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       William/3p Brooks was born in Jul 1683 at Scituate, MA, and there baptised 5 Jul 1685 at the Second Church.^1,2
     His wife may have been a daughter of William Taylor.³ The latter, 1748, willed his York County, ME farm to his three daughters. The same year, Mary Brooks (w. of Nathaniel [William's brother]), William Brooks and Mercy Wright, spinster, all of Scituate, were deeded as heirs of our father William Taylor, who formerly lived in Arundel, ME.³
     Savage says William Brooks left numerous descendants. Says Deane [1831], "William's posterity remain on the ancient seat of the family."^4,5

       Hannah/3 Bisbee was baptised 7 Dec 1656 at the Second Church, Scituate, MA.¹ She married, 6 Jun 1687 at Scituate, Thomas/2p Brooks of Scituate, son of William/1p Brooks and (–?–) (–?–). (Their siblings John Bisbee and Joanna Brooks also married.).^2,3 Daughter Hannah Brooks and her children received bequests in her father's will, 6 Apr 1688.⁴ Thomas Brooks died 30 May 1733 (g.s.) at age 75.^5,6 Hannah died 24 Apr 1741 (g.s.), "in 88th y."^7,8 They are buried in First (South) Parish Cemetery, Norwell (formerly South Scituate).^5,9

       Thomas/3p Brooks Jr. was born 26 Jun 1688 at Scituate, MA, and there baptised 1 Jul at the Second Church.^1,2 He died without issue, 8 Oct 1752 (g.s.), at age 64.³ Buried with his father in First (South) Parish Cemetery, Norwell (formerly South Scituate).^3,4 "With him the male line of this branch became extinct."⁵

       Hannah/2p Brooks was baptised 14 Sep 1645 at the Second Church, Scituate, MA.^2,1 Apparently unmarried at the time of her father's will, 6 Mar 1682/83, as she is bequeathed more than her married sisters.³

       Mary/2p Brooks was baptised 28 Nov 1647 at the Second Church, Scituate, MA.^2,1 Apparently unmarried at the time of her father's will, 6 Mar 1682/83, as she is bequeathed more than her married sisters.³
     "The Torrey entry for the younger Thomas Lapham of Scituate suggests that his wife might have been this Mary Brooks, but none of the sources listed by Torrey includes any evidence relating to this suggestion."³

       Sarah/2p Brooks was baptised 26 May 1650 at the Second Church, Scituate, MA.^1,2 Probably married by the time of her father's will, 1692, and said to have married Joseph Studley [Savage, Deane], though the Great Migration team finds no evidence of the marriage.^3,4

       Miriam/2p Brooks was baptised 6 Jun 1652 at the Second Church, Scituate, MA.^2,1 She married, 4 Apr 1678 at Scituate, John/2 Curtis, son of Richard/1 Curtis and Ann Hallett. Their siblings Nathaniel Brooks and Elizabeth Curtis also married.³

       John/2 Curtis was born 9 Dec 1653 at Scituate, MA, and baptised 5 Feb following at the Second Church.^1,3 John Curtis (the same?) is found in a list of allowed and approved inhabitants granted land in 1673, although he would then have been as young as 19 years of age.⁴ There he married, 4 Apr 1678, Miriam/2p Brooks of Scituate, daughter of William/1p Brooks and (–?–) (–?–). Their siblings Nathaniel Brooks and Elizabeth Curtis also married.⁵ Mentioned in his father's will, 1692.⁶