Samuel/2g Brooks, born 6 Sep 1662 at Windsor, Connecticut,2,1, was mentioned in his father's inventory, Sep 1682.3
His parents removed to Simsbury, where he married, by 1690 (Torrey), Sarah ?Robbins.4,5
They had at Glastonbury:[1]
He removed to Glastonbury, perhaps in 1692, when he received a grant of 50 acres of land there.6
"In 1712 permission was given to Gershom Smith, Thomas Hollister, Jonathan Judd, Samuel Brooks, Ebenezer Kilbourn, and Thomas Kimberly 'to build a saw-mill on the northernmost branch of Roaring Brook' at Wassuc, and confirmed to the above with John Kilbourn and Joseph Tryon a year or two later. The site of this mill now [1886] occupied by the mill of the Roaring Brook Paper Manufacturing Company."7
In 1719, Samuel Brooks was taxed £18 on 86 acres "near Assawassuc."8
5 Dec 1721, administration of the will of Susannah Brooks of Wethersfield was given to brother Samuel Brooks of Glastonbury.9 Jan 1721/2, his account of the administration of Susanna's estate was allowed, and he received £5-19-08½ in the subsequent distribution.9
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