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Rebecca Brooks

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Title: Rebecca Brooks
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<metadataxml><content><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Rebecca is reported to have been from Ireland. However, it is possible that Rebecca was of Melungeon origin. Brooks is a common Melungeon surname in her part of North Carolina. It was important to many Melungeons to "pass" as Caucasian in order to avoid discriminatory laws and social customs of the 1800s. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;This might explain why the two Anglo fathers of her two sons did not marry her, and also why she moved from Virginia to the wilds of North Carolina. She named the boys using their fathers' surnames as their first names:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Stokes H Brooks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Young Nathan Brooks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Their fathers' given names are unknown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Because Stokes and his wife were not buried in an easily located cemetery, their information appears in the memorial of their son, Larkin, Find A Grave Memorial# 83053466.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line></content></metadataxml>

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2020-03-10 21:05:28.000

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_PID: 6390121853
_OID: d88be398-4a0f-42c0-b607-09fa9cd54ddc
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0638175076814F84A51840CDB47774E8C01D

Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
Elizabeth Rebecca Brooks
1776
248 Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
1 November 29, 1875
148 99 Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
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