Surnames: Brooks, Fox I've seen the following post on Rootsweb several times: >FOX family of Ashford > >Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, 1893 >Page 455 > >Javan FOX removed from Fabius, N.Y., to Ashford in 1825 and purchased of >his uncle, Marsena BROOKS, the farm where George O. FOX now lives. He >cultivated his large farm and was a teamster >between Buffalo and >Ellicottville. He was employed to haul the lime for the county buildings in >Ellicottville; he dealt in flour and salt and later was a merchant several >years. There are questions left by this post. Was Marsena Brooks the elder (uncle whose family moves west) or younger (nephew who remains in Cattaraugus Co. for life)? I do not have any Fox family added to our descendents. It was obviously due to marriage of a female, Sylvanus Brooks (I have 10 siblings for him!) or Marsena the elder (I have only 1 sib, Edward m. Orange Hichcock), or Marcena the younger I have 5 sibs listed (Eliza, Marcena, Lavinia, Louisa, Calvin, Luther, Emma). Marcena the younger m. Anna has children 6 children himself- Emma, Mary, Edwin, Henrietta, "Willie" & Wealthy (yes really her name!). WHO married a Fox? Another circumstance of the post rings a bell because (my) Marcena the elder moved around NY state and lived also somewhere around Buffalo- where my great x3 grandmother Almira Louise Brooks and her (twin or no?) brother Alfred are supposed to have been born (Genesee/Erie Co.), 1833/1834. There is a town whose small historical website states that an unknown Brooks is a founder of the town of Oakfield, NY, Genesee Co. I am wondering if that could be potentially where Almira & Alfred were born? Did Marcena & Anna Brooks and family live in Oakfield, Genesee Co., NY in 1833-34? FYI- There were also two Edward Brooks- Marcena's father Sylvanus's brother Edward, and Marcena the elder's brother - uncle & nephew.