Born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Noah Brooks
and Dorothy (Potter) Brooks
Sister of
Dorothy (Brooks) Hunt, Joshua Brooks Sr, Ebenezer Brooks, Benjamin Brooks, Thomas Brooks and Elizabeth (Brooks) Miles
Wife of
Timothy Minott
— married
9 Jul 1724 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Died
at age 60
in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Biography
Mary Brooks Minott
- Mary Brookes ye daughter of Noah Brookes & Dorothy his wife was Borne July y 25th 1699.
- MINOTT, Mary, Mrs., w. Mr. Timothy, Feb. 15, 1760 [Æ 61 GS].
- Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Inscription: Mrs MARY MINOT late consort
- of TIMOTHY MINOT A.M. Who
- Departed this Life Febry 15 1760 Æt. 61.
- A person truly of great worth, eminent in
- Piety, ??? amiable for her Wisdom, Modesty,
- Meekness, Patience, ??? & Charity.
- Exemplary in the graces & virtues which
- belong to the christian life. The woman that
- feareth the Lord she shall be praised.
Rev. Timothy Minot, gr. HC 1718; m. 1st Mary Brooks, who d. Feb. 15, 1760, a. 61, and 'her name' says the record of her death, 'is like precious ointment. ' His 2nd wife was widow Beulah Brown of Sudbury, who d. April 13, 1786, a. 92. He d. Nov. 30, 1778, a. 86.
His children were:
- Timothy, b. April 8, 1726; m. Mary Martin.
- Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1730; m. Tilly Merrick, July 30, 1752.
- Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1732; gr. HC 1751; was about to settle as a minister at Portland, but d. Sept. 3, 1759, a. 27.
Timothy and Mary were 2nd cousins. They had 5 children.
Sources
- Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) THE CONCORD REGISTERS Book II
- Find A Grave: Memorial #24233926: Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 1 by S G Drake
- Wheeler, Albert Gallatin The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy, Boston, Mass., 1914) Page 142.
- Brigham, Clarence S., Concord (Mass.) Marriage, 1724, The American Genealogist (1940) Vol. 17, Page 23.
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