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Surnames include: Brooks, Shipley, Garner, Young, Whidden, Sumner, Skutt, Smith, Tunison, Cramer,
Gage, McIntyre, Johnson, Gaunt, Covert, and many Dutch/English New York State families.
Notable ancestors:
Guillaume "Willem" de la Vigne (~1590-~1632) Early settler of Manhattan: owned property
where Wall St. is now.
Dircks "De Noorman" Volckertsen
(~1595-~1680) Owned property
and farmed on what is now Wall St.
Sarah Joris Rapalje (1625-~1685) First white female born in New York State; has
a historical marker at birthplace in Albany.
Dirck Jansen
Woertman (~1630-aft. 1694)
An early operator of the Brooklyn Ferry.
David Brooks (~1741-1826) Revolutionary War general.
Ryonear Covert (1771-1829) Colonel in the War of 1812.
Clarissa
Hogarth Johnson (mid 1800's) Distant
relative of the famous painter, William Hogarth.
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| The Joseph Gardner Brooks Family, December
1994 |
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From Left to Right, back row: B. M. Brooks, J. Hoelzle, W. Hoelzle, A. B. Carr, L. Carr, D.
Brooks, L. Brooks, B. Brooks.
Seated: A. Brooks, M. Hoelzle, Joe Brooks, T. Douglass, A. Brooks, B.
Brooks, L. Brooks, A. Brooks.
Kneeling: C. Brooks, W. Hoelzle, T. Smith, H. Brooks, R. Brooks. |
This page is dedicated to my husband of 24 glorious years, D. H. Brooks, and his
father, Joseph G. Brooks, who passed away on November 23, 1995.
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