TRIBUTARIESJosiah/4w Brooks
M, #12955, (say 1720 - after 18 February 1750)
Josiah/4w Brooks|b. say 1720\nd. after 18 Feb 1750|p1296.htm#i12955|Josiah/3w Brooks|b. 26 Aug 1681\nd. before 25 Apr 1732|p734.htm#i7333|Lucy (–?–)|b. say 1695||Capt. Timothy/2w Brooks|b. circa 1635\nd. before 7 Oct 1712|p420.htm#i4191|Mehitabel/2 Mowry|b. say 1644|p420.htm#i4192|||||||
| Father* | Josiah/3w Brooks1 b. 26 Aug 1681, d. b 25 Apr 1732 |
| Mother* | Lucy (–?–)1 b. s 1695 |
| Appears on charts: | Descendants of Henry1w Brooks Descendants of Timothy/2w Brooks Descendants of Josiah/3w Brooks |
| Last Edited | 7 Jun 2008 |
Josiah/4w Brooks Jr. was born in Salem County, West Jersey Province. In the will of Henry/4w Brooks, 18 Feb 1749/50, Josiah was to have half the plantation "he and I now live on."1,2 Of Fairfield, Josiah died intestate in 1750.3
Isaac/3w? Brooks
M, #12956, (circa 1680 - )
Isaac/3w? Brooks|b. circa 1680|p1296.htm#i12956|Capt. Timothy/2w Brooks|b. circa 1635\nd. before 7 Oct 1712|p420.htm#i4191|Mehitabel/2 Mowry|b. say 1644|p420.htm#i4192|Henry/1w Brooks|b. circa 1592\nd. 12 Apr 1683|p262.htm#i2619|(–?–) (–?–)|d. before 1650||Roger/1 Mowry|d. 5 Jan 1666/67|p734.htm#i7336|Mary Johnson|b. say 1615\nd. before 6 Jan 1678/79|p4070.htm#i40691|
| Father* | Capt. Timothy/2w Brooks b. c 1635, d. b 7 Oct 1712 |
| Mother* | Mehitabel/2 Mowry b. s 1644 |
| Father-Can | Josiah/3w Brooks1 b. 26 Aug 1681, d. b 25 Apr 1732 |
| Mother-Can | Lucy (–?–)1 b. s 1695 |
| Appears on charts: | Descendants of Henry1w Brooks Descendants of Timothy/2w Brooks |
| Last Edited | 30 Dec 2008 |
Isaac/3w? Brooks, according to Robert Peacock Brooks, was a constable on the south side of Cohansey River, Fairfield, NJ, 1707 and 1720.1 The author comments, "I can not verify that Isaac is a son of Josiah, but since he served as a constable on the South side of the Cohansey in 1707 and 1720, and as there were no other members of a Brooks family in that section other than the family of Josiah, I am of the opinion that he is a son."1
I find that parentage chronologically impossible. Josiah, the author's candidate for Isaac's father, was not born until 1681. A son of Josiah would have been no more than a young boy, if even born, by 1707. Since the Brooks families in the area all descended from Capt. Timothy/2 of Cohansey, Isaac was more likely a late son of Capt. Timothy/2w Brooks and his 2d wife Mehitabel/2 Mowry, and is so placed here. Thus Josiah would be Isaac's brother, not father. One problem with this identification is that Isaac is unmentioned in Timothy's will.
Isaac, as a son of Timothy, must have been born either in the narrow window between his siblings Rebecca (5 Oct 1679) and Josiah (26 Aug 1681) — that is, in 1680 — or after Josiah. The importance of the office of constable which he held in 1707 suggests the earlier birth date.
A second possible identity of the Fairfield constable is that of his 1st cousin Isaac/3w Brooks Jr. (son of Isaac/2w, Timothy's brother), who disappears from Woburn, MA vital records after 1696. This is problematical, as one Hannah Brooks, believed to be the Woburn man's widow, (re)married at Woburn in 1702.
I find that parentage chronologically impossible. Josiah, the author's candidate for Isaac's father, was not born until 1681. A son of Josiah would have been no more than a young boy, if even born, by 1707. Since the Brooks families in the area all descended from Capt. Timothy/2 of Cohansey, Isaac was more likely a late son of Capt. Timothy/2w Brooks and his 2d wife Mehitabel/2 Mowry, and is so placed here. Thus Josiah would be Isaac's brother, not father. One problem with this identification is that Isaac is unmentioned in Timothy's will.
Isaac, as a son of Timothy, must have been born either in the narrow window between his siblings Rebecca (5 Oct 1679) and Josiah (26 Aug 1681) — that is, in 1680 — or after Josiah. The importance of the office of constable which he held in 1707 suggests the earlier birth date.
A second possible identity of the Fairfield constable is that of his 1st cousin Isaac/3w Brooks Jr. (son of Isaac/2w, Timothy's brother), who disappears from Woburn, MA vital records after 1696. This is problematical, as one Hannah Brooks, believed to be the Woburn man's widow, (re)married at Woburn in 1702.
Source Citations/Notes:
- [S132] Robert Peacock Brooks, Timothy Brooks of Massachusetts and His Descendants, 47.
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