Born 21 Sep 1722, Concord, Middlesex, MA, son of Ebenezer Brooks/Sarah Fletcher. Settled at Grafton, MA, and married, 22 Oct 1747 Shrewsbury, MA, Rachel Drury, d/o Capt. Thomas Drury/Sarah Clark. 13 children. One of the original grantees of Alstead, 1763, but it is uncertain when he removed there, as the births of his later children (through 1774) are recorded at Grafton. One of three men chosen to Alstead's Committee of Correspondence at the town meeting of 15 May 1775, to work with the Provincial Congress for New Hampshire, then meeting at Exeter. Signed, 1776, as an Alstead selectman, the NH Association Test supporting the Revolutionary cause against England. Member of the town's Committee of Safety, with Oliver Shepard (later town clerk) and Nathaniel Sartell Prentice, May 1776. Settled on what became known as Prentice Hill. At least 10 of his children married, and descendants are numerous. His g.s., and that of his son Simon Jr., are modern recreations donated by his descendant John Brooks Threlfall, the noted genealogical author.
Born 21 Sep 1722, Concord, Middlesex, MA, son of Ebenezer Brooks/Sarah Fletcher. Settled at Grafton, MA, and married, 22 Oct 1747 Shrewsbury, MA, Rachel Drury, d/o Capt. Thomas Drury/Sarah Clark. 13 children. One of the original grantees of Alstead, 1763, but it is uncertain when he removed there, as the births of his later children (through 1774) are recorded at Grafton. One of three men chosen to Alstead's Committee of Correspondence at the town meeting of 15 May 1775, to work with the Provincial Congress for New Hampshire, then meeting at Exeter. Signed, 1776, as an Alstead selectman, the NH Association Test supporting the Revolutionary cause against England. Member of the town's Committee of Safety, with Oliver Shepard (later town clerk) and Nathaniel Sartell Prentice, May 1776. Settled on what became known as Prentice Hill. At least 10 of his children married, and descendants are numerous. His g.s., and that of his son Simon Jr., are modern recreations donated by his descendant John Brooks Threlfall, the noted genealogical author.
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