"Hello again Cousins!" This family descends through that of Thomas BROOKS of Concord, MA: 10 BROOKS Brothers & possibly more, sons of Cpt./ Esq. Thomas BROOKS & Mercy TUFTS. 242. Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) (Samuel4, Samuel3, Caleb2, Thomas1), born 6 Jan 1731/32 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 7 Mar 1799 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. He married (1) in 1755 Anna HALL, died 28 Aug 1757 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; (2) in 1762 Mercy TUFTS, born abt 1742; died 26 Aug 1813 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; buried 27 Aug 1813 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. Notes for Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 89, p 205. Representative to the General Court, 1776-82; also loaned money for bounty paid the men enlisting to go to New York. Died of lung fever. Children of Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) and Anna HALL were as follows: + 447 i Anna BROOKS, born 1757; died 1842. She married Samuel STEVENS (Dr.). Children of Thomas BROOKS (Cpt. / Esq.) and Mercy TUFTS were as follows: 448 i Mercy BROOKS, born 3 Sep 1763 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. She married on 6 Mar 1788 in Medford, Middleses, MA Cotton TUFTS (Jr.). 449 ii Jonathan BROOKS, born 25 Oct 1765 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 18 Apr 1847 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. He married on 26 Sep 1791 in Medford, Middleses, MA Elizabeth ALLBREE. 450 iii Samuel BROOKS, born Aug 1767 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; christened 16 Aug 1767 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 28 Sep 1767 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 451 iv Isaac BROOKS, born 2 Aug 1770 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 452 v William BROOKS, christened 15 Aug 1771 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 453 vi Simon BROOKS, born 2 Sep 1772 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died 24 Jul 1805 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; buried 26 Jul 1805 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. Died of consumption. 454 vii Lucy BROOKS, christened 9 Apr 1775 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 455 viii Isaac BROOKS, born 3 Jun 1776 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 456 ix Abigail BROOKS, christened 28 Feb 1779 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. + 457 x William S. BROOKS (Cpt.), born 5 Mar 1781 in Medford, Middlesex, MA; died Apr 1865. He married Eleanor FORMAN. 458 xi Thomas BROOKS, christened 2 Feb 1783 in Medford, Middlesex, MA, died 6 Jan 1810 in at sea. Died of consumption. 459 xii Edward BROOKS, born 18 Jun 1786 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 460 xiii James BROOKS, born 7 Feb 1789 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. Gender unverified. 461 xiv (---) BROOKS, born 17 Nov 1789 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. 462 xv (---) BROOKS, born 3 Apr 1791 in Medford, Middlesex, MA. The last two children's names were on a torn page and do not appear in the town records. TTYL Craig "Always Looking for Cousins!"