Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805): Frederick County, Virginia, Beginnings

Posted on by William D. Lindsey
Will of Mary Brooks, 9 July 1786, Frederick County, Virginia, Will Bk. 5, p. 158

Or, Subtitled: “I will and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Brooks, whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my whole and sole Executor”

I’ve now finished telling you what I know of Thomas Brooks (1775-1838), who moved with his parents from Frederick County, Virginia, where he was born in 1775, to Wythe County, Virginia, in 1793, and from there to Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1798. As I’ve also shown you, at the very end of his and his wife Sarah’s lives, the couple moved their family from Kentucky to Morgan County, Alabama, in November 1836, and in 1837, Sarah died at the home of their daughter Jane Brooks Lindsey in Lawrence County, Alabama, with Thomas dying under Jane’s care in 1838.

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12 thoughts on “Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805): Frederick County, Virginia, Beginnings”

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  2. Pingback: Mary Brooks (d. 1787, Frederick County, Virginia): What I Know (and Don’t) about the Earliest Generation of This Brooks Family – Begats and Bequeathals
  3. Pingback: Children of Mary Brooks (d. 1787, Frederick County, Virginia) — Mary Brooks (1745/1750 – 1821/2) and Husband Jacob Hollingsworth (1742 – 1822) – Begats and Bequeathals
  4. Pingback: Children of Mary Brooks (1745/1750 – aft. 15 May 1815) and Jacob Hollingsworth (1742 – 1822) — Thomas Hollingsworth (1777 – 1836) and Wife Amelia Terrell – Begats and Bequeathals
  5. Pingback: Children of Mary Brooks (1745/1750 – aft. 15 May 1815) and Jacob Hollingsworth (1742 – 1822) — Thomas Hollingsworth (1777 – 1836) and Wife Amelia Terrell – Begats and Bequeathals
  6. Pingback: Children of Mary Brooks (d. 1787, Frederick County, Virginia) — Susanna Brooks Haynes and James Brooks – Begats and Bequeathals
  7. Pingback: Children of Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747 – 1805) and Wife Margaret (Beaumont/Beamon?): Sarah Brooks (1771 – 1857) and Husband John Lahue – Begats and Bequeathals
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  11. Good morning Dr. Lindsey. I enjoyed your informative post concerning Thomas Brooks, Sr. I am his 5th great grandson in the line of Margaret Brooks Day and her son Isaac Day. I have had difficulty finding the source of the receipt numbered 12361 for Thomas’ American Revolution claim.

    Do you have contact information for Susan Speake Sells? I am a member of SAR, and I wish to contact her concerning his service.

    Thank you.

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    1. It’s very good to hear from you, Dr. Cates. I do have contact information for Susan Speake Sills, and if you don’t mind, will put you and Susan in touch by email. I think she can likely provide that information for you, since she entered DAR on the line of Thomas Brooks, I believe.

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