Kudos to you both, Cole and Chris!! Such a great story! Kathy (CT) At 01:52 PM 3/26/2005 -0500, Christopher Brooks wrote: >Congratulations, Cole, on working this out. I know how long >you've been at it … Your grandmother is smiling right now. :-) > >I've sent you a file on Silas privately, but here's your Brooks >line, in hopes of smoking some cousins out of our population of >list lurkers: > >7. Silas (1788-1815), b. Sterling, d. Winchendon. (Winchendon, >MA and Fitzwilliam , NH abut each other on the state line.) > >6. Ammi (1765-1815) + Lucy (no dates), of Sterling & Winchendon. > >5. John Jr. (b. 1734) + Katherine DUNSMORE, of Chocksett parish, >West Lancaster (which became Sterling). > >4. John (b. 1709+ + Hannah CUTTER (1715-1742), of Lancaster. > >3. Jabez (1673-1747) + 2w Hepsibah CUTTER (1671-1746), of >Woburn. > >2. John (d. 1691) + Eunice MOUSALL (d. 1684), of Woburn. > >1. Henry (d. 1683) + unnamed 1st wife, of Concord and Woburn. > >I find only one Augusta Fisk on my CD of Worcester County VR, and >she a bridesmaid in 1848, but had better luck searching for John >Whitney, and will send you privately the notes I received from >Allan Green of the Whitney Research Group. > >We have at least half a dozen subscribers descending from Jabez/3 >of Woburn. I hope you'll hear from some of them whose Brooks >branches are not too distant from your own. > >Chris > >Cole Waite wrote: > > > I have asked before about my 5Grandpa Stillman Born 1814 > > and he was a farmer in springfield MA. This was my brick wall. > > It finally sunk in that a family note I've had for 30 > > years gave me the clue. > > In my Gmother, Emma Brooks', notes was a short line that > > she had copied from a letter her sister Maude had received from > > from a second cousin Lulu Waterman Devereaux in a letter dated > > Aug 9 - 1936 stating that; > > Stillman's mother remarried - Whitney & removed to > > Fredonia NY Stillman buried there. Candace was in Chicopee with > > her mother Sarah Lee Waterman & Charles was born there - > > Charles is Emma's father. > > > From this little bit it finally occured to me to work back from > > Whitney in Fredonia. John Whitney is there in the Whitney > > genealogy. He Married Agusta Fisk Brooks in 1816 in Troy NH. > > She was the widow of Silas Brooks married in Fitzwilliam NH and > > born in Sterling MA. > > > > Stillman's father was Silas from Sterling, Worcester, MA. There > > are several Brooks families in that area in 1790 when he was > > born. This is beyond the scope of the present Tributaries > > posting, BUT do you have anything on the Sterling, MA family? > > > > We have been working on this brick wall for over 70 years, > > Grandmother and I. > > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >For a new copy of your welcome message, which >explains how the list and your subscription >work, write brooks-ne-admin@rootsweb.com.