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       Capt. Caleb/4a Brooks was born 8 Jul 1694 at Medford, MA.¹ He lived at Charlestown and in that part of Medford which became Winchester. Then of Charlestown, there he married (1), 3 Mar 1730/31 (int. 22 Jan), Mary/4 Winn of Charlestown, daughter of Increase/3 Winn and Mary (–?–), with whom he had 10 children.^2,3,4 She died at Medford 1 Jan 1745/46.^5,6 There he married (2), 1 Mar 1749/50, Ruth/2 Albree of Medford, daughter of John/1 Albree and Elizabeth Green, with whom he had 5 children.⁷ Administrator of his mother's estate, he filed her inventory 16 May 1757.⁸
     18 Apr 1743, by an agreement among the heirs of Capt. Ebenezer Brooks, sons Thomas, Samuel, Ebenezer and Caleb took all the real estate, agreeing to pay their remaining siblings cash legacies.⁹
     "His Will, dated May 2, 1766, mentions wife Ruth, son Caleb, son John (who is provided for, as wishing to be a physician), drs. Mary Pratt, Abigail Hall, Ruth Secomb, Sarah, Increase, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Ebenezer."¹⁰ "He was administrator of his father's estate, dated May 16, 1766, and his discharge is signed by Ebenezer, Thomas, Samuel Nathan Cheever, Thomas Oakes, Samuel, Rebecca Pratt. This makes all the children then living, but Mary."¹¹ He died at Medford 21 Nov 1766 at age 72.¹² Buried with both wives in Salem Street Cemetery, Medford.³ Seccomb's Journal records, "Nov 30 1766. Funeral sermon for Capt. Caleb Brooks, who died of a cancer in the face the 28th. of Nov."¹³
     "He built at the time of his marriage, the house at Symmes corner, now [1855] called the Burket house, and there he lived and died. This homestead was inherited by his eldest son Ebenezer, and is still in the possession of the heirs of his daughter Mary. (M.S. Letter of Gersham Brooks Esq.)."¹³ His widow Ruth died at Medford 6 May 1793.¹⁴
     "His homestead, called the Bosquet House, the birthplace of Gov. John Brooks (in that part of Winchester formerly a part of Medford), was removed by Marshall Symmes in 1882."¹⁵
     Caleb Brooks was the surveyor chosen by a committee of Woburn townsmen, 1739, to assist them in laying out the town's last extensive division of common land.¹⁶ Annette Anderson says he raised a force for service in Canada in 1745.¹⁷
     See Wyman's Charlestown Estates for his property transactions there.⁵

       Ruth/2 Albree was born 17 May 1718 at Medford, MA.¹ There she married, as his 2d wife, 1 Mar 1749/50, Capt. Caleb/4a Brooks, son of Capt. Ebenezer/3a Brooks and Abigail/3 Boylston, with whom she had 5 children.² Mentioned in her husband's will, 2 May 1766.³ He died at Medford 21 Nov 1766.⁴ There she died 6 May 1793 at age 74.⁵ Buried with her husband and his 1st wife in Salem Street Cemetery.^5,6

       Mary/4 Winn was born 3 Jul 1711 at Woburn, MA.¹ Then of Charlestown, there she married, as his 1st wife, 3 Mar 1730/31 (int. 22 Jan), Capt. Caleb/4a Brooks, son of Capt. Ebenezer/3a Brooks and Abigail/3 Boylston, with whom she had 10 children.^2,3,4 She died at Charlestown 1 Jan 1745/46 at age 34.^5,6 He married (2), 1750, Ruth Albree of Medford, with whom he had 5 more children, and died at Medford 21 Nov 1766.⁷ Mary is buried with Caleb and his 2d wife in Salem Street Cemetery, Medford.³