Aaron Brooks was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts in September 1794, son of Aaron Brooks and Mary Taylor. [1]
He married first Lydia Brooks at Medford, Massachusetts on April 18, 1882. [2] She was born at Lincoln on September 9, 1794 the daughter of Levi and Lydia Brooks. [1] They had four sons.
His wife Lydia died on October 3, 1838 at Lincoln. [1]
Aaron married second, the widow Submit Gates at Lincoln on December 13, 1849. Submit, widow of Francis Gates, was born in Concord, daughter of Thaddeus and Abigail Tuttle. [1][3]
Aaron died at Lincoln on October 17, 1876 [4] and is buried in the Arborvitae Cemetery at Lincoln. His inscription reads: AARON BROOKS Died Oct. 17, 1876. Aged 82 yrs 1 month[5]
Children
by wife Lydia
Andrew Bigelow born May 30, 1830[1]; died at Woburn on June 4, 1910 [6]; married Rachel J. Bancroft at Reading, Massachusetts on April 8, 1855. [7]
Augustus Webster born October 24, 1831 [1] ; died at Woburn on February 20, 1907. [8]; married Sarah Jane Maxwell on August 31, 1856 at Weston, Massachusetts. [9]
Edward Livingston born in August, 1835 [1]; died December 22, 1918 in Boston. [10]
Levi Francis born May 6, 1823[1]; died October 16, 1898. [11]
Research notes
Medford Marriages
BROOKS (see Brook) Aaron and Lydia Brooks of Lincoln, int. Mar. 17, 1822. [2]
Lincoln Births
BROOKS, Aaron [h. Lydia] [Sept. ––, 1794]. GR2
BROOKS, Lydia, d. Levi and Lydia, Sept. 9, 1794. [Brookes. CR1; Brooks. PR1] (p. 23)
Brooks, Andrew Bigelow, s. Aaron and Lydia, May 30, 1830. [ch. Aaron and Lydia (sister of Increase), May 31. PR1] (p. 20)
Brooks, Augustus Webster, s. Aaron and Lydia [(sister of Increase) PR1], Oct. 24, 1831 (p. 20)
Brooks, Edward Livingston, ch. Aaron and Lydia (sister of Increase), Aug. ––, 1835. PR1 (p. 21)
Brooks, Levi Francis, ch. Aaron and Lydia (sister of Increase), May 6, 1823. PR1 (p. 22)
Lincoln Marriages
BROOKS, Aaron of Medford, and Lydia Brooks, Apr. 18, 1822. [Aaron, s. Aaron and Mary, and Lydia Brooks, d. Levi and Lydia.] (p. 95)
BROOKS, Aaron, widr., 55, farmer, s. Aaron and Mary, and Submit T. Gates, wid., 56, d. Thadeus Tuttle and Abigail, Dec. 13, 1849. (p. 95)'
Lincoln Deaths
BROOKS, Lydia, w. Aaron, Oct. 3, 1838, a. 49. [a. 44. GR2 PR1] (p. 156)[1]
Massachusetts Marriages
Aaron Brooks
Marriage: 13 Dec 1849 Lincoln, Massachusetts
Official: Rev. Wm. Jackson, Cong. Clergyman, Lincoln
↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N43L-RV5), Aaron Brooks in entry for Andrew Bigelow Brooks, 04 Jun 1910; citing Woburn,,Massachusetts, 508, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,055
↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWTW-4FC), Aaron Brooks in entry for Augustus W Brooks, 20 Feb 1907; citing Woburn,,Massachusetts, 293, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,217,701
↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHKJ-R5S : accessed 25 August 2015), Aaron Brooks in entry for Augustus W. Brooks and Sarah Jane Maxwell, 31 Aug 1856; citing reference 247; FHL microfilm 2,109,248
↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8M-9ZF), Aaron Brooks in entry for Edward L Brooks, 22 Dec 1918; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 16912, page 408, State Archives, Boston
↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWMJ-4R2), Aaron Brooks in entry for Levi F. Brooks, 16 Oct 1898; citing Lincoln, Massachusetts, v 482 p 235, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,525
↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N44W-7FY), Aaron Brooks and Submit T. Gates, 13 Dec 1849; citing item 3 p. 48 No. 33, Lincoln, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,257.
↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW9V-VMJ), Aaron Brooks, 17 Oct 1876; citing Lincoln, Massachusetts, v 284 p 95, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,210
↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSS-ZSP), Aaron Brooks, Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 118, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWB-QVM), Edward L Brooks in household of Aaron Brooks, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,949
↑ Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCN-GHJ), Aaron Brooks, Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,569
↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3F-QMQ), Aaron Brooks, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 19, family 9, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,125
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