>------------------------------ >Content-Type: text/plain > >CTMIDDLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 53 > >Today's Topics: > #1 David Smith and Martha Brooks [John Schulke <SchulkeJW@mpinet.net] > >------------------------------ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:22:07 -0400 >From: John Schulke <SchulkeJW@mpinet.net> >To: CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <372F8F2F.47A8139F@mpinet.net> >Subject: David Smith and Martha Brooks >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Averill > >Thanks for the good information on the Smiths. I'm very interested in the >marriage >between Martha Brooks (27 Jul 1756) and David Smith. I show children born >to David >Smith as follows: Abigail (1757), David (15 Nov 1758), and Concurrence (25 Jan >1761). That fits with the marriage date. Then I show a marriage between >David Smith >and Lydia Cogswell on 1 Jul 1776 and David's death on 22 Nov 1776. That >means that >Martha Brooks is my direct line. Now the question is, who are the parents >of Martha >Brooks? When did she die? > >John Schulke (searching Bonfoey and Farmer) Dear John: I may have confused you even more, and for that I apologize. See if this helps: David Smith b. 5 Oct 1933 was married to Martha Brooks on 27 Jul 1756. Death date uncertain, maybe 1770, age 36. He was son of David, son of Simon, son of Simon b. 1628. I don't know who children were (want very much to know). Martha appears to be daughter of Abraham, son of Thomas, son of Thomas b. 1617. David Smith b. 2 Mar 1734 was married to Lydia Cogswell on 1 Jul 1756, and had children Abigail, David, and Concurrence. He was son of Stephen Smith of Durham and Martha Williams of Middletown. His death date is said to be 22 Nov 1772 - age 39 yr on gravestone, and inventory done 16 Dec 1772. I can find no evidence for 22 Nov 1776. If you have listed that from Timothy Tucker's data on the Haddam web page, be aware that I have questions about other pieces of his data; unfortunately, I have not yet been able to hear from him what his sources are. Martha Brooks has no connection with Concurrence. I have some information on Martha's ancestry; I only have the info on David and Lydia from what appears in the article I quoted by Frederick Kaufholz. If you don't have access to The American Genealogist, and want to privately send me a snail mail address, I'll send the article to you. Averill