Jane, I couldn't match any of your names, dates or locations with my own database. I have just one Margaret, daughter of Thomas, and she lived in Salem, MA. I have much less information for NJ and NY than for the New England states. Sorry … Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.us |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| jane.torres wrote: > I am looking for information on my 3rd great-grandfather > Thomas Brooks who died in Randolph County, Indiana on 28 > Jan. 1868. > > Thomas was b. c1794/1795 in New Jersey (1850 census) or > New York (1860 census). According to his widow's pension > papers, she was Thomas's 3rd wife. I know nothing of > wife 1 & 2. Thomas served in the War of 1812 in a > regiment organized in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. On > 29 Mar. 1836 he was married to Susannah (Kimbrough) > Holcraft/Holdcraft in Clinton County, OH. They removed to > Randolph County, Ind. shortly after their marriage and > were enumerated there in the 1840 census through the end > of each of their lives. > > The only clue that I have regarding Thomas's life before > his marriage to Susannah is that he had a daughter > Margaret Brooks, b. abt 1822-24 in Ohio who DID NOT > appear with her father and step-mother until the 1870 > census. I have not been able to find her in the previous > census (1850-1860) although there is a young woman named > Margaret Brooks in the 1850 census in Alexander Twp., > Athens County, OH living with Magdalene Brooks, age 66, > b. New Jersey (perhaps a grandmother?) who could be her. > Nothing in the 1860 census.