Names of parents of John M. Brooking b. 1821 in Oh. died late 1800s in Pike, Ill. Marr. Eliz. Colvin 1848

Question

Looking for names of  parents of John M. Brooking  b. Highland Ohio 1821 Married Eliz. Colvin abt 1848 died in Pike Co. Ill late 1800s?

Answer 1

Did not find his parents. 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Brooking&GSiman=1&GScid=1811697&GRid=134934389&

John Merriam Brooking

Birth:  Apr. 25, 1821 Death:  Mar. 17, 1898   Family links:   Spouse:   Elizabeth Ann Colvin Brooking (1827 - 1882)*   *Calculated relationship   Burial: Green Pond Cemetery  Pearl Pike County Illinois, USA   Created by: Michael Harrington Record added: Aug 27, 2014  Find A Grave Memorial# 134934389

Answer 2

Wife's siblings and their parents. 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134934393

Elizabeth Ann Colvin Brooking

Birth:	Mar. 22, 1827 Highland County Ohio, USA
Death:	May 3, 1882 Milton Pike County Illinois, USA
Family links:   Parents:   Thomas Colvin (1804 - 1878)   Rebecca Colvin (1807 - 1877)    Spouse:   John Merriam Brooking (1821 - 1898)    Siblings:   Elizabeth Ann Colvin Brooking (1827 - 1882)   Andrew Jefferson Colvin (1830 - 1903)*   Peter Colvin (1831 - 1868)*   Nathan J Colvin (1833 - 1912)*   Sarah E. Colvin Grimes (1837 - 1889)*   Levi J. Colvin (1840 - 1902)*   Elias A Colvin (1841 - 1908)*   Nancy Jane Colvin Drake (1844 - 1868)*   *Calculated relationship
Burial: Green Pond Cemetery  Pearl Pike County Illinois, USA
Created by: Michael Harrington Record added: Aug 27, 2014  Find A Grave Memorial# 134934393

Answer 3

1850 Census,lot 906 914 915 ,William Brookin father,Merriman son

George Son ,all living next door to each other.

John M.Brooking,some records referred as Merriman

William Brooking born 1781 Virginia,Wife Sarah Ruble.1784-?

William married Sarah Ruble 1804.Monroe Virginia.The preponderence of

evidence leads me to this conclusion.

Answer 4

Two years late, and not even sure it's germane, but I was researching this same extended family and found this old note in my scratch-pad:  "William Lawrence, son of Merriman Lawrence of Boone County (WV), and his brother John Lawrence married sisters:  Nancy and Susanna Brooking, respectively.  A third sister Rhoda married Henry Miller of Old Monroe. William and Nancy had a son named Merriman Lawrence who had a son named William Lawrence (this seems very circular to me in hindsight! - I guess William Lawrence is the grandson of William Lawrence.) It appears that the name Merriman comes to us from the Lawrence side only, unless Ann (LNU) and Charles (Brooking) were cousins who married."  I also had a couple of records supporting the above.