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About Reuben Brooks
A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of SAILOR. DAR Ancestor # A015064
Patriot of the American Revolution service MA, rank patriotic service, Sailor, DAR Ancestor # A 015064 Service Source: BABSON, TOWN OF GLOUCESTER & CAPE ANN, PP 399, 400; GARLAND, THE FISH & THE FALCON, P 165 Service Description: 1) SAILOR ON THE PRIVATEER 'YANKEE HERO' UNDER CAPT JAMES TRACY; PRISONER
References
- The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families An attempt to trace, in both the male and female …. “Descendants of Moses Cleveland.” Page 361. < AncestrySharing >
Reuben Brooks, youngest but one of the seven children of Nathaniel and Submit ( Poulter ) Brooks, born January 8, 1744, died in a British prison in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1776. He was one of the crew of the privateer " Yankee Hero, " which sailed from Sandy Bay ( see History of Rockport ), and engaged in battle with a British ship which at first was supposed to be insufficiently defended, but which in fact proved to be a formidable war vessel. In the battle Reuben Brooks was wounded in the head and was taken prisoner with his comrades. He was held in prison in Halifax until his death from the effects of his wound combined with an attack of small pox. On December 25, 1768, Reuben Brooks married Abigail Cleaveland, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland, first pastor of the parish church at Sandy Bay, Gloucester, and Abigail ( Stevens ) Cleaveland, his wife.
Reuben Brooks's Timeline
1744 |
1744
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Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
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1770 |
January 5, 1770
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Gloucester, Essex County, MA, United States
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1772 |
1772
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Gloucester, Essex, MA
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1773 |
February 9, 1773
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Connecticut, United States
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1775 |
February 28, 1775
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Gloucester, Essex, MA
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1776 |
June 1776
Age 32
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Halifax, Halifax County, Province of Nova Scotia
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