Well, now I knew there had to be some stupidity on my part--and I've figured it out. When I see Middlesex, I automatically think of Middlesex Counties in CT or NJ. I don't think Massachusetts. That doesn't throw out speculation, but it does diminish the probabilites of connecting Thomas of Haddam with Henry. Thank you again for sharing what you've found.. David On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:38:46 -0500, "Elaine Sunde" <elaine1sunde@cox.net> said: > The Middlesex County record is one of the databases on the NEHGS website. > Look under Massachusetts databases. You can then search that one data > set > for "Brooks." If you make sense of any of it, do let me know. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Hoffman" <dvh592341@fastmail.fm> > To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: [BNE] Thomas Brooks, age 46 in 1668 > > > > > > Thanks, Elaine. Now, if only Chris were here to direct or comment. I > > still find this most interesting. Was this in the NEHGR? If so, do you > > have the reference (I belong to NEHGS)? > > > > David > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:21:03 -0500, "Elaine Sunde" > > <elaine1sunde@cox.net> said: > > I have only the summary > >> of > >> Middlesex Co. Court Files (1649-1675, via NEHGS). With that, I can't > >> make a > >> great deal of sense out of the entries. Here's an exact transcription of > >> some of the Brooks entries which I've found: > > > > > >> 1668 4 m 17. Timothy Broockes Ae Therti Three (33). Test: Thom Broockes > >> Ae > >> 46 (forty six) yrs & Isaack Broockes Ae 26 (twenty six) years. Bill of > >> Charges Isaack, Jno & Tim Brooks & Israel Read Saml walker James Fowle > >> Jno > >> Glazer. Test: Michael Bacon Ae abt sixty (60) yrs concerning a former > >> Case... > >> > >> > >> The earliest ref I found in this manuscript was 1642, 4th day, 10th > >> month: > >> reference is to Henry Brooks as a juror from Woburn. Also of possible > >> interest is a reference 1668. 8.2. to testimony by John Brooks age about > >> 45 > >> and Isaac Brooks age about 25. > >> > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an > > unladen european swallow > > > > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > > To send a message to all subscribers, use > > the address BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com > > > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service