Today got information I have been waiting for. Henry Brooks Born 1843 in NJ. Did travel to NY to join the state malicia or National Guards to fight in the civil war, he was a private and moved to Mass after his two tours of 6 months each. I was stuck, now according to the census records his Dad was in fact Rueben Brooks. With many children, here is a list, all in NJ at 1850. Meaning Rueben age 52 born in NJ around 1798, Catherine Aby Fermay or Ferman born around 1805 in NY. states Rueben was a ship Carpenter, Mother- Catherine looks like a" Aby" but records have fermay with a child 19 name un readable starts with Y Mary- 17 phebe15 john13 David 9 Henry- 7 my great great granddad Ellen 5 Jane 3 Rueben 4 months If anyone has any other info it would help, so off to get the 1800 Census to find Rueben's Dad Mike

Mike Shaw wrote: :Rueben Brooks. With many children, here is a list, all in NJ :at 1850. Meaning Rueben age 52 born in NJ around 1798, Catherine :Aby Fermay or Ferman born around 1805 in NY. states Rueben was a :ship Carpenter, : :Mother- Catherine looks like a" Aby" but records have fermay with :a child 19 name un readable starts with Y Mary- 17 phebe15 john13 :David 9 Henry- 7 my great great granddad Ellen 5 Jane 3 Rueben 4 :months : :If anyone has any other info it would help, so off to get the 1800 : Census to find Rueben's Dad There's a Reuben born around this time, probably at Deerfield, NJ, mentioned in Robert Peacock Brooks, with no date. He was the son of Zebulon Brooks and Mary Davis. Zebulon was in the line of Henry Brooks of Woburn, MA. (Henry's son Timothy removed from MA to West Jersey around 1700.) I mention this only as a possibility. I have nothing more, and there were many other Brooks lines in NJ by that time. Undoubtedly BROOKE or BROOKS emigrants continued to arrive in nearby Philadelphia throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Reference: Brooks, Robert Peacock. "Henry Brooks and His Descendants, with Reference to New Jersey Settlers," New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings, pp. 40-49 (1927). Congratulations on the breakthrough! Chris