I've found several refrences to a John Brooks in the Ulster Co., Sullivan Co., and Orange Co. NY areas of the Minisink region/Peenpack Patent. They mention that during the revolution in 1778 (before the big Battle of Minisink) the Indians and Tories attacked the house of a John Brooks and killed Joseph Hubbard. There is a historical marker in Forestburgh, Sullivan Co., NY that states: Indian Raid Two children of John Brooks and son-in-law, Joseph Hubbard, were killed here by Brant's Mohawks and Tories, 1778 I've found many sources that touch on this event but they have so few details. One source has 11 members in the household taken captive with one member scalped, another "some were killed. The rest were taken prisoner." I've found this in Stickley's --A History of the Minisink Region; Quinlan's--History of Sullivan County; The History of New Paltz; and some others. But the details are so sketchy. In a July 4, 1976 newspaper article about Forestburgh, it states, "Among the earliest however are John Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Joseph Hubbard, Thomas Decker, Joseph Barber, and Israel Leason" I'm trying to find more details about the incident but hitting a lot of brick walls. I'm hoping someone has some ideas on where else to look! Thanks, Marianne