Reuben Brooks b. Jan. 1790 CT
For many years we have been looking for the ancestry of this Reuben Brooks, in vain. He is listed in the IGI v5.0 with the Jan. 1790 Birth date, and death date of 1859 Erie County, OH.
He is also listed with Father named James Brooks on this particular data sheet. On another IGI sheet he is listed as marrying Nellie Van Benschoten on 21 Jan 1822; this date is wrong and correct date is 21 Jan 1811 in Sullivan County, NY.
So, does anyone know anything more about this Reuben Brooks, especially his parentage? I have found two possible James, one b. Nov 1758 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT, and the other b. 1760/8 in MA. The first James died in MA in 1832 and had at least eleven children but no Reuben found listed. The 2nd James died 1814 in Chautauqua Co., NY, and have no listed children for him. Could be one or the other of these James, or another entirely different one, but somewhere there must be some data linking a James to my Reuben. One more point: Four children of James b. Nov 1758 went to Lorain Co., OH, and another went to Cuyahoga Co., OH so this opens the possibility of at least several of James children being in the same neighborhood as my Reuben Brooks was.
We live quite a way from a FHC so that is out. Maybe someone on this list could find the IGI data to see what the source for it was? Better yet, maybe someone has the info in their line and would share? Thanks in advance.
Dave
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Gene Lindsley 4/19/09
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Susan Vetter Wemett 4/13/10
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Gene Lindsley 4/15/10
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Susan Vetter Wemett 4/16/10
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