Corporal Ephraim Brooks

  • Born July 13, 1725 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were JOSHUA BROOKS and LYDIA WHEELER.
  • Married SARAH HEYWOOD on August 30, 1752 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  • Died July 16, 1792 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.





CHILDREN

  1. EPHRAIM BROOKS, born April 27, 1753 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died March 29, 1799 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married SUSANNA ESTABROOK on March 31, 1784 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  2. SARAH BROOKS, born October 27, 1754 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died April 26, 1839 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married BENJAMIN CLARK, Jr. on August 30, 1773 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  3. BENJAMIN BROOKS, born June 15, 1756 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died August 29, 1775 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  4. ELIZABETH BROOKS, born April 12, 1758 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  5. ABNER BROOKS, born February 29, 1760 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died December 4, 1777 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  6. LEVI BROOKS, born October 23, 1762 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died September 20, 1833 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married LYDIA STONE on January 29, 1794 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  7. MARTHA BROOKS, born October 7, 1764 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married DAVID WHEELER 3rd on May 22, 1783 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  8. SAMUEL BROOKS, born October 7, 1764 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died December 24, 1765 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  9. LUCY BROOKS, born September 22, 1766 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  10. HEPZIBAH BROOKS, born September 24, 1768 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  11. MILLICENT BROOKS, born September 1, 1770 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married ANDREW SEAVER on September 10, 1797 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  12. SAMUEL BROOKS, born January 3, 1773 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

SOURCES:

• The Descendants of Capt. Hugh Mason in America, by Edna Warren Mason, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven CT, 1937. Page 30