Hi Christopher Thanks for writing I have quite a bit of info on this line. I am writing a book about the families of 1790 Buxton. I would be happy to share this info with you. I am looking for info on John's children.He is not listed in the 1790 census, but I think he may have been living with a son at the time. I have a more complete family info on his brother Robert. They moved to Buxton at the same time. I believe there were 3 Brooks listed in the 1790 census. I don't have this info(about Robert) with me at the moment, but next time I'm at this computer I will send it to you. The Saco Valley book you listed is notoriously incorrect. The info I have collected has come from town records and rev. war records and stackpole's History of Kittery. I am sure they are of the Kittery branch. Donna On Sat, 16 February 2002, Christopher Brooks wrote: > > 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 > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > No answer to your query? Did you use a meaningful > subject line? Did you provide enough information? > Please try again in a month or two ... Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com