Rev. Edward Brooks

1733 - 1781  (47 years)

• Name	Edward Brooks  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	31 Oct 1733	Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Baptism	4 Nov 1733  [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 May 1781	Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I15962	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel Brooks,   b. 3 Sep 1700, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Jul 1768, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Boutwell,   b. 23 May 1698, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 25 May 1772, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1725	Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F11511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Brown,   b. 1732, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 28 Nov 1800, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1764  [9]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Brooks,   b. 27 Jan 1769   d. 30 Jan 1842, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F9986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Graduated from Harvard College in 1757. "Edward was ordained minister of the church at North Yarmouth, Maine, but his liberal religious views led to his dismissal, and he returned to Medford. During the Revolution he fought at Concord and was taken prisoner by the British while serving as chaplain on the frigate Hancock.. ["Out Here at the Front", citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1537] Edward Gray, "William Gray of Lynn, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants." Essex Institute Historical Collections 52:113, 1916. [S1582] John Wingate Thornton, "The Cotton Family." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1:164, April 1847. [S1577] "Out Here at the Front": The World War I Letters of Nora Saltonstall ed. Judith S. Graham. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004., year only. [S1670] Find a Grave page for the Rev. Edward Brooks. [S1576] Register of Families Settled at the Town of Medford, Mass. by William Henry Whitmore. Boston: John Wiley & Son, 1855. [S1585] Ancestry and Descendants of Sir Richard Saltonstall by Leverett Saltonstall. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897., date only. [S1797] Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907. [S1798] Find a Grave page for Mary Boutwell Brooks. [S1585] Ancestry and Descendants of Sir Richard Saltonstall by Leverett Saltonstall. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897.