On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:46:11 -0500, Donna Frisoli wrote: +looking for any info on John Brooks of Buxton, Maine. He lived +there about 1750 About two years ago I attempted to work out a rather shadowy and fragmentary Brooks line from data I had collected in York County, ME and from Brooks data found in Ridlon, G.T. "Saco Valley Settlements and Families. Historical, Biographical, Genealogical, Traditional, and Legendary, Embracing The Most Important Events in the Towns on the Saco River, from Their Plantation to the Present, with Memorials of the Families and Individuals Instrumental in Their Settlement, Advancement and Prosperity. Twenty-five years in preparation." Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland VT, 1969 reprint of undated original. Basically, my informed guess was that this was a branch of the Kittery, ME Brooks line, which can be traced back to a John Brooks and Eleanor ?Frye, he b. say 1668. While I haven't a John ca 1750, Kittery line descendants *were* at Buxton, according to Ridlon, and I've found no other there. At the time I posted a detailed message (or perhaps several of them) with my evidence and conclusions to a presumed descendant, who was then subscribed here, as well as to the list. I've just tried accessing the list archive -- with the thought of reprinting the post -- but can't access it at the moment. So you'll have to dig it out yourself. Look for "Saco" in the subject line. I'm thinking I did this in the warm weather months -- so you might skip over wintertime posts from me. If that fails, I still have the data and can try to reassemble a report, but I'm up past my eyeballs and it might take me a while. Unfortunately, I believe the descendant has unsubscribed, so I can't ask him to repost his copies as an alternative. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||