Joseph B. BrooksAge: 87 years1762–1849
- Name
- Joseph B. Brooks
- Given names
- Joseph B.
- Surname
- Brooks
| Birth | August 4, 1762 |
| Marriage | Rollins Lawrence — View this family about 1785 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Rosewell Brooks 1793 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Merchant Brooks 1793 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Brooks 1795 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Martin Brooks November 11, 1800 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rosewell Brooks — Catherine Morrison — View this family before 1819 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Martin Brooks — Hannah Appleby — View this family 1825 (Age 62 years) |
| Death | September 20, 1849 (Age 87 years) |
| Family with Rollins Lawrence |
| himself |
Joseph B. Brooks Birth: August 4, 1762 — Danbury, Fairfield Co. CT Death: September 20, 1849 — In Lexington, Greene Co. NY. |
| wife |
Rollins Lawrence Birth: 1763 16 17 Death: April 30, 1850 |
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Marriage: about 1785 — |
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9 years son |
Rosewell Brooks Birth: 1793 30 30 — 18 Jan 1881 Death: |
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8 years son |
Martin Brooks Birth: November 11, 1800 38 37 — 1 Dec 1872 Death: |
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-5 years son |
John Brooks Birth: 1795 32 32 — Died 1858 Death: |
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-1 years son |
Merchant Brooks Birth: 1793 30 30 — 27 Oct 1849 Death: |
- Generation 1
Joseph B. Brooks was born on August 4, 1762 in Danbury, Fairfield Co. CT and died on September 20, 1849 in In Lexington, Greene Co. NY. at the age of 87. He married Rollins Lawrence, daughter of Uriah Lawrence and Joanna Kelley, about 1785. She was born in 1763 and died on April 30, 1850 at the age of 87.
Children of Joseph B. Brooks and Rollins Lawrence:
- Rosewell Brooks (1793–)
- Martin Brooks (1800–)
- John Brooks (1795–)
- Merchant Brooks (1793–)
- Generation 2back to top
Rosewell Brooks, son of Joseph B. Brooks and Rollins Lawrence, was born in 1793 in 18 Jan 1881. He married Catherine Morrison before 1819 in Greene County Census, New York. She was born about 1797 and died on March 7, 1877 in Jefferson Cemetery, Catskill, NY.
Children of Rosewell Brooks and Catherine Morrison:
- John M Brooks (1823–1906)
Martin Brooks, son of Joseph B. Brooks and Rollins Lawrence, was born on November 11, 1800 in 1 Dec 1872. He married Hannah Appleby in 1825. She was born on September 17, 1807 in In Lexington, Greene County, NY. and died on August 1, 1869 at the age of 61.
John Brooks, son of Joseph B. Brooks and Rollins Lawrence, was born in 1795 in Died 1858. He married Sylvia Chartion. She was born about 1799 in Greene County, New York.
Merchant Brooks, son of Joseph B. Brooks and Rollins Lawrence, was born in 1793 in 27 Oct 1849. He married Mary Every. She was born in 1795 in Ulster County, NY and died on October 31, 1871 in Lenawee County, MI at the age of 76.
- Generation 3back to top
John M Brooks, son of Rosewell Brooks and Catherine Morrison, was born in 1823 and died in 1906 at the age of 83. He married Mary J. Chase. She was born in 1826 in NY and died in 1909 in Catskill, NY at the age of 83.
| Shared note | Joseph B. Brooks served in the revolutuionary army a paid substitute for a Stephen Comstock. One record indicates this occurred beginning in 1775 in Danbury, when he would have been only 13 years old. Another record shows he later enlisted as a private in July, 1780 and served in various companies of the Connecticut Regiments before being discharged in June, 1782 at Highland Falls NY. |