Person Page - 3514

       Edward/6f Brooks was born 25 Mar 1815 at Stratford, CT, and there died 1 Apr 1822.¹

       Maria/6f Brooks was born 21 May 1811 at Stratford, CT.¹ There she died unmarried, 12 Jan 1834, at age 22.¹

       Sarah Selena Wetmore was born 3 Oct 1757 at Stratford, CT.¹ There she married, as his 1st wife, 19 Dec 1778, Abijah/4f Brooks of S., son of John/3f Brooks and Ann Sherwood.² There she died 11 Jun 1813 at age 55.^3,4 He married (2), 1819, Elizabeth Sherman, and died at Stratford 4 Apr 1829.^5,6

       Asa/5f Brooks was born 24 Dec 1779 at Stratford, CT.¹ There he died 21 Sep 1810 at age 30.¹

       Major Abijah/5f Brooks was born 11 Feb 1798 at Stratford, CT.¹ There he married, 28 Oct 1821, Alice Wheeler of Stratford.² Named Major in both birth and marriage records; thus his given name and not a military title.

       Phebe Selena/5f Brooks was born 2/3 Jan 1782 at Stratford, CT.¹ There she died unmarried, 25 Sep 1810.¹

       David Burr/5f Brooks was born 8 Mar 1787 at Stratford, CT.¹ He married, 13 Nov 1813 at South Salem, NY, Anna Brooks of Stratford.² The 1850 census recorded David B. Brooks (a. 63, farmer, r.e. $5000), wife Anna (a. 67), son David B. (a. 24, deaf and dumb), and servant Cornelia ?Ralls (a. 25, black) in their Stratford household.³ David died at Stratford 12 Nov 1858 at age 71.¹

       Hannah Raymond was born 21 Nov 1745.¹ She married, 19 Sep 1764 at CT, Lemuel/4f Brooks of Norwalk, son of John/3f Brooks and Ann Sherwood, with whom she had 10 children.² He died 9 Oct 1815.¹
     22 Nov 1837, Hannah Brooks of Norwalk, aged 92 the preceding day, made a declaration to claim a Revolutionary widow's pension. She says she is the widow of Lemuel Brooks, that they were married 9 [19 per town record] Sep 1764, and that her husband died 9 Oct 1815. Her declaration states that Lemuel Brooks, "a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, at the commencement of the Revolution, was a seafaring man and while on a return voyage from the West Indies, was captured off Block Island, September 5, 1775, by the man-of-war 'Rose', conveyed to Halifax, after two months of imprisonment, made his escape and returned home. He took command of a privateer at New Haven, in which he made one cruise. During 1777 and 1778, he served as Assistant or Deputy Commissary under Commissary Daniel Gray, also during 1780 served as a private in Captain Uriah Raymond's company, and during 1781 as sergeant in Captain Eliakim Smith's Company on the alarm list, and was in service when Danbury, Fairfield and Norwalk were invaded."¹ Her son Lemuel Jr. also filed a supporting declaration with additional service details.³
     The claim, however, was not allowed, "as she failed to furnish sufficient proof of six months actual military service, as required by the pension laws."⁴ Hannah died 11 Nov 1841 at age 95.⁴ Jul 1853, Ann Miller of New Haven, aged 77, daughter and heir-at-law to Hannah Brooks, gave power of attorney to Wilson H. Clark of New Haven "to investigate, substantiate, demand and receive" any Revolutionary pension benefits due her mother for her father's Revolutionary service.⁵

       Ann/5f Brooks was born 6 Sep 1775 at Norwalk, CT.¹ There she married, 29 Dec 1796, Dr. Phineas Miller of Norwalk.^2,3 Jul 1853, Ann Miller of New Haven, aged 77, as daughter and heir-at-law to Hannah Brooks, widow of Lemuel, gave power of attorney to Wilson H. Clark of New Haven "to investigate, substantiate, demand and receive" any Revolutionary pension benefits due her mother for the claimed Revolutionary service of her father Lemuel, which claim had been denied for lack of proof.²

       Benjamin/5f Brooks was born 22 Sep 1772 at Norwalk, CT.¹ Perhaps the same, of Norwalk, who married, 2 Jun 1830 at Danbury, Mercy Starr of Danbury.²