Probably irrelevant but thought I'd add that I have a Reuben Brooks, son of David and Elizabeth (Unknown) Brooks, born in Acton, Mass on 28 June 1752. Source is the Acton VR, published 1928 by NEHGS. Much earlier than your Reuben and in none of the places you're looking but could be a link. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Chiappetta" <kathygc@ntplx.net> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] Reuben BROOKS b.1790 NY, VT, or CT: Revisited > Hi, Dave! > > Why do you think CT might be a possibility? > > Many CT folks (from the coast of CT,especially, since so much of it was > burned during the war) went westward after the Revolutionary War. I think > mostly to Western NY and Ohio. Your ancestors had a much tougher ride as > the Erie Canal was just beginning (Rome, NY) to be built. Sorry to get > off track!! > > Kathy (CT) > > At 11:20 AM 7/10/2005 -0400, Dave wrote: >>Hello All, >> >>Sent this about a week ago to Chris for a preview but with Email mail >>problems there until sometime in August, i thought it might as well go on >>the board unedited??? So the following is what we have on the still very >>elusive Reuben BROOKS... >> >>Recently, Postings have been made by MJMCKEE1@aol.com and >>marigdon@sbcglobal.net on BROOKS NE mentioning the Indian raid in 1778 in >>Sullivan County, NY, and the "Missing" Family of a John BROOKS there. >>This missing family of BROOKS has intrigued me for a few years now, and >>possibly ( maybe wishful thinking ) is somehow connected to my Reuben >>BROOKS? >> >>I have also been working on Reuben with my 2nd cousin in Iowa, Deanna, and >>she found a journal which states that Reuben's father was a Noel BROOKS? >>Could Reuben somehow be connected to a John BROOKS who had a son named >>Noel??? below, copied from Deanna's web page is what we have accumulated >>on our Reuben BROOKS: >> >> >>Deanna Thomas Family 01-22-2005 >>Entries: 24319 Updated: 2005-01-23 02:48:36 UTC (Sun) Contact: >>Deanna Brott >> >># ID: I00299 >># Name: Reuben BROOKS 1 >># Sex: M >># Birth: JAN 1790 in Buffalo, New York >># Birth: 1790 in Connecticut 2 >># Birth: JAN 1790 in Sullivan, New York 3 >># Death: 24 MAR 1859 in Berlin Twp., Erie County, Ohio >># Occupation: 1850 Farmer >># Residence: 1817 Moved from Sullivan Co., NY and settled in Erie Co., >>Ohio in 1817. >># Burial: UNKNOWN Berlin, , Erie, Ohio, Peake Cemetery >># Reference Number: 299 >># Note: >> >> Moved from Sullivan County, New York in 1817 and settled in Erie >> County, Ohio as a pioneer family. >> Ruben Brooks was living with William and Mary Hobbs Brooks in the >> 1850 Federal Census, Berlin, Erie, Ohio. Occupation: Farmer >> >> BROOKS-NE-L Archives >> >> From: Dave >> Subject: [BNE] Reuben BROOKS b. 1790 NY? >> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:19:04 -0400 >> >> >> Hello all, >> The name here is Dave, and I'm looking for the origins of a Reuben >> BROOKS b. 1790, possibly in Sullivan County, NY, or vicinity. >> Reuben Married a Nelly Van BENSCHOTEN in Sullivan County, NY, then >> in 1814 Nelly gave birth to their first son, Absalom BROOKS, in Cayuga >> County, NY. During the winter of 1816-7 the small family was >> temporarily in Buffalo, NY where on 8 Jan 1817 Nelly gave birth to son >> William BROOKS; it is William's line that I'm descended from. Being >> hardly people back then, or in a hurry to get out of Dodge, Reuben, >> Nelly, and the now two small children boarded a horse drawn sleigh, and >> made their way to Erie County, OH, shortly after the birth. >> >> Below is copied the original story: >> >> Email from Vic Hillard dated 5-24-2003 >> >> Dave, >> >> Nellie Van Benschoten was a sibling of my ancestor. Following >> information is in the Van Bunschoten (Van Benschoten) Family in >> America, by William Henry Van Benschoten; published 1989 in Baltimore, MD >> by Gateway Press, Inc. >> >> The book goes down one more generation with the grandchildren of >> Reuben and Nellie (Van Benschoten) Brooks. Sorry no ancestry of Reuben. >> >> FIRST GENERATION >> >> 1. Reuben Brooks was born in JAN 1790. He died on 24 MAR 1859 in >> Berlinville, Erie Co., OH. >> >> Just when they left Sullivan Co. for Holland Patent, N.Y., is not >> known, but it was in the winter of 1816-1817 that they started for Ohio >> from the latter point, making the entire journey by sleigh. Their >> progress was retarded by the birth of their second child, William, at >> Buffalo. >> They settled among her people in Berlin Township, Erie Co., O., at >> first on a part of Oliver Peake's purchase but later acquiring lot No. >> 17, adjoining. Here they spent their lives. >> It was with Nelly Brooks that her mother, Margaret, passed her last >> days and died having pathetically outlived al her generation and being >> "ready, yes, anxious to go." "Reuben Brooks," said his nephew, George >> Peake, "was a powerful, straight man, and when he was in earnest you did >> not want to get in his way." He died Mar. 24, 1859, and lies in the Peake >> buring ground. Nelly preceded him, dying in Aug, 1846. Children: >> Absalom, b. 11 JUN 1814, probably at Holland Patent, NY; >> William,b.8 JAN 1817, Buffalo, NY; Harlow, b. 20 AUG 1819 Erie Co., >> O.; >> Rebecca, b.8 APR 1822, Erie Co.; >> Eliza J., b. 18 SEP 1825, Erie Co.; >> Julia, b. 4 OCT 1828, Erie Co.; >> Alvin, b. 25 JUL 1833, Erie Co., d. 1844. >> >> He was married to Nelly Van Benschoten (daughter of Aaron Van >> Benschoten and Margaret Hoffman) on 21 JAN 1811 in Sullivan Co., NY. >> Nelly Van Benschoten was born about 1793/94 in Shawangunk, Dutchess Co., >> NY. She was baptized on 1 FEB 1794 in Shawangunk, Dutchess Co., NY. She >> died in AUG 1846 in Berlinville, Erie Co., OH. >> >> Prepared by: >> Victor Grant Hillard, Jr. >> >> I do have one small clue to the parents of Reuben from my 2nd cousin >> in Iowa. It is copied below: >> >> Brooks Family Genealogy Forum >> >> Re: noah brooks from New York? >> Posted by: Deanna Brott Date: April 22, 2000 at 13:11:25 >> In Reply to: noah brooks from New York? by barb of 8186 >> >> I have a Noel Brooks who had a son Reuben who was born in Buffalo, >> New York. Reuben had several children:Rebecca, Eliza, Julia, Absalom, >> Harlow, William, Alvin. I am related through William's son, Albert >> William Brooks. Let me know if this helps. >> Deanna >> >> I haven't found any Noah or Noel BROOKS who fits the bill. >> I have also checked many of the New York Counties for info on Reuben >> and found nothing, but did find all sorts of information on Nelly Van >> BENSCHOTEN who was very "DUTCH". It could then be posible that Reuben >> also may have either been DUTCH or had ties to the DUTCH community in New >> York somwhow. I have checked the name TEN BROEK(s) and found nothing >> either... >> >> From some sources I have: >> >> History of BERLIN TOWNSHIP [Erie County, Ohio] >> by Hudson Tuttle >> from HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO >> 1879 by W.W.Williams >> pages 475-489 >> >> Oliver Peak was born in Starksburg, Vermont, in >> 1797, and came to Berlin in 1817. He had previously >> married Mary Benschoter, daughter of Aaron Ben- >> schoter. He purchased lot eighteen, section four, >> which he always retained. They had five children: >> Daniel, George, Mary J. (Mrs. George Douglas, now >> of Toledo), and Amy. George is the only one now >> residing in the township, being one of the most in- >> fluential and enterprising farmers. >> Oliver Peak came into the wilderness with little >> means, but by industry and economy amassed con- >> siderable wealth, and had the satisfaction of seeing >> all his familv more than usually prosperous. His first >> wife died, and he married the widow of the late >> Samuel Lewis with whom he lived till his death. He, >> for many years, was justice of the peace, and was an >> upright, honorable and patriotic citizen. >> Reuben Brooks came with Mr. Peak from New >> York, and for a time both held the same lot of land. >> He afterwards purchased lot seventeen where he re- >> sided until his death, about 1860. Only one son, >> Absalom, is now a resident of the town. >> >> Next, We have a family of BROOKS who were attacked in 1778 and are >> possible candidates for a relationship to my Reuben BROOKS: >> >> With the exception of the vague traditions of early settlement by the >> Dutch along the Delaware, the first location of a permanent white >> inhabitant is said to have been made about the year 1700, by Don >> Manuel Gonzales, a Spaniard, who, having married into a Dutch family in >> Rochester, (Ulster co.,) removed to Mamakating Hollow, where he >> erected a house and raised grain. He opened a trade with the neighboring >> Indians, who were then friendly; and other settlers were induced to >> follow. Mamakating Precinct was formed in 1743, and until after the >> Revolution it embraced nearly all of the present co. of Sullivan. >> About 1750 a number of German families settled upon the W. frontiers >> of Ulster co. They suffered greatly from Indian hostilities. The first >> Indian incursion took place in 1777, when the family of Mr. Sprague, >> in Mamakating, was attacked. The next year the family of Mr. Brooks was >> attacked, some members were killed, and others taken prisoners. >> >> So where did this family go? >> >> Somewhere, in my disorganized files, I believe they appear in Cayuga >> County, but now known as TEN BROEKS... This is my guess, but whoever >> they were, we should have some record of them, somewhere, and they're >> as good as candidates for Reuben's family as any other, at this point... >> >> Well, this is it, and hopefully, this will connect with someone, and >> we can all find out more of our Ancestry. >> Dave, in warm PA >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This thread: >> >> [BNE] Reuben BROOKS b. 1790 NY? by Dave >> >> Re: [BNE] Reuben BROOKS b. 1790 NY? by Christopher Brooks >> >> >> BROOKS-NE-L Archives >> >> >> From: Christopher Brooks >> Subject: Re: [BNE] Reuben BROOKS b. 1790 NY? >> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:20:51 -0400 >> In-Reply-To: <3EFFAC28.5030500@zoominternet.net> >> >> >> Dave wrote: >> >> :The name here is Dave, and I'm looking for the origins of a >> :Reuben BROOKS b. 1790, possibly in Sullivan County, NY, or vicinity. >> >> While I don't recognize your Reuben, perhaps some one else will. It >> doesn't strike me as a particularly Dutch name, but I admit to not >> having checked my database to see if that's evidentially the case. >> >> You might try some focused keyword searches of the list archive at >> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BROOKS-NE >> >> for given names, county names (Sullivan), or any other applicable >> noun which is likely to be reasonably unique. >> >> The fact that you haven't found Reuben in an Anglo Brooks family does >> not strike me as unusual. New York is a zillion times larger than any New >> England state, and didn't initiate statewide records until God >> knows when.We have dozens of listreaders whose elusive ancestor >> vanishes into or emerges from a black hole in New York. >> >> Is he a Dutch crossover? Anything's possible, but I tend to go with >> the philosophical proposition called Occam's Razor. It says (more or >> less) that when there are multiple explanations of something, the >> simplest will most often be correct :-) I think I'd keep looking at >> Brooks families in New York state in 1790. >> >> Chris >> >> Christopher Brooks >> Researching BROOKS Families of New England >> http://www.tributaries.org >> >>Lastly, Nellie Van Benschoten's father was Aaron Van Benschoten, a >>Revolutionary War Hero. Much info exists on his lineage which means that >>somewhere there should be some info on the Reuben BROOKS who married his >>daughter. Another of Aaron's daughter's, Mary or Mollie Van Benschoten, b. >>13 Jul 1792, married Oliver Peake who came with Reuben and Nellie to Erie >>County, OH. The Van Benschoten were from Dutchess and Ulster Counties >>before Sullivan County. >> >>Dave Felzke, now back in Michigan, again >> >> >>==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >>To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to >> BROOKS-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com >>or BROOKS-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > ==== 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. >