Joel
Brooks
Born in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Luke Brooks
and Lucy (Wheeler) Brooks
Brother of
Stephen Brooks, Lucy (Brooks) Potter, Nathan Brooks, Silas Brooks, Amos Brooks, Luke Brooks Jr, Dolly (Brooks) Smith, Timothy Brooks and Lydia Brooks
Husband of
Tameson Howe
— married
10 Mar 1791 in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Lydia (Brooks) Nichols and Joel Brooks
Died
at age 82
in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Apr 2012
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Biography
Joel Brooks, son of Luke and Lucy (Wheeler) Brooks was born at Stow, Massachusetts on May 17, 1758. [1]
He married first at, Tamesin Howe, intentions published at at Gardner, Massachusetts on November 14, 1790. Tamesin died at the age of 35 on January 13, 1806. [2]
He married second Azubah Pierce on November 6, 1806, at Gardner. [2]
Joel died there on February 4, 1841, aged 82. [2]
His widow Azubah died at Gardner on March 19, 1841. [2]
Research notes
Stow Births
- BROOKS, Joel, s. Luke and Lucy , May 17, 1758. (p. 14) [1]
Gardner Births
- Howe, Tamson, d. Ebenezer and Elizabeth, Aug. 31, 1770. (p. 37)
- Brooks, Lucy, d. Joel and Tamson, Feb. 18, 1794. (p. 15)
- Brooks, Betsy, d. Joel and Tamson, June 22, 1796; Betsey, d. Joel and Tamsin, bp. Mar.13,1796. CR (p. 15)
- Brooks, Joel, s. Joel and Tamson, Apr. 5, 1798. (p. 15)
- Brooks, Anne, d. Joel and Tamson, Dec. 21, 1805. (p. 15)
- Brooks, Azubah Pierce, d. Joel and ----, bp. Nov. 6, 1814. CR (p. 15)
Gardner Marriages
- Brooks, Joel and Tamesan Howe, int. Nov. 14, 1790. (p. 75)
- Brooks, Joel and Azubah Pierce, November 6, 1806. (p. 75)
Gardner Deaths
- Brooks, Tamesin, w. Joel, Jan. 13, 1806, [a. 35 y. 4 m. 14 d. CR] (p. 113)
- Brooks, Joel, h. Azubah, Feb. 4, 1841, a. 82 [GS1]. p. 113)
- Brooks, Azubah, 2d. w. Joel, Mar. 19, 1841. (p. 113) [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vital records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1917
- Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1909); p. 17
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/32397956/joel-brooks : accessed 20 May 2021), memorial page for Joel Brooks (17 May 1758–4 Feb 1841), Find A Grave: Memorial #32397956, citing Old Burying Ground, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Paul Trembley (contributor 46992570) .
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