--=======83E5CBB======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1C0E7B88; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cindy Schroeder wrote: >In researching Almond (father-Daniel, prob. gr-father Azariah of St.= Albans) >Brooks in Cuyahoga Co. OH land records, I found another Almond Brooks. = Does >anyone know anything about an Almond Brooks with wife Christiana? They= lived >in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co., OH, per 1847 land records. Someone checked >and could NOT find them on the 1840 or 1850 census in Cuyahoga Co. OH. > >I have no idea whether they were related to the Brooks of St. Albans, VT, >that moved to Cuyahoga County. However, there is mention of a Bliss in= these >land records. Almond (son of Daniel Brooks, probable son of Azariah= Brooks) >named a son Leonard Bliss Brooks. Since most northern OH settlers came= from >the NE, I thought I would post a notice here. > >So as not to confuse the two Almond Brooks - this is some of what I know of >Almond, son of Daniel: >Almond D. Brooks born 1808 in St. Albans, died 1891. > >I know that the Aaron Bliss mentioned in the deeds may not have any >relationship to the Brooks family - he may just have laid out part of the >town. I started to giggle =97 I've always seen the name (which isn't often) as=20 Almon -- and thought this was a transcription error until I saw his=20 signature noted as Almond Brooks in the second deed you referenced. I've=20 just been transcribing a Civil War letter home from Harvey Brooks, who=20 signs his name Harvy. Wouldn't you think that, even with a limited=20 education, spelling your own name would be a given? Can Filbert, Brazil and= =20 Hazel be lurking nearby? We could rename the euphonius Cassius Clay Brooks= =20 to Cashew C. :-) Anyway ... Almon or Almond is an uncommon name. I've only seen it twice=20 before. One of those is an Almon Brooks, son of Aaron (parentage unkn., who= =20 was b. 1802 in VT) and Chloe Elva BANNISTER. Almon is probably born in MA,= =20 marries Emily SHIE at Huntsburg, Geauga, OH, and dies at Huntsburg in 1893.= =20 Isn't Geauga County adjacent to Cuyahoga? This is Marta Howell's line ...=20 are you listening, Marta? Cindy's Almond would descend from Henry Brooks, in the Woburn line. Marta's= =20 line is undetermined, but the given name Aaron is usually found in the line= =20 of Capt. Thomas Brooks. The BLISS name early on (pre-1675) is associated with Springfield, MA and=20 the adjacent Connecticut River valley towns. Since hundreds of thousands of= =20 New Englanders went west in this period, there would have been many people= =20 with this name around. Maybe Almond's wife had a favorite brother named=20 Leonard Bliss Plummer, or Leonard Bliss was best man at their wedding, or=20 ... who knows? Sorry I can't be of more help. Thanks for the information. Chris ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||= ||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||= ||||||||||||||||| --=======83E5CBB======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1C0E7B88 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======83E5CBB=======--