My first six BROOKS brothers, as researched and shared by V. Van Zee: PARENTS: Jan BROOKS and Jannetje SALSBERGEN: Casparus BROOKS christened on 20 Jun 1773. Josua BROOKS christened on 13 Oct 1773 in Athens, Green, NY. Harmanus BROOKS born 31 Aug 1778 c. 14 Sep 1778 in Zion Lutheran Church, Athens, Greene, NY. John BROOKS christened on 25 May 1783. Jacobus BROOKS born on 21 Aug 1785. Hendrick BROOKS born on 14 Dec 1791. My next five are the children of : Caspar and Christianna (Brooks) BROOKS, who lived in Schodack NY after 1800. I am descended from their daughter Maria. (Christianna may have been the daughter of Caspar's uncle William BROOKS, brother of Jan BROOKS, above). John Wm. BROOKS Birth: 25 Jun 1800 Schodack, Rensselaer, New York Cornelius BROOKS Birth: 4 Jul 1802 Schodack, Rensselaer, New York Jeremiah BROOKS Birth: 30 Jul 1803 East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York Abraham BROOKS Birth: 12 Jan 1805 Schodack, Rensselaer, New York Hiram BROOKS Birth ca. 1811 m AnnEliza Van Buren There were at least three daughters: Caty BROOKS F Christening: 14 Apr 1799 , East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New > York Jane Maria BROOKS b. ca.1815, Christening: 21 Sep 1820 ,East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York m. Henry Van Buren RECTOR Nancy Van Buren Brooks, b. ca. 1819, christened the same day as Jane above. My Lineage: Joshua BROOKS b. ca. 1705 married Geertje Jans BONT 14 Jan 1729 in Linlithgo Reformed Church, Kinderhook Jan BROOKS chr.24 Dec 1738 m. Jannitje VAN SALSBERGEN (Salisbury) 14 Jan 1769 in Albany Caspar BROOKS m. Christianna BROOKS 11 Dec 1798 in Claverack, Columbia, NY Anna/Jane Maria BROOKS m. Henry Van Buren RECTOR 1838 Kinderhook NY Possible Sire: JONATHAN BROOKS was born 13 October 1674 at Springfield, Hampton, MA; died after 1725, son of William and Mary (Burt) Brooks of Springfield and Deerfield, MA. In 1725 he may have been on Long Island (or possibly Staten Island. (Brooks, Christopher, [email protected], posted 21 Nov 1999.) This may be the father of the Jonathan and Joshua BROOKS who settle upriver in the Albany area. Caspar's son Abraham also had a bunch of boys, but that is V. Van Zee's line, not mine. She has been the most helpful distant cousin! Aloha, Eve Grogan