From Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894. More information on this family can be found on pages 60 and 61 including ancestry.
"The name was originally spelled Brooke, and the family of that name in America are descended from English ancestry......Lemuel Brooke, youngest son of William and Esther Brooke, was born at Enfield, Conn., February 20, 1748. His father, William Brooke, who owned and controlled the Enfield ferry, was a great-grandson of Lord Brooke, of England....(William) served four years in the war of the Revolution, acting in the capacity of quartermaster.....he emigrated with his family in 1817...and settled in Greenfield, Huron Co., Ohio.... William Brooke married Keziah Haskill January 5, 1775, and seven children were born to them, viz.: Lemuel, Melicinda, Kezia, Aurelia, Homer, Selma, Virgil. Of these, Lemuel, born August 7, 1776, was twice married, and by his second wife, Esther Sprague, whom he wedded February 13, 1806, he had eight children to wit: Lemuel Sprague, Harrietta Esther, William Philo, Celia, Nehemiah, Irena and Jerusha. The father of these died in Greenfield township, Huron Co., Ohio, in 1831"
A Revolutionary soldier, Enfield town records show:
Town of Enfield to Elipht Terry, Treasr … July 22d [1780] to cash paid Sundry soldiers for Expences to March under the Command of Capt Booth pr order of ye comtte (viz) … To Lemuel Brooks ... 30 [shillings]
The ancestry given in the county history ("Lord Brooke") is bogus, but that's a subject for another time. :-) You can see his actual ancestry here: http://www.tributaries.info/p1631.htm#i16306
"The name was originally spelled Brooke, and the family of that name in America are descended from English ancestry......Lemuel Brooke, youngest son of William and Esther Brooke, was born at Enfield, Conn., February 20, 1748. His father, William Brooke, who owned and controlled the Enfield ferry, was a great-grandson of Lord Brooke, of England....(William) served four years in the war of the Revolution, acting in the capacity of quartermaster.....he emigrated with his family in 1817...and settled in Greenfield, Huron Co., Ohio.... William Brooke married Keziah Haskill January 5, 1775, and seven children were born to them, viz.: Lemuel, Melicinda, Kezia, Aurelia, Homer, Selma, Virgil. Of these, Lemuel, born August 7, 1776, was twice married, and by his second wife, Esther Sprague, whom he wedded February 13, 1806, he had eight children to wit: Lemuel Sprague, Harrietta Esther, William Philo, Celia, Nehemiah, Irena and Jerusha. The father of these died in Greenfield township, Huron Co., Ohio, in 1831"
A Revolutionary soldier, Enfield town records show:
Town of Enfield to Elipht Terry, Treasr … July 22d [1780] to cash paid Sundry soldiers for Expences to March under the Command of Capt Booth pr order of ye comtte (viz) … To Lemuel Brooks ... 30 [shillings]
The ancestry given in the county history ("Lord Brooke") is bogus, but that's a subject for another time. :-) You can see his actual ancestry here: http://www.tributaries.info/p1631.htm#i16306
From Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894. More information on this family can be found on pages 60 and 61 including ancestry.
"The name was originally spelled Brooke, and the family of that name in America are descended from English ancestry......Lemuel Brooke, youngest son of William and Esther Brooke, was born at Enfield, Conn., February 20, 1748. His father, William Brooke, who owned and controlled the Enfield ferry, was a great-grandson of Lord Brooke, of England....(William) served four years in the war of the Revolution, acting in the capacity of quartermaster.....he emigrated with his family in 1817...and settled in Greenfield, Huron Co., Ohio.... William Brooke married Keziah Haskill January 5, 1775, and seven children were born to them, viz.: Lemuel, Melicinda, Kezia, Aurelia, Homer, Selma, Virgil. Of these, Lemuel, born August 7, 1776, was twice married, and by his second wife, Esther Sprague, whom he wedded February 13, 1806, he had eight children to wit: Lemuel Sprague, Harrietta Esther, William Philo, Celia, Nehemiah, Irena and Jerusha. The father of these died in Greenfield township, Huron Co., Ohio, in 1831"
A Revolutionary soldier, Enfield town records show:
Town of Enfield to Elipht Terry, Treasr … July 22d [1780] to cash paid Sundry soldiers for Expences to March under the Command of Capt Booth pr order of ye comtte (viz) … To Lemuel Brooks ... 30 [shillings]
The ancestry given in the county history ("Lord Brooke") is bogus, but that's a subject for another time. :-) You can see his actual ancestry here: http://www.tributaries.info/p1631.htm#i16306
"The name was originally spelled Brooke, and the family of that name in America are descended from English ancestry......Lemuel Brooke, youngest son of William and Esther Brooke, was born at Enfield, Conn., February 20, 1748. His father, William Brooke, who owned and controlled the Enfield ferry, was a great-grandson of Lord Brooke, of England....(William) served four years in the war of the Revolution, acting in the capacity of quartermaster.....he emigrated with his family in 1817...and settled in Greenfield, Huron Co., Ohio.... William Brooke married Keziah Haskill January 5, 1775, and seven children were born to them, viz.: Lemuel, Melicinda, Kezia, Aurelia, Homer, Selma, Virgil. Of these, Lemuel, born August 7, 1776, was twice married, and by his second wife, Esther Sprague, whom he wedded February 13, 1806, he had eight children to wit: Lemuel Sprague, Harrietta Esther, William Philo, Celia, Nehemiah, Irena and Jerusha. The father of these died in Greenfield township, Huron Co., Ohio, in 1831"
A Revolutionary soldier, Enfield town records show:
Town of Enfield to Elipht Terry, Treasr … July 22d [1780] to cash paid Sundry soldiers for Expences to March under the Command of Capt Booth pr order of ye comtte (viz) … To Lemuel Brooks ... 30 [shillings]
The ancestry given in the county history ("Lord Brooke") is bogus, but that's a subject for another time. :-) You can see his actual ancestry here: http://www.tributaries.info/p1631.htm#i16306
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