Person:Caleb Brooks (4)
Caleb Brooks
b.Cal 1632
d.29 Jul 1696 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1628
  1. Mary BrooksEst 1628 - 1693
  2. Caleb BrooksCal 1632 - 1696
  3. Gersham Brooks1632 - 1686
  4. Joshua Brooks1636 - 1698
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Apr 1660
  1. Susan Brooks1661 - 1686
  2. Mary Brooks1663 - Bef 1666
  3. Mary Brooks1666 - 1726
  4. Rebecca Brooks1667 -
  5. Sarah Brooks1668 - 1748
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1670
  1. Capt. Ebenezer Brooks1670/71 - 1742/43
  2. Capt. Samuel Brooks1672 - 1733
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Caleb Brooks
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1632
Marriage 10 Apr 1660 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Susanna Atkinson
Marriage Bef 1670 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Hannah Unknown
Death[1][2][4] 29 Jul 1696 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1][2] Salem Street Burial Ground, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907)
    346.

    Brooks, Caleb Sr., July 29, 1696. [a. 64, GR1]
    [Birth about 1632. GR1=Salem Street Cemetery]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caleb Brooks, in Find A Grave.

    HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
    CALEB BROOKS
    AGED 64 YEARS
    DIED JULY 29
    1 6 9 6

  3. ↑ Threlfall, John Brooks. "Thomas Brooks of Watertown and Concord", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    53:95.

    Caleb Brooks, s/o Thomas, b. abt 1632, d. Medford 29 Jul 1696, m. (1) 10 Apr 1660 Susanna Atkins, m. (2) Hannah --- "supposed to have been a sister of his first wife".
    [Note: editor's note: "marriage to a dead wife's sister was regarded as incestuous by most Puritan communities".]

  4. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 2798: Caleb Brooks 1696.

    19 Aug 1696: Inventory of Caleb Brooks late of Meadford Dec'd: 24 Aug 1696: £630.14.00, by Edward Winshipp, John Whitmore, Joseph Sherman.
    Bond of Ebenezer Brooks and Samuel Brooks of Medford as administrators of Caleb Brooks late of Medford Yeoman Dece'd Intestate.
    24 Aug 1696: Agreement between Hannah Brooks Widdow of Caleb Brooks of Medford Dec'd & the children of Caleb Brooks that Widdow Brooks to have third part of personal estate for ever, third part of income of real estate; Ebenezer Brooks' part; Sam'll Brooks' part; the part of Nathaniel Ball & Mary is wife; Sarah Brooks' part. Acknowledgment of agreement notes "refering to their Sister Rebecka Brookes who not being capable to Act for her self ... her two Brothers viz Ebenezer & Samuell Brooks have given Bond to take care of her and so take her Estate into their hands".

  5.   The birth of son Ebenezer in 1669/70 names the mother Anna, and the birth of son Samuel in 1672 names her Hanna. Clearly, he had a second wife, but no marriage record seems to have been found. Savage, 1:259, says Caleb Brooks m. (1) Susanna Atkinson, m. (2) "Hannah, sis. of the former w.". It is not clear what evidence this assumption of their relationship is based on, but given the editor's note in TAG, it seems unlikely. Probably it is a misinterpretation of some connection to the Atkinson family that may be sufficiently explained solely based on the first wife, but not knowing how can we tell? Savage cites Shattuck, not necessarily in regards to this issue, but this is not where the information comes from, as p. 365 identifies first wife as Susannah Atkinson, and second wife as Ann ---. The identification of Hannah as sister of Susannah is unquestioningly repeated by Cutter, Crane and others (though not Ezra Stearns), none giving evidence.
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