I'm afraid I don't have anything to add. Most of the Brooks families in Franklin County, VT were in the Woburn line, descendants of Adonijah in the 5th generation, though there were occasional strays from other lines. Lovell, ME is in Oxford County, and most of its Brooks families were from the Kittery line. Chris Marion Brooks wrote: > I have never been able to break my brick wall in > Franklin, Vermont! William Curtis Brooks came to Lovell, > Maine and said he was born in Franklin to William C. > Brooks, a farmer, and Sarah McFarland. William of Lovell > was a Capt in the Civil War. Some of his children were > hotel managers in various states. I recently visited > Bermuda and their Archives, where his son Alphonso spent > winters as Manager of the Hamilton Hotel until he bought > the Bay of Naples Hotel (Maine) in 1916 and where 3 of > his 4 children were born. Alphonso was my late husband's > grandfather. > I hope someone on this list has a connection to William C > and Sarah.

Well, Chris, maybe someday I will get lucky. Everyone in the family thought there might be some mystery as to why the old Capt. never discussed his past. His history after coming to Lovell, Portland and Norway was no mystery to hide and he had a large family. There must be 9 million Williams! Marion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Brooks" <trib@tributaries.us> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] Brooks/McFarland > I'm afraid I don't have anything to add. Most of the Brooks > families in Franklin County, VT were in the Woburn line, > descendants of Adonijah in the 5th generation, though there were > occasional strays from other lines. Lovell, ME is in Oxford > County, and most of its Brooks families were from the Kittery > line. > > Chris > > Marion Brooks wrote: > >> I have never been able to break my brick wall in >> Franklin, Vermont! William Curtis Brooks came to Lovell, >> Maine and said he was born in Franklin to William C. >> Brooks, a farmer, and Sarah McFarland. William of Lovell >> was a Capt in the Civil War. Some of his children were >> hotel managers in various states. I recently visited >> Bermuda and their Archives, where his son Alphonso spent >> winters as Manager of the Hamilton Hotel until he bought >> the Bay of Naples Hotel (Maine) in 1916 and where 3 of >> his 4 children were born. Alphonso was my late husband's >> grandfather. >> I hope someone on this list has a connection to William C >> and Sarah. > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To Search previous posts by keyword(s): > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BROOKS-NE > The address is case-sensitive. >