John Brookes, Co. Cavan, Ireland, and New Jersey
Looking for ancestry of John Brookes, b. 11 June 1789 in County Cavan, Ireland, emigrated to USA 1817, d. 1836 in Rahway, Union Co., New Jersey.He was son of John and Isabella Brookes.He married 1)Ann Finney in Ireland, 1811, 2)Abigail Cleveland in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Children by Ann Finney are
1. Isabella, b. 1812 Ireland, m. Andrew Osborn, lived in Newark, New Jersey
2. Elizabeth, b. 1813
3. William, b. 1815 Ireland, m. Maria Louise Andrews, d. 1857 in St. Louis, Missouri
4. Mary Ann, b. 1817 aboard ship coming to America, m. John J. Wright
5. John Ephraim Brookes, b. 1820 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, m. Julia Spence, d. 1866 in St. Louis, Missouri
6. Wesley, b. 1822 Elizabeth, New Jersey, d. 1830.
Of children by Abigail Cleveland, only 1 survived to adulthood:
Phebe Ball Brookes, b. 1833 Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. James Duncan Campbell