Pvt. Luke/5a Brooks

M, #1900, (10 August 1731 - 17 January 1817)
Pvt. Luke/5a Brooks|b. 10 Aug 1731\nd. 17 Jan 1817|p190.htm#i1900|Thomas/4a Brooks|b. 28 May 1701\nd. 22 Dec 1790|p223.htm#i2225|Hannah/3 Dakin|b. 23 Oct 1704\nd. 3 Jul 1784|p180.htm#i1798|Noah/3a Brooks|b. 1656 or 1657\nd. 1 Feb 1738/39|p193.htm#i1923|Dorothy/2 Potter|b. circa 1662\nd. 15 Mar 1752|p814.htm#i8137|Dea. Joseph/2 Dakin|b. circa 1671\nd. 13 Mar 1744|p731.htm#i7307|Dorothy/3 Worcester|b. 21 Jan 1674/75|p731.htm#i7308|
Father*Thomas/4a Brooks1 b. 28 May 1701, d. 22 Dec 1790
Mother*Hannah/3 Dakin1 b. 23 Oct 1704, d. 3 Jul 1784
Appears on charts:Descendants of Dea. Joshua/2a Brooks
Descendants of Noah/3a Brooks
Descendants of Thomas/4a Brooks
Last Edited9 May 2010
       Pvt. Luke/5a Brooks was born 10 Aug 1731 at Concord, MA.1 He married (int. 16 May 1755, Stow), Lucy/5 Wheeler, daughter of Capt. Timothy/4 Wheeler and Abigail/3 Munroe, with whom he had 10 children.2 They lived at Stow, where his 1790 census household included Luke, three other males over 16, and three females.3 Lucy died at Stow 8 Jan 1817.4 There he died the 17th of the same month, at age 85.5
     His home, a brick house on the Stow/Boxborough town line, still stands, said his descendant Cynthia Walker in 1998: "I've never been there, but I've been told ... Go to Boxborough, and as you cross the town line into Stow, it's the 1st house over the town line, a large brick house on the left." But according to The Minute Men, he lived in Assabet Village, then part of Stow, later set off to Maynard; this location was, in 1975, at the corner of Summer Hill Rd. and Summer St.6,7
     Luke Brooks was in the Assabet company of minute men which marched on the Lexington Alarm, 19 Apr 1775.7

Family

Lucy/5 Wheeler b. 5 Nov 1733, d. 8 Jan 1817
Children
  • Capt. Stephen/6a Brooks8 b. 1 Dec 1756, d. 21 May 1836
  • Joel/6a Brooks9 b. 17 May 1758, d. 4 Feb 1841
  • Lucy/6a Brooks10 b. 3 Mar 1760
  • Nathan/6a Brooks11 b. 20 Nov 1761
  • Silas/6a Brooks12 b. 15 Feb 1764, d. 2 Mar 1846
  • Amos/6a Brooks13 b. 26 Mar 1766
  • Luke/6a Brooks14 b. 23 Jun 1768, d. 11 Mar 1840
  • Dolly/6a Brooks15 b. 23 Jun 1770
  • Timothy/6a Brooks16 b. 1 Apr 1772, d. 6 May 1844
  • Lydia/6a Brooks17 b. 15 Jul 1774, d. 1 Nov 1787

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S185] Concord BMD, 129, Luke Brooks b.
  2. [S43] DAR Patriot Index (1966), 89: 16 May 1756 (in error).
  3. [S985] 1790 U.S. Census, Stow, Middlesex, MA, M637/4/561, Luke Brooks.
  4. [S80] Stow VR, 236, Lucy Brooks d.
  5. [S80] Stow VR, 236, Luke Brooks d.
  6. [S208] Cynthia (Pennock) Walker, telephone calls, 11 and 23 Apr 1998.
  7. [S219] The Minute Men, 1775–1975, 37, Assabet Village Minute Men roster.
  8. [S80] Stow VR, 15, Stephen Brooks b.
  9. [S80] Stow VR, 14, Joel Brooks b.
  10. [S80] Stow VR, 14, Lucy Brooks b.
  11. [S80] Stow VR, 15, Nathan Brooks b.
  12. [S80] Stow VR, 15, Silas Brooks b.
  13. [S80] Stow VR, 13, Amos Brooks b.
  14. [S80] Stow VR, 14, Luke Brooks b.
  15. [S80] Stow VR, 14, Dolle Brooks b.
  16. [S80] Stow VR, 15, Timothy Brooks b.
  17. [S80] Stow VR, 14, Lydia Brooks b.; 236, d.
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