Eno, Joel Nelson. "William Brooks of Springfield, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) Vol. 72, p. 143.
Children of William Brooks and Mary Burt: 16) Mary, b. 11 Jul 1677, m. 1697 Barrett Steel.
C:608-9 6 Apr 1720 (acknowledged 25 Jun 1720): Mary Steel of Springfield Widdow quitclaimed to brother Ebenezer Brook of Deerfield all interest in lands of my honoured father William Brook deceased within Deerfield. F:60 6 Aug 1731: Mary Steel alias Mary Brooks of Suffield in county of Hampshire in Province of Massachusetts Bay [note: now Suffield, CT ] for £4 conveys to brother Joseph Brooks of Deerfield all land in Suffield granted to my Father William Brooks formerly of Suffield Deceased.