Abner Brooks (1740 - abt. 1748)

Born 13 Apr 1740 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Died about 2 Sep 1748 at about age 8 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Abner Brooks died young.

Abner Brooks was born at Concord, Massachusetts on April 13, 1740, son of Benjamin Brooks and Sarah Heywood. . ^[1]

Abner died at Townsend on September 2, 1747. ^[2] He is buried in the Old Burying Grounds, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, with his parents and siblings. His inscription reads: Here Lies ye Body of Abner Brooks ye Son of Mr. Benjamin Brooks & Mrs. Sarah Brooks His Wife who Decsd Septbr ye 2d AD 1748 in ye 8 Year of his Age. ^{[3] [4]}

(note: Conflict on Townsend Records depending on source ? FB1/ GR1 = grave record BROOKS, Abner, s. Benjamin and Sarah, Sept. 2, 1748 [1758 written over it] in his 8 y. GR1)

Entered by Chris Hoyt, 31 March 2012.

Sources

1. ↑ Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891, p. 157
2. ↑ Hallowell, Henry C. Transcriber and editor. Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts: Town Records to 1850 with Marriage Intentions to 1873 and Cemetery Inscriptions. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992, p. 228: 347
3. ↑ Teachout, Susan W. , compiler, OLD BURYING GROUND Highland Street, [foot of Old Meetinghouse Hill Road] Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Headstones, Epitaphs, Ancestry & Revolutionary War Patriots, September 2011, p. 115 http://www.amitycomputer.com/OldBuryingGround%20Headstones.pdf
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113314774/abner-brooks