Section HH: Descendants of William Brooks

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Generation One

1. WILLIAM1 BROOKS was born in 1610 in England, United Kingdom[17], and died on 30 Oct. 1688 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, United States[17, 8, 18]. He married in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, on 18 Oct. 1654, (IP-6) MARY BURT[17, 18], daughter of (IP-2) Henry and (AAQ-4) Ulalia (MARCHE) BURT, who was christened on 13 April 1635 in Harberton, Devonshire, England[12, 5], and died on 30 Aug. 1689 in Deerfield[17, 5, 18]. [17, 11, 12, 18]
Children:
2i.REMEMBRANCE2 BROOKS, b. in Springfield.
3ii.WILLIAM BROOKS, b. on 8 Aug. 1655 in Springfield; d. on 27 Oct. 1675 in Westfield, Hampden Co.
4iii.JOHN BROOKS, b. on 10 Feb. 1656/7 in Springfield; d. on 27 Oct. 1675 in Westfield.
5iv.SARAH BROOKS, b. on 4 May 1658 in Springfield.
6v.MARY BROOKS, b. on 21 Dec. 1659 in Springfield; d. before 1677.
7vi.PATIENCE BROOKS, b. on 5 June 1661 in Springfield.
8vii.EBENEZER BROOKS, b. on 21 Dec. 1662 in Springfield.
+9viii.NATHANIEL BROOKS, b. on 9 May 1664 in Springfield; d. after 1724; m. (1) in 1695 in Springfield MARY WILLIAMS, b. on 24 Dec. 1673[17], d. in Deerfield on 7 March 1703/4[17, 8]; m. (2) on 3 Feb. 1709/10 (BH-10) MARY ALLIS, b. on 6 July 1682[10], daughter of (BH-3) Samuel and Alice (_____) ALLIS.
10ix.ABIGAIL BROOKS, b. on 25 Jan. 1665/6 in Springfield; d. in 1720.
11x.JOSEPH BROOKS, b. on 17 Oct. 1667 in Springfield.
12xi.MERCY BROOKS, b. on 25 Aug. 1669 in Springfield; d. in 1701.
13xii.BENJAMIN BROOKS, b. on 25 July 1671.
14xiii.DELIVERANCE BROOKS, b. on 28 Feb. 1672/3 in Springfield.
15xiv.THANKFUL BROOKS, b. on 28 Feb. 1672/3 in Springfield; d. in 1673.
16xv.JONATHAN BROOKS, b. on 13 Oct. 1674 in Springfield; d. after 1725.
17xvi.MARY BROOKS, b. on 11 July 1677 in Springfield.
18xvii.THANKFUL BROOKS, b. on 13 Sept. 1679 in Springfield.


Generation Two

9. NATHANIEL2 BROOKS (William1), son of (1) William1 and (IP-6) Mary (BURT) BROOKS, was born on 9 May 1664 in Springfield[17], and died between 1724 and 1774. He married (1st) in Springfield, in 1695, MARY WILLIAMS[17], who was born on 24 Dec. 1673[17], and died on 7 March 1703/4 in Deerfield[17, 8]. He married (2nd) on 3 Feb. 1709/10, (BH-10) MARY ALLIS[17], daughter of (BH-3) Samuel and Alice (_____) ALLIS, who was born on 6 July 1682[10]. [17, 3, 10, 11, 15, 19]
Nathaniel and his first wife (Mary Williams) and two children (William and Mary) were taken in the raid on Deerfield, MA 1704. His wife Mary was killed and the two children were never redeemed, but were left in Canada. Nathaniel was redeemed and married another redeemed captive Mary Allis, who is the mother of Moses Brooks Sr. [16]
In the attack by De Rouville on Deerfield, in 1703/4, Nathaniel Brooks and his [first] wife Mary, with their two children, Mary and William, were captured and taken to Canada. While they were on their march thither his wife was killed, and the fate of their two children remains unknown. He returned from Canada in 1707.[17]
Children of: Nathaniel2 BROOKS and Mary ALLIS:
19i.NATHANIEL3 BROOKS, b. on 26 Oct. 1710 prob. Deerfield.
20ii.SAMUEL BROOKS, b. on 20 Aug. 1712.
21iii.EUNICE BROOKS, b. on 22 Nov. 1714.
22iv.AARON BROOKS, b. on 17 Oct. 1717.
+23v.MOSES BROOKS, b. on 14 Sept. 1722 in Deerfield; m. on 15 Sept. 1748 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States (AGD-16) MARTHA PERKINS, chr. in New Haven on 20 Aug. 1728[4], daughter of (AGD-13) Aaron and (BF-5) Mary (ALLING) PERKINS.
24vi.DINA BROOKS, b. on 13 May 1725.


Generation Three

23. MOSES3 BROOKS (Nathaniel2, William1), son of (9) Nathaniel2 and (BH-10) Mary (ALLIS) BROOKS, was born on 14 Sept. 1722 in Deerfield[17, 3], and died between 28 June 1786 and 1832. He married in New Haven, on 15 Sept. 1748, (AGD-16) MARTHA PERKINS[3, 4], daughter of (AGD-13) Aaron and (BF-5) Mary (ALLING) PERKINS, who was christened on 20 Aug. 1728 in New Haven[4]. [17, 3, 4, 10]
He resided at Montague, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.[17]
Children:
25i.MARTHA4 BROOKS, b. on 2 Aug. 1749 in New Haven.
26ii.MARY BROOKS, b. on 9 Sept. 1751 in New Haven.
+27iii.MOSES BROOKS, b. on 12 March 1754 in New Haven; m. on 9 March 1784 in Montague, Franklin Co., Massachusetts (QY-59) MARIA FULLER, daughter of (QY-40) Isaiah (or "Josiah") and Sarah (_____) FULLER.
28iv.EUNICE BROOKS, b. on 17 April 1757 in New Haven.
29v.SARAH BROOKS, b. on 29 April 1760 in New Haven.
30vi.LOWLY BROOKS of Montague.


Generation Four

27. MOSES4 BROOKS (Moses3, Nathaniel2, William1), son of (23) Moses3 and (AGD-16) Martha (PERKINS) BROOKS, was born on 12 March 1754 in New Haven[3], and died between 1801 and 1864. He married in Montague, on 9 March 1784, (QY-59) MARIA FULLER[7], daughter of (QY-40) Isaiah (or "Josiah") and Sarah (_____) FULLER. [7, 3, 13]
Children:
+31i.PHILENIA5 BROOKS, b. on 25 June 1784 in Montague; d. in May 1860 in Brooks Twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan, United States; m. on 1 Dec. 1808 in Montague (EY-4) JAMES BERRY of Deerfield, b. in 1785[2, 9], d. between 1 June 1830 and 1 June 1840, son of (EY-1) John and Margaret (BAYLEY) BERRY.
32ii.CHARLOTTE BROOKS, b. on 2 March 1786 in Montague; m. MERRICK HINCKLEY.
33iii.MARY BROOKS, b. on 31 Dec. 1787 in Montague.
+34iv.CAPT. ORRIS BROOKS, b. on 19 Feb. 1789 in Montague; m. ELIZABETH _____.
35v.PARLEY BROOKS, b. on 20 Oct. 1792 in Montague; d. on 18 June 1830 in Huron Co., Ohio, United States; m. on 14 Oct. 1814 ELIHU CLARY, b. in Montague on 18 July 1791.
36vi.MARTHA BROOKS, b. on 30 Sept. 1794 in Montague.
37vii.CLARACY BROOKS, b. on 22 Feb. 1797 in Montague.
38viii.HARRIET BROOKS, b. on 20 Sept. 1800; d. on 1 Nov. 1802.
39ix.MOSES BROOKS, b. on 27 Feb. 1802 in Montague.
40x.AMISIAH BROOKS, b. on 27 Feb. 1802; d. on 13 Oct. 1802.


Generation Five

31. PHILENIA5 BROOKS (Moses4, Moses3, Nathaniel2, William1), daughter of (27) Moses4 and (QY-59) Maria (FULLER) BROOKS, was born on 25 June 1784 in Montague[6], and died in May 1860 in Brooks Twp.[1] She married in Montague, on 1 Dec. 1808, (EY-4) JAMES BERRY[7] of Deerfield, son of (EY-1) John and Margaret (BAYLEY) BERRY, who was born in 1785[2, 9], and died between 1 June 1830 and 1 June 1840. [14]
Obituary of George W. Rogers; Grand Rapids Public Library;
Anderson Scrapbook; v. 3
Children: See (EY-4) James BERRY
34. CAPT. ORRIS5 BROOKS (Moses4, Moses3, Nathaniel2, William1), son of (27) Moses4 and (QY-59) Maria (FULLER) BROOKS, was born on 19 Feb. 1789 in Montague[6], and died between 1824 and 1899. He married ELIZABETH _____.
Children:
41i.MARTHA6 BROOKS, b. on 14 March 1820 in Montague.
42ii.MARY JANE BROOKS, b. on 17 Nov. 1821 in Montague.
43iii.JAMES EDMOND BROOKS, b. on 12 Dec. 1824 in Montague; d. on 12 May 1826 in Montague.



1. 1860 United States Federal Census; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com).
2. 1880 United States Federal Census; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com).
3. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven" (Family Tree Maker CD179, Connecticut Genealogies #1, online at ancestry.com), Vol. II, p.344.
4. Ibid., Vol. VI, p.1429.
5. Burton W. Spear, Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John - 1630 (Toledo, Ohio: B.W. Spear, 1985-1992), 17:23.
6. Vital Records of Montague Massachusetts to the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1934), 15.
7. Ibid., 60.
8. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter, 1920), 269; digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org).
9. Sandra Hassler, "Looking for Berry History in MA; VT; NY," Berry Family Genealogy Forum, April 5, 1999 (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?deerfield::berry::1426.html).
10. Horatio D. Allis, Genealogy of William Allis of Hatfield, Mass. and Descendants (Hartford, Conn.: Art Press, [1920?]), 10; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 March 2011).
11. Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Early Days in New England: Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield (Springfield, Mass.: Clark W. Bryan Co., 1893), 244; digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org).
12. N. Grier Parke II and Donald Lines Jacobus, The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, VT: No publisher, 1960), 233.
13. Christopher Brooks, Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England (http://www.tributaries.us/secondsite/founders2-o/index.htm), http://www.tributaries.us/secondsite/founders2-o/p67.htm#i667.
14. George Sheldon, A History of Deerfield Massachusetts (Deerfield, Mass.: E. A. Hall & Co., 1896), 2:82; digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org).
15. John Williams, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion (Northampton: Hopkins, Bridgman, and Company, 1853); digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org).
16. Ibid., 141.
17. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 72 (1918): 142-143.
18. Henry M. Burt, The First Century of the History of Springfield, Volume II (Springfield, Mass.: Henry M. Burt, 1899), 535; digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org : accessed 5 June 2011).
19. Ibid., 536.