My Brooks ancester with 6 sons is John Brooks of Lynn, MA John Brooks (son of Berriah and Mary York) married Mary Skilling March 6,1726-7 in Marblehead, MA Children, born in Marblehead: 3 Daughters, 7 Sons (took 2 shots for Beriah to stick) Benjamin, bapt sept 3,1732 married Hannah Vickrey Nov 27, 1755 Sarah, bapt feb 9,1734 married Robert Browne July 13, 1752 Mary, bapt Oct 2, 1737 married Robert Cloutman Nov 25, 1755 John, bapt Feb 24, 1739-40 married Remember Proctor Jan 27, 1763 William, bapt. Oct 10, 1742 married Ann Dixey Aug 27, 1765 (most likely my ancester/proponderance of evidence) Edmund, bapt March 24, 1745 married Elizabeth Fortin Jan 21, 1770 Beriah, bapt April 26,1747, deid young Mercy, bapt May 20, 1750 married John Martin (Marstin) Dec 29, 1768 Beriah, bapt July 19,1752 Nehemiah Skillein, bapt Aug 11, 1754 married Hannah Goodridge March 15, 1781 William Brooks (above) was baptized in Marblehead Octu 10,1742. Her was a merchant, and lived in Marblehead. He married Ann Dixey Aug 27, 1765; and was living in Marblehead as late as 1797. She was his wife in 1772. Children born in Marblehead: William, bapt Sept 29, 1765 married Mary Strong Sept 27, 1785 and lived in Marblehead as late as 1788. Registry of Deeds has William Brooks as merchant, 1794 in Brentwood, NH Edmund, bapt Sept 20, 1767 married Mary Pearce Dec 4, 1788. Died of old age, at the poorhouse, Jan 21, 1844, aged "eighty". Mary, bapt Oct 29, 1769 married James Felton Dec 20, 1795 Beriah, bapt Nov 15, 1772 My most recent Brooks ancester was Nancy (Ann) Brooks. She was born about 1776 in Marblehead, MA. She married Hale Knight of Newburyport in Newburyport Jan 1, 1797. Nancy's death record lists her parents as John and Mary. The only John and Mary that seem to come up in her line would have been her grandparents. One of Nancy and Hale's daughters was names Ann Dixy, which led me to William Brooks and Ann Dixey as her parents. Sources: The Essex Antiquarian, Vol XII, 1908 and MA Vital Records. I was "daughtered out" in 1797. I'm probably fascinated by this Surname List because it is absolutely the best! Thanks Chris and Carol and Steve and many others!! Kathy Chiappetta South Windsor, CT P.S Hale Knight and Nancy Brooks Knight had 13 children. Albert Knight born in 1803 was my ancester. He was a Stage Coach driver for the Eastern Stage Coach company which disbanded in 1840 due to the railroad. He carried students from Philip Exeter Academy back and forth from school to home. In 1837, Albert became the first Depot Master for the Salem, MA Depot of the Eastern Railroad (later the Boston and Maine). Albert's 2 wife was Mary Jane Noble Merrill (Mary Jane's first husband). Their daughter Annie B Knight born Oct 30, 1843 in Salem, MA married William Gambling of NYC (approx 1870). Son Richard Hale Gambling was born March 2, 1880. Richard married Louise Frye (actually Flora Louise Fry, which I discovered in her parents divorce records in Chadron, Nebraska. Hahaha. It's great being a snoop. Grandma would die if she knew I knew her real name). Richard Gambling and Louise Fry had a son Winfield Hale Gambling. Winfield Hale Gambling married Ada Bulger (bad move for Ada, my dear Mom. I always told her that she would have probably had a happier life if she stayed in her beloved Concord, New Hampshire. Her reply was that she never would have known me and my brother Bob). Hope you are all still awake. Sorry to go on and on. Hope at least some of this information is helpful to someone. I have learned the value of "VERIFYING INFORMATION" as many ways as possible.