Daniel James Brooks^{[1, 2, 3]}

1761 - 1830  (68 years)

• Photos

  Daniel James Brooks Betty Howell Traver collection. Betty H. Traver notes: "These silhouettes were cut at a fair in Brooklyn when granddaughter Elizabeth Thompson was in N.Y.C. visiting her grandparents Daniel James Brooks & Hannah (Sr.) ____. Eliz's parents Wm. Thompson & Hannah Brooks Thompson were in an area with poor schools. Daughter Eliz was writing such poorly spelled and grammatically incorrect letters to them in N.Y., they had her live with them [her grandparents] for a year to get an education. When she was 16 in the 1830's they went to the fair and their silhouettes were cut by a famous silhouelletist "M. Honeywell" who was armless. The black paper was held by her toes while she operated scissors attached to a stand by her mouth."

  
  

  Documents

  Silhouette notes Handwritten notes by Betty H. Traver on the origins of the Brooks family silhouettes.

  
  

• Name	Daniel James Brooks  [4, 5]
  Born	29 May 1761	Virginia   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Lived in	New York, NY   [4, 5]
  FamilySearch ID	LH3H-M11
  FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH3H-M11
  Died	13 Jan 1830	New York, NY   [4, 5]
  Buried	Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York   [6]
  Person ID	I1196	Main
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family	Sarah Berrien,   b. 29 Sep 1764,   d. 10 Sep 1827  (Age 62 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1783	New York   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Notes	Married: 1783. July 17. Berrian, Sarah, and Daniel James Brooks
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Brooks,   b. 29 May 1789, Shelburne, Nova Scotia ,   d. 19 May 1872, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA  (Age 82 years)   2. John Brooks,   b. Bef 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Brooks,   b. Bef 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jane Brooks,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William Brooks,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Sarah Brooks,   b. 27 Jun 1796,   d. 9 Jan 1869  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2009
  Family ID	F473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 May 1761 - Virginia Lived in - - New York, NY Married - 17 Jul 1783 - New York Died - 13 Jan 1830 - New York, NY Buried - - Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Betty Howell Traver notes: "Daniel James Brooks was a cabnitmaker in N.Y.C according to the 1830? census.  He made my Hitchcock style chairs (once a set of 10) for his daughter Hannah when she and Wm. Thompson left N.Y. with their slaves to new lands south. (N.Y. had passed a law banning slavery).  They traveled in a covered wagon." "Daniel James Brooks (and wife) was a Tory and refugeed to Nova Scotia when the Loyalists lost the Am. Revolution." Huguenot Society of South Carolina Transactions, No. 73, 1968, p. 52-53 notes : "a Tory, with whom Sarah went to Shelburne, Nova Scotia. (Sabine, "Biographical Sketches of American Revolutionary Loyalists:, p. 486). But the family returned to N.Y. about 1790.  Both are buried in Grace Episcopal Ch. Cem., Jamaica, N.Y. Children b. in Nova Scotia and N.Y.C." [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom, John S. Howell, Jr. [S725] Charles Perrin, Charles Perrin, (http://www.sneakers.pair.com/roots/index.html). [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S1344] Hannah Brooks Birthday Manuscript, (On file JSHJr. electronic copy available.), see Attach "A". [S1345] Huguenot Society of South Carolina, (Charleston, S.C.), Transactions p. 52-3 by Margaret K. Baumeister. [S1350] Dennis Berrien, Dennis Berrien, (http://www.dennisberrien.com/), http://www.dennisberrien.com/tree5.html#Sarah_PCJC. [S1343] New York Marriages, E. B. O'Callaghan, (http://www.fortklock.com/marriageB.htm), p.28 - "1783. July 17. Berrian, Sarah, and Daniel James Brooks ". [S1345] Huguenot Society of South Carolina, (Charleston, S.C.), Transactions p. 52 by Margaret K. Baumeister. [S1333] Betty Howell Traver, Elizabeth (Howell) Traver, notes from reverse of silhouette of Daniel James Brooks.