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Thomas Brooks (1664 - 1734)

Deacon Thomas Brooks
Born in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
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Husband of — married about 16 Mar 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
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Died at age 69 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
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Biography

Thomas Brooks aged 4 when his father died, his mother sent him to live with her brother, John Spencer, with whom he remained. Adopted at the age of 4 by his mother's brother, John Spencer.[1]

John Spencer died in 1682 and his will mentions Thomas:

"The deceased John had taken Tho's Brooks at the age of four years, who had now become 18 years of age, a son of his sister Brooks. This adopted son he directed to respect his mother, (who had married Thomas Shailer,) and gave him his time until 21 years of age; he also gave him his loom and tacklin for it, and two steers, and directed him to be clothed as well as his own children." -Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of ConnecticutFrom CT Probate Records, Volume XII, 1732 To 1737.[2]

Will

Date: FEBRUARY 24, 1728/9[3]
Note: Brooks, Deacon Thomas, Haddam. Died 6 April 1734. Invt. taken 28 June, 1734, by Joseph Arnold, Caleb Cone and Thomas Sheldon. Will dated 24 February, 1728-9.
I, Thomas Brooks of Haddam, do make this my last will and testament: I give and bequeath to Susannah, my wife, the use of my dwelling house, barn and shop, and all that part of land hereinafter given to my son Jabez as his portion, for and until he shall attain to the age of 21 years if he live so long, or till she shall married again, which shall happen first. I also give her 1 weaving loom, together with half the tackling belonging to two looms, and if sd. Jabez arrive at the age aforsd. and she remain still my widow, I give her the use of one end of my dwelling house (which she shall choose), viz., two rooms, so long as she shall continue my widow. I give to my wife ye third part of all my moveable estate forever. As touching my eldest son Thomas, I have already by deed of gift settled his inheritance upon him, reserving 8 to be paid by him to me or my order. As to my son Abraham, I have already by deed of gift settled his inheritance upon him, reserving 9 to be paid by him to me or my order. Item. I give to my son Jabez, and to his heirs and assigns forever all my land lying southwestward on his brother Abraham's land, butting theron northwesterly, butting northeast partly on the Great River and partly on land of Capt. James Welles, and butting on land of Capt. Caleb Cone southeast, he to pay to his only sister Eunice 10 in money at the age of 18 years. I give to my son Joseph all my lands and rights of land, divided and undivided, within the bounds of Haddam, be the same more or less, which is not by me already disposed of, except the sixth division lott laid out upon my list which lyes near Flag Swamp. I give to my daughter Mary, over and above what I have already given and done for her, 20 shillings of money. I give tomy other five daughters, viz., Elizabeth, Susannah, Thankful, Sarah and Eunice, all my moveable estate not herinbefore disposed of, and also 8 in money to be paid them by their brother Thomas, and 9 in money to be paid them by their brother Abraham. And whereas, two of my sd. daughters, viz., Elizabeth and Susannah, are deceased, I do will and determine that their children, Viz., Elizabeth lester and Susannah Smith, shall have their mother's part of my estate, and that the 17 in money last mentioned be equally divided and paid to my sd. daughters and sd. grandchildren, Mary and Eunice not to have any part thereof, but are hereby exempted. Finally, I do appoint my loving wife Susannah and my loving son Thomas executors.
Witness: Caleb Cone, THOMAS BROOKS, LS.
Caleb Cone, Jr., Elisha Cone.
Court Record, Page 8-6 August, 1734: Will proven

John is buried at Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard, Haddam, Middlesex, MA

Sources

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  2. #S578
  3. #S578 Data: Text: Brooks, Deacon Thomas, Haddam. Died 6 April 1734. Invt. taken 28 June, 1734, by Joseph Arnold, Caleb Cone and Thomas Sheldon. Will dated 24 February, 1728-9. I, Thomas Brooks of Haddam, do make this my last will and testament: I give and bequeath to Susannah, my wife, the use of my dwelling house, barn and shop, and all that part of land hereinafter given to my son Jabez as his portion, for and until he shall attain to the age of 21 years if he live so long, or till she shall married again, which shall happen first. I also give her 1 weaving loom, together with half the tackling belonging to two looms, and if sd. Jabez arrive at the age aforsd. and she remain still my widow, I give her the use of one end of my dwelling house (which she shall choose), viz., two rooms, so long as she shall continue my widow. I give to my wife ye third part of all my moveable estate forever. As touching my eldest son Thomas, I have already by deed of gift settled his inheritance upon him, reserving 8 to be paid by him to me or my order. As to my son Abraham, I have already by deed of gift settled his inheritance upon him, reserving 9 to be paid by him to me or my order. Item. I give to my son Jabez, and to his heirs and assigns forever all my land lying southwestward on his brother Abraham's land, butting theron northwesterly, butting northeast partly on the Great River and partly on land of Capt. James Welles, and butting on land of Capt. Caleb Cone southeast, he to pay to his only sister Eunice 10 in money at the age of 18 years. I give to my son Joseph all my lands and rights of land, divided and undivided, within the bounds of Haddam, be the same more or less, which is not by me already disposed of, except the sixth division lott laid out upon my list which lyes near Flag Swamp. I give to my daughter Mary, over and above what I have already given and done for her, 20 shillings of money. I give tomy other five daughters, viz., Elizabeth, Susannah, Thankful, Sarah and Eunice, all my moveable estate not herinbefore disposed of, and also 8 in money to be paid them by their brother Thomas, and 9 in money to be paid them by their brother Abraham. And whereas, two of my sd. daughters, viz., Elizabeth and Susannah, are deceased, I do will and determine that their children, Viz., Elizabeth lester and Susannah Smith, shall have their mother's part of my estate, and that the 17 in money last mentioned be equally divided and paid to my sd. daughters and sd. grandchildren, Mary and Eunice not to have any part thereof, but are hereby exempted. Finally, I do appoint my loving wife Susannah and my loving son Thomas executors. Witness: Caleb Cone, THOMAS BROOKS, LS. Caleb Cone, Jr., Elisha Cone. Court Record, Page 8-6 August, 1734: Will proven

See also:

  • S456: Daniel M. Hogan Title: The Ancestry of Anna Shaylor Wife of Thomas Coleman Abbreviation: The Ancestry of Anna Shaylor Publication: http://www.hogans3.org/shaylor.htm Note: The early members of the Shaylor family in America spelled their name in several ways (Shailer, Shayler, Shaylor, etc.). All, however, were pronounced with the long a. Shailerville, Connecticut and Shalerville, Ohio were both named for members of the Shaylor family. Anna Shaylor's father, Ephraim, was apparently the first of the line to spell his name Shaylor. This account of the ancestry of Anna Shaylor has been compiled from the following sources: 1. A genealogy of five generations of descendants of Thomas Shaylor from a compilation by Harrison Shaylor, published in Volume 4, Number 4 (March 1972) of the Connecticut Nutmegger (pages 532-541). This account does not list the last three children of Ephraim Shaylor--one of whom was Anna Shaylor--who were baptized together in Haddam, Connecticut in 1756. 2. A Supplement to the Shaylor Genealogy, by Ms. Jean Rumsey, published in Volume 5. Number 1 (June 1972) of the Connecticut Nutmegger (pages 73-75). 3. A manuscript by L.B. Barbour entitled "The Descendants of Thomas Shailer of Haddam," now in the Manuscript Collection of the Connecticut Historical Society. This account does list Ephraim's last three daughters--including Anna--and mentions that Anna married Thomas Coleman. 4. A manuscript by H.W. Brainard, copied from Rollin A. Tyler's collection on the Shailer family, which is also in the Manuscipt Collection of the Connecticut Historical Society. Anna Shaylor and her two sisters, Sarah and Hannah--the last three children of Ephraim Shaylor and Eunice Wright--are named. All three were baptized on 12 September 1756 in Haddam, Connecticut. 5. The vital records of Bolton, Connecticut, and Vernon, Connecticut. 6. The records of the Congregational Church of Bolton, Connecticut which show the Thomas Coleman married Anna Shaylor on 25 November 1766.
  • S459: Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A. Title: The Four Spencer Brothers - Their Ancestors and Descendants Abbreviation: The Four Spencer Brothers - Their Ancestors and Descendants Publication: The American Genealogist, 27 (April 1951) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1200/genealogy/text/spentag.txt Text: In 1903 the Rev. John Holding, M.A., then Vicar of Stotfold, co. Bedford, England, published The Spencers of Bedfordshire. Despite a lack of formal arrangement, the book is a mine of information. The most prominent family of the Spencer name in Bedfordshire had their seat at Cople in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a good account is given of this family, tracing it back to one Thomas Spencer who was living at Eton in 1433. Several other groups of Spencers in various parishes and towns are included, but their connection, if any, with the Spencers of Cople does not appear. Herein, so far as we know, the ancestry of William, Thomas, Michael and Gerard Spencer is for the first time set forth, though some years earlier the noted antiquary, Henry F. Waters, had found mention of the four brothers in the will of their London uncle Richard Spencer, and had published this in the New England Hist. and Gen. Register and in 1901 included it in his Genealogical Gleanings in England. In recent years the parish registers of Stotfold and Edworth have been included by F. G. Emmison in his Bedfordshire Parish Registers Series. Careful comparison has been made between these and the entries as printed by the Rev. Mr. Holding, resulting in some corrections and in the addition of two or three important entries. Since both the parish records and the wills which prove the ancestry have appeared fully in the sources indicated, it is deemed unnecessary to repeat them here, except as reference is made to them in the pedigree of the family which follows. It is not felt that Mr. Holding established the parentage or origin of John Spencer, great-grandfather of the four emigrant brothers, hence we start our account with him. Note: The present history of the Spencer family which descended from the four New England sons of Gerard Spencer of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, had its inception in 1947 in a correspondence between the present compiler, Mr. Clarence A. Torrey of Boston, Mass., and the late Mr. Homer W. Brainard of Amherst, Mass., all Spencer descendants who agreed to pool their data.
  • Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. "Joseph and Elizabeth (Clark) Brooks of Haddam, Connecticut", Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2011) Vol. 44, Page 290
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33379344




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Brooks-729 and Brooks-622 appear to represent the same person because: The Project Protection will need to be moved to 622.
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Unmerged match just until the lowest numbered profile is found. Then these can be merged into it.
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