Person:Ebenezer Brooks (6)

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Ebenezer Brooks
b. Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d. Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Dorothy Brooks
  2. Deacon Joshua Brooks
  3. Ebenezer Brooks
  4. Benjamin Brooks
  5. Mary Brooks
  6. Thomas Brooks
  7. Elizabeth Brooks
Spouse and Children
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  1. Noah Brooks
  2. Sarah Brooks
  3. Joel Brooks
  4. Simon Brooks
  5. Mary Brooks
  6. Peter Brooks
  7. Elizabeth Brooks
  8. Lucy Brooks
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Ebenezer Brooks
Gender Male
Birth[1] Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Fletcher
Death[2][4] Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    34.

    Ebenezer Brookes ye son of Noah Brookes & Dorothy his wife was Born February ye 14th 1691 . 2.

  2. ↑ Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1906)
    p. 324.

    BROOKS, Ebenezer, [died] April 5, 1768, in 78th year. GS
    [Age 77, so born about 1691.]

  3. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its early settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the present time, 1879: including the genealogies of seventy-nine of the older families. (Press of C. Hamilton - Publisher, 1879)
    p. 469.

    Ebenezer Brooks, s/o Noah, b. 14 Feb 1690 [sic], d. 1770 [sic], m. 17 Jun 1714 Sarah Fletcher of Concord.

  4. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate records 1731-1916, index 1731-1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2001)
    Case 7636: Brooks, Ebenezer, Grafton, 1768.

    Will of "Ebenezer Brooks of Grafton ... weaver", dated 16 Dec 1767, filed 16 Mar [sic, presumably April] 1768, proved 26 Apr 1678, names wife Sarah Brooks; eldest son Noah Brooks; second son Joel Brooks; son Simon Brooks; daughter Sarah Willard ["her husband Benj'a willard"]; daughter Elisabeth Drury; daughter Lucy Goulding; son Peter Brooks ["I order you to find your mother my wife [various supplies]"; son Noah Brooks to be Sole executor.
    8 Apr 1868 [sic, 1768]: Assent to proving of will, signed by Noah Brooks, Joel Brooks, Simon Brooks, Peter Brooks } sons; Thomas Drury jun'r, Benj'a Willard, John Goulding } sons in Law.
    16 Apr 1768: Citation of "Widdow & Heirs at Law of the Estate of Benezer Brooks late of Grafton" to appear for approval of will.
    26 Apr 1768: Bond of Peter Brooks Yeoman of Grafton as administrator on Estate of Ebenezer Brooks Late of Grafton Deceased cum Testamenta annexo [from document approving will: "Sole Executor in said Will named hath Given under his hand that he absolutely Refuses to accept of said Trust"]
    3 May 1768: Inventory of Estate of Ebenezer Brooks Late of Grafton Deceased by Abr'a Brown, Joseph Batcheller, and John Sherman.
    15 May 1769: Accounting of Peter Brooks

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