Hannah Brooks

Inscription:

• Here Lyes Buried
• the Body of Hannah
• Brooks wife to Caleb
• Brooks. Aged about
• 70 Years who departed
• this Life March the
• 10th 1 7 0 8/9

Note: 2nd wife to Caleb Brooks

biographical notes

From http://www.tributaries.info/p176.htm#i1755

Caleb/2a Brooks was born circa 1632, probably in England. (He was 51 in a 1684 deposition, and 64 at his death per g.s.)2 Admitted a freeman of Concord, Massachusetts, 3 May 1654.3 There he married (1), 10 Apr 1660, Susanna/2 Atkinson of Concord, daughter of Thomas/1? Atkinson and Susan (–?–).4,5 In 1666 he owned 12 lots comprising 150 acres in the East District, taxes on which were abated in full that year.6

Susannah (Atkinson) Brooks died at Concord 19 Jan 1668/69, a month after giving birth to their fifth daughter, a. 2712, and he married (2), circa 1670, her sister Hannah/2 Atkinson.5,13

The inventory of Caleb's estate amounted to £6,300-14s., a considerable fortune for those days. Administration was granted 29 Aug 1696 to his sons Ebenezer and Samuel; the subsequent settlement of the estate was signed by widow Hannah, sons Ebenezer, Samuel, son-in-law Nathaniel Ball, and daughter Sarah. Much of the estate in Medford was given or sold by subsequent generations of descendants to the town (now city); the land on which the modern Oak Grove Cemetery lies, for example, was part of the original estate. The 82.5 acres remaining today, known as the Brooks Estate, is owned by the City of Medford.19

Children with Hannah/2 Atkinson:

1. Capt. Ebenezer/3a Brooks+25 b. circa 24 Feb 1670, d. 11 Feb 1742/43
2. Capt. Samuel/3a Brooks+26 b. 1 Sep 1672, d. 3 Jul 1733

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from:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26920728/hannah-brooks

"Hannah Atkinson Brooks BIRTH: 1639 DEATH: 10 Mar 1709 (aged 69–70) Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL: Salem Street Burying Ground Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA PLOT 338 MEMORIAL ID: 26920728

Family Members: Parents: Thomas Atkinson 1606–1646.

Spouse: Caleb Brooks 1632–1696.

Siblings: John Atchinson 1636–1677, Rebecca Atkinson Heywood 1637–1665, Susanna Atkinson Brooks 1641–1669,

Children: Ebenezer Brooks 1670–1743, Samuel Brooks 1672–1733,

Inscription:

Here Lyes Buried the Body of Hannah Brooks wife to Caleb Brooks. Aged about 70 Years who departed this Life March the 10th 1 7 0 8/9"

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Hannah's sister, Susanna died a month after giving birth to her 5th child (with Caleb Brooks). A year later , Caleb Brooks married Hannah and moved to Medford, Massachusetts where he had inherited land. father: Thomas ATKINSON, #127015796 mother: Susanna ?, #127015811 husband: Caleb BROOKS, #26920727 married 10 Apr 1660 in Concord, MA