Jabez Brooks, Sr.

Jabez Brooks, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42]

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  • Name Jabez Brooks  [1, 3, 5, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 17 Jul 1673  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 23, 24, 25
    Gender Male 
    Death Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 23, 24
    Burial First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 23
    Person ID I312684225028  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father John Brooks,   b. Abt. 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1691, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Eunice Mousall,   c. 1629, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 01 Sep 1649  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel Buck,   b. 07 Jul 1676, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1694  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Hephzibah Cutter,   b. 15 Aug 1671, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 07 Jun 1698  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Line in Record @I631@ (RIN 631) from GED
      Line in Record @I631@ (RIN 631) from GEDCOM file not recognized: IDNO

      Ancestral File Number:&ltAFN&gt J1QS-Z6
      Ancestral File Number:&ltAFN&gt J1QS-Z6

      ! Jabez & Hepzibah were md. 7 June/July
      ! Jabez & Hepzibah were md. 7 June/July 1698.

      !Source: A book, "History of Don Merlin
      !Source: A book, "History of Don Merlin Grover and Jennette Morris Grover, Ancestors and Descendants", FHL Call No. U.S./Canada, Book Area 929.273, G919b1, L. Don Berchtold, author. Continuing research contained in this PAF from the IGI, LDS Options, and Ancestral File.

      ! This information was provided by Clara
      ! This information was provided by Clara Hill.

      Check to see if Rachel Buck is apart of
      Check to see if Rachel Buck is apart of the other Bucks in the same generation time frame.

      AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latte
      AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints TITL Ancestral File (TM) PUBL July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 REPO @R18@

      CH: 10

      MRD: 1) Rachel BUCK; 2) Hepziba
      CH: 10

      MRD: 1) Rachel BUCK; 2) Hepzibah CUTTER. (ltr from Ann Brooks dtd 24 Apr 1992
      ipo jcr)

      DIED: "Woburn Records: b.d.&m.- 1640 to 1873 by Edward F. Johnson, Woburn, Mass
      (Andrews, Cutler & Co, 1890); page 28:
      #128. Here lyes Buried ye body of M'r Jabez Brooks Who departed this Life
      Life Jan'ry ye 30th anno Dom'i 1746-7 in ye 74th Year of His Age."
      "(Epitaphs #124 & #128 are side by side on a double stone.) (p.15-ltr from
      Ann Brooks dtd 24 Apr 1992 ipo jcr)

      AFN: J1QS-Z6 Jabez BROOKS b.17Jul1673-,Woburn,Middlesex,MA; d.30Jan1746 -
      Woburn, Middlesex, MA; bap:7Oct1930; end:10Oct1930; SP:20Apr1944-SGEOR; fa:
      John BROOKS (AFN:BKX3-BJ); mo: Eunice MOUSALL (AFN: BKX3-BJ); mrd: 7Jun1698 -
      Woburn,Middlesex,MA to Hephzibah CUTTER (AFN: 52Q4-TF) and 18Dec1694 - of
      Woburn, Middlesex, MA to Rachel BUCK (AFN:J1QS-VN) and 7Jun1698 to Hepzibah
      CUTTER (AFN: 10DN-GMC). (AF printout ipo jcr.)

      NOTE: In will of "John Brooks - 29 Jul 1690, probated 16 Nov 1691, ... He
      gives the care of his son Jabez to Lieut. James Converse, during his minority."
      (ltr from Ann Brooks dtd 24 Apr 1992 ipo jcr)

      M. (1) Rachel Buck, (2) Hepzibah Cutter.
      M. (1) Rachel Buck, (2) Hepzibah Cutter.

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