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Brooks-Heinegg extraction
Genealogy Report
Information from Paul Heinegg's site:
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com
extracted by: Jen
BROOKS FAMILY
1. Richard1
Brooks, born about February 1661/2, was the white servant of Madam Elizabeth
Reade on 10 February 1677/8 when the York County court adjudged him to be
sixteen years of age and ordered him to serve his mistress until the age of
twenty-four. He was probably the father of a "Mollatto boy named Dick"
the son of "Black Betty" who were slaves which Madam Reade left to her
son Robert Reade by her 10 February 1685/6 York County will [DOW 6:35; 7:257].
Richard was probably the father of
2
i. ?James1, born say 1679.
ii. Richard2,
born say 1682, a "Malatto Man named Dick Brookes" who was willed by
Robert Reade to his son Thomas Reade in 1712. His two free children by a white
woman named Mary Hanson were listed in the 7 April inventory of Robert Reade's
estate: "James & Richard Hanson indented Mulattoes" [DOW 14:241,
251-3]. Mary identified "Dick Broo_ a Malatto slave belonging to Robert
Read" as the father of her illegitimate child when she appeared in court on
2 July 1706 [DOW 12:414, 424]. Richard Hanson may have been identical to
the Richard Hanson whose suit for debt against John Cooper was dismissed by the
Southampton County court at the defendant's costs on 13 August 1762 [Orders
1759-63, 233].
2. James1
Brooks, born say 1679, had property of (his son?) William Brooks valued at 3
pounds currency on 17 January 1731/2 when the York County court ordered an
attachment on the property to pay a debt William owed John Byrd. The
court called James the "slave" of John Buckner when Buckner was
ordered to bring him into court [OW 17:256, 262]. On 13 June 1754 he (called
James Brooks, Sr.) was one of fourteen heads of household who were sued in
Southampton County court by William Bynum (informer) for failing to pay the
discriminatory tax on free African American and Indian women. He died before 8
March 1759 when a writing purporting to be his last will was presented to the
Southampton County court for proof but was ordered to be lodged in the office
because James Brooks (Jr.) entered a caveat against it. On 13 March 1760 the
court ruled that the will was not valid because at the time he made it, he was
the slave of his son James Brooks, Jr. The court based its ruling on the York
County bill of sale by which James Brooks, Jr., purchased his father from John
Buckner on 9 March 1733/4; the deposition of Young Moreland who testified that
James Brooks, Sr., "mullattoe," was once a slave of Major John Buckner
of York County but was purchased by his son James Brooks in exchange for a
"negroe" slave named David; and the deposition of Charles Hansford,
Sr., of York County who testified that he knew a "mullattoe called Jemmy
Brookes" who lived as a servant or slave with Mr. John Buckner of Yorktown
but left those parts and was said to have been freed by his son [Orders 1749-54,
500, 512; 1754-9, 24-5, 34-5, 502; 1759-63, 24]. James was the father of
3
i. ?William1, born say 1705.
4
ii. James2, born say 1707.
5
iii. Mary, born say 1709.
3. William1
Brooks, born say 1705, was presented by the York County court on 20 November
1727 for failing to list his "Mulatto" sister Mary as a tithable. On
17 January 1731/2 John Byrd sued him in York County court for a three
pound currency debt for which the sheriff attached his estate in the hands of
(his father?) James Brooks [OW 16:489; 17:256, 262]. He received a patent for
190 acres on the south side of the Nottoway River in Isle of Wight County
adjoining land of William Killygrew on 20 May 1742 [Patents 20:280]. He sued
William Bittle in Isle of Wight County on 11 June 1747 [Orders 1746-52, 23, 24].
He was living in Southampton County on 13 June 1754 when he was one of fourteen
heads of household who were sued by William Bynum (informer) for failing to pay
the discriminatory tax on free African American and Indian women. The court
dismissed the suit against him on 13 February 1755, perhaps due to his old age.
On 11 August 1757 he was among the freeholders who were ordered to work on a
road in Southampton County for which Joseph Delk was surveyor [Orders 1754-9,
25, 38, 372]. In Isle of Wight County he was sued by Charles Jones on 3
September 1761 and sued for 22 pounds, 19 shillings by Archibald Dunlop and
David Ralston on 4 March 1762 [Orders 1759-63, 257, 283, 328, 330, 347]. He was
witness to the Southampton County will of John Byrd, proved 12 April 1781
[WB 3:322]. On 14 October 1784 the court presented him for failing to list a
tithable and exempted him from paying taxes on 12 May 1785 [Orders 1778-84, 513;
1784-9, 67]. He was taxable St. Luke's Parish, Southampton County, from 1782 to
1788: taxable on 4 horses and 16 cattle in 1782 [Personal Property Tax List
1782-92, frames 504, 515, 544, 559, 638, 656]. He was living in St. Luke's
Parish when he made his 9 May 1788 Southampton County will, proved 9 October
1788. He gave ten pounds to his daughter Ann Dunkin, five pounds and half
his plantation to his wife Hannah Swett during her lifetime, and the
remainder to his son William Swett "begotten of the body of Hannah
Swett" [WB 4:276]. Hannah Brooks was taxable on a horse from 1799 to 1812.
Bill Hunt and his wife Lucy were living on her land in 1813 [Personal
Property Tax List 1792-1806, frames 373, 407, 838; 1807-21, 47, 68, 166, 187,
287, 319]. Hannah's will was proved in Southampton County on 21 July 1817
[Minutes 1816-9, unpaged]. William was the father of
i. Ann Dunkin
(Duncan), perhaps identical to Ann Brooks who was granted a patent in
Isle of Wight County for 150 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River
adjoining James Brooks' land near Brook's Branch on 1 April 1749 [Patents
28:543]. She was fined 500 pounds of tobacco in Southampton County on 13
February 1755 for failing to list herself as a tithable. She pled not guilty at
first but changed her plea when both James Brooks, Jr., and James Brooks, Sr.,
were found guilty [Orders 1749-54, 501, 513; 1754-9, 25, 39]. She and William
Brooks paid 5 shillings to the Southampton County estate of James Powell on 9
December 1773 [WB 3:88].
ii. ?Jesse1,
born say 1740, sued in Southampton County for a debt of 7 pounds, 14 shillings
which he owed Joseph Delk from 9 April 1767. He had left the county or was
avoiding a summons on 8 March 1770 when the court attached his goods that were
said to have been in the hands of (his father?) William Brooks [Orders 1768-72,
257, 276]. He was a "Mix Blood" taxable on himself and Daniel Dolvin
in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 1774 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists,
I:123, 134].
iii. William Swett,
probably identical to William S. Brooks who was taxable in Southampton County in
1789 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-9, frames 704, 754].
4. James2
Brooks, born say 1707, purchased his father from Major John Buckner by a 9 March
1733/4 York County bill of sale [Southampton County Orders 1759-63, 24]. He was
called James Brooks, Jr., when he was granted 200 acres in Isle of Wight County
on the north side of the Meherrin River by the side of Pine Pole Branch on 12
January 1746 [Patents 24:620]. He sued Richard Taylor, Jr., in Southampton
County on 8 March 1753 for a 6 pound, 9 shilling debt. And on 11 January 1754
Richard Taylor, Jr., sued him for trespass, assault and battery. The case was
dismissed on agreement of the parties. On 13 June 1754 he (called James Brooks,
Jr.) was one of fourteen heads of household who were sued in Southampton County
court by William Bynum (informer) for failing to pay the discriminatory tax on
free African American and Indian women. Samuel Kindred testified against him. On
14 July 1757 he was ordered to pay William and Thomas Francis as witnesses for
him in his suit against Hollowell Denson. He sued William Banks for 5
pounds, 5 shillings on 10 July 1761, sued Ann Banks on 11 September 1761,
and on 10 December 1762 was fined 5 shillings for assaulting Ann Banks.
He was sued by Thomas Tabor for trespass, assault and battery on 13 May
1762 and ordered to pay Tabor 20 shillings. His suit against James Byrd
was dismissed on agreement between the parties on 9 September 1762 [Orders
1749-54, 333, 355, 500, 512; 1754-9, 24-5, 34-5, 40, 370; 1759-63, 128, 151,
219, 221, 234, 238, 272, 284]. He (signing) and his wife Martha sold 200 acres
adjoining Brooks Branch and Sweathouse Swamp in Southampton County on 12
November 1761 [DB 3:98]. He was taxable in St. Luke's Parish, Southampton
County, on a horse in 1786 and 2 horses from 1787 to 1797, taxable on John
Brooks' tithe and 3 horses in 1794 and 1795 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-92,
frames 586, 632, 655, 705, 755, 870; 1792-1806, frames 47, 74, 156, 184, 261].
By his 5 February 1798 Southampton County will he lent half his land on the east
side of the county road to his wife Hannah during her lifetime, and gave the
other half on the same side of the road to his grandson John Chavos,
"commonly called John Brocks, son of Elizabeth Brocks." His land on
the east side of the county road was to be sold by his daughter Sarah Reed
who was executor of the will [WB 5:58]. Hannah Brooks was taxable in Southampton
County on a horse from 1798 to 1800 [Personal Property Tax List 1792-1806,
frames 261, 312, 373, 407]. She was head of a Southampton County household of 11
"other free" in 1810 [VA:88]. James was the father of
6
i. Elizabeth, born say 1730.
ii. Sarah,
married John Reed and was mentioned in his 23 August 1790 Southampton
County will [WB 4:395].
5. Mary Brooks,
born say 1709, was a "Mulatto" tithable in York County on 20 November
1727. On 16 March 1740/1 she was presented by the court for having a bastard
child on the information of Ellyson Armistead, one of the churchwardens of
Yorkhampton Parish, and she confessed to the offense on 18 May 1741. John
Cornelius was security for payment of her fine. She may have been the mother of
John Brookes who was ordered bound apprentice to Thomas Dulaney of Charles
Parish on 19 January 1746/7. The court made the indenture official when Richard Limas
complained that Dulaney was harboring John Brookes. Limas had been
presented for not listing his wife as a tithable, but when he appeared in that
same session of the court he was ordered to pay the taxes for his sons [OW
16:489; W&I 19:12, 486-7]. Mary was probably the mother of
i. John1,
born before 16 March 1740/1, living in Southampton County on 13 May 1762 when he
and Ed Heathcock (Haithcock) were sued by Samuel Sands for debt.
The sheriff reported that he was no longer an inhabitant of the county when he
and John Reed were sued by John Wilkinson for 9 pounds, 17 shillings on 9
September 1762 [Orders 1759-63, 219, 239].
6. Elizabeth
Brooks, born say 1730, sued John Brooks in a Southampton County chancery case on
14 May 1773 [Orders 1772-7, 181]. She was probably the common-law wife of a
member of the Chavis family since her son was called "John Chavos
commonly called John Brocks" in his grandfather's 1798 Southampton County
will. Elizabeth may have been the Betty Brooks who was head of a Robeson County,
North Carolina household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48] and the
Elizabeth Brooks who was head of a Duplin County household of 2 "other
free" in 1800. Her children were
i. John Brooks,
born say 1752, called John Brooks when he was taxable in Southampton County in
1789 and 1790, taxable on a horse in 1799 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-92,
frames 707, 756; 1792-1806, frame 370].
They were probably the ancestors of
the Brooks family of North Carolina:
i. John2,
born about 1758, a Revolutionary War pensioner [Clark, State Records of North
Carolina, XXII:571], head of a Robeson County household of 5 "other
free" in 1800 [NC:367] and 7 in 1810 [NC:147]. He claimed to be ninety-five
or ninety-six years old on 30 May 1853 when he applied for a pension for service
in the Revolution and was still living in Robeson County on 22 March 1858 when
he applied for (and received) bounty land [Pension File S-6732].
ii. John3/
Jack, born about 1772, a twelve-year-old "Mulatto boy" apprenticed to
George Logan in New Hanover County on 9 January 1784.
iii. Solomon,
born about 1774, a ten-year-old "Mulatto boy" bound apprentice to
William Ewans in New Hanover County on 9 January 1784 [Minutes 1779-92, 116].
iv. James3,
head of an Edgecombe County household of 2 "other free" in 1810
[NC:715] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:117].
v. Major, born
before 1776, head of an Orange County household of 4 "other free" in
1810 [NC:831] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:352].
vi. Mary2,
born before 1776, head of a Hyde County household of 7 "other free" in
1810 [NC:114] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:244].
vii. Jesse2,
born before 1776, charged with begetting a bastard child by Polly Archer
in Halifax County, North Carolina, on 20 February 1800 [Minutes 1799-1802, 96].
He was head of a Washington County household of 4 "other free" in 1810
[NC:790] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:405].
viii. Bartley,
head of a Bertie County household of 2 "other free" and a
26-forty-five-year-old white woman in 1810 [NC:172].
Essex County
1. Elizabeth
Brooks, born say 1685, appeared in Essex County court on 22 January 1712/3 to
bind her daughter Frances, "a Mulato Child," to Edward Hudson until
the age of thirty-one [W&D 1711-4, 103]. She was the mother of
i. Frances, born
say 1712.
Henrico County
1. Penelopy Brooks,
born say 1702, petitioned the Henrico County court in 1741 on behalf of her son
William against Henry Royall. In January 1741/2 the court ordered Royall to
discharge her son James Brooks [Orders 1737-46]. Her son William may have been
identical to "Moll." William who was born in Henry Royall's house and
bound to him by the churchwardens of Bristol Parish on 9 October 1724 [Chamberlayne,
Register of Bristol Parish, 18-19]. Penelopy was the mother of
i. William, born
say 1720.
ii. James, born
say 1722.
They may have been the ancestors of
i. John, born say
1758, taxable on a horse in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, in 1788
and 1789: taxable on 2 tithes in 1788 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1799,
frames 149, 194; 1800-1813, frames].
2
ii. William, born say 1760.
2. William Brooks,
born say 1760, was taxable in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, from
1788 to 1801: taxable on 2 tithes and a horse in 1789 [Personal Property Tax
List, 1782-1799, frames 149, 194, 244, 292, 343, 383, 416, 446, 478, 512, 551,
586; 1800-1813, frames 24, 68]. Perhaps his widow was Mary Brock who was taxable
in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, from 1802 to 1813: taxable on her
unnamed son and a horse in 1803; called a "Mulatto" starting in 1805;
taxable on a free male tithable in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-1813,
frames 113, 155, 246, 291, 427, 472, 518, 560]. She was head of an Albemarle
County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:186]. They may have
been the parents of
i. William
Brocks, born say 1786, taxable on a horse in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle
County, from 1804 to 1810; called a "Mulatto" from 1806 to 1808
[Personal Property Tax List, 1800-1813, frames 201, 292, 339, 382, 429]. He
married Milly Tyree 5 January 1807 Albemarle County bond, with the
consent of Jonathan Tyree. He was head of an Albemarle County household
of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:187].
ii. John Brocks,
born say 1789, a Mulatto" taxable in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle
County, from 1807 to 1811 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-1813, frames 340,
382, 428, 472, 518]. He married Nancy Tyree, 6 January 1807 Albemarle
County bond, William Brock bondsman. He was head of an Albemarle County
household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:186].
iii. Olly Brock,
a "Mulatto" taxable in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, in
1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1799, frames; 1800-1813, frame 560].
Other members of the Brooks family in
Virginia were
i. William,
"marriner," counted in the 1800 census for Alexandria, Virginia, with
his wife Mary, "both Free Negroes," in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist
4:55]
ii. Sam1,
head of a Frederick County household of 3 "other free" in 1810
[VA:562].
iii. Sam2,
head of a New Kent County household of 1 "other free" and a slave in
1810 [VA:744].
iv. William, head
of a Petersburg Town household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:119a].
End of file
