The link Mariana provided in her second message connects to an index of Revolutionary pensioners living in 1840 in any state or territory of the United States. I hope no one will pass it up because her initial post only flagged three New England states. Mark Richards: There's a widow (of Samuel) Brooks in the household of Asahel at Porter, ME, 1840. Virginia Tobias: From the New York section of the same source: John Brooks 81 Michael Calb Orwell Oswego John Brooks 87 Ira Lane Worcester Otsego Silas Brooks 78 Silas Brooks Meredith Delaware Samuel L. Brooks 83 Garry Brooks Penfield Monroe (Format: Pensioner | age | household head | location) Chris