William Henry Brooks (1784 - 1854)

Born 15 Feb 1784 in South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Pyle) Brooks — married 16 Apr 1805 in Christian County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1854 at age 70 in Randolph County, Missouri

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Biography

Daughter: Mary W. Brooks married Nathaniel Collier on 16 October 1825, in Oglethorpe, GA. Marriage noted in the same image as her brother Robert’s marriage to Sarah Moore.

Name

Name: William Henry /Brooks/

DNA Chalkboard

A945894 Tom Brooks => Robert Brooks

A637711 Lynn Brooks => Martha Ann Brooks

4C1R

MRCA: William Henry Brooks

Share 21 Segments >3.0cM

Total cM: 70.95

Largest segment cM: 4.32

Not enough for confirmation of greater than 3rd cousins by Wikitree standards - but a familial relationship is here.

Sources

• Jackson County Bible Records, Jesse Brooks Bible, p. 24
• Index to Randolph County, Missouri Cemeteries
• Headstone picture
• Kentucky Marriage Records
• 1810, 1830, 1850 Federal Census
• Brooks family records, Seaver, Jesse Montgomery, 1890- [from old catalog]. Collections: newyorkpubliclibrary, americana

Notes

Ancestors?

Richard Brooks, 14 (b. 1621), and William Brooks, 20 (b. 1615), came to America in July 1635 on the ship Blessing.

Richard settled at Scituate, then Rehoboth. Gave power of attorney to son-in-law Robert Crossman in 1689. Richard died in 1695, age 74.

William settled at Salem, Massachusetts - became a proprietor in 1639.

Robert Brooks, from Maidenstone, came to America with his wife on the ship Hercules. Resided at Marblehead. Flourished 1657.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michelle Bairfield for creating WikiTree profile Brooks-4437 through the import of 2013-10-05 ten generation Gavin.ged on Oct 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.