Identifier: historichomesins04crane (find matches)
Title: Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity;
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Subjects: Worcester society of antiquity. (from old catalog) Worcester County (Mass.) -- Genealogy
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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asurer in 1778, selectman from 1774to 17S0 during the difficult period of the revolution.Besides Charles Brooks several relatives from Con-cord settled in Princeton—Enoch and David amongthe old settlers. Lieutenant Brooks died at Prince-ton. March 8, 1798, aged sixty-six years. He mar-ried Mary , who died August 16, 180S. She was born in 1740. Their children, born in Prince-ton, were: Louisa, October 3, 1768; James. Decem-ber 16. 1770. married. October ,30. 1794. Lydia Tern-pie, of Boylston. and they had nine children; .Abi-gail, September 2, 1773, died September 13. 1806;married, September 19. 1793. Joshua Temple, ofBoylston; Charles, July 2, 1776. married (intentionsSeptember 20), 1S03. Anna Bartlett, of Rutland;John Hapgood, May 13, 1779, see forward; Calvin,April 9, 1782. married (intentions May 3), 1806,Elizabeth Bartlett. of Rutland: Lucy. December IS,1785. died March 5. 1820; married, March 29, 1808,Joshua Temple; Samuel, May 22, 1790. (VI) John Hapgood Brooks, son of Charles
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(fyyri J^,uj^urv-£^ WORCESTER COUNTY 375 Brooks (5), was born in Princeton, Massachu-setts, May 13, 1779. He received his education inthe district schools of that town, and after leavingschool served an apprenticeship of seven years inthe blacksmith trade, becoming a very skillful andwell-known mechanic. He followed this tradethrough life. His blacksmith shop was situatednear the present Brooks Station on the Boston &Maine Railroad, and he owned a large farm alsoand conducted that in addition to his shop. Heand his brother Jonas were neighbors and theneighborhood came to be called for them Brooks.All of the buildings on John Hapgood Brooksfarm have been burned or torn down. He diedOctober 18, 1864, in Princeton. Mr. Brooks was anearnest Methodist and in later years, on account ofhis piety and fervor in religion, he was calledFather John. He was especially prominent atcamp meeting in Sterling, where famous gatheringsused to be held every summer. In politics he wasa Whig, later a R

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