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Hannah Brooks (Mason)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, MA, United States
Death: 1696 (59-60)
Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Hugh Mason and Hester “Esther” Mason
Wife of Captain Joshua Brooks
Mother of Hannah Pierce; Maj. Noah Brooks; John Brooks; Grace Potter; Ens. Daniel Brooks, Sr. and 8 others
Sister of Elizabeth Mason; Ruth Mason; Mary Esterbrook; John Mason; Joseph Mason, Sr. and 2 others

Managed by: Richard Frank Henry
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About Hannah Brooks

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From Mason Ancestry in England


Hannah Mason (Hugh1). Born Watertown, Mass., on 23 Sep 1636. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: HANNAH, b. Sept. 23, 1636; m., Oct. 17, 1653, Capt. JOSHUA BROOKS,* Of Concord (eldest son of Capt. Thomas Brooks, first of Wat., and afterwards of Concord), by whom she had 10 children and numerous descendants. Her eldest child, Hannah, m., Jan. 15, 1677-8, Benjamin Peirce, of Wat. [Peirce, 21.] [See p. 720.]

She married Capt. Joshua Brooks, son of Capt. Thomas Brooks & Grace, on 17 Oct 1653 in Watertown, Mass. Born Concord, Mass., bef 1632. Data from Mason.

Capt. Brooks was a tanner and settled in that part of Concord which later became Lincoln. He was made Freeman May 26, 1692.

Bond's Info: JOSHUA, m., October 17,1653, HANNAH MASON. [Mason, 2.] He was a tanner, and lived in that part of Concord, which became a part of Lincoln, where his descendants have been very numerous. Vol. II: Dea. JOSHUA BROOKS, a tanner, m. in Wat., Oct. 17, 1653, HANNAH MASON, dr. of Capt. Hugh Mason. [Mason 2.] He settled in that south part of Concord which became a part of Lincoln, and, it is supposed, sold his paternal estate in Medford to his brother Caleb. It is conjectured that he learned his trade of Capt. Mason, and, soon after, married his daughter. He was adm. freeman May 26, 1652.

They had the following children (eleven, 1654-1681):

i. Hannah

ii. Noah (1656-1739)

iii. John. Born Concord, Mass., in 1657. Died on 18 May 1697. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Vol. II: JOHN, b. 1657; m., Nov. 8, 1682, DEBORAH GARFIELD, b. about 1662, dr. of Samuel and Mary (Benfield) Garfield, of Wat. [Garfield, 2 1/2-7.] He d. May 18, 1697. He married Deborah Garfield, daughter of Samuel Garfield & Mary Benfield, on 8 Nov 1682 in Sudbury, Mass. Born abt 1662. Data from Mason.

iv. Grace (1660-1753)

v. Daniel (1663-1733)

vi. Thomas. Born Concord, Mass., on 5 May 1666. Died Concord, Mass., on 9 Sep 1671. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Thomas. Vol. II: THOMAS, b. Sept. 9, 1666: d. Sept. 9, 1671.

vii. Esther (1668-1742)

viii. Elizabeth (1672-)

ix. Job. Born Concord, Mass., on 26 Jul 1675. Died Concord, Mass., on 18 May 1697. Unmarried. Data from Mason. Bond's Info: Vol. II: JOB, b. July 26, 1675; d. May 18, 1697, aged 22, unm. Inventory £94; his brother Noah, exec'r of his Will. By a deed, dated Aug. 24, 1697, Noah Brooks, Daniel Brooks, Sen.. Joseph Brooks, Sen., Benjamin Pierce, of Wat., Benjamin Whittemore, and Judah Potter, of Concord, convey to brother Hugh Brooks, all right in the estate of our brother Job Brooks, had of our father Joshua Brooks, deceased.

x. Hugh (1677-1746)

xi. Joseph (1681-1759)


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Hannah Brooks's Timeline

1636
September 23, 1636
Watertown, Middlesex County, MA, United States
1655
1655
Watertown, MA, United States
1656
October 14, 1656
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1657
1657
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1660
March 10, 1660
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1663
November 15, 1663
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1666
May 5, 1666
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1668
July 4, 1668
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1669
1669
Concord, Middlesex, MA, United States