Brief Life History of John Thomas
When John Thomas Brooks was born on 6 December 1748, in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Brooks, was 18 and his mother, Tabitha Hopkins, was 19. He married Lizebeth Smith in 1768, in Person, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 May 1840, in his hometown, at the age of 91.
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- 1830 United States Federal Census
- Legacy NFS Source: John Brooks - birth: 6 December 1748; Virginia, United States
- John Brooks, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
English: usually a variant of Brook , with excrescent -s. The optional addition of -s, with no grammatical function, is usually post-medieval, but some examples of the same person's name occurring with and without -(e)s have been noted as early as the 14th century in South Lancashire. The -es in such cases probably has neither a plural nor a genitival function, and the name means ‘dweller at the brook’, not ‘dweller at the brooks’. A plural sense cannot be ruled out elsewhere, but a non-grammatical -(e)s must also be considered a strong possibility.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Brucks .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Caswell County, NC Genealogy Society Notes
Source: https://caswellcountync.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I34850&tree=tree1 The patriot-preacher (John Brooks) was born 6 December 1748 in that part of Lunenburg County, Virginia, which i …
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