Person:Mary Brooks (102)

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  • M.  Joanna Holden (add)
m. Aft 23 Jun 1753
  1. Mary Brooks1765 - 1853
m. 4 Dec 1783
m. 22 Jan 1795
  1. Joanna Cummings1795 - 1861
  2. Mary Cummings1801 - 1882
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Name[3][4] Mary Brooks
Gender Female
Birth[1] 11 Sep 1765 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 4 Dec 1783 Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Francis Colburn
Marriage 22 Jan 1795 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Stephen Cummings
Death[2] 6 Feb 1853 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol. 1, p. 29.

    BRROKS, Mary, d. of Isaac and Joanna, Sept. 11, 1765.

  2. Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol. 2, p. 46.

    CUMMINGS, Mary, widow of Stephen, d. of Isaac and Joanna Brooks, of dropsy, Feb. 6 [22, gravestone], 1853; 87 y.
    [Birth about 1766.]

  3. Mooar, George. The Cummings Memorial: A genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings, an early settler of Topsfield, Massachusetts. (New York: B.F. Cummings, 1903)
    p. 192.

    Stephen Cummings [#168] m. 22 Jan 1795 Mary Coburn, who d. 6 Feb 1753. "(May she have been widow [Coburn] and maiden name Mary Brooks?) born Sept. 11, 1765."
    [Note: Mooar's grammar is a little confusing, but his point appears to be correct, as shown by the death record.]

  4. Cutter, William R. and Arthur G. Loring. "The Brooks Family of Woburn, Mass.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 58, p. 134.

    Children of Isaac Brooks and Joanna Holden: 3) Mary, b. 11 Sep 1765, d. 6 Feb 1853, m. (1) Francis Colburn or Coburn, m. (2) 22 Jan 1795 Stephen Cummings of Woburn.
    [Notes: cites a deed from administrator of Francis Colburn, Ebenezer Bancroft, dated 30 Apr 1787, to Mary Colburn, to prove first marriage.]