Dea. John/4a Brooks

M, #2066, (12 February 1701/2 - 6 March 1777)
Dea. John/4a Brooks|b. 12 Feb 1701/2\nd. 6 Mar 1777|p207.htm#i2066|Ens. Daniel/3a Brooks|b. 15 Nov 1663\nd. 18 Oct 1733|p193.htm#i1928|Anna/3 Merriam|b. 7 Sep 1669\nd. 24 Jan 1757|p193.htm#i1929|Dea. Joshua/2a Brooks|b. circa 1630\nd. before 24 Aug 1697|p163.htm#i1623|Hannah/2 Mason|b. 23 Sep 1636|p163.htm#i1624|John/2 Merriam|b. 9 Jul 1641\nd. 2 Feb 1723/24|p286.htm#i2858|Mary/2 Cooper|b. 11 Sep 1645\nd. 5 Mar 1731|p225.htm#i2246|
Father*Ens. Daniel/3a Brooks1 b. 15 Nov 1663, d. 18 Oct 1733
Mother*Anna/3 Merriam1 b. 7 Sep 1669, d. 24 Jan 1757
Appears on charts:Descendants of Capt. Thomas/1a Brooks
Descendants of Dea. Joshua/2a Brooks
Descendants of Ens. Daniel/3a Brooks
Descendants of Dea. John/4a Brooks
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Last Edited3 Oct 2010
       Dea. John/4a Brooks was born 12 Feb 1701/2 at Concord, MA.1 He married, Jan 1728, Lydia/4 Barker of Concord, daughter of John/3 Barker and Elizabeth Harwood.2,3 They had 10 children, two of them doctors. Mentioned in his father's will, 6 Jan 1728/29.4
     He "lived in that part of Concord which was set off to form Acton in 1735."5 Deacon of the First Church, Acton, and selectman; perhaps also "assessor several years" [Jonas H. Brooks].6,7 "December 21, 1772, he was on a committee from his town to consider the state of the rights of the colonists and the violation of said rights and report a draft of such votes as they shall think proper."8 He died at Acton 6 Mar 1777 (g.s.) at age 75.9 There his widow died 30 Jun 1802.10,11 They are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.12,13

Family

Lydia/4 Barker b. 18 Jun 1711, d. 30 Jun 1802
Children
  • Ens. John/5a Brooks14 b. 17 Dec 1728, d. 1 Sep 1784
  • Capt. Samuel/5a Brooks15 b. 16 Mar 1729/30, d. 29 Jun 1817
  • Lt. Charles/5a Brooks16 b. 6 Apr 1732, d. 8 Mar 1798
  • Lydia/5a Brooks17 b. 7 May 1734, d. 15 Jan 1756
  • Dr. Ephraim/5a Brooks18 b. 5 Aug 1736, d. 13 Jul 1823
  • Daniel/5a Brooks19 b. 24 Oct 1738, d. 25 Aug 1820
  • Capt. Nathaniel/5a Brooks20 b. 17 Feb 1740/41, d. 3 Feb 1838
  • Jonas/5a Brooks21 b. 18 Mar 1743, d. 15 Mar 1746
  • Dr. Peter/5a Brooks22 b. 29 Mar 1745
  • Jonas/5a Brooks23 b. 31 Jul 1747, d. 8 Nov 1825

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S185] Concord BMD, 52, John Brookes b.
  2. [S185] Concord BMD, 119, John Brooks [Jr.] b.
  3. [S282] Threlfall, "Thomas Brooks", 12: "m. 1728, Lydia Barker, b. 18 June 1711…daughter of John and Elizabeth Barker…."
  4. [S1495] Daniel Brooks probate file.
  5. [S138] William Sweetzer Heywood, Hist. Westminster, 564.
  6. [S39] Blake, Hist. Princeton (II), 2:40.
  7. [S475] Roy I. Brooks, "Mortimer Wilson Brooks Line", 2, Deacon John (IV): "He was deacon of the First Church of Acton."
  8. [S628] Jonas H. Brooks, Ancestry, 3–4.
  9. [S187] Acton VR, 255, Dea. John Brooks d. (g.s.).
  10. [S59] Columbian Centinel, 14 Jul 1802, Deaths.
  11. [S187] Acton VR, 255, Lydia Brooks d.
  12. [S187] Acton VR, 255, Dea. John Brooks, wid. Lydia Brooks d. (g.s.).
  13. [S1446] Linda Greene, "Acton Minute Men" web site, Woodlawn and Forest Cemetery listings, 312C, Lydia Brooks; 313C, Dea. John Brooks.
  14. [S185] Concord BMD, 119, John Brooks b.
  15. [S185] Concord BMD, 126, Samuel Brooks b.
  16. [S185] Concord BMD, 132, Charles Brooks b.
  17. [S185] Concord BMD, 137, Lidia Brooks b.
  18. [S187] Acton VR, 20, Ephraim Brooks b.
  19. [S187] Acton VR, 20, Daniel Brooks b.
  20. [S187] Acton VR, 20, Nathaniel Brooks b.
  21. [S187] Acton VR, 20, Jonas Brooks b.; 255, d.
  22. [S187] Acton VR, 20, Peter Brooks b.
  23. [S187] Acton VR, 20, Jonas Brooks b.

Jonas/4a Brooks

M, #2068, (3 October 1718 - )
Jonas/4a Brooks|b. 3 Oct 1718|p207.htm#i2068|Joseph/3a Brooks|b. circa 1670\nd. 11 Jul 1746|p166.htm#i1657|Rebecca/4 Blodgett|b. 5 Jun 1689\nd. 25 Jan 1768|p166.htm#i1658|Dea. Joshua/2a Brooks|b. circa 1630\nd. before 24 Aug 1697|p163.htm#i1623|Hannah/2 Mason|b. 23 Sep 1636|p163.htm#i1624|Thomas/3 Blodgett|b. 26 Feb 1661|p1224.htm#i12239|Rebecca Tidd|b. say 1665||
Father*Joseph/3a Brooks1 b. c 1670, d. 11 Jul 1746
Mother*Rebecca/4 Blodgett1 b. 5 Jun 1689, d. 25 Jan 1768
Appears on charts:Descendants of Capt. Thomas/1a Brooks
Descendants of Dea. Joshua/2a Brooks
Descendants of Joseph/3a Brooks
Descendants of Jonas/4a Brooks
Descendants of John/2w Brooks
Descendants of Sarah/3w Brooks
Descendants of Mary/4w Buck
Last Edited1 Feb 2009
       Jonas/4a Brooks was born 3 Oct 1718 at Concord, MA.1,2 Removed to Bolton, where he was mentioned in his father's will, 4 May 1746.3 There he married, 25 Dec 1746, Dinah/5w Pike of Bolton, daughter of Nathaniel/3 Pike and Mary/4w Buck, with whom he had 8 children.4,5,6 They lived at Bolton and Groton, then removed to Ashburnham, perhaps as early as 1781, when their son Jonas Jr. married there.7 Jonas and two adult sons all headed households at Ashburnham in 1790. Jonas's included himself, Dinah, and one other male over 16, probably a grandson.8 Dinah died his widow at Ashburnham, 24 Aug 1797.9,7

Family

Dinah/5w Pike b. 13 Mar 1720, d. 24 Aug 1797
Children
  • Lois/5a6w Brooks10 b. 29 Oct 1747
  • Hannah/5a6w Brooks11 b. 7 Mar 1748/49, d. 22 Jul 1837
  • Rebecca/5a6w Brooks12 b. 17 Jul 1750
  • Phebe/5a6w Brooks13 b. 18 Sep 1751
  • Simeon/5a6w Brooks14 b. 2 Mar 1753
  • Dea. Jonas/5a6w Brooks15 b. 20 Feb 1755, d. 9 Dec 1850
  • Eunice/5a6w Brooks16 b. 20 Oct 1758, d. 22 Jun 1841
  • Dinah/5a6w Brooks17 b. 2 Jul 1763

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S185] Concord BMD, 96, Jonas Brooks b.
  2. [S282] Threlfall, "Thomas Brooks", 12: 3 Oct 1718.
  3. [S572] William Gray Brooks, 60.
  4. [S198] Bolton VR, 114, Jonas Brooks/Dinah Pike m.
  5. [S282] Threlfall, "Thomas Brooks", 12.
  6. [S479] Frederic W. Bailey, Worcester County Marriages, 40, Jonas Brooks & Dinah Pike, Bolton.
  7. [S292] Ezra S. Stearns, Hist. Ashburnham, 625, Jonas Brooks.
  8. [S985] 1790 U.S. Census, Ashburnham, Worcester, MA, M637/4/11, Jonas Brooks.
  9. [S194] Ashburnham VR, 176, wid. Jonas Brooks d. (c.r.).
  10. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Lois Brooks b.
  11. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Hannah Brooks b.
  12. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Rebekah Brooks b.
  13. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Phebe Brooks b.
  14. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Simeon Brooks b.
  15. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Jonas Brooks b.
  16. [S198] Bolton VR, 16, Eunice Brooks b.
  17. [S268] Groton VR, 44, Dina Brooks b.
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