Isaac Brooks (abt. 1643 - 1686)

Born about 1643 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Miriam (Daniels) Brooks — married 10 Jan 1665 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1686 at about age 43 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

This is the profile for Isaac Brooks who married Miriam Daniels in Woburn, Massachusetts on January 10, 1665/6 and had children there in 1667-1673.

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Isaac was the son of Henry Brooks and his unknown first wife. His paternal parentage is established by, among other things, a reference in Henry Brooks' will to his son Isaac and Isaac's sons Isaac and Henry and daughter Mirriam.^[1] Isaac's maternal parentage is based on Henry Brooks' wife around the time of Isaac's estimated date of birth.^[2]

Based on a deposition that Isaac gave in April 1668 in which he stated that he was about 25 and a deposition that he gave in 1670 in which he stated that he was aged 27, Isaac was probably born about 1643.^[3]

Since Isaac's father, Henry Brooks, lived in Concord, Massachusetts from 1639 to about 1650,^[4] Isaac was presumably born in Concord.

Marriage and Children

Isaac married Miriam Daniels in Woburn, Massachusetts on January 10, 1665/6.^[5][6]

Isaac and Miriam had the following children, all born in Woburn:

1. Sarah, b. May 14, 1667,^[7][3] d. July 2, 1667 in Woburn^[8][3]
2. Miriam, b. May 29, 1668,^[9][10][3] died young^[3]
3. Isaac, b. August 13, 1669^[11][10][3]
4. Henry, b. October 4, 1671^[12][10][3]
5. Miriam, b. December 16, 1673,^[13][10][3] m. Henry Merry/Merrow (son of Henry Merrow of Reading and Woburn)^[3]

Public Life

Isaac was one of two persons present when Samuel Converse was killed by a waterwheel at Converse's father's mill in Woburn in 1670.^[3]

In 1674, Isaac was engaged by the town of Woburn to set traps for wolves and was paid by the town for killing wolves in 1676 and 1677.^[14]

Isaac was a cavalryman in King Philip's War in 1675-1676 and was appointed as quartermaster of the "Three County Troop" in 1677.^[3]

When smallpox hit Woburn in 1678-1679, among those inflicted were Isaac, his three living children, and John Cutler Sr, who was then residing with Isaac's family, with John Cutler Sr dying from the disease.^[15]

Isaac was included in the Woburn town tax lists of 1684 and 1685.^[3]

Death

Isaac died in Woburn on September 8, 1686.^[16][3]

Research Notes

A wikitree contributor stated thatt the best material on this family, including all of John Brooks Threlfall's material and an excellent biography of Isaac Brooks, was compiled by Christopher Hapgood Brooks and was maintained as part of his Tributaries: Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England. Unfortunately, as of January 2022 the links to that website are broken and the page containing Isaac's biography was not available on the Wayback Machine.

^{[15] [14] [2] [1] [3] [4] [12] [16] [11] [13] [9] [8] [7] [5] [10] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Middlesex County Probate Records, Vol. 5, pp. 424-427. FHL Film #007554519, images 403-404. Link to images at familysearch.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} See the profile of Henry Brooks.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} Cutter, William Richard. The Brooks Family of Woburn, Mass. 1904. p. 7. Link to page at archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cutter, William Richard. The Brooks Family of Woburn, Mass. 1904. p. 3. Link to page at archive.org.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-93V : 10 November 2020), Isaac Brooks, 10 Nov 1665; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Woburn Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages, From 1640 to 1873. Part III - Marriages. 1891. p. 33. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-3QC : 10 November 2020), Sarah Brooks, 14 Mar 1667; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXN-K2F : 10 November 2020), Sarah Brooks, 2 May 1667; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-3XG : 10 November 2020), Miriam Brooks, 29 Mar 1668; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4} Woburn Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages, From 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births. 1890. p. 27. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-3X5 : 10 November 2020), Isaac Brooks, 13 Jun 1669; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-3YC : 10 November 2020), Henry Brooks, 4 Aug 1671; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-Q3Y : 10 November 2020), Miriam Brooks, 6 Oct 1673; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1868. p. 57. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1868. p. 123. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXN-GNL : 10 November 2020), Isaac Brooks, 8 Sep 1686; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.

See also:

• Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1868. p. 595. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
• The American Genealogist: Thomas, Henry and Hannah Brooks of Concord,Volume: 54, Pages: 234–235 Abbreviation: TAG: Thomas, Henry and Hannah Brooks of Concord Author: Eddy, Miriam Brightman Publication: 1978. Link to article at americanancestors.org.