton, in Jan. 1832." Chris

Wayne Brooks wrote: >Mary Samantha Brooks B 29 Dec 1836, D 13 April 1904, Burial Swanton River >Road Cemetary, married 26 Dec 1864 to Calvin R. Hogle B 9 Feb 1834, D Jan >1907, Burial Swanton River Road Cemetary, Is Swanton River Road Cemetery in St. Albans? Chris