| HUSBAND |
| John BROOKS Sr. Esq. |
| BIRTH | 1689/90 | England or Virginia1322,1679 |
| RESIDENCE | 1735 | and was first granted land; Bladen County (later became Cumberland County), North Carolina1680 |
| MISC | 1754 | was appointed a Vestryman; 1681 |
| RESIDENCE | 1756 | Orange County (now Chatham County), North Carolina |
| DEATH | 1776 | Orange, Chatham, North Carolina1322 |
| MISC | 1743, 1749, 1750 | was appointed Justice of the Peace in the years; Bladen County, North Carolina1682,1683 |
| EMIGRATION | | England via West Indies to America1684 |
| MARRIAGE | before 1710 | England |
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| WIFE |
| Susan NARSIN |
| DEATH | between 1720 and 1780 | Chatham County, North Carolina [?] |
| BIRTH | | England1322,1685 |
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| CHILDREN |
| 1. | Living FEMALE |
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| 2. | Thomas BROOKS Sr. MALE |
| | BIRTH | about 1710 | Chatham County, North Carolina1322,1686 |
| PROPERTY | 1751 | granted 400 acres on the South West side of Cape Faire(Fear)River on Cross Creek; 1687 |
| RESIDENCE | 1754 | Orange County, North Carolina |
| MISC | 1755 | listed as "white poll" on first Orange County tax list1688 |
| OCCUPATION | 1757 | appointed Road Commissioner; |
| MISC | 1775 | one of the executors of the will of Joab Brooks, Sr.1689 |
| PROPERTY | 8 August 1775 | Thomas Brooks Sr., Thomas Brooks Jr. and Samuel Brooks sold 640 acres in Chatham County; 1690 |
| PROPERTY | 27 August 1777 | bought 500 acres in Chatham County; 1691 |
| MISC | 1778 | appointed guardian of Joan, John, & Sarah, children of his brother Joab |
| PROPERTY | 23 August 1782 | bought 200 acres on Little Bear Creek; 1692 |
| PROPERTY | 1 November 1784 | bought 500 acres on Little Bear Creek; 1693 |
| PROPERTY | 8 May 1786 | gave 600 acres of land and "one Negro boy named Nat" to son Thomas Brooks, Jr.; 1694 |
| DEATH | 1796 | 1322 |
| MARRIAGE | about 1727 | Virginia Mary HARRIS; |
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| 3. | Joab BROOKS Sr. Esq. MALE |
| | BIRTH | about 1712 | 1613 |
| PROPERTY | 1756/7 | land that was granted to him; Bladen County, North Carolina |
| PROPERTY | October 1758 | land and sold property to William Lomax; Orange County |
| PROPERTY | 1761 | granted 375 acres "on the waters of Ephraims creek," totalling over 1,000 acres; Orange County (now Chatham County), North Carolina |
| MISC | 1768 | filed suit vs. Samuel Goodman in a land dispute; 1614 |
| OCCUPATION | 10 May 1774 | Judge of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session,; Chatham County, North Carolina1615 |
| PROBATE | 14 November 1775 | Chatham County, North Carolina1616,1617,1618 |
| MARRIAGE | 1735 | Catherine DIMMAUX; North Carolina, USA1322 |
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| 4. | Marcus BROOKS MALE |
| | BIRTH | about 1720 | 1695 |
| DEATH | about 1820 | |
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| 5. | James BROOKS MALE |
| | BIRTH | about 1725 | 1696 |
| PROPERTY | 1767 | owned land in Orange County, North Carolina, gifted to him by John Brooks; |
| PROPERTY | between 1771 and 1782 | granted 450 acres in Anson County, North Carolina; 1697 |
| PROPERTY | 1793 | granted 400 acres in Wilkes County, Georgia; |
| PROPERTY | before 1812 | had moved to Franklin County, Georgia; |
| DEATH | about 1812 | Georgia |
| PROPERTY | | owned land in Berkeley & Craven counties, South Carolina (later Edgefield County); |
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| 6. | John BROOKS Jr. MALE |
| | BIRTH | 1726 | Bladen County, North Carolina1689,1698 |
| DEATH | aft ER 1768 | Chatham County, South Carolina |
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| 7. | Isaac BROOKS MALE |
| | BIRTH | about 1727 | Chatham County, North Carolina1689,1699 |
| PROPERTY | March 1759 | was deeded his father's place in Chatham County, North Carolina; |
| MISC | February 1775 | guardian (indenture bond) for Aaron TERRELL, orphan of Timothy TERRELL1700 |
| PROPERTY | 23 May 1777 | sold a Negro slave named Jack; 1701 |
| PROPERTY | 26 December 1815 | gives a "Negro woman slave named Milly and two children" to wife's grandchildren; 1702 |
| DEATH | October 1825 | Chatham County, North Carolina |
| RELIGION | | charter members of the Haw River Church; |
| MARRIAGE | | Ruth TERRELL; Virginia |
| MARRIAGE | 1792 | Hannah HARPER WIDOW; Chatham County, North Carolina |