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Fowler, Chittenden and other CT Lines

Ebenezer COLE [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 14 Sep 1808 in Plainfield, , NH. He died on 20 Apr 1892 in Lebanon, , NH. Ebenezer married Mary Brewster KIMBALL on 2 Jun 1830 in Cornish, NH.

Have old photograph of Ebenezer in possession, 8 x 10 size, scanned
321.jpg and back of photo with writing naming children is 321bk.jpg

Mary Brewster KIMBALL [Parents] was born on 2 Dec 1806 in Cornish, , NH. She died on 29 Nov 1854 in Cornish, , NH. Mary married Ebenezer COLE on 2 Jun 1830 in Cornish, NH.

We have "Ella Cole Fowler's grandmother's lace cap and lace collar.

They had the following children:

M i Henry Ebenezer COLE

F ii Flora Mills COLE was born on 28 Oct 1837 in Cornish, , NH.

Read letter under brother Lovel. It is apparent that Flora married Sheldon and was living in New London, Wisconsin. Hope to check this out on census.

I have a letter from Flora to brother Henry Ebenezer. She owed them debt and had not written in a very long time as she told them that she had 5 dtrs and one son (this was May 30, 1875). She also talks about a lot of other people. Her married name can not be made out.

M iii Lowell Kimball COLE

BROOKS was born about 1804. He married Martha.

Martha was born about 1804. She married BROOKS.

Other marriages:
HINES, Josiah

See letter under her son Calvin. She apparently married a Brooks first and then a Hines (Hinds).

They had the following children:

M i Warren BROOKS was born about 1825.

M ii Albin BROOKS was born in 1826.

M iii Calvin M. BROOKS [scrapbook] was born on 19 Sep 1835.

LDS Film No. 458393 has a Calvin Brooks b. abt. 1814 Princeton, Worcester, Mass. was the son of Calvin Brooks and Elizabeth Bartlett. Calvin's mother was a Martha.

On Batch No. 7221319, sheet 3, there is a Calvin Usher Brooks, christened on
3 Dec 1810 Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn. No wife, parents or children.

On Batch No. C501251 there is a Calvin Mason Brooks, b. 9 Apr 1823 Princeton, Worcester, Mass., son of Jonas Brooks.

Here is a letter written by Calvin to his sister, Abby. I have original. I also have many letters he wrote to her during his Civil War service. He enlisted in Platteville, Wisc. 22 Apr 1861 and was discharged 28 Jun 1864.

LETTER ID NUMBER: 1860-8
POSTMARKED: Aug. 10, 1860
ENVELOPE ADDRESS: Miss Jane Wells, Lebanon, N.H.
LETTER DATE: Aug. 8, '60
FROM: "C.M. Brooks" and also "Calvin"
TO: "My dear sister" [Abigail Jane Wells]
OTHER PERSONS MENTIONED: Freeman, Warren and his wife Mariam Woods, Caroline, "Miras"
GENERAL SUBJECT: Calvin is lonely for his family....see Comments
CONTENT:

"Pag first
Platteville [Grant County, Wisconsin]
my dear sister
your leter is bee fore mee and O i am so glad to hear from my own sister onse mor that I hardley know what to say i am well hope these few (O how i doo wish) lines will find you enjoying the same grat blessing you write that you ware not well i am very sory you must bee very carful and try and get well a gan and abov all try and keep up and bee happy dont get down harted i am very much afrad that you under rate you self dont do that sister you wish to know wat i am doing it is hardley worth knoing am to work building houses and carpentery work in jeneral that is when i can find any work to do in the summer last winter i worked in the lead mines hear but had very pore success i think some of trying it agan this winter but do not know yet what i shal do. as for freeman [their brother] he started for St. Luis about three months ago and i hav not herd from him since. i was up to whar warrens wife lives last week she was well and so was the children and litel Caroline. i forget what the woman's name was before she was mared but she makes a good match fore Miras [?] thay are not ether of them any betery than they shold be and i wish that Caroline had a beter home whare she wood hav a beter chance.

and now something else you say that you are the same girl as when i last saw you O how wish i was thair to embrce you once more O my sister i tell you i hav not forgot those hapy times when wee ware to gether among the green hills of old vermont onley sadened by the thoughts of parting those was hapy times and i look back to them as the hapist times i ever saw but take corage briter haper times a coming i hope. you think you will not get married be fore you are twenty a very good resolution. and a bout that unfortunate being i dont think he will so very unfortunate for i think he will get a sencubel [sensible] girl at least and as for buty [beauty] i can tel beter when i see that likness of yourn. continued on pag 5
page 5 i shal be very happey to reciev your liknes and be ashurd [assured] however it looks to others if it looks like you it will look well a nuf for mee. and dear sister i am steady and not as bad as some but not as good as i had ought to bee. i red your leter very well and shold not hav ben tierd if thare had ben twice as much more but for fear you will not make out as well with this one i will stop be fore long. giv my best wishes to all enquiring frindes and to your father and mother in particular. and may heaven bless you good by from your loving brother C.M. Brooks
P.S. since riting the abov i hav hd my liknes taken and will send it
warrenes [their brother Warren] wife name was Mariam Woods Calvin"

COMMENTS: Calvin was born 19 Sept. 1835 so was almost age 25 when he wrote this letter. Abby, who was born 22 Sept. 1843, was not quite 17 when she received this letter. She was true to her word and did not marry until age
21. This letter gives valuable information not known before, the name of
their brother Warren's wife...Mariam Woods. It sounds as if Warren and his wife may be divorced and she has children by Warren that she is raising, but is now living with a man named "Miras". It doesn't sound like Calvin thought much of either Mariam or Miras. I don't know who Caroline was. Some disaster caused the mother of Calvin and Abby, Martha Hines, to have to give up her children. Perhaps she became a widow and the children were put up for adoption. After she re-married, she was not able to keep the children. Calvin is having problems earning a living, even though single, and that may have led him to join the Union army the following year. There was no public welfare to speak of in those days and no Social Security survivor's benefits. People sometime starved when they couldn't make a living. This letter was separated from its envelope, but I found it. Someone had removed the envelope and written on the outside "Old Stamps" and apparently used it to keep the old stamps which were unfortunately removed from the envelopes, all of which are lost now.

Calvin is found in the 1850 Vermont Census, "ORLE" County, Lowell Township,
p. 82. He is age 14, male, born in Vermont, in the household of Joseph Souther, age 32, b. N.H., Mary Ann, age 32, b. Vt., and Lucy, age 2, b. Vt. On p. 78 of same township is found: Josiah D. Hines, age 49; Martha W. Hines, age 46; Ann Hines, age 13; Freeman Brooks [not a Hines], age 12; Lovina Hines, age 12, female; and Advin [no last name given but he was a Brooks], age 24, female [...but this is incorrect as he was a male and his name looks like "Albin" in the 1854-9 letter]. Since Calvin and his brothers Advin and Freeman have the Brooks last name, I am going to assume that Martha earlier married a Brooks and he died and she married Josiah Hines, also a widower, since he has two daughters aged 12 and 13 with the Hines last name. For some reason, Josiah Hines did not take in all of the children of Martha's. Calvin was farmed out and Abigail was adopted into the Wells family. She probably also started out as a Brooks. Since Abigail was only 7 years old in 1850, it is doubtful that the two Hines girls listed in this census were actual daughters of Martha's.

There are other Hinds in this state in the same 1850 census: In "LAMO" County, Eden township, p. 89, is found: Josiah D. Hinds, age 27, born Vt.; Catherine Hinds, age 21, born N.H.; and Jane, age 2, female, born Vermont. This must be the son of Josiah Hinds that Martha married. In the 1869-5 letter, Martha Hinds mentions "Josiah and Family are as well as usual except little Jane", so this confirms the relationship. The family is also mentioned in letter 1869-8. In this census, they appear to be in the house-hold of Sylvester Carpenter, age 31, b. Vt.; Lodena Carpenter, age 27, born N.H.; and Mindwell Carpenter, age 6, born Vt. It is possible that Lodena is Catherine Hinds sister as they are about the same age and both came from N.H.

In the same "LAMO" County, Eden township, p. 88, is: Abel S. Hinds, age 41, born Vt., and Maria [?] Hinds, age 40, born Vt., and five children ages 9-19, all born in Vt. This is likely to be the brother of Josiah D. Hines Sr., who married Martha.

In the same township, p. 89 is found: Eli Hinds Jr., age 58, born Mass; Lydia Hinds, age 46, born N.H., and seven children, all born in Vt., ages 3-17. Also in the family is Eli Hinds, age 83; Polly Hinds, age 81; both born in Mass. and obviously the parents of Eli Hinds Jr., and also Patsy [or Patty] Hinds, age 47, b. Vt., probably a spinster daughter. Eli Jr. is perhaps the oldest child of Eli Sr., and inherited the farm and the parents stayed there with them, as was the custom.

But, complicating the picture, is another family found in the same Vermont census, FRAN Co., Franklin Township, p. 347: Warren Hines, age 42, born Vt.; Sibel [?] Hines, age 40, born Vt., Caroline Hines, age 16; Lucella Hines, age 11; Adelpha Hines, age 4; Arnold Brooks, age 20; Harmon Brooks, age 12 [all above born in Vt.], and Elizabeth Hines age 77, born Rhode Island. In the family next to them is found Martha Hines, age 36, born Vt., and she is a real puzzle. This could not be the Warren mentioned in all of the letters as a brother of Calvin and Abbie as he is too old and Letter 1854-9 says he was not married at that time. But Letter 1860-8 mentions Caroline and "Warren's wife" in the same breath. I have copies of all of these censuses.

There is a great web site for the 2nd Wisconsin group. It is found at: http://secondwi.com/toc.htm

At this site they have much on Calvin and his group. At the return of the 2nd Wisconsin group, their former general said:

"The last time I spoke to you before this,- and, boys, you know I never talked to you very often-was at Rocky Camp just after the battle of Antietam. Then there were but seventy of you able to report for duty. during the three preceding weeks four hundred of your number had fallen in battle." That demonstrates how hard it was for Calvin.

"Perhaps the most touching moment occurred when Governor Lewis, while in mid speech proclaimed 'and the heavens wept', and with that a spate of rain with large wet drops fell upon the shoulders of all present. I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that there was nary a dry eye among the lads."

On the same page is the following comment on the officers of the 2nd Wisconsin:

"Not an officer of the line who left with it came back O'Connor, Stevens, Randolph, Colwell, McKee, Hughes, Noble, Sanford and Spoerri lie "dead on the field of honor." Col. Mansfield and Lieut. Col. Parsons are wounded and in the hands of the enemy at Gordonsville. Capts. Rollins and Baldwin are still in Libby Prison; Richmond, unless they have been recently been sent farther South. The regiment returns under the command of Maj. Geo. H. Otis, who left the State as a private in the ranks."

"The boys of the Second left 1051 strong and return reduced to 174 souls, many of those injured. Their three years of devotion to the Union are over and without enough men alive to become a Veteran Volunteer Regiment, they return to where they started." That means that 83.5 per cent of the group perished The group returning was met by family; Calvin was probably met by no one.

"The Second Wisconsin fought in most of the major battles in the Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania area. It may be there is no prouder record of service in the Union Army that that of the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. No other regiment in the entire Union Army was as active and sustained as great a percentage of killed in the saving of the Union."

In 8/98, I got this from: james johnson
James is the one who does the 2nd Wisc. Civil War Regiment page.

"I particularly wanted to write as we were in Madison yesterday getting
some material from the Historical Society for the upcoming Irish Fest.
Since we were there, I had a chance to do a little research relative to
Calvin - The Red Book Muster Roll shows him as being from St. Lawrence
county, NY, and having blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion and being
5' 4 3/4" tall. The 1860 national census shows him living in Platteville
with the Nehemiah Goodrich family at family # 255. Mr. Goodrich was 40
and also from NY and a carpenter, Mrs. (Delia) was 33 and from NY. The
children were Ellen 12, Ella 4, Martha 3, all being born in Wisconsin.
The household also had Sarah Henderson 17, born WI, A.C. Johnson, 26, a
Brick Mason b. WI; Calvin, 24; and Lewis Jones (either 14 or 16 - can't
really be read)a black male born WI. It sort of looks like Calvin may
have been living there as an employee of Goodrich along with AC Johnson.
The 1855 census of the state has only the Goodrich family in that
location. Our 1865 census was mostly destroyed so I can't check that and
by 1870, he's not listed anywhere in the state so I guess he really
moved west (there are no marriages or deaths listed in the alpha
pre-1907 listing, nor does he appear in the 1880 Wisc. Veterans reunion
list)" The following is from Susan Johnson

Did some poking around the Historical Society on Saturday and ran across the following in "History of Grant County, WI" Holford 1900 and thought you might like to add it to your file:

"It was not practicable to take a military company under John Callis for Grant County's quota on a 1st Call (April 15, 1861 from Lincoln, the next day from Gov. Randall) as many were not ready to leave on short notice so it fell to towns to furnish a quota of the volunteers in proportion to its population, and this was not looked on as a duty, but claimed as a right by several towns. There was a hum of eager excitement in every town. There had been many claims to the honor of being the first man in the county to enlist, but as enlistments were going on simultaneously in all the towns, it was impossible to decide the question. In Plattesville the honor was given to Calvin M. Brooks...."
"While at Boscobel (in training) the ladies of the company presented to the company a banner with the motto: "Lead is King, Not Cotton" They left Boscobel May 5th and went into camp at Madison"

I recently saw something that said that he was in the So. Dakota
Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p. 106. The name of C. M. Brooks appeared in a listing of people listed in an 1880 township atlas of Davison county and indicated that Mr. Brooks owned (or lived on) land described as Section 11 of Rome Township.

Here is something showing he was in Union Co., SD:

Union Co., SD -- Early Homesteaders

This file contains a listing of the homesteaders of Union Co. With the information presented here, you can order a copy of the homesteader's file from the National Archives in Washington, D. C. Information extracted by Joy Fisher, [email protected]

"Brooks, Calvin M. Section 21; Township 95N; Rage 48W; Township: Alcester"

That can be seen at:

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/sd+index+721080932087+F

There is a "Brooks, Milford C. IPSWICH (town)" in the alphabetical index to the "List of G.A.R. Posts in SD" which is union veterans living there. This possibly may be Calvin, but unlikely:

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/sd+index+642468098416+F
The following are not known to be related (land grants):

Albert E. Brooks, Nelson Co., ND 28 Aug 1889
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/nelson/land/nels-ab.txt

Edward L. Brooks, Oliver Co., ND 6 Jun 1910
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/oliver/land/oliv-ai.txt

Edwin Brooks, Renville Co., ND (3 lots) 3 Nov 1905
Mary E. Brooks 11 Apr 1907
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/renville/land/renv-ac.txt

Arvilla Brooks, Richland Co., ND 30 Mar 1881
Edith Brooks, 25 Feb 1885
Henry Brooks, 10 Feb 1882
Marcus Brooks, 19 Aug 1881
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/richland/land/rich-ac.txt

Archie Brooks, Rolette Co., ND 18 Oct 1889
Luce Brooks, 12 May 1897
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/rolette/land/role-ab.txt

Luxton J. Brooks, Stutsman Co., ND 15 May 1883-1910
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/stutsman/stutland.html

M iv Freeman BROOKS was born in 1838.

F v Abigail Jane (Wells) BROOKS

Lyman WELLS [scrapbook] was born about 1805. He married Fanny PERRY.

Fanny PERRY [scrapbook] was born about 1807. She married Lyman WELLS.

They had the following children:

F i Abigail Jane (Wells) BROOKS

Stephen COLE [Parents] was born about 1755. He married Mary WHITNEY.

Mary WHITNEY was born about 1770. She married Stephen COLE.

The book, "History of The Colony of New Haven" by Edward Atwater, pub. 1902, reprinted 1989 by Heritage Press, mentions Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin as living in this area. It would be interested in seeing if Mary were related to Eli, who was about her age I suppose, as Eli established a fac- tory for manufacturing firearms in 1798 in a town now called Whitneyville, where William Fowler (#60) also lived.

They had the following children:

M i Ebenezer COLE

Ebenezer COLE [Parents] was born in 1732. He died on 2 Nov 1808. Ebenezer married Elizabeth WHEELER.

Elizabeth WHEELER [Parents] was born on 10 Dec 1728 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass.. She died on 27 Feb 1814. Elizabeth married Ebenezer COLE.

They had the following children:

M i Daniel COLE was born about 1750.

M ii Stephen COLE

M iii John COLE was born about 1757.

M iv Asa COLE was born about 1760.

In September of 1993, I received an inquiry from Diane Tofte Kropp, 3003 Country Club Drive, Pearland, TX 77581. She said that she has an Asa Cole in her line who was "b. 1759 and died in Great Barrington, MA but resided in New Marlborough, MA since he was age 17 (1776)."

In 4/99, I received an inquiry from Helene Crowley :

" Hi - I found your name with Asa on the Ancestry World Tree. I am researching Asa Cole and his father Asa Cole found in Huron Co, OH in 1820 and 1821. The senior Cole purchased land in Huron Co, OH with Thomas Cole who resided in NY. This land later passed to the son, Asa who was b. abt. 1806 m. 1822 Olive Pixley in Huron Co, OH and d. 2 Apr 1828 in Huron Co, OH."

Ephraim COLE was born on 14 Jun 1688. He died in Cornish, , New Hampshire. Ephraim married Sarah.

According to the Cornish town history, the first Cole to settle in Cornish. They had several children. Six pages of the Cole genealogy are listed in the Cornish town history. Coles may have been part of the large Scotch-Irish immigration to America which began in 1718, possibly from Ulster.

Sarah was born about 1706. She died on 27 Jul 1799 in Cornish, , N.H.. Sarah married Ephraim COLE.

Town records show that she died on this date at age of 93, so the birth date is fairly accurate.

They had the following children:

M i Ebenezer COLE

John CAFFINGE was born about 1610. He married Mary FOWLER.

See note under wife. There is a John Caffinch listed as arriving in the second ship to Guilford in July 1639. Next to his name there is a notation "Rem. to N.H." This means "removed to New Haven." I don't see the name "Coffing" in the New England records, so I am going to assume that the name "Caffinch" is the correct one for her husband. Both names were listed in different sources. Nothing more is known of them.

Mary FOWLER [Parents] was born about 1624 in Dalbury Lees, , , England. She died in 1657 in , , , America. Mary married John CAFFINGE.

In the "History of the Colony of New Haven" by Edward Atwater, p. 712, it states that Mary Fowler, wife of John Caffinch, died 1657. In old records of my family, her name is given as Sarah. Also, in the book, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" by Alvan Talcott, it calls her Sarah. She had these children:

Sarah CAFFINGE was born 4 Mar 1651.

Mary CAFFINGE was born 9 Jul 1654.

Elizabeth CAFFINGE was born 18 Feb 1656.

They had the following children:

F i Sarah CAFFINGE was born on 4 Mar 1651.

F ii Mary CAFFINGE was born on 9 Jul 1654.

F iii Elizabeth CAFFINGE was born on 18 Feb 1656.

Thomas PRENCE was born about 1590 in , , England. He died on 29 Mar 1673 in Plymouth, , Mass and was buried on 8 Apr 1673 in Plymouth, , Mass. Thomas married Mary COLLIER on 1 Apr 1635 in Plymouth, , Mass.

Other marriages:
BREWSTER, Patience

Mary COLLIER [Parents] was born about 1611 and was christened on 18 Feb 1611/1612 in St. Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England. She died in 1658/1662. Mary married Thomas PRENCE on 1 Apr 1635 in Plymouth, , Mass.

William COLLIER [Parents] was born in 1585/1590 in St. Olave, South, Surrey, Eng.. He died on 5 Jul 1671 in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. William married Jane about 1610 in St Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England.

"One of the merchant adventurers."

Jane was born on 20 Oct 1591. She died on 2 Dec 1661 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Jane married William COLLIER about 1610 in St Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England.

They had the following children:

F i Mary COLLIER

F ii Sarah COLLIER

Frederick BARTLETT was born about 1770. He married Betsy EDWARDS.

This man's name and his wife are not proven as yet. Here are some marriages:

Daviess Co., KY
Nancy Ann Bartlett - Jeremiah Wayland, May 4, 1828
Shelby Co., KY
James Bartlett - Catherine Miller, March 20, 1821
George Bartlett - Fanny McQuaid, August 15, 1821
Samuel Bartlett - Louisa Wayland, February 1, 1824
Clark Co., MO
William Bartlett - Lucy Riley, April 14, 1842
Elizabeth E. Bartlett - Patrick M. Foree, May 7, 1847
Louisa A. Bartlett - George K. Biggs, July 8, 1847
Lorenzo D. Bartlett - Julia Ann Brown, March 29, 1849
Mary A. Bartlett - Milton Hendricks, October 4, 1849
Scotland Co., MO
Bartlett N. Wayland - Catherine Bourn, February 29, 1844
Jackson Bartlett - Arminta Jane Myers, December 25, 1870 (my gg-grandfather)

I have traced my Bartlett line back to Owen County, Indiana, with a possible tie to Shelby County Kentucky. My ggg-grandfather was James C. Bartlett, born in Kentucky about 1810. He married Sarah Alexander, 1831 in Owen Co., IN. The 1850 census of Owen Co. has George Bartlett, born Kentucky, living in the same township. I have traced him to Shelby Co, KY where he married Fanny McQuaid. In the 1880 census James C. Bartlett appears with Kentucky listed as the birthplace of both parents. If this is true, which I doubt, they would be among the very early settlers of Kentucky.

There is a large line of Bartletts found in Kentucky by the 1790s having origins in Spotsylvania Co., VA:
Thomas Bartlett
William Bartlett, Sr,
William Bartlett, Jr. (brothers Thomas and Harry) m. Mary Crane
Frederick Bartlett (bros. Harry, John, James) m. Betsey Edwards Children of Frederick born before 1805 include Polly, Nancy, Samuel, and William. His brother had a son George, possibly the one I trace from Indiana. Samuel Edwards Bartlett appears to be the son of Frederick. I suspect that my James C. Bartlett may be the son of Frederick or his brother James.

Some interesting coincidences: My ggg-grandfather named his oldest daughter Louisa. George Bartlett had a daughter Julia (b. 1828, KY). According to another Wayland family tree, Abel Wayland was born in Spotsylvania Co., VA. My gg-grandfather and his brother migrated from Indiana to nearby Scotland Co., MO.

While there is a lot of evidence that we have the same Bartlett line, there are some contradictions. It is difficult to accept that Nancy was born in New Jersey if she is from this line. I have one source giving her name as Nancy Ann and another as Nancy Jane, born NJ. Do you have independent evidence of her middle name and/or her birthplace? What about the sister married to George Haywood? I have not found that marriage yet. Do you have information on her, or is that strictly from the Missouri history books?

Do you have any thoughts on the other Bartletts, William and Lorenzo, that I found in Clark Co. marriages? Could these be more sons of Samuel and Louisa, or related in some other way? Perhaps William who married Lucy Riley in MO is the brother of Samuel and the other son of Frederick. Frederick last appears in the 1810 Jefferson CO., KY census, and it is not known what happened to him. Brother James appears there as late as 1820.

An alternate theory would be that the Shelby Co. KY Bartletts are an independent line with origins in New Jersey. The James Bartlett of Shelby Co. married a widow who had at least one married daughter, so it appears that he might have been a generation older that Samuel. He could be James from Jefferson Co., brother of Frederick, or the patriarch of a different
line. Still another possibility is that Nancy and Samuel were not related. Have you confirmed Nancy's birthplace from census data? If not, I plan to spend a day at a genealogy library over the Holidays and I will look her up. Maybe I can find Mrs. George Haywood also. Please let me know if you have any additional theories that I should pursue.

Frederick Bartlett's brother Henry(Harry) kept a diary of a trip to Kentucky to visit his brothers ca. 1805, in which he named their children. The children of Frederick named were Polly Crane, William, Samuel, and Nancy. Sandra Taylor maintains a Bartlett research website (http://www.brightok.net/~flower) where information from this diary will soon be available.

George Allison 12/98

Betsy EDWARDS was born about 1775. She married Frederick BARTLETT.

They had the following children:

M i William BARTLETT was born about 1798.

M ii Samuel Edwards BARTLETT was born in Mar 1800. He died in 1836.

NOTE: A, p.97; B, p.16

There is a conflict regarding date of death. May be 1848.

F iii Polly Crane BARTLETT was born about 1801.

NOTE: B, p.8. Also see the addendum and correction to B book.

F iv Nancy Jane BARTLETT was born on 25 Mar 1803 in Elizabethtown, , Kentucky. She died on 16 Jul 1890 in , Clark Co., Missouri.

NOTE: A, p.97; B, p.8,9

Nancy's sister married George Haywood and her brother, Samuel Bartlett, married her husband Jeremiah's sister, Louisa (A54). The Waylands, Bartletts, and Haywoods settled virgin land where there was nothing but Indians and they were very close knit. Roberta Bostic Davis reportedly has Nancy's family bible. She is located at: 675 East Main, Kohoka, MO 63445.

Another source gives marriage as 4 May 1828 in Davies Co., KY

Surname List | Name Index

M	i	Henry Ebenezer COLE
F	ii	Flora Mills COLE was born on 28 Oct 1837 in Cornish, , NH. Read letter under brother Lovel. It is apparent that Flora married Sheldon and was living in New London, Wisconsin. Hope to check this out on census. I have a letter from Flora to brother Henry Ebenezer. She owed them debt and had not written in a very long time as she told them that she had 5 dtrs and one son (this was May 30, 1875). She also talks about a lot of other people. Her married name can not be made out.
M	iii	Lowell Kimball COLE

M	i	Warren BROOKS was born about 1825.
M	ii	Albin BROOKS was born in 1826.
M	iii	Calvin M. BROOKS [scrapbook] was born on 19 Sep 1835. LDS Film No. 458393 has a Calvin Brooks b. abt. 1814 Princeton, Worcester, Mass. was the son of Calvin Brooks and Elizabeth Bartlett. Calvin's mother was a Martha. On Batch No. 7221319, sheet 3, there is a Calvin Usher Brooks, christened on 3 Dec 1810 Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn. No wife, parents or children. On Batch No. C501251 there is a Calvin Mason Brooks, b. 9 Apr 1823 Princeton, Worcester, Mass., son of Jonas Brooks. Here is a letter written by Calvin to his sister, Abby. I have original. I also have many letters he wrote to her during his Civil War service. He enlisted in Platteville, Wisc. 22 Apr 1861 and was discharged 28 Jun 1864. LETTER ID NUMBER: 1860-8 POSTMARKED: Aug. 10, 1860 ENVELOPE ADDRESS: Miss Jane Wells, Lebanon, N.H. LETTER DATE: Aug. 8, '60 FROM: "C.M. Brooks" and also "Calvin" TO: "My dear sister" [Abigail Jane Wells] OTHER PERSONS MENTIONED: Freeman, Warren and his wife Mariam Woods, Caroline, "Miras" GENERAL SUBJECT: Calvin is lonely for his family....see Comments CONTENT: "Pag first Platteville [Grant County, Wisconsin] my dear sister your leter is bee fore mee and O i am so glad to hear from my own sister onse mor that I hardley know what to say i am well hope these few (O how i doo wish) lines will find you enjoying the same grat blessing you write that you ware not well i am very sory you must bee very carful and try and get well a gan and abov all try and keep up and bee happy dont get down harted i am very much afrad that you under rate you self dont do that sister you wish to know wat i am doing it is hardley worth knoing am to work building houses and carpentery work in jeneral that is when i can find any work to do in the summer last winter i worked in the lead mines hear but had very pore success i think some of trying it agan this winter but do not know yet what i shal do. as for freeman [their brother] he started for St. Luis about three months ago and i hav not herd from him since. i was up to whar warrens wife lives last week she was well and so was the children and litel Caroline. i forget what the woman's name was before she was mared but she makes a good match fore Miras [?] thay are not ether of them any betery than they shold be and i wish that Caroline had a beter home whare she wood hav a beter chance. and now something else you say that you are the same girl as when i last saw you O how wish i was thair to embrce you once more O my sister i tell you i hav not forgot those hapy times when wee ware to gether among the green hills of old vermont onley sadened by the thoughts of parting those was hapy times and i look back to them as the hapist times i ever saw but take corage briter haper times a coming i hope. you think you will not get married be fore you are twenty a very good resolution. and a bout that unfortunate being i dont think he will so very unfortunate for i think he will get a sencubel [sensible] girl at least and as for buty [beauty] i can tel beter when i see that likness of yourn. continued on pag 5 page 5 i shal be very happey to reciev your liknes and be ashurd [assured] however it looks to others if it looks like you it will look well a nuf for mee. and dear sister i am steady and not as bad as some but not as good as i had ought to bee. i red your leter very well and shold not hav ben tierd if thare had ben twice as much more but for fear you will not make out as well with this one i will stop be fore long. giv my best wishes to all enquiring frindes and to your father and mother in particular. and may heaven bless you good by from your loving brother C.M. Brooks P.S. since riting the abov i hav hd my liknes taken and will send it warrenes [their brother Warren] wife name was Mariam Woods Calvin" COMMENTS: Calvin was born 19 Sept. 1835 so was almost age 25 when he wrote this letter. Abby, who was born 22 Sept. 1843, was not quite 17 when she received this letter. She was true to her word and did not marry until age 21. This letter gives valuable information not known before, the name of their brother Warren's wife...Mariam Woods. It sounds as if Warren and his wife may be divorced and she has children by Warren that she is raising, but is now living with a man named "Miras". It doesn't sound like Calvin thought much of either Mariam or Miras. I don't know who Caroline was. Some disaster caused the mother of Calvin and Abby, Martha Hines, to have to give up her children. Perhaps she became a widow and the children were put up for adoption. After she re-married, she was not able to keep the children. Calvin is having problems earning a living, even though single, and that may have led him to join the Union army the following year. There was no public welfare to speak of in those days and no Social Security survivor's benefits. People sometime starved when they couldn't make a living. This letter was separated from its envelope, but I found it. Someone had removed the envelope and written on the outside "Old Stamps" and apparently used it to keep the old stamps which were unfortunately removed from the envelopes, all of which are lost now. Calvin is found in the 1850 Vermont Census, "ORLE" County, Lowell Township, p. 82. He is age 14, male, born in Vermont, in the household of Joseph Souther, age 32, b. N.H., Mary Ann, age 32, b. Vt., and Lucy, age 2, b. Vt. On p. 78 of same township is found: Josiah D. Hines, age 49; Martha W. Hines, age 46; Ann Hines, age 13; Freeman Brooks [not a Hines], age 12; Lovina Hines, age 12, female; and Advin [no last name given but he was a Brooks], age 24, female [...but this is incorrect as he was a male and his name looks like "Albin" in the 1854-9 letter]. Since Calvin and his brothers Advin and Freeman have the Brooks last name, I am going to assume that Martha earlier married a Brooks and he died and she married Josiah Hines, also a widower, since he has two daughters aged 12 and 13 with the Hines last name. For some reason, Josiah Hines did not take in all of the children of Martha's. Calvin was farmed out and Abigail was adopted into the Wells family. She probably also started out as a Brooks. Since Abigail was only 7 years old in 1850, it is doubtful that the two Hines girls listed in this census were actual daughters of Martha's. There are other Hinds in this state in the same 1850 census: In "LAMO" County, Eden township, p. 89, is found: Josiah D. Hinds, age 27, born Vt.; Catherine Hinds, age 21, born N.H.; and Jane, age 2, female, born Vermont. This must be the son of Josiah Hinds that Martha married. In the 1869-5 letter, Martha Hinds mentions "Josiah and Family are as well as usual except little Jane", so this confirms the relationship. The family is also mentioned in letter 1869-8. In this census, they appear to be in the house-hold of Sylvester Carpenter, age 31, b. Vt.; Lodena Carpenter, age 27, born N.H.; and Mindwell Carpenter, age 6, born Vt. It is possible that Lodena is Catherine Hinds sister as they are about the same age and both came from N.H. In the same "LAMO" County, Eden township, p. 88, is: Abel S. Hinds, age 41, born Vt., and Maria [?] Hinds, age 40, born Vt., and five children ages 9-19, all born in Vt. This is likely to be the brother of Josiah D. Hines Sr., who married Martha. In the same township, p. 89 is found: Eli Hinds Jr., age 58, born Mass; Lydia Hinds, age 46, born N.H., and seven children, all born in Vt., ages 3-17. Also in the family is Eli Hinds, age 83; Polly Hinds, age 81; both born in Mass. and obviously the parents of Eli Hinds Jr., and also Patsy [or Patty] Hinds, age 47, b. Vt., probably a spinster daughter. Eli Jr. is perhaps the oldest child of Eli Sr., and inherited the farm and the parents stayed there with them, as was the custom. But, complicating the picture, is another family found in the same Vermont census, FRAN Co., Franklin Township, p. 347: Warren Hines, age 42, born Vt.; Sibel [?] Hines, age 40, born Vt., Caroline Hines, age 16; Lucella Hines, age 11; Adelpha Hines, age 4; Arnold Brooks, age 20; Harmon Brooks, age 12 [all above born in Vt.], and Elizabeth Hines age 77, born Rhode Island. In the family next to them is found Martha Hines, age 36, born Vt., and she is a real puzzle. This could not be the Warren mentioned in all of the letters as a brother of Calvin and Abbie as he is too old and Letter 1854-9 says he was not married at that time. But Letter 1860-8 mentions Caroline and "Warren's wife" in the same breath. I have copies of all of these censuses. There is a great web site for the 2nd Wisconsin group. It is found at: http://secondwi.com/toc.htm At this site they have much on Calvin and his group. At the return of the 2nd Wisconsin group, their former general said: "The last time I spoke to you before this,- and, boys, you know I never talked to you very often-was at Rocky Camp just after the battle of Antietam. Then there were but seventy of you able to report for duty. during the three preceding weeks four hundred of your number had fallen in battle." That demonstrates how hard it was for Calvin. "Perhaps the most touching moment occurred when Governor Lewis, while in mid speech proclaimed 'and the heavens wept', and with that a spate of rain with large wet drops fell upon the shoulders of all present. I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that there was nary a dry eye among the lads." On the same page is the following comment on the officers of the 2nd Wisconsin: "Not an officer of the line who left with it came back O'Connor, Stevens, Randolph, Colwell, McKee, Hughes, Noble, Sanford and Spoerri lie "dead on the field of honor." Col. Mansfield and Lieut. Col. Parsons are wounded and in the hands of the enemy at Gordonsville. Capts. Rollins and Baldwin are still in Libby Prison; Richmond, unless they have been recently been sent farther South. The regiment returns under the command of Maj. Geo. H. Otis, who left the State as a private in the ranks." "The boys of the Second left 1051 strong and return reduced to 174 souls, many of those injured. Their three years of devotion to the Union are over and without enough men alive to become a Veteran Volunteer Regiment, they return to where they started." That means that 83.5 per cent of the group perished The group returning was met by family; Calvin was probably met by no one. "The Second Wisconsin fought in most of the major battles in the Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania area. It may be there is no prouder record of service in the Union Army that that of the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. No other regiment in the entire Union Army was as active and sustained as great a percentage of killed in the saving of the Union." In 8/98, I got this from: james johnson James is the one who does the 2nd Wisc. Civil War Regiment page. "I particularly wanted to write as we were in Madison yesterday getting some material from the Historical Society for the upcoming Irish Fest. Since we were there, I had a chance to do a little research relative to Calvin - The Red Book Muster Roll shows him as being from St. Lawrence county, NY, and having blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion and being 5' 4 3/4" tall. The 1860 national census shows him living in Platteville with the Nehemiah Goodrich family at family # 255. Mr. Goodrich was 40 and also from NY and a carpenter, Mrs. (Delia) was 33 and from NY. The children were Ellen 12, Ella 4, Martha 3, all being born in Wisconsin. The household also had Sarah Henderson 17, born WI, A.C. Johnson, 26, a Brick Mason b. WI; Calvin, 24; and Lewis Jones (either 14 or 16 - can't really be read)a black male born WI. It sort of looks like Calvin may have been living there as an employee of Goodrich along with AC Johnson. The 1855 census of the state has only the Goodrich family in that location. Our 1865 census was mostly destroyed so I can't check that and by 1870, he's not listed anywhere in the state so I guess he really moved west (there are no marriages or deaths listed in the alpha pre-1907 listing, nor does he appear in the 1880 Wisc. Veterans reunion list)" The following is from Susan Johnson Did some poking around the Historical Society on Saturday and ran across the following in "History of Grant County, WI" Holford 1900 and thought you might like to add it to your file: "It was not practicable to take a military company under John Callis for Grant County's quota on a 1st Call (April 15, 1861 from Lincoln, the next day from Gov. Randall) as many were not ready to leave on short notice so it fell to towns to furnish a quota of the volunteers in proportion to its population, and this was not looked on as a duty, but claimed as a right by several towns. There was a hum of eager excitement in every town. There had been many claims to the honor of being the first man in the county to enlist, but as enlistments were going on simultaneously in all the towns, it was impossible to decide the question. In Plattesville the honor was given to Calvin M. Brooks...." "While at Boscobel (in training) the ladies of the company presented to the company a banner with the motto: "Lead is King, Not Cotton" They left Boscobel May 5th and went into camp at Madison" I recently saw something that said that he was in the So. Dakota Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p. 106. The name of C. M. Brooks appeared in a listing of people listed in an 1880 township atlas of Davison county and indicated that Mr. Brooks owned (or lived on) land described as Section 11 of Rome Township. Here is something showing he was in Union Co., SD: Union Co., SD -- Early Homesteaders This file contains a listing of the homesteaders of Union Co. With the information presented here, you can order a copy of the homesteader's file from the National Archives in Washington, D. C. Information extracted by Joy Fisher, [email protected] "Brooks, Calvin M. Section 21; Township 95N; Rage 48W; Township: Alcester" That can be seen at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/sd+index+721080932087+F There is a "Brooks, Milford C. IPSWICH (town)" in the alphabetical index to the "List of G.A.R. Posts in SD" which is union veterans living there. This possibly may be Calvin, but unlikely: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/sd+index+642468098416+F The following are not known to be related (land grants): Albert E. Brooks, Nelson Co., ND 28 Aug 1889 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/nelson/land/nels-ab.txt Edward L. Brooks, Oliver Co., ND 6 Jun 1910 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/oliver/land/oliv-ai.txt Edwin Brooks, Renville Co., ND (3 lots) 3 Nov 1905 Mary E. Brooks 11 Apr 1907 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/renville/land/renv-ac.txt Arvilla Brooks, Richland Co., ND 30 Mar 1881 Edith Brooks, 25 Feb 1885 Henry Brooks, 10 Feb 1882 Marcus Brooks, 19 Aug 1881 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/richland/land/rich-ac.txt Archie Brooks, Rolette Co., ND 18 Oct 1889 Luce Brooks, 12 May 1897 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/rolette/land/role-ab.txt Luxton J. Brooks, Stutsman Co., ND 15 May 1883-1910 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/stutsman/stutland.html
M	iv	Freeman BROOKS was born in 1838.
F	v	Abigail Jane (Wells) BROOKS

M	i	Daniel COLE was born about 1750.
M	ii	Stephen COLE
M	iii	John COLE was born about 1757.
M	iv	Asa COLE was born about 1760. In September of 1993, I received an inquiry from Diane Tofte Kropp, 3003 Country Club Drive, Pearland, TX 77581. She said that she has an Asa Cole in her line who was "b. 1759 and died in Great Barrington, MA but resided in New Marlborough, MA since he was age 17 (1776)." In 4/99, I received an inquiry from Helene Crowley : " Hi - I found your name with Asa on the Ancestry World Tree. I am researching Asa Cole and his father Asa Cole found in Huron Co, OH in 1820 and 1821. The senior Cole purchased land in Huron Co, OH with Thomas Cole who resided in NY. This land later passed to the son, Asa who was b. abt. 1806 m. 1822 Olive Pixley in Huron Co, OH and d. 2 Apr 1828 in Huron Co, OH."

F	i	Sarah CAFFINGE was born on 4 Mar 1651.
F	ii	Mary CAFFINGE was born on 9 Jul 1654.
F	iii	Elizabeth CAFFINGE was born on 18 Feb 1656.

M	i	William BARTLETT was born about 1798.
M	ii	Samuel Edwards BARTLETT was born in Mar 1800. He died in 1836. NOTE: A, p.97; B, p.16 There is a conflict regarding date of death. May be 1848.
F	iii	Polly Crane BARTLETT was born about 1801. NOTE: B, p.8. Also see the addendum and correction to B book.
F	iv	Nancy Jane BARTLETT was born on 25 Mar 1803 in Elizabethtown, , Kentucky. She died on 16 Jul 1890 in , Clark Co., Missouri. NOTE: A, p.97; B, p.8,9 Nancy's sister married George Haywood and her brother, Samuel Bartlett, married her husband Jeremiah's sister, Louisa (A54). The Waylands, Bartletts, and Haywoods settled virgin land where there was nothing but Indians and they were very close knit. Roberta Bostic Davis reportedly has Nancy's family bible. She is located at: 675 East Main, Kohoka, MO 63445. Another source gives marriage as 4 May 1828 in Davies Co., KY