Brooks Surname

Henry Brooks was born circa 1592 in England. He died on April 12, 1683 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

He may have been the son of a Thomas Brooks and a Miss Bradford. Henry was married in England, circa 1620, to a woman named Grace Wheeler. They had probably 16 children together: Gilbert, William, John (see next generation), Hannah, Mary, Gershom, Sarah, Caleb, Timothy, Martha, Thomas, Joshua, Hugh, Samuel, Joseph, and Isaac.

Henry probably emigrated with his family to the colony of Massachusetts in the 1630's. He may have first settled at Concord in Middlesex County before settling at Woburn, Middlesex County. His wife Grace died in 1664 and he remarried on July 12, 1682 to Annis Jaquith. He wrote his will on July 18, 1682 and died at Woburn on April 12, 1683.

They had the following children:

1	Hannah Brooks was born before 1623.
2	John Brooks
3	Martha Brooks was born circa 1626.
4	Mary Brooks was born circa 1630.
5	Sarah Brooks was born circa 1633. She married John Mousall on May 13, 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
6	Timothy Brooks was born circa 1635.
7	Joseph Brooks was born on April 12, 1641.
8	Isaac Brooks was born on January 1, 1642/3.

John Brooks was born circa 1623 in England. He died on September 23, 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Father: Henry Brooks
Mother: Grace Wheeler

e emigrated with his family at a young age from England to Massachusetts and settled with them at Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. It was there that John was married on November 1, 1649 to Eunice Mousall. Then John was admitted as freeman in 1651. John and Eunice had 8 children: John, Sarah, Eunice, Joanna, John (see next generation), Ebenezer, Deborah, and Jabez. John's wife Eunice died in 1684 and he remarried on February 25, 1684 to Mary Richardson. John died on September 23, 1691 in Woburn, Massachusetts. (We descend from two of John's children: John and Sarah who married John Buck).

They had the following children:

1	John Brooks was born on November 23, 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on September 22, 1653 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
2	Sarah Brooks was born on November 21, 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died in 1720 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married Ephraim Buck on January 1, 1669/70 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. We also descend from this child. Her granddaughter Mary Buck (1712-1773) married Samuel Bixby.
3	Eunice Brooks was born on October 10, 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married first James Parker circa 1672. She married second Samuel Carter.
4	Joanna Brooks was born on March 22, 1658/9 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died on Decdember 1, 1724 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married David Roberts on October 2, 1678 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
5	John Brooks
6	Ebenezer Brooks was born on December 9, 1666 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
7	Deborah Brooks was born on March 20, 1668/9 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died on February 12, 1703/4 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married John Richardson circa 1689 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
8	Jabez Brooks was born on July 17, 1673 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on January 30, 1746/7 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married first Rachel Buck on December 18, 1694 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married second Hepzibah Cutter on June 7, 1698 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

John Brooks was born on March 1, 1663/4 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on August 7, 1733 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Father: John Brooks
Mother: Eunice Mousall

John was married there on December 30, 1684 to Mary Bruce. They lived in Woburn and had 11 children: Mary, John, Ebenezer, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Abigail, Timothy, Isaac, and Nathan (see next generation). John died on August 7, 1733 at Woburn, Mass., and his wife died after 1734.

They had the following children:

1	Mary Brooks was born and died on December 4, 1685 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
2	John Brooks was born on December 30, 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on January 2, 1686/7 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
3	Elizabeth Brooks was born on December 30, 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died on December 31, 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
4	Mary Brooks was born on April 1, 1688 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died on May 26, 1712.
5	Elizabeth Brooks was born circa 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died on April 14, 1724 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married Timothy Winn.
6	Sarah Brooks was born on August 14, 1692 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
7	John Brooks was born on November 28, 1694 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
8	Abigail Brooks was born on August 19, 1697 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died on October 12, 1697 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
9	Timothy Brooks was born on February 14, 1699/00 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on October 13, 1786.
10	Isaac Brooks was born in 1703 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
11	Nathan Brooks

Nathan Brooks was born on November 1, 1706 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on January 6, 1750/1 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He is buried in the Old Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Father: John Brooks
Mother: Mary Bruce

He was married there in about 1726 to Sarah Wyman. They had 12 children: Nathan, Isaac, Jonathan, John (see next generation), Jonathan, William, Sarah, Seth, Zachariah, Mary, Elizabeth, and Samuel. Nathan's wife Sarah died in 1747 and Nathan died on January 6, 1751 in Woburn, Mass. They were both buried in the Old Burial Ground at Woburn, Mass. Photos of their headstones which are still standing can be seen here.

They had the following children:

1	Nathan Brooks was born on November 10, 1727 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on January 26, 1758 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
2	Isaac Brooks was born on July 31, 1729 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on March 23, 1768 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Joanna Holden.
3	Jonathan Brooks was born on August 26, 1731 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on December 30, 1733 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
4	John Brooks
5	Jonathan Brooks was born on February 21, 1734/5 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1807.
6	William Brooks was born on March 3, 1736/7 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on October 11, 1804 in Lyndeboro, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.
7	Sarah Brooks was born on March 1, 1738/9 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
8	Seth Brooks was born on April 1, 1740 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
9	Zachariah Brooks was born on April 20, 1742 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on February 2, 1792 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
10	Mary Brooks was born on March 1, 1743/4 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
11	Elizabeth Brooks was born in 1746 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
12	Samuel Brooks was born on July 16, 1747 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

John Brooks was born on May 6, 1733 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died on May 6, 1776 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.

Father: Nathan Brooks
Mother: Sarah Wyman

John left his family as a youth and moved to Hollis, New Hampshire. There he married Mary Kemp on January 5, 1757. They had 5 children: Mary, John, Nathan (see next generation), Abigail, and Ruth. John continued living in Hollis where he died on May 6, 1776. His widow afterwards moved to nearby Hancock, New Hampshire, where she died on February 12, 1829.

They had the following children:

1	Mary Brooks was born on December 3, 1757 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.
2	John Brooks was born on August 24, 1760 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. He died on June 12, 1851 in Hancock, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.
3	Nathan Brooks
4	Abigail Brooks was born on December 6, 1770 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. She died on January 5, 1771 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.
5	Ruth Brooks was born on January 15, 1775 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. She died in 1790 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.

Nathan Brooks was born on August 26, 1767 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. He died on March 1, 1826 in Granville, Licking Co., Ohio ¹. He is buried in the Old Colony Burial Ground, Granville, Licking Co., Ohio.

Father: John Brooks
Mother: Mary Kemp

Nathan was born and raised in the town of Hollis, where his father died when he was only eight years old. He was afterwards raised by his mother and step-father Nehemiah Woods. In about 1795, Nathan married a young woman named Sarah Morse and the two settled in the nearby town of Hancock, New Hampshire. They did not remain there long. In about 1802, the family moved to Chittenden County, Vermont. They may have lived briefly in the town of Underhill before settling in Westford by 1810. Sometime between 1816-1818, Nathan and his family moved yet again to the town of Granville, in Licking County, Ohio.

Nathan spent the remainder of his life in the vicinity of Granville, Ohio. It seems that the family lived and farmed on land in McKean Township, not far from the village of Granville. Nathan died in 1826 and was buried in the Old Colony Burial Ground at Granville. His tombstone was standing and recorded in 1886, but has disappeared by 2004.

After the death of her husband in 1826, Sarah lived with the family of her daughter Mary Brooks Thurston in Licking County, Ohio. She moved with them to Delaware County, Ohio in the 1830's and again to Garden City, Minnesota in 1856. In the early 1860's, she moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, probably to live with her son Cyrus.

1	Nathan Brooks was born on September 10, 1796 in Hancock, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. He died on October 29, 1854 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. He is buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. He married Mary Fay Pratt on March 25, 1821. (She was born circa 1803 in New Hampshire and died after 1860 in Ohio. She is buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.) They had the following children: John L. F. Brooks (1822-1823) Frank Brooks (c. 1826-???) Philena H. Brooks (c. 1828-1854) md. Robert Scott Gilchrist Ann M. Brooks (c. 1832-aft. 1880) md. Robert Scott Gilchrist Sarah Elvira Brooks (c. 1835-1889) md. Jesse Hower Mary Brooks (c. 1838-aft. 1880) md. Seneca Brown Thrall
2	Sarah Brooks was born on July 25, 1798 in Hancock, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. She died on August 25, 1800 in Hancock, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.
3	Sarah Brooks was born on February 15, 1801 in Hancock, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. She died on March 22, 1884 in Kingman, Kingman Co., Kansas. She married David Chadwick on August 6, 1818 in Granville, Licking Co., Ohio. (He was born on November 19, 1793 in Fletcher, Franklin Co., Vermont and died on December 1, 1868 in Keytesville, Chariton Co., Missouri.) They had the following children: George M. Chadwick (1819-1900's) md. Harriett Grubb Taylor Samuel P. Chadwick (1821-1849) Benjamin Franklin Chadwick (1823-aft. 1880) md. 1st. Ann M. Madden md. 2nd. Sarilda C. Royal Gilson Chadwick (1825-1900's) md. 1st. Margaret E. Wyatt md. 2nd. Kate Schmidt Sarah Elizabeth Chadwick (1827-1860) md. John Hardiman Walker Julia Ann Chadwick (1829-1893) md. James M. Rucker Julius Judson Chadwick (1832-1843) Harrison Brooks Chadwick (1834-1849) Mary Ellen Brooks (1836-1919) md. William C. Huggins Frances Amelia Chadwick (1838-1889) md. Benjamin Franklin Taylor Cynthia Rose Chadwick (1840-1905) md. John Henry Dunham Ruthie Idale Chadwick (1844-1877) md. George W. Allen
4	Mary Morse Brooks
5	John Brooks was born on July 25, 1805 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont. He died on August 30, 1809 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
6	Miles Brooks was born on May 4, 1808 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont. He died on August 29, 1809 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
7	Cyrus Brooks was born on February 8, 1811 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont. He died on April 21, 1902 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota. He is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota. He married first Mary Eleanor Davenport on September 9, 1838 in Ohio. (She was born circa 1817 in Ohio and died on January 18, 1852.) They had the following children: Mary Ellen Brooks (1839-1889) md. Asahel F. Parker Cyrus Adrian Brooks (1842-aft. 1920) md. Adaline V. Campbell Olivia Davenport Brooks (1844-1910) Edward Coulson Brooks (1846-1939) md. 1st. Carrie M. Roland md. 2nd. Ida H. Hanks Henry Merrick Brooks (1850-1865) He married second Laura Ann Lampson, widow of George Elliott, on April 27, 1853 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. (She was born on February 9, 1813 in New Haven, Addison Co., Vermont and died on August 6, 1903 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota. She is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.) They had no children.
8	Harrison Brooks was born on April 13, 1813 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont. He died on February 28, 1881 in Clarion, Wright Co., Iowa. He is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, Wright Co., Iowa. He married first Dulcena A. Watson on June 18, 1837 in Macon Co., Illinois. (She was born circa 1821 in Kentucky and died on March 16, 1849 in Bloomington, McLean Co., Illinois.) They had the following children: Mary F. Brooks (1839-1900's) md. Alexander L. Kennedy William Wallace Brooks (1842-1917) md. Jennie Hannah Smith Sarah Ellen Brooks (1844-1910's) md. Harrison Henry Beaman infant female Brooks (1849-1849) He married second Sarah Eveline Young on October 28, 1850 in Bloomington, McLean Co., Illinois. (She was born circa 1834 in Indiana and died on September 16, 1898 in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington. She is buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington.) They had the following children: Emma Adeline Brooks (c. 1853-aft. 1880) md. Robert L. Morton Ansel Edward Brooks (1857-aft. 1910) md. Ida Mae Woodward Omar H. Brooks (1861-aft. 1930) md. Caroline M. Overacker Lizzie Rea Brooks (c. 1876-1961) md. Frederick B. Ames
9	Ancel Brooks was born on January 24, 1816 in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vermont. He died after 1880, probably in Highland Co., Ohio. He married first Ann Smith on May 10, 1838 in Highland Co., Ohio. (She was born in North Carolina 4 and died between 1841-1847 in Ohio.) They had one child: Joseph B. Brooks (1841-aft. 1920) md. 1st. Maggie M. Brisbin md. 2nd. Ora E. Miller He married second Caroline W. Miller on April 20, 1847 in Ross Co., Ohio. (She was born circa 1826 in Ohio and died after 1880, probably in Highland Co., Ohio.) They had one child: Anna C. H. Brooks (c. 1853-aft. 1870)

Mary Morse Brooks was born on June 12, 1803 at Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont ². She died on May 11, 1876 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota ². She is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota.

Father: Nathan Brooks
Mother: Sarah Morse

She was born shortly after her parents moved to Vermont from New Hampshire. In about 1813, when she was about 10, she moved with her family out west and they settled at Granville, Licking County, Ohio. She was raised in this area, where she met and married Reuben H. Thurston on March 15, 1827 in Granville, Ohio. They lived near Granville in McKean Township until the 1830's, when they moved to Berlin Township, in Delaware County, Ohio, near the city of Delaware. Mary and Reuben had 9 children: Irvin, Sarah, Mary, Rose, Cyrus, Caroline, Otho, Frank, and Charles.

Mary's husband was a successful farmer in Ohio, but they were not content in that state. Mary's family were not common thinkers of their day. Her husband Reuben was a member of the Ohio Abolitionists, with the goal to abolish slavery. He is also said to have discredited the Christian Bible, and there is no record of Mary or her family attending any church. In the Spring of 1856, Mary and her family moved out west and settled at Garden City, in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where they remained.

For information on their children, see his page.

1. Bryant, Charles W., Copies of Epitaphs of the Old Colony Burial Ground. Licking County Historical Society, 1886
2. Thurston, Brown. Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1892, Second Edition. Brown Thurston: Portland, ME, 1892.
3. Morse, J. Howard. Morse Genealogy. NY, 1903. 4. Assorted US Federal Census Records