Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameBrooks Boughton 
Birthabt 1803, Virginia
FatherJoshua Boughton (-~1817)
MotherAlice Brooke (~1780-)
Documentation
The estate of Joshua Boughton in account with Joseph Janey from 1817 to 1819 was settled on 21 June 1819 by Philip Mann, Anthony Hayes, and Kemp Gatewood. Includes £84.95 paid to Mrs. Boughton as her third part, and additional equal distributions to legatees Reuben B. Boughton, Thomas Boughton, John Boughton, and Broocks Boughton. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, pages 355–356.]
On 25 March 1835, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Alexander Dunn, deceased, was made by Wm. L. Waring, John Boughton and Brooks Boughton. (At the top, the name Boughton is twice written Booton.) [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 23, page 362.]
Broockes Boughton was mentioned in the 26 July 1836 will of his brother, John Boughton, proved 15 August 1836. He also witnessed and proved the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 60–61.]
On 30 June 1837, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of John Foreacres, deceased, was made by Reuben B. Boughton, Broockes Boughton (who signed Brooks Boughton), and Richard J. Muse. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 141.]
On 7 July 1837, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Henry Davis, deceased, was made by Reuben B Boughton, Brooks Boughton, and Saml Muse. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 366.]
On 16 June 1839, an inquisition on the death of an infant child of Jane Ursery was made at the home of Maria Davis, before James Wright a justice of the peace, and George W. Shelton, foreman, William Oliver, Reuben B. Boughton, Benjamin Broocke, Brooks Boughton, William G. Mann, Joseph Owen, Robert S. Cauthorn, Alfred Cauthorn, Thomas Hundley, Jno: W. Robinson, and Doctor William Smith, who say that Jane Ursery did use violent means upon the body of the said infant which must have been the cause of its death. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 382.]
1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Dwelling 550, Family 550
Boughton, Brooks, 47, male, farmer, $2,500 real estate, born in Virginia, married within the year
Boughton, Roberta, 25, female, born in Virginia
Boughton, George, 3/12, male, born in Virginia
Mitchell, Richard, 20, male, teacher, born in Virginia
On 25 March 1835, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Alexander Dunn, deceased, was made by Wm. L. Waring, John Boughton and Brooks Boughton. (At the top, the name Boughton is twice written Booton.) [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 23, page 362.]
Broockes Boughton was mentioned in the 26 July 1836 will of his brother, John Boughton, proved 15 August 1836. He also witnessed and proved the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 60–61.]
On 30 June 1837, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of John Foreacres, deceased, was made by Reuben B. Boughton, Broockes Boughton (who signed Brooks Boughton), and Richard J. Muse. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 141.]
On 7 July 1837, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Henry Davis, deceased, was made by Reuben B Boughton, Brooks Boughton, and Saml Muse. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 366.]
On 16 June 1839, an inquisition on the death of an infant child of Jane Ursery was made at the home of Maria Davis, before James Wright a justice of the peace, and George W. Shelton, foreman, William Oliver, Reuben B. Boughton, Benjamin Broocke, Brooks Boughton, William G. Mann, Joseph Owen, Robert S. Cauthorn, Alfred Cauthorn, Thomas Hundley, Jno: W. Robinson, and Doctor William Smith, who say that Jane Ursery did use violent means upon the body of the said infant which must have been the cause of its death. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 382.]
1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Dwelling 550, Family 550
Boughton, Brooks, 47, male, farmer, $2,500 real estate, born in Virginia, married within the year
Boughton, Roberta, 25, female, born in Virginia
Boughton, George, 3/12, male, born in Virginia
Mitchell, Richard, 20, male, teacher, born in Virginia