Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 199

James SMITH, Haddam. Died 15 Sep 1735. Invt. £40-19-06. Taken 3 Dec 1734 [sic], by Joseph ARNOLD, Caleb CONE & Thomas BROOKS.

Court Record, Page 12 -- 5 Nov 1734-5 [sic]: Adms. granted to Abraham BROOKS of Haddam.

Page 34 -- 4 Nov 1735: Abraham BROOKS, Adms. exhibits an account of his Adms. Accepted. This Court appoint Abraham BROOKS to be guardian to Susannah SMITH, daughter of James SMITH, late of Haddam deceased, she being 9 years of age. Recog., £50.