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Matthew Brooks 1780–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 July 1780

Birth Location: Person County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 15 Nov 1846

Death Location: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States

Father: Rev War)

Mother: Sarah Faulkner

Spouse(s): ELIZABETH Warren, Mary Hobby

Children(s): Martha Brooks, Sarah Brooks, Nancy Brooks, Matthew Brooks, Catherine Brooks, Robert Brooks, Sarah Diel, Elijah Brooks, Alethea Holleman, Tilman twin, Tilford Brooks, Mary Brooks, Larkin Brooks, William Brooks, Nancy Rogers, Frances Rogers, Martha Brooks, Elizabeth Rogers, Matthew Jr

In 1780, Matthew Brooks entered the world in Person County, North Carolina, USA, born to Rev John Thomas Brooks Rev War And Sarah Elizabeth Faulkner. Matthew Brooks married Elizabeth Betty Allen Warren, Mary Polly Harrell Brooks Hobby, and had children including Alethea Brooks Holleman, Catherine Kitty Brooks, Elijah Brooks, Elizabeth R Brooks Rogers, Frances Fanny Brooks Rogers, Larkin Ferrel Brooks, Martha Hensell Brooks, Martha Patsy Brooks, Mary Polly Elizabeth Brooks, Matthew Brooks, Matthew Brooks Jr, Nancy Ann Brooks Rogers, Nancy Brooks, Robert Brooks, Sarah Brooks, Sarah Sally Brooks Teel Teal Diel, Tilford Thomas Brooks, Tilman Dixon Brooks Twin, William H Billy Brooks. Matthew Brooks passed away in 1846 in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1780, Matthew Brooks entered the world in Person County, North Carolina, USA, born to Rev John Thomas Brooks Rev War And Sarah Elizabeth Faulkner.
  • Matthew Brooks married Elizabeth Betty Allen Warren, Mary Polly Harrell Brooks Hobby, and had children including Alethea Brooks Holleman, Catherine Kitty Brooks, Elijah Brooks, Elizabeth R Brooks Rogers, Frances Fanny Brooks Rogers, Larkin Ferrel Brooks, Martha Hensell Brooks, Martha Patsy Brooks, Mary Polly Elizabeth Brooks, Matthew Brooks, Matthew Brooks Jr, Nancy Ann Brooks Rogers, Nancy Brooks, Robert Brooks, Sarah Brooks, Sarah Sally Brooks Teel Teal Diel, Tilford Thomas Brooks, Tilman Dixon Brooks Twin, William H Billy Brooks.
  • Matthew Brooks passed away in 1846 in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev War)
1748–1840
Birth Location: Cluster Springs, Halifax, Virginia, USA
RW
Sarah Faulkner
1758–1840
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
SF

Spouses(s)

ELIZABETH Warren
1779–1855
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
EW
Mary Hobby
1784–1867
Birth Location: Robeson, North Carolina, USA
MH

Children(s)

Martha Brooks
1801–1862
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
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Sarah Brooks
1806–1855
Birth Location: Person County, North Carolina, USA
SB
Nancy Brooks
1797–
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
NB
Matthew Brooks
1799–1885
Birth Location: Person, North Carolina
MB
Catherine Brooks
1816–1900
Birth Location: Person, North Carolina, United States
CB
Robert Brooks
1819–1878
Birth Location: Olive Hill, Person County, North Carolina
RB
Sarah Diel
1804–1891
Birth Location: Highland Wartrace Creek, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
SD
Elijah Brooks
1805–1861
Birth Location: Jackson, Tennessee or Person Co, NC
EB
Alethea Holleman
1811–1879
Birth Location: Highland Wartrace Creek, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
AH
Tilman twin
1819–1908
Birth Location: Highland Wartrace Creek, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Tt
Tilford Brooks
1819–1914
Birth Location: Jackson County, Tennessee, United States
TB
Mary Brooks
1812–1891
Birth Location: Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States
MB
Larkin Brooks
1814–1878
Birth Location: Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
LB
William Brooks
1805–1850
Birth Location: Highland, Wartrace Creek, Jackson, Tennessee or NC
WB
Nancy Rogers
1815–1898
Birth Location: Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
NR
Frances Rogers
1823–1863
Birth Location: Highland Wartrace Creek, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
FR
Martha Brooks
1826–1910
Birth Location: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA
MB
Elizabeth Rogers
1825–1894
Birth Location: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA
ER
Matthew Jr
1802–1838
Birth Location: Highland, Wartrace Creek, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
MJ

Matthew Brooks's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Brooks
1780–1846
Birth Place: Person County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Rev John Thomas Brooks (Rev War)
1748–1840
Cluster Springs, Halifax, Virginia, USA
Sarah (Elizabeth) Faulkner
1758–1840
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert (Brooks (Rev) War)
1700–1778
New Kent, Virginia, USA
Tabitha (Hopkins) Brooks
1708–1800
Halifax, Virginia Colony
John (Faulconer (Craig)) .
1730–1805
Essex, Virginia, United States
Joyce Craig
1735–1813
Orange, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Faulconer
1670–1742
Sebalah Newton
1700–1743
Toliver? Taliaferro
1704–1795
Mary Hawkins
1716–1804
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Faulconer
1625–1693
Judith Burkett
1622–1730
Henry Newton
1654–1714
Elizabeth Stoakes
1660–1718
John Rev
1680–1704
Jane Taliaferro
1670–1704
John Hawkins
1680–1740
Mary Long
1681–1742

Matthew Brooks's Descendants

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Matthew Brooks (15 July 1780–15 Nov 1846) m. ELIZABETH ("BETTY" ALLEN) Warren (1779–16 Jun 1855) m. Mary (Polly Harrell Brooks) Hobby (14 Jan 1784–7 April 1867)
  1. 1. Martha (Patsy) Brooks 1801–1862
  2. 2. Sarah Brooks 1806–1855
  3. 3. Nancy Brooks 1797–
  4. 4. Matthew Brooks 1799–1885
  5. 5. Catherine (Kitty) Brooks 1816–1900
  6. 6. Robert Brooks 1819–1878 m. Sarah ("Sallie" E.) Cabal 1821–1895
    1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Brooks 1856–1934
    2. 2. Elaine (Ann Thomas) Brooks 1846–1926
    3. 3. Amanda (G "Mandy") Brooks 1850–1894 m. Joseph (Silas) Harris 1853–1935
      1. 1. Ester (M) Harris 1886–
      2. 2. Ethel (Mae) Brooks 1887–1936
      3. 3. Joseph (Anderson 'Joe') Harris 1884–1964
      4. 4. Della (Harris) Ragers 1880–1942
      5. 5. Anderson Harris 1880–1880
      6. 6. Bertha (M) Harris 1887–1973 m. Benjamin (Bennie Eaton) Barker 1892–1962
        1. 1. Virginia (Barker) Walker 1922–2006
        2. 2. Thelma (Barker) Godsey 1920–1996
        3. 3. Mary (Mandy) Barker 1924–2016 m. Glen (Gene) Dodson 1927–2015
        4. 4. Hallie (Mae Barker) Dodson 1921–2011 m. James (Mitchell) Dodson 1914–2002
        5. 5. Lorena (Barker) Lewis 1918–2003
    4. 4. John (Henry) Brooks 1853–1928
    5. 5. Robert (Gillis) Brooks 1855–
    6. 6. Rebecca (L) Brooks 1858–
    7. 7. Mary (Ellen) Brooks 1860–1934
    8. 8. James (William (Jim)) Brooks 1849–1934
  7. 7. Sarah (Sally Brooks Teel Teal) Diel 1804–1891
  8. 8. Elijah Brooks 1805–1861
  9. 9. Alethea (Brooks) Holleman 1811–1879
  10. 10. Tilman (Dixon Brooks) twin 1819–1908 m. Sarah (Elizabeth Howard "Sally") Anderson 1818–1911
    1. 1. Jubal (Ira Brooks) Private 1846–1942
    2. 2. Calvin (Davis "Brud") Brooks 1856–1950
    3. 3. Serena Brooks 1860–1912
    4. 4. John (B.) Brooks 1862–1938
    5. 5. William (Tilford) Brooks 1848–1917
    6. 6. Oliver (H.) Brooks 1850–1944
    7. 7. Howard (Anderson Brooks) MD 1840–1916
    8. 8. Matthew (J) Brooks 1842–1861
    9. 9. Amanda (Jane) Brooks 1852–1917 m. George (Clare) Pew 1842–1921
      1. 1. William (Anderson) Pew 1868–1952
      2. 2. John (Benjamin) Pew 1869–1870
      3. 3. George (Franklin) Pew 1871–1880
      4. 4. Daniel (Ernest) Pew 1875–1947
      5. 5. David (A.) Pew 1873–1874
      6. 6. John (Brooks) Pew 1877–1960 m. Maysie (Vivian) Pittman 1884–1984
        1. 1. Ann (Vivian) Pew 1904–1997
        2. 2. John (Brooks Pew) Jr 1907–1971 m. Mary (Louise) Bilheinier 1914–1986
        3. 3. Dorothy Pew 1910–
        4. 4. Alfred (Pittman) Pew 1916–2005
        5. 5. Mary (Virginia) Pew 1911–2011
    10. 10. Mary (Elizabeth "Mollie") Brooks 1843–1931
    11. 11. Sarah (G) Brooks 1854–1854
  11. 11. Tilford (Thomas) Brooks 1819–1914 m. America (King) Brooks 1817–1903
    1. 1. Cina (Sinai F Brooks Trulove) Truelove 1841–1930
    2. 2. Henry (C) Brooks 1844–1927
    3. 3. Larkin (H.) Brooks 1844–1863
    4. 4. Mary (F.) Brooks 1847–1850
    5. 5. John Brooks 1852–1934
    6. 6. Thomas (J.) Brooks 1856–1856
    7. 7. William (A) Brooks 1857–1860
    8. 8. James (Jacob Monroe) Brooks 1851–1933 m. Prudence (Lavina) Kimbro 1853–1928
      1. 1. Daisy (Arizona) Brooks 1882–1958 m. Charles (Webster) Boyd 1877–1956
        1. 1. Roy (Jasper) Boyd 1901–1965 m. Imogene (Helen) Byrd 1903–1990
        2. 2. Elbert (James) Boyd 1904–1990
        3. 3. Ralph (Edward) Boyd 1909–1939
        4. 4. Naomi Boyd 1913–
      2. 2. John Brooks 1871–1943
      3. 3. Alva Brooks 1876–1955
      4. 4. Ira (Eugene) Brooks 1886–1907
      5. 5. Elzie Brooks 1888–1915
  12. 12. Mary ("Polly" Elizabeth) Brooks 1812–1891 m. Joshua (John) King 1814–1881 m. Henry (V) Carner 1802–1834
    1. 1. Eletha (F) King 1843–1848
    2. 2. Angeletta King 1839–1840
    3. 3. Larkin (Brooks) King 1852–1939
    4. 4. John (James) King 1848–1941
    5. 5. Mathew (Thomas) King 1853–1917
    6. 6. Amos (Rankin) King 1857–1957
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Loretta) King 1841–1895
    8. 8. Sarah ("Sally" Bransford King) Montgomery 1838–1935
    9. 9. Martha (Canzada) King 1843–1936
    10. 10. Alfred (W) Carner 1830–1830
    11. 11. Daughter Carner 1835–1840
    12. 12. William (Henry Carner) Rev 1833–1917 m. Hannah (Sarah Forcade) Carner 1866–1918 m. Nicey (B Reeves) Carner 1841–1905 m. Martha (Harris) Carner 1834–1872
      1. 1. Martha (Francis) Carner 1873–1960 m. Charles (Ellsworth) Joiner 1866–1936
        1. 1. Jessie Joiner 1894–1976 m. Andrew Frymire 1894–1968 m. Hervey (Elmer) Ray 1895–1974
        2. 2. Irene Joiner 1897–1964
        3. 3. Elizabeth Joiner 1907–1991
      2. 2. Eliza (J) Carner 1855–1872
      3. 3. John (Columbus) Carner 1857–1941
      4. 4. Mary ("Mollie" E) Carner 1859–1930
      5. 5. Addie Carner 1861–1862
      6. 6. Sinea Carner 1863–1880
    13. 13. Mary (Jane "House") Carner 1832–1906
  13. 13. Larkin (Ferrel) Brooks 1814–1878
  14. 14. William (H. "Billy") Brooks 1805–1850
  15. 15. Nancy (Ann Brooks) Rogers 1815–1898
  16. 16. Frances (Fanny Brooks) Rogers 1823–1863
  17. 17. Martha (Hensell) Brooks 1826–1910
  18. 18. Elizabeth (R Brooks) Rogers 1825–1894
  19. 19. Matthew (Brooks) Jr 1802–1838

Matthew Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1780
15 July 1780
Birth of Matthew Brooks in Person County, North Carolina, USA
Person County, North Carolina, USA
1846
15 Nov 1846
Age 66
Death of Matthew Brooks in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 July 1780
    Event Place: Person County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1846
    Event Place: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
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