Major John Brooks

DAR# A016028

1754 he was enlisted in the British Army and was wounded. He was discharged June 8, 1767. In 1776 he was comissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Line. In 1778 he was appointed Mayor of York by General Gates along with the rank of Captain. He also held the position of Commissay of Supplies.

-Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 1947

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His parents were Cromwellians. At the age of 27 he was in His Majesty's service Enniskillen regiment of foot, as sergeant, served with that command in North America; disabled by a wound in his left hand, June 8, 1767 and honorably discharged thereafter. Left Montreal and went to Newberryport in the Massachusetts colony, where he resided until the breaking out of the Revolutionary War. In 1775 he removed to Carlisle, PA and on the 9th of January 1776, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line.

During the occupancy of York by Congress in 1778, he was appointed by General Gates, town major with rank of captain and acting commissary of supplies.