Jasper Stannard Brooks

Brief Life History of Jasper Stannard

When Jasper Stannard Brooks was born on 15 May 1812, in Westbrook, Saybrook, British Colonial America, his father, Asa Brooks, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Stannard, was 30. He married Harriet Chapman on 10 May 1838, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 December 1900, in Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Moodus Cemetery, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jasper Stannard Brooks
1812–1900
Harriet Chapman
1811–1898
Marriage: 10 May 1838
Elijiah Chapman Brooks
1839–1901
Asa Elijah Brooks
1841–1922
Harriet Meloria Brooks
1843–1938
Loren Lincoln Brooks
1852–1933
Edward Elisha Woodruff
1864–1957

Sources (26)

  • J S Brooks, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jasper S. Brooks, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Jasper S. Brooks, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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"ASA E. BROOKS, one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the town of East Haddam, comes of an old Middlesex county family. His great-grandfather, Simeon Brooks, a resident of Chester, was twice …

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