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Thomas Brooks

Male 1613 - 1667  (54 years)


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  • Name Thomas Brooks 
    Birth 1613  , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 May 1667  Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1090  Master
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2016 

    Father Hugh Brooks,   b. 1580, Barrow Gurney, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1636, Barrow Gurney, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Preston,   b. 1595, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1637 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 1612  , , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Wheeler,   b. 1594, Haverhill, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1664, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 21 May 1627  Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gersham Brooks,   b. 1632, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1686, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     2. Mary Brooks,   b. 1636, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1693, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +3. Joshua Brooks,   b. 23 Sep 1636, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1698, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1613 - , Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 May 1627 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 May 1667 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Captain Thomas Brooks (1) was the emigrant ancestor of
      Walter Frederic Brooks, of Worcester, Massachusetts,
      and a large part of the Brooks families in this
      country. It is claimed by some authority he came
      from Suffolk, England. He settled first at Water-
      town, where he had a lot assigned him in 1631. He
      was admitted a freeman December 7, 1636, but very
      soon afterward removed to Concord and settled. In
      Watertown he was one of "the townsmen then inhabiting"
      to whom the general court granted certain
      plow lands along Beaver brook in 1636.
      He was elected by the general court constable
      of Concord, December 4, 1638. He was a deputy to
      the general court seven years, representing the town
      of Concord. He was captain of the Concord company.
      He held various other offices. He was an
      assessor, or "appraiser of horses, cattle, etc., for
      the purpose of taxing." He was appointed a special
      officer to prevent drunkenness among the Indians.
      He purchased of the general court the right to carry
      on the fur trade at Concord for the sum of five
      pounds. In his day he was a leading citizen, both
      in civil affairs and in the military.
      His wife Grace died May 12, 1664. He died intestate,
      May 21, 1667. An agreement among his
      heirs on file at the probate office made June 17,
      1667, was signed by the eldest son, Joshua Brooks,
      Captain Timothy Wheeler, husband of Mary Brooks,
      Caleb Brooks and Gershom Brooks, also sons of
      Captain Thomas. The children of Captain Thomas
      Brooks were: 1. Mary, married Captain Timothy
      Wheeler, of Concord, He died July 10, 1687; she
      died October 4, 1693. 2. Hannah, married, December
      13, 1647, Thomas Fox. 3. Joshua, of whom later.
      4. Caleb, born 1632, married, April 10, 1660, Susannah
      Atkinson (daughter of Thomas Atkinson), born
      1641 and died 1669; married (second) Hannah,
      sister of his first wife, born 1643 ; removed from
      Concord to Medford in 1670. 5. Gershom, married,
      March 12, 1666-7, Hannah Eckles, daughter of Richard
      and Marj' Eckles, of Cambridge, had sons Daniel
      and Joseph, and four daughters. There may have
      been other children of Captain Thomas Brooks.