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Captured by French Privateers - William Brooker of Newhaven 1797, by Phyl & Stan Excell, published June 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 6, article, pp.190-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

W. Brooker of Eastbourne: Postcard Publisher 1904-1924, by John Robards, published 1994 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502660]

The Stoner, Hunt and Brooker Families, by Marilyn Shaw-Guisset, published 1998 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13888]

What's in a name, by Roy Boydell, published March 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 5, article, pp.238-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508989] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Napkin Brooker was born to Nathaniel and Sarah née Pigot on 5 October 1770 at Caterham one of seven children. He married Mary Hawkins 23 October 1799 at Lewes and they had eight children. Mary died 18 August 1851 at Maresfield and Napkin married Mary Wicking 4 January 1761 at Godstone.

Napkin's descendants, by Roy Boydell, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.298-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of the descendants of Napkin Brooker and Mary Hawkins.

Now you see them, by Bob Hyslop, published December 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 4, article, pp.202-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508971] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Many family historians run into a brick wall in their research in the years around 1800. Usually it's because parish registers before then have disappeared. Our case is different.
On 24 October 1804 Mary BOOKER was born, and baptised on 20 November 1804 at Iping-cum-Chithurst. Neither in the baptismal record, nor in the Bishop's Transcripts of the same, are the names of any parent given. In both cases the entry follows that of Thomas BOOKER (born 18 August 1804, baptised 2 September 1804), the son of William and Elizabeth BOOKER. The Bishop's Transcript has a tantalizing line under their names, to accompany the entry for Mary BOOKER!

A long line of Thomas Brookers, by Phillipa Brooker, published September 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 7, article, pp.304-307) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508848] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In the past there were many BROOKER families to be found in the Worth area (ref. www.thesussexweald.org) the first BROOKER entry in the parish register, the baptism of John son of William and Agnes, bears the date 17 August 1572. BROOKER is an old Sussex surname meaning 'dweller by the Brook'. Worth was a parish of scattered farms and woodlands with two large estates Crabbet or the Manor of Worth (owned successively by the SMITH, GALE and BLUNT families) and Rowfant (owned by the WHITFIELD, GOODWIN, BETHUNE and LAMPTON families). It was a centre for the charcoal/iron industry in Tudor and Stuart times. Leonard GALE who purchased Crabbet in 1698 was the son of Leonard GALE the ironmaster of Tinsley forge. Robert WHITFIELD also an ironmaster had Rowfant forge in 1574. The BETHUNEs held the advowson and produced three generations of vicars in the 18th and 19th centuries (Revd George BETHUNE, Revd George Maximilian BETHUNE, Revd George Cuddington BETHUNE). From 1699 for the purpose of rate assessment the parish was divided into three parts: West End, Middle and Burleigh Arches. There were usually two overseers appointed for each part. The population in 1835 was 1,850 and the acreage 12,400.