THE BROOKS LINE
THE BROOKS LINE
BROOKS LINE - FIRST GENERATION
MATTHEW BROOKS
Born: bet 1711 and 1715, resided Frederick Co VA and Spotsylvania Co VA
Died: 4 Mar 1755 Fred. Co. VA
Parents:
Marriage: Elizabeth Warren, dau of Thomas Warren and Mary Hackley
Married: in 1735 Virginia
Children:
1. DAVID BROOKS b. 19 Apr 1737 Guilford Co NC, d. 21 Dec 1814 Stokes Co NC, m. Sarah Sanders 24 Dec 1759 Hanover Co VA. She b. 14 Jun 1739, d. 26 Apr 1827. Parents of:
2. MARY BROOKS b. 1738 Fred. Co VA, m. Benjamin Thornburg 22 Oct 1759 Va. 12 Children.
1a. Elizabeth b. 6 Dec 1762 m. Samuel Beeson 10 Sep 1783
1b. John b. 24 Feb 1765 m. Charity Beeson, b. 30 Oct 1762, she d. 2 Jan 1818., They wed 6 Apr 1787.
1c. Jane b. 8 Sep 1767 m. ____Johnson
1d. Mary b. 15 Sep 1770 m. 16 Mar 1791 Edward Beeson
1e. Sarah b. 13 Apr 1773 m. Anderson Johnson 10 Oct 1792
1f. Jesse b. 20 Oct 1775
1g. David b. 25 Nov 1777 d. 1 Sep 1778
1h. Martha b. 12 Nov 1779 m. ____Jones
3. JOEL BROOKS b. 27 Jul 1739 Fred. Co VA, d. 1 Sep 1764, Cane Creek MM, NC, He m. Mary Wright, dau of John and Rachel on 20 Sep 1756. She b. 24 Jul 1739 in MD. After Joel's death, she wed James Neal on 7 Mar 1776 Cane Creek MM, NC. Joel and Mary had:
3a. John b. 7 Oct 1757, m. 4 May 1780 Jane Stanfield, had: Joel, Samuel, Mary, Sarah
4. WILLIAM BROOKS b. abt 1740 d. 29 Jun 1798 Berkley Co VA
3b. Mary b. 3 Jul 1761 NC, m. Nathan Hicks 24 Dec 1782 Cane Creek MM, NC
3c. Elizabeth b. 3 Nov 1763 NC, m. William Mardick 4 Feb 1786
5. DANIEL BROOKS b. abt 1741 Fred. Co VA m. Hannah Hammond.
6. MATTHEW BROOKS b. abt 1743 Fred. Co VA d. 7 Feb 1797 Newberry Co SC
7. *JAMES BROOKS b. abt 1745 (See below, our connection)
8. THOMAS BROOKS b. abt 1746 Fred. Co. VA
9. JESSE BROOKS b. abt 1748 Fred. Co VA
10. JUDITH BROOKS b. 1752 m. George Pemberton Jr.
BROOKS LINE - SECOND GENERATION
JAMES BROOKS
Born: abt 1745 Fred. Co VA
Died: 18 Jun 1778 Newberry Co SC
Parents: Matthew Brooks - Elizabeth Warren
Marriage #1: Sarah Wright abt 1767. She d. 18 Nov 1789.
Marriage #2: Sarah Singletary on 1 Sep 1791. They were Quakers and attended Bush River Monthly Meeting in Newberry Co SC, and later transferred their membership to New Garden MM in Guilford Co NC.
Children of Jame and Sarah Wright:
1. Elizabeth b. 24 Jun 1769 m. Nebo Gaunt 4 Mar 1790
2. Susannah b. 17 Jul 1771 m. ____Phillips 28 Dec 1793, Disowned, married out of unity.
3. Joab b. 15 May 1773, Disowned 30 Sep 1797
4. Vashti b. 15 Jan 1776 Bush River, Newberry SC, m. John Wright in 1800, had 11 children.
5. SARAH BROOKS b. 17 Mar 1779 (See below, our connection)
6. Nimrod b. 9 Aug 1782 m. Mary____, Went to Miami MM, OH in 1804
7. James b. 6 May 1784
8. John b. 1 Sep 1780
9. Mary b. 26 May 1788
James and second wife Sarah had:
10. David Singletary Brooks b. 9 Feb 1793
11. Daniel Ofley Brooks b. 15 Aug 1794, Disowned, marrying out of unity, 11m 1820
12. Martha Brooks b. ____
BROOKS LINE - THIRD GENERATION
SARAH BROOKS
Born: 17 Mar 1779 Bush River, Newberry District, SC
Died: 2d 9m 1833 in Miami Co OH.
Parents: James Brooks - Sarah Wright
Marriage: Jesse Jay, b. 8d 12m 1773 Newberry Dist. SC, d. 25 Sep 1840 in Miami Co OH, son of John Jay and Elizabeth (Betty) Pugh.
Married: 4d 5m 1798 in SC
We descend through their son, James Jay. See the Jay line for children and descendants.
Line of Descent:
MATTHEW BROOKS, JAMES BROOKS, SARAH BROOKS, JAMES JAY, LEVINA JAY, LYDIA THOMAS, LORETTA MACY, JAMES PARISHO, WAYNE PARISHO, SUSANNE PARISHO
BUSH RIVER QUAKER NOTES, NEWBERRY CO SC:
1790,3,4 Elizabeth, dt James, Newberry Co SC m. Nebo Gaunt
1791,9,1 James, Newberry Co SC m Sarah Singletary
1793,12,28 Susannah Phillips (form Brooks)dis,mou (Means disowned for marrying out of unity)
1798,4,5 Sarah, dt James, Newberry Co SC m Jesse Jay
1804,3,31 Nimrod & Mary rqct Miami MM OH
1820, 11,-- Daniel O. dis, mou
NEW GARDEN M. MEETING, GUILFORD CO NC:
1809,6,24 James & ch David Singletary, Daniel Offley, & Martha of Bush River SC rec in membership on minutes from New Garden QM (quarterly meeting)