Hello, Well, am trying a long shot and an end run here in another attempt to find my Reuben Brooks b. 1790. Below is what little I have on a Lanson "Lonson" BROOKS b. 1796 in VT. He may have somehow been an acquaintance of, cousin, or even a brother to my Reuben BROOKS, or none of the above. the fact shown below that he was a resident of Berlin Twp., Erie County, OH in 1850 along with two sons of my Reuben, Absalom and William, and the fact that he was born six years after Reuben, and in VT, with prior CT roots gives me some small element of hope... Lanson's Father, Ebenezer Bunnel BROOKS was b. in Wallingford, CT in 1759, but more interestingly, died in 1796, the same year all of his children were baptised! Whether before of after his death, I don't know. Also, the actual birth dates of the children seem to be missing along with at least one son refered to as just BROOKS??? Hopefully, Chris, or a lister will be able to sort all of this out, and something positive will emerge. Hopefully, also, the three pieces of this: birth, marriage, and census, are all of the same person??? Notice also the John W. BROOKS in the census; haven't even started on him yet?? Dave, in wet Michigan Descendants of Ebenezer Bunnell BROOKS - 14 AUG 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Generation 1. Ebenezer Bunnell BROOKS1,2 was born on 20 JUL 1759 in Wallingford, New Haven County, CT. He was born on 20 JUL 1759 in Wallingford, New Haven County, CT. He died in 1796. He has Ancestral File Number 19L0-TT0. Ebenezer Bunnell BROOKS and Mehitabel SMITH were married on 1 JAN 1783 in Cheshire, New Haven, Conn. Mehitabel SMITH2 (daughter of John SMITH and Mary COOK) was born on 28 APR 1761 in Wallingford, New Haven County, CT. She has Ancestral File Number 19L0-V3L. Ebenezer Bunnell BROOKS and Mehitabel SMITH had the following children: +2 i. Lanson (Lonson) BROOKS (born about 1796). 3 ii. BROOKS2 was born in 1796. He was christened on 24 JUL1796 in Cheshire, New Haven, Conn. He has Ancestral File Number 19L0-TWD. 4 iii. Vergil BROOKS2 was born in 1796. He was christened on 24 JUL 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven, Conn. He died on 23 MAY 1806. He has Ancestral File Number 19L0-TXL. 5 iv. Ebenezer B. BROOKS2 was born in 1796. He was christened on 24 JUL 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven, Conn. He has Ancestral File Number 19L0-TZS. 6 v. Ursula BROOKS2 was born in 1796. She was christened on 24 JUL 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven, Conn. She died on 15 JUN 1807. She has Ancestral File Number 19L0-V00. 7 vi. Rebecca BROOKS2 was born in 1796. She was christened on 24 JUL 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven, Conn. She died on 19 MAY 1816. She has Ancestral File Number 19LK-H48. Second Generation 2. Lanson (Lonson) BROOKS (Ebenezer Bunnell-1) was born about 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven County, CT. He was christened on 24 JUL 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven County, CT. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Berlin Twp., Erie County, OH. End of BROOKS-NE-D Digest V02 Issue #142 1850 Census index of Berlin Twp., Erie County, OH. BROOKS, Abigail b: [c1817 in NY ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.471 w/fam.299 BROOKS, Absalom b: [c1814 in NY ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.470(b) @fam.299 BROOKS, Albert b: [c1842 in OH ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.466(b) w/fam.227 BROOKS, John W. b: [c1798 in VT ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.460 @fam.132 BROOKS, Lanson b: [c1796 in VT ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.460 @fam.125 BROOKS, Mary b: [c1820 in NY ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.466 @fam.226 BROOKS, William b: [c1817 in NY ] d: [after 1850 ]; in census 1850 Ohio: Erie Co., Berlin Twp. pg.466 @fam.227 Dave, in very humid PA, goofle@zoominternet.net ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com --------------------------------------- IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 North America Lanson Brooks Male Event(s): Christening: 24 JUL 1796 Of, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut Parents: Father: Ebenezer Bunnell Brooks Mother: Mehitabel Smith Film Number: 177917 Page Number: 1156 Reference number: 44581 © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Lanson (Lonson) BROOKS and Mary SMITH were married on 8 MAY 1834 in Geauga County, OH. IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 North America LONSON BROOKS Male Marriages: Spouse: MARY SMITH Marriage: 08 MAY 1823 , Geauga, Ohio Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M514291 1806 - 1842 0873461 V. A-C Film NONE Sheet: 00 © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Prepared by: Dave Felzke davefff@comcat.net Sources 1. GEDCOM file submitted by Howard Austin, hbaustin@mn.rr.com. Created on 22 Apr 2003. Imported on 11 Jun 2003. Married 1 Jan 1782 to ?. 2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).