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       Stephen/2 Grover Jr., of Charlestown, MA, probably there married, 2 Jul 1705, Elizabeth/4w Bateman of Charlestown, daughter of Eleazer/3w Bateman and Elizabeth Wright.^2,3,4 They removed with her father Eleazer to Killingly, CT.¹ 19 Oct 1715, Stephen Grover and Eleazer Bateman were among 11 incorporators of the Killingly church.⁵ Stephen Grover died before his son Beriah's baptism at Killingly, 11 May 1730.⁶ His widow Elizabeth survived him.^1,7

       Pvt. Levi/5g Brooks was born circa 27 Jan 1757, probably at Glastonbury, CT, although the record is not found.³ Family history says he was a Revolutionary soldier, and at the battle of Bunker Hill, 17 Jun 1775, but he is not found in Revolutionary War pension records, or in the war records of the state of Massachusetts.⁴ Levi Brooks of Glastonbury is found with his cousin Elijah ("Elizur") on a list of men who marched from Connecticut "for the Relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm," April, 1775, 4 days in service.³ Connecticut state records show that he and his brother Thomas served as privates in Capt. Hale's company of state troops in 1776.⁵ He married, by 1779, Lydia Buck.^6,2 He owned the covenant, 21 Feb 1779, and was admitted to communion with the church at Glastonbury.⁷ 23 Mar 1779, Levi and Lydia Brooks transferred "a certain piece of land situated in said Glastenbury in the Parish of Eastbury containing three acres of land to their honorable father Thomas."²
     By 1788 the household had moved northward up the Connecticut River to that section of Greenfield, MA, which is now the town of Gill. Their 1790 census household at Greenfield included Levi, three males under 16 (sons Levi, Pelatiah and Bethuel), and four females (wife Lydia and daughters Hannah, Lydia and Polly).⁸ Sometime after 1800 Levi joined his brother Thomas at Plymouth, NY, and was chosen one of three fence viewers at the first town meeting, 3 Mar 1807.⁹
     Mentioned in the will of his brother Thomas, 12 Sep 1822.^10,11
     "Levi was a farmer in good circumstances — lived and died in Norwich."^4,3 Levi and Lydia are buried in Aldrich Cemetery, Norwich, NY.^3,12 His gravestone reads, Levi Brooks A Revolutionary Soldier Died Feb 12th, 1829 Aged 72 years & 16 days.³ Oft confused with Pvt. Levi/6a Brooks, also a Revolutionary soldier but of the Concord line, who was born the following year at Westminster, MA.

       Levi/6g Brooks Jr. was born 24 Sep 1785.¹

       Dr. Pelatiah B[uck]/6g Brooks was born 25 Feb 1788 at Gill, MA.¹ He married, by 1815, Sarah McCullough, daughter of James McCullough.¹ His early years of practice were spent in Chenango County, NY, where he joined the Chenango County Medical Society 14 May 1822.² In the 1855 New York state census, Dr. Peltiah Brooks (a. 67, physician b. MA, lived this county 18 years) was recorded at Chenango, NY (Broome County) with wife Sarah (a. 70) and daughter Helen (a. 37).³ The 1860 U.S. census recorded Pelatiah (a. 72, physician, r.e. $4,000, p.e. $500) and Sarah (a. 75) in the 1st Ward, Binghamton, NY.⁴ Sarah died 22 Apr 1865.¹ Pelatiah died 27 Feb 1874 at his Front St. home, Binghamton, at age 86.^5,1

       Sarah McCullough was born in Connecticut 19 Apr 1785.^2,3 She married, by 1815, Dr. Pelatiah B[uck]/6g Brooks, son of Pvt. Levi/5g Brooks and Lydia Buck.² Her father's will, proved 11 Jun 1828, leaves daughter Sally Brooks $50.¹ In the 1855 New York state census, Dr. Peltiah Brooks (a. 67, physician b. MA, lived this county 18 years) was recorded at Chenango, Broome County with wife Sarah (a. 70) and daughter Helen (a. 37).⁴ The 1860 U.S. census recorded Pelatiah (a. 72, physician, r.e. $4,000, p.e. $500) and Sarah (a. 75) in the 1st Ward, Binghamton, NY.⁵ Sarah died 22 Apr 1865 at age 80.² Pelatiah died at Binghamton 27 Feb 1874.^6,2