Ann Kessler wrote: > I found proof that John Brooks married Tabitha Wright on > August 16, 1711 in Swansea, Bristol, MA. The notation is in > Book A, records of the town of Swansea, 1662 to 1705, edited by > Alverdo Hayward Mason and published by East Braintree, > Massachusetts: A.H. Mason, 1900. The book is microfilmed by the > Mormons, FHL US/CAN Film (903395 Item 6). Just to the side and > above her name is a notation: (New York). Costello, Margaret F., Jane Fletcher Fiske and H.L. Peter Rounds. [ITAL:]Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts, to 1850[:ITAL]. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. Page 181: Newport Rhoad island august ye 161711 These may sertifie Whome it may concerne that John Brooks of Swanzey of the County of Bristol in ye province of the Massachusetts Bay: and Tabitha Wright of oisster Bay in Queen County in the Govement of new york: were lawfully joyned together in the honourable Estate of matrimony in the Dweling house of Capt James Cole Newport: the day and year above sd: Attest John Rogers: assistant. Alverdo Mason's "Swansea Records" is available as page scans in the HeritageQuest library, and may be available through Ancestry.com as well. > On April 2 you sent me an abstract of John's will. Thank > you. It states: > > Cousin Mary Salisbury dau of my sister Mary Salisbury > dcd. Cousin Samuel Salisbury brother of my said Mary Salisbury. > Was Mary Salisbury his sister Mary Brooks b. 10 Dec 1677? Were > Cousin Mary and Cousin Samuel her children? Do you have any > idea how Christian Kingsley of Swansea and Mary Brown is > related to him? First, let's keep list and private correspondence separate. If I reply to you privately, then the appropriate reply on your part would be to me offlist. As for the identities of the various parties named in the will of John/3 Brooks of Swansea, I've already promised publicly to upload these individuals to the Tributaries website as soon as I can work them out. It's a promise I wish I'd never made 55 individuals edited and flagged for addition so far, and each one seems to provide a new discrepancy or conflict but I'm working on it and will announce to the list when the upload has been made. Surnames include Cole, Bisbee/Bisby, Salisbury, Mason, and a bunch more. You are, of course, free to work these out on your own and post them here, to save me the labor, but that's your call. :-) I am plodding along as fast as I can. Chris