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The immigrant ancestor of Ed- BROOKS ward Brooks, of Medford, was Thomas Brooks, who is said to have come from Suffolk, England. He was one of the earliest settlers in Watertown, Mas- sachusetts, where he had a lot assigned him on the main road in 1631. He was admitted a freeman, December 7, 1636, but removed to Concord, Massachusetts, two years later. He was elected constable of Concord by the gen-
eral court, December 4, 1638. He was a depu- ty to the general court seven years, represent- ing the town of Concord; was captain of the Concord military company ; was an assessor or appraiser of horses, cattle, etc., for the pur- pose of taxing ; was appointed a special officer to prevent drunkenness among the Indians. He purchased of the general court the right to carry on the fur trade at Concord for the sum of five pounds. He was a leading citizen of the town both in civil and military affairs. He was a large owner of real estate in Concord, but sold his farm there October 22, 1664. In 1660, he, with his son-in-law, Timothy Wheel- er, bought four hundred acres of land in Med- ford for £404 of Edward Collins, it having been part of the Governor Craddock estate. He died in Concord, May 21, 1667. His wife Grace died May 12, 1664. Children : I. Mary, married Captain Timothy Wheeler; she died October 4, 1693; he died July 10, 1687. 2. Hannah, married, December 13, 1647, Thomas Fox. 3. Joshua, born 1630; freeman 1652; married Hannah Mason, daughter of Captain Hugh Mason, October 17, 1653. He remained in Concord. 4. Caleb, born 1632, in Water- town, married Susanna Atkinson. 5. Gershom, married, March 12, 1666-7, Hannah Eckles, daughter of Richard and Mary Eckles, of Cambridge.
(II) Caleb Brooks, born in Watertown, in 1632, removed from Concord to Medford, in 1679. He married (first) Susanna Atkinson, daughter of Thomas Atkinson, April 10, 1660; after her death he married (second) her sis- ter Hannah. He inherited that part of his father's estate lying east from the Weir bridge. His house was situated about midway between the bridge and the Lowell railroad. It was torn down in 1779 by his grandson Samuel. He died July 29, 1696, aged sixty-four years. His second wife Hannah died March 10, 1702, aged about seventy years. His first five chil- dren were by his first wife. Children of Caleb and Susannah Atkinson Brooks were: I. Sus- annah, born December 27, 1661, died unmar- ried, December 23, 1686. 2. Mary, born No- vember 18, 1663, died young. 3. Mary, mar- ried Nathaniel Ball. 4. Rebecca, died unmar- ried. 5. Sarah, married Philemon Russell, October 18, 1705. By his wife Hannah: 6. Ebenezer, born February 24, 1670, married Abigail Boylston, daughter of Dr. Thomas Boylston, of Brookline. 7. Samuel, born Sep- tember 1, 1672.
(III) Samuel Brooks, born in Concord, Sep- tember I, 1672, moved to Medford in 1679. He lived nearly opposite the site of the house
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since built by his descendant, Peter C. Brooks Sr. He was a farmer, and was interested in town affairs, serving as town treasurer in 1729. He was called captain in the town record, and probably commanded the military company of the town. He was interested in church mat- ters, but declined to be deacon when elected February II, 1713. He was a contributor and aided in supplementing the money voted by the town to build the first meeting house. His father, Caleb Brooks, was one of a committee to carry out the vote of the town in 1693. Cap- tain Samuel Brooks was one of a committee to determine the size and shape and build the second meeting house as voted by the town in 1726, the first not being sufficient to accom- modate the people. He was given the fourth place in choice of seats in the new meeting house when it was completed. He died July 3, 1733. His wife died October 16, 1736, aged fifty-six years. She was Sarah Boylston, sister of his brother Ebenezer's wife, and daughter of Dr. Thomas . Boylston, of Brookline. Their brother Peter Boylston's daughter Susannah married Deacon John Ad- ams, of Braintree, in 1734, and was the mother of President John Adams and grandmother of President John Quincy Adams. Children of Captain Samuel and Sarah (Boylston) Brooks were born in Medford, and were: I. Samuel, born September 3, 1700, married Mary Bout- well, of Reading. 2. Sarah, born April 17, 1702, married Rev. Shearjashub Bowen, of Scituate, February 12, 1736.
(IV) Samuel Brooks was born in Medford, September 3, 1700. He lived in Medford on the ancestral estate. His house, built in 1727, which stood about thirty rods north of his father's, was taken down in 1860. The brick wall built by his son Thomas about 1765 from bricks of his own make, was put up by Pomp, his negro slave. It has been repaired many times, but is still standing. It was the custom in the town of Medford to have the captain or lieutenants of the military company of the town elected by the citizens in a town meeting in- stead of being appointed by the legislature or elected by the members of the company. March 3, 1740, the town of Medford voted that Cap- tain Samuel Brooks shall have the keeping of the town's stock of ammunition. In 1753 Captain Samuel Brooks was chairman of a committee of Medford men, requesting Gov- ernor Shirley to allow the part of Charlestown adjoining Medford to be annexed to the town. In 1748 he was one of the selectmen. His will proves him to have been one of the few slaveholders in Medford. He died July 15,
1768. His wife died May 25, 1772, aged sev- enty-four years. She was Mary Boutwell, of Reading, who was the owner of quite a large property in that town. Children: I. Mary, baptized January I, 1728, married William Whitmore. 2. Samuel, born August 24, 1729, died March, 1807; graduated at Harvard Col- lege in 1749; lived and died in Exeter; was twice married and had four sons and two daughters. 3. Thomas, born January 6, 1732. 4. Edward, born November 4, 1733, married Abigail Brown. 5. Jonathan, born August 17, 1735, died in college in 1750.
(V) Rev. Edward Brooks was born No- vember 4, 1733. He graduated at Harvard College in 1757. He was ordained minister of the First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine, July 4, 1764. He seems to have been a man of excellent ability, and was received with great favor by the people, but was too liberal in his views to suit the majority of the parish. A large minority were very enthusiastic in his support, but it seemed best for him to give up. his pastorate, and he left in 1768 and returned to Medford, and was not again settled as a minister, but preached occasionally for the Rev. Mr. Turell, who was settled over the Medford church. He hastened as a volunteer to the Concord fight in 1775. His son, Peter Chardon Brooks, wrote that his father "went over to Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775, on horseback, with his gun on his shoulder, and in his full-bottomed wig. I remember it well." He seems to have taken an active part in the business of that day, and preserved the life of Lieutenant Gould of the Eleventh Regi- ment. In 1777 he was chaplain of the frigate "Hancock," and was captured and carried to Halifax. While confined there on parole he took the small pox. His health became much broken, and he died May 6, 1781. His wife died November 29, 1800. He married, Sep- tember 23, 1764, Abigail, daughter of Rev .. John and Johanna (Cotton) Brown, of Haver- hill, Massachusetts. Through her mother she was a lineal descendant of the famous Puritan divine, the Rev. John Cotton, of the First Church of Boston. Children : I. Cotton Brown, born North Yarmouth, July 20, 1765, died May 12, 1834. He had eight children,. among whom was William Gray Brooks, born in 1805, who was the father of Bishop Phillips. Brooks, of Massachusetts. 2. Peter Chardon, born North Yarmouth, January 6, 1767, mar- ried Ann Gorham. 3. Mary, born January 27,. 1769, married Samuel Gray, of Salem. 4. Jo- anna Cotton, born May 18, 1772, married Na- thaniel Hall, November 26, 1793.
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(VI) Peter Chardon Brooks was born Jan- uary 6, 1767, and died in Boston, January I, 1849. He was brought up on the farm at Med- ford. When of age he went to Boston, and soon established himself in the insurance busi- ness on State street, at the corner of Kilby street. This was before the incorporation of public insurance offices, and all underwriting was done by individuals at private offices, of which there were but three at that time in the town. He continued in business about fifteen years, until 1804, when he retired, having amassed a fortune. He afterwards passed his summers at Medford in agricultural pursuits, of which he was very fond. The house he first occupied in Boston was on the corner of Con- gress and Water streets. . Mr. Brooks was often called to the discharge of important pub- lic and private trusts. For a period of about ten years he was in the house of representa- tives, senate and council chamber. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1820, and a member of the first city council, 1822, at the organization of the first city gov- ernment of Boston. In 1792 he married Ann Gorham, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Gorham, of Charlestown. According to Hunnewell's "History of Charlestown," "Nathaniel Gorham reached the highest official position attained by any of its natives." According to Wyman, "he was one of the most eminent men ever resident in town. He was a successful merch- ant, representative to the general court, speaker of the house, delegate to the provincial con- gress, 1774-5, member of board of war, 1778- 1781 ; delegate to the state constitutional con- vention in 1779, state senator, member of gov- ernor's council; judge of the court of common pleas ; delegate to the continental congress two terms, and its president in 1786. In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention which framed the constitution of the United States, where he took high rank and sometimes presided in the absence of Washington." Children of Peter Chardon and Ann (Gorham) Brooks : I. Edward, born December 22, 1793, married Elizabeth Boott. - 2. Gorham, born February IO, 1795, married Ellen Shepherd, died Sep- tember 10, 1855. 3. Peter Chardon, born July 4, 1796, died young. 4. Ann Gorham, born July 19, 1797, married Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham, an eminent Unitarian clergy- man, whose descendants have distinguished themselves. 5. Peter Chardon, born August 26, 1798, married Susan Oliver, died June 3, 1880. 6. Sidney, born October 7, 1799, mar- ried Frances Dehon, died March, 1878. 7. Charlotte Gray, born November 4, 1800, mar-
ried Hon. Edward Everett, the eminent scholar and statesman. He was professor and after- wards president of Harvard College, governor of the state of Massachusetts, member of con- gress, United States senator, secretary of state of United States, and United States minister to Great Britain. 8. Ward Chipman, born April 21, 1804, died March 19, 1828, unmar- ried. 9. Abigail Brown, born January 22, 1806, died young. 10. Henry, born February 2, 1807, died September 2, 1833, unmarried. II. Abigail Brown, born April 25, 1808, mar- ried Hon. Charles Francis Adams, of Quincy, the scholar and diplomatist. He was member of congress, United States minister to Great Britain at the time of the civil war, and United States commissioner at the Geneva Arbitra- tion. 12. Horatio, born September 20, 1809, died May 24, 1843, unmarried. 13. Octavius, born October 27, 1813, died young.
(VII) Edward Brooks was born in Boston, December 22, 1793, died April 11, 1878. He graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1812, and studied law in the office of the Hon. Benjamin Gorham, his uncle. He was one of the representatives of Boston in the legislature of Massachusetts for the years 1834-36-37 and 1842. He was very active in the temperance movement, and was one of the first to interest himself in the Blind Asylum, in connection with Dr. Howe. He was the first president of the General Theological Library, and continued in that position for nine years. He was a fre- quent contributor to the North American Re- view. On account of the ill health of his wife he spent many years in foreign lands. The last years of his life he passed in West Medford, at the old homestead, and was much interested in matters relating to church and town. He was the first president of the Medford Savings . Bank. He married, May 3, 1821, Elizabeth Boott. She was born July 20, 1799, and died June 21, 1865. . They resided in Boston and Medford. Children of Edward and Elizabeth (Boott) Brooks: I. Edward, born February 14, 1822, graduated at Harvard Medical School, 1843, died in 1851. 2. Francis Boott, born November 21, 1824; name changed to Francis, omitting Boott, in 1854. 3. Anne Gorham, born January 22, 1830, died October 27, 1848.
(VIII) Francis Brooks was born November 21, 1824; graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1846. Resided at the ancient man- sion at Grove street, West Medford. He spent many years abroad, and with Mr. Ed- mund Dwight was sent by the city of Boston to distribute the Boston relief fund among
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the peasantry in the neighborhood of Paris, after the Franco-Prussian war of 1871. He represented the town of Medford in the gen- eral court of Massachusetts in 1862. He was much interested in the management of the Blind Asylum of Boston, as his father was. He held no other public office, but was loyal to the best interests of the town. He mar- ried (first) Mary Jones Chadwick, May 6, 1850, who died March 14, 1851 ; he married second, Louise Winsor, November 29, 1854. She was a daughter of Henry and Mary Ann (Davis) Winsor, and was born February 8, 1835. Henry Winsor was a great-grandson of Samuel Winsor, who was born May 14, 1725, and settled on Clark's Island, in Duxbury Bay. He built several small vessels, and several of his children were born there. Later he re- moved and built a house on the southern slope of Captain's Hill, Duxbury. His son Joshua, the second of ten children, was born May I, 1749. He married (first) Olive Thomas, who was born December 28, 1752; second, Ruth Thomas, born June 14, 1755; third, Deborah Fish, born December II, 1756, and died May 6, 1843. He died in 1827. He lived in Dux- bury. His son Thomas was the third of ten children, and was born July 22, 1780; married Wealthea Sprague, daughter of Seth and De- borah (Sampson) Sprague. They settled in Boston. Henry Winsor, the eldest of their ten children, was born December 31, 1803. He re- sided in Boston, and was a merchant. He mar- ried, May 29, 1832, Mary Ann Davis. Louise, their second child, married Francis Brooks, of Medford. The children of Francis and Louisa (Winsor) Brooks were: I. Fannie, born in Paris, France, August 22, 1855. 2. Edward, born in Paris, France, October 19, 1856. 3. Henry, born in Medford, October 16, 1857. He was educated abroad. He married Flor- ence Howard, daughter of Charles Howard; lives in Concord, Massachusetts. 4. Frederic, born in Medford, November 20, 1858. He was educated abroad; married Grace Oakes, daughter of Thomas Oakes. 5. Elizabeth Boott, born in Medford, June 29, 1860, mar- ried Edmund M. Wheelright, architect, of Bos- ton. 6. Louise Winsor, born in Jefferson, New Hampshire, September 9, 1874.
(IX) Edward, born October 19, 1856; pre- pared for college at Phillips Academy, Exeter, and was in the class of 1880 at Harvard Col- lege. He is engaged in Business, being secre- tary and treasurer of the Wellman Sole Cut- ting Machine Company, with factory and of- fices at Medford. He belongs to the Harvard Club of New York, the Somerset Club Athletic
Association, New England Kennel Club of Boston, and the Historical Society of Med- ford. He resides in Boston; married Mary C. Hammond, daughter of Gardiner Greene and Elizabeth Crowninshield (Mifflin) Hammond, October 21, 1885. Children of Edward and Mary (Hammond) Brooks: I. Edward, born West Medford, May 19, 1887. 2. Elizabeth Hammond, born New London, Connecticut, October, 1889.
Edward Brooks (9) is descended through his mother's paternal line from Captain Miles Standish and John Alden. Alexan- der Standish, of Duxbury, son of Captain Miles Standish, married Sarah Alden, daugh- ter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. Their daughter, Sarah Standish, married Abra- ham Sampson, of Duxbury. Their son, Nath- aniel Sampson (born in 1683), married Ke- turah Chandler in 1703. Their youngest son, Abner Sampson, of Duxbury (born in 1726), married Deborah Bisbie, in 1756. Their daugh- ter, Deborah Sampson (born in 1761), married Hon. Seth Sprague, of Duxbury, in 1779. He served in the Revolutionary war. Their daugh- ter, Wealthea Sprague (born in 1784), mar- ried Thomas Winsor, of Duxbury and Boston. Their son, Henry Winsor, of Boston (born in 1803), married Mary Ann Davis in 1832. Their daughter, Louise Winsor (born in 1835), mar- ried Francis Brooks, of Medford, in 1854. They were the parents of Edward Brooks. Among the eminent descendants of Captain Thomas Brooks may be named.
(V) General John Brooks, who distin- guished himself in the Revolutionary war, and was governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823.
(VII) Rev. Charles Brooks, preacher, edu- cator, historian, and originator and promoter of normal schools in the United States.
(VIII) Rev. Octavius B. Frothingham, a distinguished preacher, writer and Radical.
(VIII) Phillips Brooks, eloquent preacher, beloved bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Massachusetts.
(VIII) Charles Francis Adams, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and historian.
(VIII) Dr. William Everett, scholar, teach- er, poet, writer, lecturer, and former member of congress from Massachusetts.
(IX) Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham, pop- ular preacher.
It is an interesting fact that of the four hundred acres of land in Medford bought of Thomas Brooks and his son-in-law, Timothy Wheeler, in 1670, nearly three hundred acres
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have been held and occupied continuously by the family for two hundred and thirty-eight years, and are now owned by the eighth gen- eration of his descendant. The paternal im- migrant ancestor of Mrs. Mary Crowinshield (Hammond) Brooks, wife of Edward Brooks, was (I) Thomas Hammond, of Melford, Eng- land. He was baptized with his twin brother John, September 2, 1603. He was son of William and Mary Hammond, of Melford, Suffolk county, England, and grandson of John and Agnes Hammond, of Lavenham, England. He was first cousin of William Hammond, who settled in Watertown, Mas- sachusetts, in 1636. He married, in Laven- ham, November 12, 1623, Elizabeth Cason, born in Great Whelnetham, and a daughter of Robert and Prudence (Hammond) Cason.
Thomas Hammond was one of the first set- tlers in Hingham, Massachusetts. Land was granted him there in 1636. He was made a freeman March 9, 1636-7. He served on the grand jury in 1637. About 1650 he removed to Cambridge village (now Newton), but held lands in Hingham for several years. His homestead in Newton was near the Brookline boundary, and near a beautiful sheet of water which has since borne this name, "Hammond Pond." The homestead remained in the family for several generations. He was one of the wealthiest men in Newton in his day. He died September 30, 1675. The inventory of his estate amounted to £1139 16s 2d. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cason) Hammond : I. Thomas, born about 1630, in England. 2. Elizabeth, born about 1633-4, married, in Eng- land, George Woodward. 3. Sarah, baptized September 13, 1640, in Hingham, married Nathaniel Stedman, of Brookline. 4. Na- thaniel, baptized March 12, 1643, in Hingham, married Mary Griffin.
(II) Thomas Hammond, born in England, about 1630, died at Newton, Massachusetts, October 20, 1678, of small pox. He was a farmer on the estate left him by his father. The inventory of his estate amounted to £468 8s. He married, December 17, 1662, Elizabeth Stedman. Children, born in Newton: I. Eliza- beth, born November 3, 1664, married Thomas Chamberlain. 2. Thomas, born December 16, 1666, married Mehitable Vevy, June 15, 1693. 3-4. Isaac and Sarah (twins), born December 20, 1668; Isaac married Ann Kenrick, De- cember 7, 1692. 5. Nathaniel, born February 3, 1671, died young. 6. John, born April 30, 1674. 7. Eleazer, born November 13, 1677, married Hannah Harrington, April 29, 1703.
(III) Thomas Hammond, born December
16, 1666, died at Newton, 1720. He was a farmer and quite an extensive landowner. At one time was selectman of the town. He mar- ried, June 15, 1693, Mehitable Vevy. After her death he married, August 8, 1705, Mary Bacon, of Roxbury. The first four children were by his first wife, the last two by his sec- ond. Children : I. Mehitable, born January 29, 1695, married James Petty. 2. John, born May 16, 1696. 3. Thomas, born July 10, 1698, married Jane 4. Caleb, born July 4, 1700, married Mary Brewster, descend- ant of Elder William Brewster, of the "May- flower," November 21, 1723. 5. Mary, born May 13, 1707, married Samuel Benjamin, No- vember 28, 1723. 6. Samuel, born July 9, 1709, married Eunice Bacon, December 31, I730.
(IV) John Hammond, born May 16, 1696, died at Newton, June 27, 1763. He was a farmer in Newton. He was quite an extensive owner of land, and at his death it was valued at £667 Is 8d. He also had considerable per- sonal property. December II, 1718, he mar- ried Margaret Wilson, daughter of Samuel and Experience (Trowbridge) Wilson, of Newton. Children of John and Margaret (Wilson) Hammond : I. John, born July 25, 1719, mar- ried, 1745, Lydia Hammond, his cousin. 2. Joshua, born March 10, 1721, married Eliza- beth Prentice, May 15, 1739, daughter of Cap- tain Thomas and Elizabeth (Jackson) Pren- tice Newton. He was one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of the town, taking a leading part in all town affairs. He served in the French and Indian war, and later in the Revolution. 3. Thomas, born April 23, 1723, died February 15, 1738. 4 and 5. Mary and Margaret (twins), born October 7, 1725 ; Mary died young; Margaret married Thomas Marean in 1751. 6. Daniel, born October 18, 1727; married, April 17, 1751, Lucy Jones, daughter of Captain Nathaniel and Mary Jones, of Worcester. He served in the expedi- tion against Louisburg. 7. Samuel, born June 14, 1730. 8. Abijah, born November 5, 1732, married June 3, 1755, Mary Saltmarsh, daugh- ter of Captain Thomas and Mary (Hazen) Saltmarsh, of Watertown. He served in the French and Indian war, and was an officer in the Continental army during almost the entire Revolution, rising to the rank of captain. 9. Enoch, born October 29, 1734; married, May IO, 1764, Lucy Fiske, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Anna (Bemis) Fiske, of Wal- tham. He belonged to the Newton militia which marched at the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775. 10. Anna, born September 23, 1736;
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married, in 1758, Gulliver Winchester, of New- ton. II. Martha, born April 10, 1738, died October 12, 1757. 12. Abigail, born 1741 ; married, February 1, 1764, Lieutenant John Marean, of Newton.
(V) Samuel Hammond, born in Newton, June 14, 1730, died in Newton, January 28, 1770; married, March 13, 1754, Mary Fiske, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Green) Fiske, of Newton. His widow married (sec- ond), in 1777, Lieutenant Isaac Jackson, of Newton, a soldier in the French and Indian War. Children of Samuel and Mary (Fiske) Hammond : I. Mary, born May 5, 1755; mar- ried, March 3, 1777, Ebenezer Fairbanks, of Dedham. He was a Revolutionary soldier on the Lexington alarm list. 2. Rebecca, born January 17, 1757; married, March 18, 1779, Ephraim Traine, of Weston; they removed to Hillsboro, New Hampshire. 3. Samuel, born September 30, 1758, died young. 4. Jonathan, born November 21, 1761, in Watertown; mar- ried, March 18, 1790, Beulah Hyde, of Brook- line, daughter of Elisha and Mary (Knapp) Hyde ; he served as a soldier in the Revolution- ary war. 5. Margaret, born April 1, 1764, in Watertown; married, April 30, 1794, Captain John Pritchard. 6. Samuel (name changed from Asa), born July 12, 1766.
(VI) Samuel Hammond, born in Water- town, July 12, 1766, died in Boston, November 4, 1833. He went to Boston when a young man and amassed a large fortune for those times. He engaged in different business en- terprises which yielded liberal returns. He owned land on Somerset street, also land situ- ated in the best business portion of Boston, that became extremely valuable through the growth of the city. He left a large estate which was administered by his widow in 1834. (See Suffolk Probate Records, No. 30, 675). His wife was the sister of Colonel William Dawes, who rode with Paul Revere, April 19, 1775. He married in Boston, June 4, 1794, Sarah Dawes. Children, born in Boston : I. John Lucas, born February 21, 1795, died May 10, 1846. 2. Charles, born May 18, 1796, died unmarried. 3. Hannah Dawes, born Novem- ber 4, 1797 ; married, February 13, 1822, Hon. Nathaniel Pope Russell, of Boston, she being his second wife. 4. Mary Ann, born January 15, 1799; married, March II, 1823, Hon. John Gorham Palfrey. He graduated at Harvard College in 1815, succeeded Edward Everett as minister of Brattle Street Church, 1818, and received the degree of D. D. in 1834; of LL.D. in 1838. He was professor of sacred litera- ture in Harvard Divinity School from 1830 to
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