Samuel Brooks (1697 - abt. 1782)

Born 27 May 1697 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Died about 24 Nov 1782 at about age 85 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Samuel Brooks was born 27 May 1697 at Glastonbury, Connecticut, the son of Samuel and Sarah.^[1][2]

Samuel married Mary (Unknown) in or by 1719. They had at Glastonbury:^[3]

1. Thomas, b. 28 June 1719
2. Elisabeth, b. 23 August 1722
3. John, b. 19 April 1724
4. Mary, b. 15 December 1725
5. Theodor[a], b. 14 October 1727
6. Anne, b. 14 April 1728
7. Ruth, b. 8 March 1729/30
8. Samuel, b. 30 May 1732
9. Mary, b. 15 March 1733/4
10. Ellener, b. 13 October 1736

Research Notes

• Possible Wife: It has been suggested that Samuel married a Mary CAULKINS from the same region. Other sources imply that she actually lived in an entirely different region. I am extremely hesitant to add her because it has not been validated.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1034 #86734 (accessed 8 May 2022)
   Samuel Brooks born on 27 May 1697 in Glastonbury.
2. ↑ Glastonbury, Connecticut. Town Records of Marriages, Births & Deaths, vol. 1, p. 20 family of Samuel and Sarah Brooks. Digital images of microfilm. FamilySearch, DGS film 007730404.
3. ↑ Glastonbury, Connecticut. Town Records of Marriages, Births & Deaths, vol. 1, p. 61 family of Samuel Jr. and Mary Brooks. Digital images of microfilm. FamilySearch, DGS film 007730404.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: 9KP9-84R
• 1940 Genealogical report,
• Ricker, Jacquelyn Ladd. The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut. Based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and other Statistical Sources. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006).
• Compiled by Christopher Brooks, 1997-2016. http://www.tributaries.info/
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shar61&id=I0137#s1
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62510311/samuel-brooks: accessed 9 October 2023), memorial page for Samuel Brooks (1708–27 Nov 1782), Find A Grave: Memorial #62510311, citing Maromas Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).