Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.org> wrote: >Does anyone recognize Rev. William Henry Brooks and wife (Anna) Ellen Cordis Gray? They may have been native Philadelphians.< Reading Kitty's message about the William Gray Brooks Bible and Chris's reply, I thought that the name, William Henry Brooks seemed familiar. When I checked my transcriptions from Briggs' history of St. Andrew's Church in Hanover, Mass. (see below), there he was. It has been a couple of years (or more) since I looked at the book and I don't remember if there was any other mention of him that I may not have transcribed. I doubt it because I was transcribing the Brooks items for Chris as well as for myself. Briggs gives his birthplace as Baltimore, so he may have belonged to one of the southern Brooks families. However, his position as Phillips Brooks' secretary, along with his bearing the name of Phillips Brooks' father, does make one wonder if their relationship was familial as well as professional. Merry Gonsalves ___________________________________________________ From L.Vernon Briggs, History and Records of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Scituate, Mass. 1725 -1811, of Hanover, Mass. 1811- 1903. (Boston, Mass. 1904) p. 64 May 19, 1872 William Henry Brooks Ellen Cordis Gray Brooks } [all] rec.[eived] from Church of Reconciliation, Web- William Gray Brooks ster, Mass. Removed Nov. 7, 1888. pp. 165-166 Rev. William Henry Brooks, S.T.D., was born in Baltimore and at age 21, graduated at the Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained in Christ Church in Alexandria. He became rector of Trinity Church, Lenox, Mass. in 1855, and from that time until his death his ministerial work was in the Massachusetts Diosese. He had parishes in Plymouth and Webster before Hanover. He was private secretary to Bishop Phillips Brooks and to Bishop Lawrence. He died February 21, 1900. He was Rector of St. Andrew's for 16 years, from 1872 - 1888. _______________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

Merry Gonsalves wrote: > Reading Kitty's message about the William Gray Brooks > Bible and Chris's reply, I thought that the name, William > Henry Brooks seemed familiar. When I checked my > transcriptions from Briggs' history of St. Andrew's > Church in Hanover, Mass. (see below), there he was. It > has been a couple of years (or more) since I looked at > the book and I don't remember if there was any other > mention of him that I may not have transcribed. I doubt > it because I was transcribing the Brooks items for Chris > as well as for myself. Briggs gives his birthplace as > Baltimore, so he may have belonged to one of the southern > Brooks families. However, his position as Phillips > Brooks' secretary, along with his bearing the name of > Phillips Brooks' father, does make one wonder if their > relationship was familial as well as professional. More grist for the mill … thanks, Merry. Chris