I would have replied to my own post of the wee hours today, but since this is also about my Henry line, I wanted the subject to reflect that, see previous post. My Henry Brooks line (not the man responsible for my mom's Brooks last name) is: 1. Henry of Concord 2. Timothy Brooks 1638 and Mary Russell 3. Hepsibeth Brooks 1671 and Pelatiah Mason 4. Elizabeth Mason 1707 and John Hale 5. John Hale 1726 and Bethiah Bosworth 6. Elizabeth Hale 1756 and Benjamin Kelton 7. Elizabeth Kelton 1779 Warwick, Franklin, MA and Joseph Potter 8. Eliza A. Potter 1807 Leyden, MA and Jotham Orlander Carpenter 9. Mary Adeline Carpenter 1834 and Jonathan Brooks 1827 Colrain (son of Salmon Brooks abt 1795 and Hannah Jones, as noted in prior post showing my known Brooks line) 10. Duane Adelbert Brooks 1853 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 Some other notes left off from earlier post in regards to trying to narrow down my search for Salmon Brooks 1795 parents: As stated earlier (see earlier post for line info), Salmon's 3 children married 3 Carpenter siblings, children of Jotham Orlander Carpenter and Eliza A. Potter. My anc. Jonathan M. Brooks 1827 m. Mary Adeline Carpenter 1834. 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 in the lines associated with the Carpenter line-which has been well researched-and have done much work on those associated lines, with no NOBLE found, so suspect there may be a Brooks connection, hopefully a maiden name that someone has seen in their Capt. Thomas line, with likely a VT connection? (Note: The Carpenter genealogy done by Amos Carpenter shows Sarah and Angeline as 2 separate women and that there were 4 siblings who married Unknown BROCK, which explains why the Carpenter researchers never found us, later copies have some corrections to this. We considered we may have been BROCK and changed to Brooks, but all our records show us as Brooks before Amos wrote his book, and no family stories say we were Brock) Joseph Orlander Carpenter and Harriet Noble Brooks, mentioned just above, had a son Miles Sheridan Carpenter who married a Hattie Brooks (this caused much confusion because his mother went by Hattie, but to be sure of this I went to MA Archives and Vitals to see the records myself rather than relying on others transcriptions, and it checks out that both his wife and mother were Hattie (Harriet) Brooks). I do not find the name Sheridan associated with Carpenter lines, and wonder again if anyone has seen it associated with Capt. Thomas' line. As to Miles Sheridan Carpenter's wife Hattie Brooks, she was b. abt 1825 in MA (per censuses) and died 1949 (buried in South Cemetery, Leyden). Per census, her father was born in VT and mother in MA, I cannot find her parents and suspect she is a cousin from the Capt. Thomas line (my line also married William of Deerfield Brookses, but she isn't showing up in his line). Does anyone have a Hattie from a VT line that would work, esp. with some of the connections/clues I supplied here and on my Brooks line in earlier post? Duane Adelbert Brooks, my 2nd GGF (Jonathan, Salmon), I have no idea where Adelbert came from if someone has the name in their Thomas line it may be a connection, had a daughter Lula Dell Brooks. I remember a post in archives about VT? Brookses with a daughter Lula D. from around same time, again maybe another connection, it does not appear to be a common name with Thomas line, and not found in Carpenter and associated lines. 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. My Concord Emerson line: 1. Thomas Emerson 1584 and Elizabeth Brewster (who may or may not be the daughter of Elder Wm. Brewster of Mayflower); 2. Nathan Emerson 1630 and Lydia Thorley; 3. Thomas Emerson 1671 and Phillipa Perkins (the Brahmin and Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Perkins school, family); 4. Sarah Emerson 1691 and William Hunt; 5. Thomas Hunt 1717 and Mary Smith (see my Smith line from earlier post, Silas Newton Brooks wife is related to that line also); 6. Lydia Hunt 1750 and Hezekiah Newcomb; 7. Jemima Harriet Newcomb 1780 and David Potter; 8. Jotham Orlander Carpenter 1806 and Eliza Potter (related to Dorothy Potter who married Noah Brooks (Joshua, Capt. Thomas) ); 9. Mary Adeline Carpenter and Jonathan Brooks, son of Salmon, as mentioned above (and shown on my Brooks and Smith line, earlier post) Phillips Brooks line back to Thomas Emerson is supposed to be: 1. Thomas Emerson 1584 2. John Emerson 1624 and Ruth Symonds 3. Mary Emerson 1664 and Samuel Phillips 4. Samuel Phillips 1689 and Hannah White 5. Samuel Phillips 1715 and Elizabeth Barnard 6. Samuel Phillips 1743 and Phebe Foxcraft 7. John Phillips 1776 and Lydia Gorham (daughter of Nathaniel Gorham, the signer, another cousin of mine) 8. Mary Ann Phillips 1808 and William Gray Brooks 9. Phillips Brooks I have a couple of direct line Phillips ancestors who aren't attached yet, but there appears to be an old relation between my family and Phillipses, going back to earlier England. Those of you who are related to Phillips Brooks have probably traced the Phillips line back to Emersons already-so I apologize if I'm giving old news, but there are some interesting cousins on my Emerson line, who would also be cousins to Phillips Brooks, aside from the obvious Ralph Waldo Emerson connection, and again Silas Newton Brooks (of Thomas' line, see earlier post) wife shows as a cousin on this line also, yet another connection to Capt. Thomas' line since everyone in my line married people who are already cousins (I fully believe, unless I get lucky with yesterday's post, that it will be through a back door that I find my Salmon). President Millard Fillmore, is supposed to be of: 1. Thomas Emerson; 2. Nathaniel Emerson; 3. Thomas Emerson 1671 (our shared ancestor, you can hook him up to Phillips Brooks through Phillips Emerson line that I gave above); Mary Emerson 1704 and Stephen Story; 5. Phillipa Story and Ebenezer Wood 1726; 6. Hepzibah Wood 1747 and Nathaniel Fillmore; 7. Nathaniel Fillmore 1717 and Phebe Millard (Miller); 8. President Millard Fillmore (Parts of this have been well researched by me due to other direct line connections, some less so, but the source has been reliable). Actor John Lithgow again: 1. Thomas Emerson; 2. Nathaniel Emerson; 3. Thomas Emerson; 4. Sarah Emerson; 5. Thomas Hunt and Mary Smith (see my Smith line from earlier post) 6. Lydia Hunt and Hezekiah Newcomb (our shared ancestor); 7. Lydia Newcomb 1772 and Cotton Graves; 8. Warren Mattoon Graves 1804 and Amanda Root; 9. Albert Mattoon Graves 1847 and Mary Bronson; 10. Eva Bronson Graves 1875 and Oslo Josiah Price; 11. Living Price (f.) and Living Lithgow (m.); 12. John Lithgow Astronaut Alan B. Shepard's link to Emerson is supposed to be: 1. Thomas Emerson (our shared ancestor); 2. Rev. Joseph Emerson 1620 and Elizabeth Bulkeley; 3. Ebenezer Emerson 1675 and Mary Boutwell; 4. Joseph Emerson 1721 and Phebe Upton; 5. Elias Emerson 1759 and Phebe Hayward (Heywood, Howard?); 6. Abraham Emerson 1799 and Mary Bentley Eaton; 7. Charles Stillman Emerson 1829 and Hannah Emmons; 8. Charles Stillman Emerson and Unknown; 9. Pauline Renza Emerson 1900 and Alan Bartlett Shepard; 10. Astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard 1923 Melissa Minerva Burroughs (wife of Silas Newton Brooks, of Capt. Thomas Brooks line, see earlier post): 1. Thomas Emerson; 2. Nathaniel Emerson; 3. Thomas Emerson; 4. Sarah Emerson; 5. Thomas Hunt (our shared ancestor) and Mary Smith (Melissa is also related to me through the Smith line); 6. Deacon John Hunt 1752 and Martha Ryther (Rider); 7. Phebe Hunt 1776 and Amos Burrows (Boroughs); 8. Isaac Burrows and Rebecca Louise Connable (her mother is a Wright); 9. Melissa Minerva Burrows 1829 Bernardston, MA and Silas Newton BROOKS (see earlier post for line back to Capt. Thomas). Well, I'm done, and now we have all learned what happens when someone goes through 6 years of archives and fills 2 notebooks with notes, they then respond to any of your dead ends that trigger connections for their own dead ends, and other questions like "How are the Brooks related to Joseph Smith" and "Are there any other famous people related to Brooks?", etc., at least I'm not joining in any of the past "contests" like who had the most sons, and giving equal time to the most daughters, but the next time there's a lull in the list and Chris wants to have a most inbred family contest I am so there!!! I hope someone can use something of what I have sent. I never fully appreciated what a great listserve this is until I searched the archives and see all the efforts made by Chris and Cheshire Jean (and forgive me for not going on as I could never name all of you) who are the experts on their lines and take the time to respond to our posts, correct errors, link the people up, so that the posts are really useful to others in the future. However, I've likely given Chris more than he would like right now with all my could bes...but 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.? Normally you really can take my word for things, but this has been a crazy couple of years for us). Maura J. Amrich, Tynsgorough, MA genam1620@comcast.net