Henry William Brooks, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2]}

1781 - 1856  (75 years)

• Name	Henry William Brooks  [3]
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	1781	Chieveley, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Baptism	20 Sep 1781	Hungerford, Berkshire, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	13 Dec 1819	Gravesend, Kent, England   [1]
  	Pigot's party on the Northampton
  Settler ID	2509
  Name	Henry Brooks 1820
  Occupation	Collingham farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  a Farmer
  Death	15 Jan 1856	Collingham farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2, 5]
  		Brooks, Henry dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-X9Y9-D Keywords: Death Notice
  Person ID	I64578	master
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	James Brooks,   b. Abt 1755
  Mother	Ann, - wife of James Brooks,   b. Abt 1759
  Family ID	F58547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Horne, 1820 Settler,   b. 1795, Tilehurst, Berkshire, England d. 9 Feb 1862, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1814	Tilehurst, Berkshire, England   [1, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Caroline Brooks, 1820 Settler,   b. 1814   d. Abt 1854, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 40 years)   2. William Brooks, 1820 Settler,   b. 1816   3. Ellen Brooks, 1820 Settler,   b. 1817 + 4. Sarah Brooks,   b. 11 Sep 1823, Pigot Park Farm, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Jun 1887, Collingham farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 63 years) + 5. Henry William Brooks,   b. 26 Oct 1824   d. 1873, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 48 years)   6. Edward Brooks,   b. 4 Jan 1826 + 7. Sophia Augusta Brooks,   b. 14 May 1829, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1893, Lady Frere, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 63 years)   8. Emily Brooks,   b. 16 Mar 1831 + 9. Isabella Brooks,   b. 8 Dec 1832   d. 25 Aug 1894, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 61 years)   10. Alfred Brooks,   b. 29 Aug 1834 + 11. Charles Brooks,   b. 25 Jun 1835   d. 3 Oct 1899, Chalumna, Kidd's Beach (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 64 years) + 12. Alexander Richard Brooks,   b. 14 Jul 1836, Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Dec 1908, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F23635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 1781 - Chieveley, Berkshire, England Baptism - 20 Sep 1781 - Hungerford, Berkshire, England Marriage - 1 May 1814 - Tilehurst, Berkshire, England Settler - 13 Dec 1819 - Gravesend, Kent, England Occupation - a Farmer - - Collingham farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 15 Jan 1856 - Collingham farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  An original 1820 Settler in Pigot's Party, came aboard the Northampton. Collingham farm - also known as Governor's Kop. There is record of Henry (Snr) having been granted the farm in 1846. Brooks meaning: At the brook or stream. D/N 9417 - Left moveable and immovable property - James Wallace executor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S372] Dickerson, Trevor - DICKERSON Family Tree, DICKERSON Family Tree. [S3697] Familiy Search Trees, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBFT-2QQ (Reliability: 2). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J386-SY6?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LT6D-1FT (Reliability: 2). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-X9Y9-D (Reliability: 3). [S3760] England Marriages, 1538–1973, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVYK-H6K (Reliability: 2).