I don't know if everyone knows about this wonderful Family Bibles Blog site so thought that I would send it along. The Brooks Bible mentions William Henry Brooks, wife Ellen Cordis Gray married 9 Aug 1853, their children William Gray and Grace Elizabeth Brooks. I have old tired eyes so found it difficult to read so mostly just copied the names. Birth places mentioned are Philadelphia PA., N.Y. and Pittsfield MA. Hope this helps someone. A visit to the site is well worth it as there are MANY other bibles transcribed. Regards, Kitty in cold, cold Maine http://familybibles.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_familybibles_archive.html

> I don't know if everyone knows about this wonderful > Family Bibles Blog site so thought that I would send it > along. The Brooks Bible mentions William Henry Brooks, > wife Ellen Cordis Gray married 9 Aug 1853, their children > William Gray and Grace Elizabeth Brooks. I have old tired > eyes so found it difficult to read so mostly just copied > the names. Birth places mentioned are Philadelphia PA., > N.Y. and Pittsfield MA. Hope this helps someone. A visit > to the site is well worth it as there are MANY other > bibles transcribed. Thanks for passing this on, Kitty. Does anyone recognize Rev. William Henry Brooks and wife (Anna) Ellen Cordis Gray? They may have been native Philadelphians. I tried connecting their son William Gray to William Gray Brooks, father of Rev. Phillips Brooks, but found nothing conclusive. Phillips Brooks did have a sibling, William Gray Jr., of Philadelphia, b. in Boston 2 Jul 1834, who married, ca Mar 1867, a Miss Franks. While it's tempting to assign this brother W.G. Jr. a first wife Ellen, the dates are a little difficult. Clergymen typically marry later than their peers, but this clergyman would have had to marry earlier than the generational norm to squeeze in both wives. Chris

I goofed big-time on the preceding analysis, dropping a generation in my computation. I find no obvious candidate for the father of Rev. William Henry Brooks, nor any demonstrable or even suggestive connection to Rev. Phillips Brooks and his father William Gray Brooks. Chris