Dear Pam and others on the lists, Re: Orangeburgh District/Winton/Barnwell Counties/Allendale, South Carolina area 1700s-1800s Surnames: BROOKER, MYRICK, JACKSON, EDENFIELD, STINSON, NIX, (only 1 name w/marriage mentioned) with (Rev.) John BROOKER, III & Mrs. Jemima NIX WEEKS WEEKS, (only with a 2nd marriage briefly mentioned) Good morning. The email , (from Pamela and shown below my message,) which I am responding to was generation on the Orangeburgh District, South Carolina list but I am sending my response also the BROOKER, MYRICK, JACKSON, NIX, WEEKS, and STINSON lists as well since these marriages married into the BROOKER family with some of these names marrying into each other numerous times over the migratory trail. The BROOKER family research is still relatively new to me and still very confusing but after researching and communicating with various of the branch researchers it appears to me that your information is about a generation off....please....anyone else out there with more of a 'handle' on this please correct me where needed and if you can add to this PLEASE jump in. With several men named John and several ministers and other multiple given names it is confusing. But the John BROOKER who married Leah ?, (don't know about a marriage to Mary ?,) is as shown further below this simple chart as I have it: According to what I understand the progression of the men named John BROOKER in this branch and despite the fact that this may not have been the first John in this lineage I will begin with I/Sr. for the 1st listed and so forth: Generations: Generation 1: (Reverend) John (1) BROOKER, I/Sr., (immigrant,) b: Abt. 1725 in England? (immigrated w/siblings, Joseph, William, and (Unnamed Sister)) (Children of this (Reverend) John (1) BROOKER, I/Sr.: Mary, (Son,) John (2) Jr., Joseph?, Sarah, and William BROOKER Generation 2: (Reverend) John (2) BROOKER, Jr., b: Abt. 1760 in ?/VA?/SC?/England?, md: Leah ? Generation 3: (Reverend) John (3) BROOKER, III, b: August 09, 1780 in South Carolina, md: Mrs. Jemima NIX WEEKS Generation 4: John (4) BROOKER, IV, b: Abt. 1800 ************** Now back to the children of Generation 1: (Reverend) John (1) BROOKER, I/Sr., (immigrant)...I don't have any further information for the son referred to as (Son) BROOKER nor do I have any more information on the son named Joseph? BROOKER. BROOKER Generation 2: Mary BROOKER born: Abt. 1745 in Orangeburgh District, South Carolina died: Aft. 1814 or Aft. 1822 in Barnwell County, South Carolina (Orangeburgh District became Winton and Barnwell Counties and area called Allendale also same) md: James MYRICK, (PS/Rev. War,) born: Abt. 1740 in Orangeburgh District, South Carolina died: May 27, 1814 in Barnwell County, South Carolina (contrary to reported speculation that he was the son of Richard MYRICK, I believe that this Richard MYRICK was his brother along with a Henry MYRICK and that they were the sons of John MYRICK, b: 1705 in Surry County,VA, who was the son of Rebecca CARROLL? and Francis MYRICK, Sr., b: Bet. 1665-1675 in Surry Co., VA, son of Joan ?/THORPE?, (1st wife,) and Owen MYRICK, Sr., (aka MEYRICK and MERRICK and other spellings,) born: Bet. 1630-1650 in England or Virginia, who was involved with Bacon's Rebellion and married 2nd wife, Mary GREEN(E,) (widow of (Sir) Francis GRAY(E.) Children of Mary BROOKER and James MYRICK: (Elizabeth, John, James, William, Mary, Henry H., and Eli) BROOKER Generation 2: (Reverend) John (2) BROOKER, Jr. born: Aft. 1760 in ?/Virginia?/South Carolina?/England? died: 1813 in Barnwell District, South Carolina mother: ? ? father: (Reverend) John BROOKER, Sr., (Immigrant) born: Abt. 1725 in England? died: 1827 md: ? ? (Children of ? ? and (Rev.) John BROOKER, Sr., (Immigrant): Mary ?, (Son # 1,) John III, Joseph, Sarah "Sally?," and William) md: Leah ? Children of Leah ? and (Reverend) John BROOKER, Jr.: (1.) William BROOKER, b: Abt. 1778 (2.) Lurany/Lurana BROOKER, b: Abt. 1780, md: ? SMITH (3.) Sarah "Sally?" BROOKER, b: Abt. 1780 (4.) John (3) BROOKER, III, b: August 09, 1780, md: Mrs. Jemima NIX WEEKS (5.) Rebecca BROOKER, b: Abt. 1790, md: Joseph JACKSON (6.) John (another son named John?) BROOKER, b: 1819 ************** BROOKER GENERATION 2: Sarah "Sally?" BROOKER b: Aft. 1760 md: ? STINSON Children of ? STINSON and Sarah "Sally" BROOKER: I don't have any information here but STRONGLY feel that this is the STINSON - MYRICK family group that I have been searching for. Sarah "Sally?" BROOKER's father, John (2) BROOKER, Jr., born: Abt. 1760, was the brother of my paternal 4th great grandmother, Mary BROOKER, who married James MYRICK, (PS/Rev. War,) and they were the parents of my paternal 3rd great grandfather, William MYRICK, born: Abt. 1788 in Barnwell County, South Carolina, who married Elizabeth "Bettie?" PIERCE, born: 1790 in Old 96th District, South Carolina, (previously Spartanburg District and became Edgefield District/County,) who was the daughter of Hugh PIERCE, (RS,) born: Abt. 1749 in Frederick County, Virginia, and his Cherokee wife, Sophia/Sofia HUNTER/poss. aka BOWLES, (d/o Bold HUNTER/poss. aka (Chief) John BOWLES, Sr., born: Abt. 1750 in North Carolina,)and Beaver TOATER/TOTER, (she of Georgia.) This William MYRICK and Elizabeth "Bettie?" PIERCE were the parents of 4 sons including my 2nd great grandfather, William H. "Billy" MYRICK who married Phoebe Catherine HERRINGTON and Billy's brother, Jeremiah Pinckney "Pink" MYRICK, born: Abt. 1820 in Alabama/Mississippi Territory, who married Mildred "Milly/Millie" STINSON, born: Abt./Aft. 1820, whose mother appears to have been named Elizabeth ? who married a ? STINSON unless Elizabeth's maiden name was STINSON. If anyone has any of this information, please contact me: Bellinda Myrick-Barnett at BellindaMBarnett@aol.com *********** BROOKER Generation 2: William BROOKER born: 1763 prob. in Orangeburgh District, South Carolina died: June 06, 1836 in ? md: Mary JACKSON born: 1782 (Children of Mary JACKSON and William BROOKER: Joseph E., Mary, William, Henry, Sarah Ann, John, Hamilton Preston, Edward, ************** Now with the siblings of the 1st (Reverend) John (1) BROOKER, I/Sr., (immigrant,) I have the following information: Generations: Generation 1: Joseph (1) BROOKER, Sr., b: Abt. 1744 in England? (immigrated w/siblings, (Rev.) John I/Sr., William, and (Unnamed Sister) md: Mary EDENFIELD, b: December 1746, (d/o Elizabeth CREAM and Thomas EDENFIELD, Sr.) (Children of Mary EDENFIELD and Joseph (1) BROOKER, Sr. were: Ellender, William, and Joseph (2) EDENFIELD, Jr.) (This Joseph (2) EDENFIELD, Jr. married Candacy ? and their children were: John, Joseph (3) III, Charles G., James, Henry G., Richard, and Candacy BROOKER) (This Joseph (3) BROOKER, III married Savilla Adeline STRICKLAND and his brother, John BROOKER, b: Abt. 1816 in Emanuel County, Georgia, (this John being s/o Joseph (1) Sr.,) appears to have married a woman named Mary MYRICK/RICK/RIX?) Generation 1: William (1) BROOKER, b: Abt. 1740 in England?, (no more information) Generation 1: (Daughter) BROOKER, b: Abt. 1766 in England?, md: William EDENFIELD, born: 1766 in ?, died: 1837 in ?, ( son of Elizabeth CREAM and Thomas EDENFIELD, Sr., mentioned previously as parents of Mary EDENFIELD who married Joseph (1) BROOKER, brother of this (Daughter) BROOKER.) (Daughter) BROOKER and William EDENFIELD were parents of: Hiram A. EDENFIELD, William Nix EDENFIELD, and Tabitha EDENFIELD.) ****************** Looking forward to hearing more from any of you which might be able to provide any corrections, additions, etc.. Thank you. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick-Barnett In a message dated 9/2/2004 8:47:48 AM Central Daylight Time, PAMELAKJO@aol.com writes: Bellinda After doing a little more research on the Brooker family I have found out the following: John Brooker, Sr. b.1742 in England d. aft April 15, 1817 Barnwell District m.Leah Unknown d.1820 Barnwell District. And possibly another spouse, Mary Unknown. He was a Baptist minister. Family tradition says that he was a Chaplain in the British Army. His children with one or both of his spouses (if he had two) were: William b. abt. 1775 John, Jr. b. 1780 Joseph b. abt 1784. Mary b. bef 1785 m. James Myrick Sarah b. abt. 1788 Rebecca b.abt. 1790 My ancestor was John, Jr., who was also a Baptist minister in the Orangeburgh area. John, Sr. seems to have had two brothers, Joseph and William and an unnamed sister. I have no info on William Joseph Brooker m. Mary Edenfield. They died in Barnwell County. Joseph Brook, Jr. and family went to GA. Much of this info is found in Barnwell County probate and marriage records. If anyone sees corrections, please let me know. Pam Johnson