Ebenezer
Brooks
Born about in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Brooks
and Elizabeth (Belden) Brooks
Brother of
William Brooks, John Brooks, John Brooks, Elizabeth (Brooks) Wilson, Jonathan Brooks and Esther Brooks
Husband of
Jane (St John) Brooks
— married
27 Aug 1730 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Ebenezer Brooks, Jane (Brooks) Tuttle, Mary Brooks, Elizabeth (Brooks) Jackson, Samuel Brooks, Daniel Brooks, Rebekah Brooks, Joseph Brooks and Abigail (Brooks) Stebbins
Died [date unknown]
in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2010
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Contents |
Biography
- He was hidden with his parents during the Deerfield Raid of 1704.
"A few buildings survived the onslaught, and their occupants escaped. Ebenezer and Elizabeth Brooks and their two children, who lived near the north gate, hurried into their cellar and managed to hide during the raid." Swanson, James L.. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America (p. 55).
Birth
- 24 Mar 1701/2 Springfield, Hampden, MA
Death
- liv 9 Jan 1773 Ridgefield, Fairfield Co CT
Marriage
- 27 AUG 1730 Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT
- Wife: Jane St JOHN
- Child: Ebenezer Brooks
- Child: Jane Brooks
- Child: Mary Brooks
- Child: Elizabeth Brooks
- Child: Samuel Brooks
- Child: Daniel Brooks
- Child: Rebekah Brooks
- Child: Joseph Brooks
- Child: Abigail Brooks
- 27 AUG 1730 Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT
Sources
- Rockwell, George. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield, Conn., 1927) pp 459, 460, 461, 462, 464, 465, 511, 515, 516.
- Robert W Hull, "Updating the family of Samuel 4 St. Johnand Rebecca (Olmstead St. John," The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Vol. 34 (Mar 2002), 542-
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ebenezer:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ebenezer:
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~0.39%
Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
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