Buzz Brooks (BuzzBro@aol.com) wrote: >I have David Brooks wife as Elizabeth Davis (#2) and his first wife >as Betty Buss. See the 2 attached reports. This is David/4 (Daniel/3, Joshua/2, Thomas/1) in the Concord line of Capt. Thomas Brooks. His father, Ensign Daniel, who happens to be my direct ancestor as well, built what is today the oldest house standing in Lincoln, MA. (He lived in that part of Concord which was later set off to the new town of Lincoln.) A few years back (say 1999) Daniel's house was advertised in the real estate classifieds in the back of a slick Smithsonian Institution publication for something like $650,000. Daniel's wife was Ann(e)(a) Merriam. Acton was also set off from Concord. Most of the early Brooks residents of Acton were born in Concord, becoming Actonites through the new town's incorporation in 173(5?) rather than through a move there. My data for David/4 is the same as Buzz's, except that the date of 2 Dec 1758 actually represents "publishment" of an intention, rather than the actual marriage ceremony, which likely occurred days to weeks later. Source is the published Acton VR. Chris