Henry
Brooks
Born [date unknown] in Devon, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Honoria (Hall) Brooks
— married
1754 in Exeter, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
Richard Brooks
Died about
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jun 2018
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Biography
Captain Henry Brooks was a fishing and cargo boat captain in the Newfoundland fishing fleet. His father was captain Nathaniel Brooks, and Henry and his brothers would have served time under their father ferrying Irish seaman and cargo to the Newfoundland fishing fleet from Ireland and the west country of England in the middle of the 18th century.
Henry married Honoria Hall the daughter of Joseph Hall the vicar of Salcombe Regis in Devon and his wife Honoria Burchinshaw. They were married by special licence on the 5th of March 1854 at St Mary Arches in nearby Exeter.
They would go on to have at least 7 children. The famous or infamous convict ship captain Richard Brooks is listed as the fifth of these children.
Sources
- Maher, C. (Christine), 2016, Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia, Rosenburg Publishing, Dural, New South Wales.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry 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 Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry 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 Henry:
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~0.78%
Nat Campbell
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Living DNA, GEDmatch WP2701869 [compare], yourDNAportal NAT6607863e
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