Maura Amrich wrote: > Cousin on this line, and kin to Henry, includes (11) 1st Lady > Barbara Pierce 1925, wife of George H. W. Bush. Her line back > to Henry is supposed to be (provided by someone else and not > fully researched by me yet): 10. Marvin Pierce 1893 and > Pauline Robinson; 9. Scott Pierce 1866 and Mabel Marvin; 8. > Jonas James Pierce 1839 and Kate Pritzel; 7. James Pierce 1810 > and Chloe Holbrook; 6. James Pierce 1768 and Mary Polly Stacy; > 5. Esther Richardson 1727 and Joshua Pierce; 4. Nathan > Richardson 1702 and Esther Pierce (yes, their dau. Esther > Richardson married a Pierce cousin); 3. Deborah Brooks 1669 > and John Richardson; 2. John Brooks 1623 and Eunice Mousall; > 1. Henry Brooks One "someone else" who has researched this line and published the Barbara Pierce line above is Gary Boyd Roberts, the NEHGS staffer and scholar who specializes in Presidential lines and celebrity pedigrees. RootsWeb has abstracted the first 10 generations, if memory serves, of each President's ahnentafel from his book "Ancestry of American Presidents" (NEHGS, 1995). They can be found at the RootsWeb site. > His twin Josiah Jones Brooks married her sister Sarah Angeline > Carpenter, and their sister Harriet Noble Brooks abt 1825 > married Mary and Sarah's brother Joseph Orlander Carpenter. > I cannot find any NOBLE first or last names The NOBLE family originates in Massachusetts in the Springfield area, where Thomas/1 married Hannah/2 WARRINER 1 Nov 1660. I don't find them in central or eastern Massachusetts, and they seem to have remained for some generations in western MA and VT (and I'd guess CT), along the familiar north/south corridor of migration out of southwestern New England. Harriet probably picked up her maiden name from a maternal ancestor, one of the reasons why middle names are dicey ancestral indicators at best. > I do not find the name Sheridan associated with Carpenter > lines, and wonder again if anyone has seen it associated with > Capt. Thomas' line. I don't have a single SHERIDAN in my database of 47,000 people. > I am also related to Phillips Brooks, of Capt. Thomas, through > another route, who is supposed to be a cousin per family > stories through my Brooks line. My known connection to > Phillips Brooks is through the Concord Emerson line. If Salmon descends from Capt. Thomas as you believe, then, yes, you are related to Rev. Phillips Brooks, who also descended from Capt. Thomas. > President Millard Fillmore, is supposed to be of: Ouch. I'd replace "supposed" with documented data from the Gary Boyd Roberts info already referenced. > Chris, there is a present for you coming in the mail, a couple > of years late (I think I can emotionally handle parting with it > now, for an extended visit with you. It will go out by next > week absolutely, still on South St.? 384 South St., Littleton NH 03561-3932. Thanks, Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||