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Mary Brooks

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably England, (Present UK)
Death: February 24, 1672 (39-48)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Brooks, of Woburn and 1st wife of Henry Brooks, of Woburn
Wife of Richard Norcross, I
Mother of Richard Norcross, II; Nathaniel Norcross, Sr and Sarah Child
Sister of Dea. John Brooks, of Woburn; Hannah ‘Anna’ Willey; Sarah Mousall; Martha Bateman; Rev. Timothy Brooks and 2 others

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About Mary Brooks

Mary Brookes Brooks Birth 1628 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death 24 February 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Parents

  • Henry Brooks (1592 – 1683) & unknown 1st wife

Spouse & Children

  • Richard NORCROSS (1621 – 1709)

Mary Norcross 1652 – 1661

Jeremiah Norcross 1655 – 1717

Sarah Norcross 1657 –

Richard Jr NORCROSS 1660 – 1745

Mary Norcross 1663 –

Nathaniel Norcross 1665 – 1717

Samuel Norcross 1671 –

1628 - Birth: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

  • 1 source citation

1650, 24 Jun - Age: 22; Marriage to Richard NORCROSS: Watertown,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA

  • 1 source citation

1672, 24 Feb - Age: 44; Death: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

  • 1 source citation

1672, Feb - Burial: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Likely buried in the Old Burying Place

Links

GEDCOM Note

Category: Immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony from England

Category: Watertown, Massachusetts

Biography

The best material on this family was compiled by Christopher Hapgood Brooks and is maintained as part of his Tributaries: Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England. This incorporates all of John Brooks Threlfall's material and includes an excellent biography of Mary (Brooks) Norcross (say1630–1672):"Mary Brooks was born say 1630, probably in England. She married, as his 1st wife, 24 Jun 1650 at Watertown, Massachusetts, Richard/2 Norcross, son of Jeremiah/1 Norcross and Adrean (–?–), with whom she had7 children.1 Named as the wife of Richard Norcross in the will of hisfather, 15 Sep 1654.2 She died at Watertown 24 Feb 1671/72.3 He married twice more, without further issue, and made his will 8 Apr 1708.4"

Birth

: Birth 1628 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

: Birth 1628 England

: Birth 1634

Death

24 FEB 1671/72 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

: Death 1671 : Death 1665

Family

: Husband: Richard Norcross : Wife: Mary Brooks : Marriage 1650<ref>Source: #S896 </ref>

: Husband: Henry Brooks : Wife: Unknown UNKNOWN : Child: Timothy Brooks : Child: Sarah Brooks : Child: Martha Brooks : Child: Mary Brooks : Child: Hannah Brooks : Child: John Brooks : Child: Joseph Brooks : Child: Isaac Brooks: Marriage England Note: though Jaquith Family says 1639 in Concord<ref>Source: #S97 Page: 1-5</ref><ref>Source: #S896 </ref>

Sources

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  • S896 The American Genealogist: Thomas, Henry and Hannah Brooks of Concord,Volume: 54, Pages: 234–235 Abbreviation: TAG: Thomas, Henry and Hannah Brooks of Concord Author: Eddy, Miriam Brightman Publication: 1978
  • S97 The Jaquith Family in America Author: Jaquith, George Oakes; Walker, Georgetta Jaquith Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1982
  • Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. : of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States Author: Lemuel Abijah Abbott Boston: Abbott, 1906.
  • Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15949597/person/33...
  • Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15949597/person/33...
  • Watertown Records of BMD Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: ..., Volume 2 edited by Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker.

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GEDCOM Note

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Mary Brooks's Timeline

1628
1628
Probably England, (Present UK)
1660
August 4, 1660
Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1665
December 18, 1665
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1667
December 28, 1667
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1672
February 24, 1672
Age 44
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
1930
December 16, 1930
Age 44
December 16, 1930
Age 44
1931
March 2, 1931
Age 44
March 2, 1931
Age 44