In CT Public Records, Vol. 15, p. 8 in 1775 and p, 276 in May 1776 are references to Joseph Brooks. He is appointed by the Assembly to be a Justice of the Peace "in and for the County of Hartford the year ensuing." Maybe Joseph/3h descendant of Thomas of Haddam? But Haddam is in Middlesex County now. However, the Haddam Historical Society's history site http://www.haddamhistory.org/history_haddam.htm states: > "In 1785 Middlesex County was created from towns from Hartford and New > London counties and Haddam and Middletown were selected to share the county seat, > an arrangement that lasted over 100 years." So, originally Haddam was probably part of Hartford County. Cheshire Jean