Individual Details
Ann Brookes
( - )
DAWSON, Benjamin--married Anne BROOKS(?), whose brother Francis BROOKS was of
Plaistow, Essex, England, gent.; of Virginia; she was in Virginia ca 1744, etc.
Some Emigrants To Virginia, W G Stanard, p.28--VM-XVI-p.65
NOTE: the research into the Brookes family in England did not reveal any brother "Francis" - her brother Thomas was of Plaistow. This appears to be a error.
Virginia Gazette:
21 Jun 1770:
Court on May 3, 1770. Edward Cary, plaintiff, agst Richard Brookes & Christopher Dawson, executors of Anne Brookes, dec'd, defendants.
Richard "being beyond sea", the court ordered the other defendant to deliver up his effects of a sufficient value.
Christopher probably a son of Anne and Benjamin. There is a marriage, Kingston Parish, Gloucester, 25 Jun 1758 for an Ann Brooks to Christopher Dawson.
Families
Spouse | Benjamin Dawson ( - ) |
Father | Joseph BROOKES ( - 1718) |
Mother | Living |
Sibling | Capt John BROOKES ( - 1739) |
Sibling | Capt Thomas Brookes (1692 - ) |
Sibling | Living |
Sibling | Joseph Brookes ( - 1744) |
Sibling | Capt Christopher Brookes ( - 1734) |