Benjamin Brown Tooker, (i) ^

1827 - 1883  (56 years)

• Name	Benjamin Brown Tooker  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	(i) ^
  Birth	11 Mar 1827	South Haven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 May 1883	East Islip, Islip, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  Burial	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States of America
  Person ID	I59	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Carlisle Benjamin Tooker, † < >,   b. 5 Sep 1800, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 14 Jan 1833, Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Brown, ^,   b. 5 Feb 1807, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 8 Jan 1896, Center Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1826  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phebe Lillian Thurston, ^,   b. 13 Jul 1833, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 24 Jul 1909 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1851	South Haven (Presbyterian Church), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  Children	1. John Thurston Tooker, ^,   b. 28 Dec 1852, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 9 Feb 1928, Amityville, Babylon, Suffolk, NY (Age 75 years)   2. Carlisle Thurston Tooker, ^,   b. 3 Dec 1854, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 18 Apr 1927, Oakland, Alameda, CA (Age 72 years)   3. William Thomas Tooker, ^,   b. Oct 1856, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 14 Feb 1941, Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 84 years)   4. Edmund (Edward) Henry Tooker, ^,   b. 27 Aug 1858, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 24 Apr 1929, Westhampton Beach, Southampton, Suffolk, NY (Age 70 years)   5. Katherine (Catherine) B. Tooker, ^,   b. 6 Apr 1860, NY d. 19 Nov 1940, Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 80 years)   6. Robert J. Tooker, <,   b. 10 May 1862, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 7 Feb 1894 (Age 31 years)   7. Mary L. Tooker, <,   b. 28 Jul 1864, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 28 Mar 1930 (Age 65 years)   8. Sarah Frances Tooker, <,   b. 27 Aug 1867, Mastic, Suffolk, Ny d. 12 May 1954 (Age 86 years)   9. Frances "Fannie" H Tooker,   b. 19 Jun 1869, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 29 Sep 1923, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 54 years)   10. Benjamin Brown Tooker, (ii) < >,   b. 12 Mar 1871, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 15 Jun 1950, Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 79 years)   11. Pheobe Lillian Tooker, <,   b. 1 Jun 1872, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 11 Oct 1943, East Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 71 years)   12. Charles Tooker, <,   b. 4 Jul 1874, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 5 Jan 1928 (Age 53 years)   13. Catharine Tooker,   b. 6 Apr 1860, Mastic, Suffolk, Ny d. 19 Nov 1940 (Age 80 years)   14. Edward Henry Tooker,   b. 27 Aug 1858, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 24 Apr 1929, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 70 years)   15. Phoebe Lillian Tooker,   b. 1 Jun 1872, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 11 Oct 1943, East Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  At the 1850 census, he was living in the household of Zopher and Hettie [Mehitabel] Tucker [Tooker]. If he was their son, Zopher would have been about 62 at Benjamin's birth, and more important, Mehitable would have been about 47. Most sources place this Benjamin as the son of Carlisle Tooker (Tucker) and Mary Ann Brown, and grandson of Zopher. Mary Ann's father was Benjamin Alfred Brown; it is therefore likely that Benjamin's namesake was his maternal grandfather. He is first of a line of at least three Benjamin Brown Tookers. Some sources record a Benjamin Brown Tooker with a birth date of 13 July 1833. While these sources indicate that he married Phebe Lillian Thurston, his children by her are not completely consistent with those recorded here. See for example: http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I05960&tree=Brown. This source references "Memoirs of John Tooker," 1938, of which I am unfamiliar.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 11 Jun 1959, p 32, "Letters from the People.". [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=2507965&pid=-1838067248. [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I27749&tree=Brown. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 113. [S332] Compiled by Gary Robert & Lynn (DiClemente) Brown, "Brown Family of England and Brookhaven,"; , Personal Collection (copy), . 6. Benjamin Brown, b. in Middle Island, Sept 25, 1784; drowned with ten other men off Old Inlet opposite Bellport, Nov. 5, 1813.... Children: 1. Mary Ann, b. Feb 5, 1807; d. Jan 8, 1896. M. Benjamin Tooker, probably of Moriches, L.I., N.Y. by whom she had four children. He died and she m. 2nd, Elihu Hawkins by whom she had a son. [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I01233&tree=Brown. [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=2507965&pid=-1838067264.