BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-82 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIES1780 in Virginia) and Letitia (Stone) Winn (born ca. 1778 in Virginia). Leonardand Tinsy Thomas were the parents of four children:............Robert Massenburg Thomas (1.9.6.1), b. 1825, Virginia............Rhoda Ann Thomas (1.9.6.2), b. 1828, Brunswick County, Virginia............Sarah E. Thomas (1.9.6.3), b. 1833, Virginia............Jane B. Thomas, b. ca. 1838, VirginiaLeonard Thomas died in 1843 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.References: 1) Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November,1997; 2) Ancestral File, extracted November, 1999; 3) Internet Web Site, Register Reportof Robert Brooks, by Warren Forsyth, August, 2002; 4) Internet Web Site, by CindyHuggett, January, 2005ROBERT MASSENBURG THOMAS (1.9.6.1) is the son of Leonard Thomasand Tinney “Tinsy” (Winn) Thomas. Robert was born in 1825 in Virginia.Robert Thomas married Julia “Juley” Ann Kidd. Julia was born on March 12,1820 in Virginia and is the daughter of John B. Kidd and Elizabeth M. (Rainey)Kidd. Robert and Julia Thomas were the parents of five children:............John Lee Thomas (1.9.6.2.1), b. September, 1847, Mecklenburg County, Virginia............William Henry Thomas, b. 1848, Mecklenburg County, Virginia............Sarah A. Thomas, b. 1854, Mecklenburg County, Virginia............Dolly J. Thomas, b. 1856, Mecklenburg County, Virginia............Catherine Thomas, b. 1859, Mecklenburg County, VirginiaIn 1850, 1860 and 1870, Robert and Julia Thomas were living in MecklenburgCounty, Virginia. Julia (Kidd) Thomas died on December 9, 1879. In 1880,Robert Thomas and his children were living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.On May 31, 1883, Robert M. Thomas married a second time to Ann C.“Nannie” Winn in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Nannie was born around1840 in Virginia. Robert M. Thomas died around 1891 in Mecklenburg County,Virginia. On December 23, 1874, William H. Thomas married his first cousin,Lucy T. Ellis (1.9.6.3.1) in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. William and LucyThomas had at least one child: - F. H. Thomas, b. August 13, 1876. WilliamH. Thomas died on September 6, 1879 in Virginia. Sarah Thomas was themother of one son (father unknown): - Oliver Thomas, b. March 30, 1874. OnFebruary 13, 1876, Sarah Thomas married Robert Mitchell in MecklenburgCounty, Virginia. Robert was born in 1856 and is the son of J. Mitchell andEmily Mitchell.References: 1) 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Censuses, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.;2) Email, Cindy Huggett to Robert Casey, September, 2001; 3) Internet Web Site, RegisterReport of Robert Brooks, by Warren Forsyth, August, 2002; 4) Web Site, by CindyHuggett, January, 2005JOHN LEE THOMAS (1.9.6.2.1) is the son of Robert Massenburg Thomas andJulia “Juley” Ann (Kidd) Thomas. John was born in September, 1847 inMecklenburg County, Virginia. John Thomas married Mary Jane Fitts. Marywas born on April 23, 1849 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia and is the daughter