Does anyone have any information on the Joshua Brooks who married Lucretia Waite, per Mass. Marriages 1633 on 8/7/1778 Lancaster, MA. (Crane's Hist. Homes and Inst. & Gen. & Pers. Memoirs of Worc. Co. Mass. Vol. 2, p. 155 shows: Josiah White and Sarah Stanford had a dau. Lucretia who m. Joshua Brooks). Other MA Marriage records show her name as WHITE. Still beating my head against the wall over my mysterious Salmon Brooks. Acc. to children's marriage and death records, Salmon was b. in Shutesbury MA, (in 1795 per age at death) but can't find on Holbrook transcriptions of vitals, which did have his wife Hannah Jones and her siblings all b. in Shutesbury. Salmon d. 1832 Colrain, per a church record with no identifying info, but he d. suddenly, which I guess explains why there is no info on him in the Franklin County Courthouse, likely had no will. Salmon is on 1830 Colrain census, Hannah is hoh in 1840 census there. No info on Hannah at courthouse either. No Colrain, Bernardston, or Leyden, Brooks probate info at all (for the early to mid 1800's) yet we know through vitals his children were born and died and married in these towns, and have been found in cemeteries there. No Salmon found in any of the cemeteries in these towns. NEHGS has a death record for Hannah (Jones) Brooks saying she was buried in North River Cem. Colrain, 2 visits there and no Hannah or Salmon found, no Brooks at all, graves may have sunk into ground, however even if they were there, there are no big gaps to have located additional Brooks graves who could have been his parents-so doubt the answer is there, although am following up on a lead for an older listing of the graves there. 1790 Sterling census has: Joshua Brooks (believed to be the one who m. Lucretia) as well as Francis Jones, Bulah Brooks, Ami Brooks, Ebenezer Brooks, Thomas Brooks, John Brooks. Only other Joshua's are in Westfield and Lincoln (I know who the Lincoln one is). The Joshua in Westfield is also found with many Nobles (Samuel's dau. was Harriet NOBLE Brooks), no other Brookses there. 1810 census has Joshua Brooks in Northfield and Lincoln. 1820 census has Joshua in Shutesbury and Tewksbury, Joshua in Shutesbury (the first listing for a Brooks in Shutesbury, and the only Brooks) shows (1) male and (1) female over 45, 1 female to 45 1830 Shutesbury census: Joshua Brooks (1) m. (1) f. 70-80, (1) f. 40-50, this age 70-80 would work out for the age of Lucretia Waite and what one would assume her husband's age to be. A Lucretia Brooks, the only Brooks found in a recent trip to a few Shutesbury cemeteries was in West Cemetery, a Lucretia Brooks is buried off alone d. 12/2/1849 age 61. She would be born 1788 and would work right to be a dau. of Joshua and Lucretia, and the one shown living with Joshua 1820 and 1830 Shutesbury. I figured with her being away from the other graves there might be some secret to her, and believe then she is likely the only Brooks record found at Franklin Co. Courthouse for Shutesbury, a record for Lucretia Brooks "insane" (just got this info over phone-and failed to get a date or what it was, am requesting a copy). In 1840 the only Brooks in Shutesbury is Moses Brooks, (1) male 70-80 (who would work to be a sibling to Joshua), (1) f. 15-20 (could be a maid or nurse), (1) f. 50-60 (who would work to be Lucretia, if he was Joshua's sibling and so appointed her guardian). Joshua is not found in any nearby towns and is presumed dead, there were no records for him at the Franklin Co. Courthouse, but perhaps the Lucretia record was a guardianship record at his death, and will provide some info. 1850, no Brooks in Shutesbury, Salmon's 3 surviving children who married 3 Carpenter siblings spent all their lives in Leyden/Colrain and are found in censuses there. Maura Amrich Tyngsborough, MA

Maura Amrich wrote: > Does anyone have any information on the Joshua Brooks who > married Lucretia Waite, per Mass. Marriages 1633 on > 8/7/1778 Lancaster, MA. (Crane's Hist. Homes and Inst. & > Gen. & Pers. Memoirs of Worc. Co. Mass. Vol. 2, p. 155 > shows: Josiah White and Sarah Stanford had a dau. > Lucretia who m. Joshua Brooks). Other MA Marriage records > show her name as WHITE. Nourse, Henry S. "The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, MA, 1643-1850." Lancaster, MA: 1890. Page 138: Joshua Brooks Lucretia White both of Lancaster Enterd their Intencion of maridg August 17 1778 Page 128: Marriages Consummated by Josiah Wilder Esqr. 1788. Do. [Oct.], 15th. Jonathan <sic> Brook, & Lucretia Wait both of do. Charlestown VR, 1:385: Joshua, son of Jonathan & Pheobe Brooks, b. Dec. 7, 1752. Cambridge VR, 1:92: Joshua, s. of Jonathan, bp. Dec. 15, 1751. C.R.1. I'll leave it to you to reconcile the discrepancies, but it's clearly the same Joshua in each of these events. He is 5. Joshua (b. 1752) 4. Jonathan (b. 1710) + Phebe SIMONDS (b. 1714) 3. Jabez (1673-1747) m2 Hebsibah CUTTER (1671-1746) 2. John + Eunice MOUSALL 1. Henry (d. 1683) + unnamed 1st wife Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England www.tributaries.us ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||