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Noah Brooks

Birth
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Sep 1747 (aged 8 months)
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Row 9 Right Headstone 14
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The Brooks children, Noah, Seth, Rebeckah, Abner, Dorothy and their mother Sarah, are recorded as having died in August and September 1747 Townsend, Mass. (228) This appears correct. The headstones give their death date as 1748 Townsend, Mass. (347– 48) Even though the chiseled words are very rustic, the 1748 is clear. The mother’s headstone is not rustic, also recording 1748. I [townsendburial] believe that the 1747 date is correct. Contributor Barbara Webster found there was a measles epidemic at this time throughout the colonies. This may have been the cause of so many deaths in one family. The headstones of the children are very rustic with chiseled words. I'm sure those headstones were done later. The tragedy of so many deaths clouded the memory of the year.
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Source: townsendburial (#47629974)
The Brooks children, Noah, Seth, Rebeckah, Abner, Dorothy and their mother Sarah, are recorded as having died in August and September 1747 Townsend, Mass. (228) This appears correct. The headstones give their death date as 1748 Townsend, Mass. (347– 48) Even though the chiseled words are very rustic, the 1748 is clear. The mother’s headstone is not rustic, also recording 1748. I [townsendburial] believe that the 1747 date is correct. Contributor Barbara Webster found there was a measles epidemic at this time throughout the colonies. This may have been the cause of so many deaths in one family. The headstones of the children are very rustic with chiseled words. I'm sure those headstones were done later. The tragedy of so many deaths clouded the memory of the year.
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Source: townsendburial (#47629974)

Inscription

Here Lies ye Body
of Noah Brooks ye
Son of Mr Benjamin
& Mrs. Sarah Brooks
His wife who Deccd
Septbr ye 16th AD 1748
In ye 10th Month
of his Age.

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  • Created by: James Bianco
  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141417109/noah-brooks: accessed ), memorial page for Noah Brooks (29 Dec 1746–18 Sep 1747), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141417109, citing Old Burying Ground, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).