Joseph Brooks (abt. 1670 - 1746)

Born about 1670 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Bateman) Brooks — married 31 Jan 1703 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Rebecca Tidd (Blodgett) Brooks — married 26 Jun 1706 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1746 at about age 76 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Brooks, son of Deacon Joshua and Hanna (Mason) Brooks was born c1670. ^{[1] [2][3]}

• 1695: November 11: Joshua Brooks sold his Concord lands to his four sons, Noah, Daniel, Joseph and Job, with the consent of his wife. ^[2]
• 1697: August 24: The brothers Noah Brooks, Daniel Brooks Sen., Joseph Brooks Sen., Benjamin Pierce, Benjamin Whittemore, and Judah Potter, conveyed by deed, all the rights that Job Brooks had of the estate of his father Joshua Brooks, deceased, to their brother Hugh Brooks. ^{[1] [2]}

He married first Abigail Bateman on January 31, 1703/4. ^[1] Abigail was born July 29, 1677, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Merriam) Bateman. ^{[4] [2]}

Abigail died January 24, 1704/5, after the birth of their child. ^{[2] [4]}

He married second Rebecca Blodgett on June 26, 1706. ^{[1] [4]} Rebecca was born at Woburn on June 5, 1789, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (?Tidd) Blodgett. ^{[5] [2]}

He died on July 11, 1746 and is buried in the Hill Burying Ground at Concord. ^{[4] [2]}

Joseph wrote his will on May 4, 1746. In it he names: ^[6]

• wife Rebecca
• son Jonas, sole executor
• son Joseph
• daughter Rebecca Baker, wife of Thomas Baker
• sons Nathan, Amos, Isaac and James
• daughter Mara Russell, wife of Nathaniel Russell
• daughter Hannah Russell, wife of Jonathan Russell ^[6]

His estate was inventoried on August 20, 1746 and valued at: Real estate L1470 and personal items including household goods and furniture, books, livestock and implements of farming L557 4d. ^[6]

His widow Rebecca died on January 25, 1768, at Lincoln. ^{[2] [7]}

Children

by Abigail

1. Mara born January 10, 1704/5 ^[4]; married Nathaniel Russell ; resided at Littleton. ^{[2] [6]}

by Rebecca

1. Hannah born on April 26, 1707 ^[4]; married Jonathan Russell. ^{[2] [6]}
2. Rebecca born on August 20, 1708 ^[4]; married Thomas Baker. ^{[2] [6]}
3. Joseph born on October 16, 1710; married Esther Durant of Billerica on February 22, 1738/9 ^[4]; resided at Littleton. ^[2]
4. Nathan born on March 1, 1712/3 ^[4]; married first, Susanna Bacon at Bedford on February 9, 1736/7; married second, Mary Bigelow on February 7, 1751; resided at Harvard. ^[2]
5. Amos born on December 20,1716 ^[4]; died November 19, 1765; married Lydia Bacon of Bedford on February 6, 1745/6. ^[2]
6. Jonas born on October 3, 1718 ^[4]; married Dinah Pike on December 25, 1746; resided at Bolton. ^[2]
7. Isaac born on March 17, 1720/1; married Mary Bathrick of Charlestown on July 16, 1747 ^[4]; died by October 1760, when his widow remarried. ^[2]
8. James born on August 6, 1723 ^[4]; married Elizabeth Bathrick on December 26, 1745 in Cambridge. ^[2]

Research notes

Concord Births

Batman, Abigall, d. Thomas and Abigall, July 29, 1677. (p. 20)

Brookes, Mara, d. Joseph and Abegail, Jan. 10, 1704-5. (p. 62)

Brookes, Hanah, d. Joseph and Rebeckah, Apr. 26, 1707. (p. 67)

Brookes, Rebecca, d. Joseph and Rebecca, Aug. 20, 1708. (p. 71)

Brooks, Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Oct. 16, 1710. (p. 75)

Brooks, Nathan, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Mar. 1, 1712-13. (p. 82)

Brooks, Amus, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Dec. 20, 1716. (p. 88)

Brooks, Jonas, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Oct. 3, 1718. (p. 96)

Brooks, Isaac, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Mar. 17, 1720-1. (p. 102)

Brooks, James, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Aug. 6, 1723. (p. 111)

Concord Marriages

Brookes, Joseph, and Abegail Bateman, Jan. 31, 1703. (p. 60)

Brookes, Joseph, and Rebeckah Blodgit, June 26, 1706. (p. 66)

Brooks, Joseph, and Esther Durant, of Billerica, Feb. 22, 1738-9. (p. 145)

Brooks, Isaac, and Mary Bathrick, of Charlestown, July 16, 1747. (p. 166)

Concord Deaths

Brookes, Abegail, w. Joseph, Jan. 24, 1704-5. (p. 68)

Brooks, Joseph, July 11, 1746, in his 76th y. GR1 (p. 432) ^[4]

Woburn Births

Bloggett, Rebecca, d. Thomas and Rebecca, June 5, 1689. ( V. 1 p. 22) ^[5]

Lincoln Deaths

Brooks, Rebekah, wid., Jan. 25, 1768. (p. 156) ^[7]

Note: Married names of daughters: Rebeckah Baker, Hannah Russell, Mara Russell

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Bond, Henry & Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1860 p. 720-1:
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16} Threlfall, John Brooks. Thomas Brooks of Watertown and Concord. in: The American Genealogist, Vol. 53, New Haven, Connecticut, 1977, p. 94-99 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
3. ↑ Brooks, Christopher, Compiler; Tributaries, Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England Reference Joseph Brooks
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13} Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Woburn Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1640-1673. Part 1 -Births, Andrews & Cutler Co., Woburn, Massachusetts, 1890
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Case 2857: p. 1-11: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1908