General Notes

-NEG; J Mason
freeman Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire 1639; in Woborn 1650; bought 178 A at Horn Pond [now lower Main St] in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on Dec 20 1658; moved to Swansea in 1679 o-clothier
July 24 1682 his coat of arms is Scottish but he may have been born in Netherlands. Probably not a Scott as he was a Puritan and likely from Suffolk, England-He m 1st Sarah who had 8 ch; m 2nd Susannah, widow of Ezekiel Richardson who d 15 apr 1681 and 3rd Agnes Jasquith 12 jul 1682
Puritan deposed in Middlesex Cty Massachusetts he was 66 in 1658

Henry Brooks was a resident of Concord Massachusetts in 1639. He married and had children prior to arriving in Woburn Massachusetts about 1650. another reference says born in 1592, Suffolk, England. He was a clothier and a selectman several years. He purchased a frame house and 178 acres of land at Horn Pond in Woburn from William Brackenbury of Charlestown on 20 Dec 1650. In a suit brought in Dec 1658 Henry testified that he was then about 66 years old; twenty-four years later in his will he described himself as stricken in years and about 91 years old. In Woburn records of 1678, Henry's homestead estate is described as located on South Street (presently lower Main Street). Henry's will, dated 18 Jul 1682, names his wife Anne, son-in-law John Mousall, sons John Timothy and Isaac, and daughters Sarah and Ann, and `Lestor' (i.e. Ann, wife of Andrew Lester). Henry had at least 3 and perhaps 4 wives. Last one mentioned was Ann in will, married 6 days before the will.

Note - from Craig Beeman: Henry was the father of only eight children and all were named in his will. Henry's first wife and the mother of his eight children is "   " even after researchers have looked for same for well over the past one hundred and twenty-five years! Henry had no issue by either his second or third marriage. Early children couldn't have been born in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, it wasn't even founded until 1635. Have been looking closely at the family of Henry BROOKS for almost ten years now, and have as yet to come across even one single credible source attributing his wife as Grace WHEELER.
This family was written up in two issues of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register:
NEHGR, April, 1875, Volume 29, pp. 153-157.
NEHGR, January, 1904, pp. 48-54; April 1904, pp 125-136.