Isaac Brooks (1794 - 1875)

Born 17 Sep 1794 in New York, United States

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Died 2 Feb 1875 at age 80 in Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

The 1850 census for Saybrook, Ashtabula, Ohio lists :

Isaac Brooks M 55 N Y

Janie Brooks F 52 N Y

Roderick R Brooks M 27 Ohio

John Brooks M 21 Ohio

? Wallace Brooks M 17 Ohio

Mary Jane Brooks F 14 Ohio

Hugh Brooks M 12 Ohio

Martha Brooks F 9 Ohio

James K P Brooks M 6 Ohio

Polly Lapham F 33 New York

Sarah J Lapham F 9 Ohio

Roderick E Lapham M 8 Ohio

Melvina Lapham F 5 Ohio

Laura Lapham F 4 Ohio ^[1]

Isaac Brooks was born 17 Sep 1794 in New Yorkand died 2 Feb 1875 (aged 80) in Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio. He was buried in the Bates Cemetery in Saybrook.

"Marriage: JaneJenna Turck, b: 09 MAY 1797 in Dutchess County, NY"

"Father: Thomas Jefferson Brooks, b: 19 NOV 1766 in New Haven, CT"

"Mother: Rebecca Merriam, b: 26 FEB 1774 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT"

FindaGrave lists his wife:

Jane Jenna Turck Brooks 1797–1883

and seven children:

Roderick K. Brooks 1822–1873

Isaac Brooks 1824–1903

Alva C Brooks 1827–1909

John Andros Brooks 1829–1917

Mary Jane Brooks Harvey 1836–1909

Hugh Brooks 1838–1921

James K Brooks 1844–1914 ^[2]

FindaGrave also references the 1850 United States Federal Census which does not include young Isaac who would have been 26 and Alva who would have been 23. Both were old enough to have had their own households.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXS5-3B4 : 4 April 2020), Melvina Lapham in household of Isaac Brooks, Saybrook, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing family 45, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 11 May 2020, memorial page for Isaac Brooks (17 Sep 1794–2 Feb 1875), Find A Grave: Memorial #9725713, citing Bates Cemetery, Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Paul (Dakota) S (contributor 46635330) .