John/4w Brooks

M, #5955, (14 January 1708/9 - before 6 March 1787)
John/4w Brooks|b. 14 Jan 1708/9\nd. before 6 Mar 1787|p596.htm#i5955|Jabez/3w Brooks|b. 17 Jul 1673\nd. 30 Jan 1746/47|p263.htm#i2623|Hepsibah/3 Cutter|b. 15 Aug 1671\nd. 1 Jan 1745/46|p265.htm#i2647|John/2w Brooks|b. circa 1623\nd. 29 Sep 1691|p263.htm#i2621|Eunice/2 Mousall|b. say 1628\nd. 1 Jan 1683/84|p263.htm#i2622|Richard/2 Cutter|b. say 1620|p975.htm#i9747|Frances Perriman|b. circa 1622\nd. 16 Jun 1693|p975.htm#i9748|
Father*Jabez/3w Brooks1 b. 17 Jul 1673, d. 30 Jan 1746/47
Mother*Hepsibah/3 Cutter1 b. 15 Aug 1671, d. 1 Jan 1745/46
Appears on charts:Descendants of Henry1w Brooks
Descendants of John/2w Brooks
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Descendants of John/4w Brooks
Last Edited31 Dec 2008
       John/4w Brooks was born 14 Jan 1708/9 at Woburn, MA.1 He married (1), by 1734, perhaps at West Cambridge, Hannah Cutter, daughter of Dea. John Cutter and Lydia Harrington.2 In a deed of 16 Jan 1739/40, Jabez Brooks mentions sons Nathaniel Brooks, husbandman, Samuel Brooks, husbandman, John Brooks and Ebenezer Brooks, housewrights, and Benjamin Brooks, husbandman, all of Woburn, to whom he conveys his right in a "way leading from the country road between my house and Mr. Belknap's house to the Richardson Row, to lie for an open road," etc.3
     John's 1st wife died at Woburn 14 Apr 1742.4 He married (2) (int. 9 Mar 1744, Woburn), Elizabeth/4 Kendall of Woburn, daughter of Lt. Samuel/3 Kendall and Elizabeth (–?–).2,5 She died in Apr 1748, after the birth of a son, at Lancaster, to which they had removed.6 There he married (3), 20 Oct 1748 (int. 9 Sep), Parnie Houghton of Lancaster, daughter of Benjamin Houghton and Ruth Wheelock.7 He was admitted to communion at Chocksett (Second) Church, 18 Dec 1748, from the First Church in Woburn, and she 19 Nov 1749.8
     Then of Charlemont, MA, his will, dated 30 Aug 1783 and probated 6 Mar 1787, names wife Parnee and youngest son Benjamin executors, leaving Benjamin all my shop tools; mentions eldest son John Jr. and sons Jabez, Thomas and Samuel; eldest daughter Parnee White, and daughters Elizabeth Butler and Sylvia Brooks.9,10

Family 1

Hannah Cutter b. 14 Jun 1715, d. 14 Apr 1742
Children
  • John/5w Brooks Jr.1 b. 5 Dec 1734, d. before 28 Apr 1799
  • Corp. Jabez/5w Brooks11 b. 30 Sep 1736
  • Hannah/5w Brooks12 b. 4 Jun 1739
  • Sgt. Thomas/5w Brooks13 b. 22 Mar 1742

Family 2

Elizabeth/4 Kendall b. 3 Sep 1719, d. c 17 Apr 1748
Child
  • Samuel/5w Brooks14,15 b. 17 Apr 1748, d. 26 Nov 1831

Family 3

Parnie Houghton b. 14 Apr 1730, d. 25 Jan 1816
Children
  • Parnee/5w Brooks16 b. 18 Feb 1751, d. 21 Mar 1784
  • Elizabeth/5w Brooks17 b. 12 Mar 1756
  • Benjamin/5w Brooks18 b. 1 Jun 1762, d. 14 Jun 1836
  • Sylvia/5w Brooks19 b. 12 Sep 1766, d. 10 Apr 1808

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S210] Johnson, Woburn Records, 1:28, John Brooks b.
  2. [S298] Cutter & Loring, Brooks Family of Woburn (1904), 14, John (17.) Brooks.
  3. [S106] NEHGR, 29:153–57.
  4. [S210] Johnson, Woburn Records, 2:20, Anna Brooks d.; 4:27, M'rs Hannah Brooks, epitaph.
  5. [S1123] Memorial of Josiah Kendall, 14.
  6. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 32, John Brooks/Parnee Houghton, int.
  7. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 22, John Brooks/Parnie Houghton m.; 32, Mr John Brooks/Parmer Houghton, int.
  8. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 375, Chocksett Church records: John Brooks adm. comm.
  9. [S309] Clara Hill, email of 31 Jan 1999.
  10. [S747] Hampshire Probate Index, John Brooks, 15:207 (index, 64).
  11. [S210] Johnson, Woburn Records, 1:28, Jabez Brooks b.
  12. [S210] Johnson, Woburn Records, 1:28, Hannah Brooks b.
  13. [S210] Johnson, Woburn Records, 1:28, Thomas Brooks b.
  14. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 380, Samuel Brooks bp.
  15. [S796] VT Families in 1791, v.1: Samuel Brooks, p. unrecorded.
  16. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 75, Parnee Brooks b.
  17. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 79, Elizabeth Brooks b.; 376, Elisabeth Brooks bp.
  18. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 91, Benja. Brooks b.; 385, bp.
  19. [S130] Nourse, Lancaster Records, 96, Sylvia Brook b.; 387, Sylvia Brooks bp.
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