Thomas Brooks

1613 - 1667  (54 years)

• Name	Thomas Brooks
  Birth	1613	, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 May 1667	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I1090	Master
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Hugh Brooks,   b. 1580, Barrow Gurney, Somerset, England d. 1636, Barrow Gurney, Somerset, England (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Preston,   b. 1595, Glastonbury, Somerset, England d. 1637 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1612	, , , England
  Family ID	F2103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1613 - , Suffolk, England Marriage - 21 May 1627 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 21 May 1667 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.