of his customers in search of rare books. To
name his distinguished friends who had en-
joyed his lios])itality at Northampton or wel-
comed him to equally hospitalile homes in
Europe and America, is beyond the province
of this article. A roll-call of the literary people
of the Nineteenth Century in America and
Great I'ritain, with the learned men of China
and Japan who have visited our shores, would
contain fe^- names not familiar to Sidney
iiridgman, the book-seller of Northampton.
Mr. I'ridgman married (first), June 13, 1850.
Harriet, daughter of Timothy I 'helps, of Ches-
terfield, Massachusetts, and by her he had three
children: i. Mary, died in childhood. 2. Anne
Cleveland. 3. Howard, born .Vugust, 1859.
Hannah (Phelps) Bridgman died January 2,
1884, and Air. Bridgman married (second),
.September 3, 1889, .\Iarion, daughter of .Ahira
and .Malinda (Shurtleff) Merrill, and widow
of Henry C. Paddock. She survives her sec-
ond husband, and bore him no children. He
attended the Edwartls Congregational Church,
of Nortiiamiiton, almost since its organization,
and for thirty years was su])erinten(ient of the
Smulay school. He was also clerk of the church
a number of vcars, and senior deacon at the
time of his death. He was a popular lay
preacher in many of tlie towns in the Connecti-
cut Valley, and in the early days of the Young
Men's Christian Association he was a member
of its state executive committee, and was asso-
ciated with Henry AI. Aloore, of Boston; Rob-
ert K. Remington, of Fall River, and K. A.
Burnell, the evangelist, in the work of the asso-
ciation. He contributed articles both religious
and in favor of total abstinence. With Mrs.
Bridgman he visited Europe and the Holy
Land, and the most attractive parts of the
American continent, including Afe.xico, Canada
and Alaska. He left the Republican party to
give the weight of his active support to the
Prohibitionists. Northampton had the advan-
tages of his service for many years on the
school committee and as moderator of the
U>\\n meetings.
(IX) Howard Allen, only son of Sidney
Edwin and Harriet ( f'helps ) Bridgman, was
born in Northampton, Massachusetts, August
20, i860 ; graduate of Northampton high school,
1878, and Amherst College, A. B., 1883: stu-
dent at Hartford Theological Seminary, 1884-
85. and graduate of Yale Divinity School, Yale
rni\ersity. P.. D., 1887: princijjal Granby high
school, 1883-84; associate editor Congrcgation-
alist, Boston, Massachusetts. 1887-89, managing
editor since 1889; ordained to Congregational
ministry, November 19, 1890; trustee Talladega
College, Talladega, Alabama ; director South
End House Social Settlement, I'oston, Massa-
ciiusetts ; director of the Monday and Twentieth
Century clubs, Bo.ston, and author of "Steps
Cliristward" (1905). He married, July 27 1898,
Helen North I'ryant, of Witherbee, New York.
Her father. Rev. Mr. Bryant, is a Congrega-
tional minister. Children of Howard Allen
and Helen (Bryant) P.ridgman : Harriet, Ed-
win B. and Marion.
(IX) .Annie Cleveland, only daughter of
Sidney Edwin and Harriet (Phelps) Bridg-
man is secretary of the American Missionary
.Society.
Sidney Edwin I'ridgman died at his home,
115 Elm street, Northampton, Massachusetts,
November 25, 1906. He was a trustee of
Mount Holyokc College nearjy forty years.
W. K. I'arrington, found-
FA kl< 1 X( ;T( )N er of the W. 'K. Earring-
ton Press in Boston,
.Massachusetts, was born in Hackensack, New-
Jersey, April 27, 1867. .M the age of five he
removed with his parents to Orange. New Jer-
sey, and five years later to Bloomfield, same
state, where be attended the iniblic schools,
and this knowledge was supplemented by at-
tendance at .St. John's Military Academy, Sing
Sing (now Ossining), New York. .'\t the age
of eighteen he located in Newark, New Jersey.
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wlien- he served an api)retiticeship at the trade
of printing. In 1888-89 ^^^ was employed in
the dry goods firm of Tebbitts, Harrison &
Robbms. New York City, and in 1900 was a
member of tiie firm of Williams & Farrington.
In the meantime he removed to Boston, Massa-
chusetts, and served in the capacity of general
manager for Wheelman Company] pubhshers,
and in March, 1899. founded the' W. K. Far-
ington PVess in that city.
The name of. Winthrop —
W IXTMROP that of the Governor of the
.Massachusetts Bay Com-
pany at tiieir emigration to Xew England — may
be traced back in various spellings for at least
six centuries and a half. The family can be
traced to various places in the mother country,
and latterly there to Groton in Suffolk, "where
they lived many years." In a volume by the
late Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, entitled "Life
and Letters of John Winthrop," the line of de-
scent is there corrected, and begins with a man
called the second Adam W^inthrop, born Octo-
ber 9, 1498, died November 9, 1562 (eldest son
of Adam and Joane (or Jane) Burton) ; mar-
ried, Xovember 16, 1527, Alice Henry, or
Henny. Children : i. Thomas, born November
8. 1528: died April, 1529. 2. William, born
November 12. 1529: died March i, 1581, at
London: had wife Flizabeth, died June 2,
1578, and si.x children: Jonathan, Adam, Will-
iam. Joshua, Elizabeth and Sarah. 3. Bridget,
born January i, 1530: died January, 1536. 4.
Christopher, born January 4, 1531 : died aged
nine months. 5. Thomas (2d), born June,
1533: died 1537. .Adam Winthrop was mar-
ried ("second), in 1534, to .\gnes Sharpe, daugh-
ter of Robert Sharpe, of Islington, she eighteen,
and he thirty-six. Children : 6. Alice, born
November 15, 1539; died November 8, 1607;
married Sir Thomas Mildmay, and had six
sons. 7. Bridget, born May 3, 1543; died .No-
vember 4, 1614: married Roger Alabaster, and
had four sons and one daughter; one of the
sons was a celebrated poet. 8. Mary, born
March i. 1544; married Abraham Vey,sie. 9.
and 10. John and Adam, twins, born January
20, 1546; Adam died in six months anrl John
died in Ireland. July 26, 1613; having married
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Risby, of Thorpe
Morieux, Suffolk county. 11. Adam (2), born
.August 10, 1548; .see beyond. 12. Catharine,
born May 17, 1550; married and had children.*
•This last Item Is chaUenKed by Robert C. Win-
throp.
13. Susannah, born December 10, 1552; died
.\ugust 9, if)04: married 1). Cottie {Dr. John
Lotta?). and had children. The wi<low of the
talher .Adam Winthrop married William Mild-
may. She died .May 13, 15(35.
(II) Adam (2)' Winthrop, son of .Adam
(I), born in London, August 10, 1548; died
.March 29, 1623: married (first), December 16,
1574. Alice Still, daughter of William, of
Granthan), Lincolnshire: she and her first born
child die<l December 24, 1577, and he married
(second), February 20, 1579, .Anne, daughter
of Henry Jjrowne, of Edwardston ; her mother's
name was .Agnes. .Adam Winthrop (3d) was
a man of good education and high social stand-
ing, lord and patron of the manor of (Irotoii.
Children by second wife: i. .Anne, born Janu-
'""â– y 5- 15^0-1; (lied January 20, 1580-1. 2.
-Anne, born January 16, 1585-6; died May 16,
i6i8: married, I-\>bruary 25', 1604-5, Thomas
I'ones. 3. John, born j'anuary 12, 1587; the
governor of -Massachusetts; see forward. 4.
jane, baptized June 17, 1592; married, January
5, 1612. Thomas Gostling. 5. Lucy, born ianu-
ary 9. 16001 : married. AjHil 10. "1622, Eman-
uel Downing.
(IJI) John Winthrop, governor of Massa-
chusetts, son of .\dam (2) Winthrop, born in
lylwardston, a little village in Suffolk county,
Kngland, immediately adjoining (iroton, Janu-
ary 12, 1587; died in Boston, New England,
.March 26, 1649, nineteen years after his em-
barkation on March 22, 1629-30, in that harbor.
l->)r details regarding his early life the reader
IS referred to the admirable work on that sub-
ject by his descendant, lion. Robert C. Win-
throp, already named, and to the various stand-
ard histories of -Massachusetts and New Eng-
land for the latter part. He married (first),
.\pril 16, 1605, Mary, born fanuary i, 1583,
died June 26, 161 5, daughter' and sole heir of
John Forth, Es(|., of (Ireat Stanibridge, in the
county of F.ssex, and Thoniasine, only child of
Hilles, in the county of Essex. Her
own immediate family was a wealthy one.
Sixteen children: i. John, the eldest, born in
Groton, F.ngland, February 12, 1606; died in
Boston, April 5, 1676: known to history as
John Winthrop, the governor of Connecticut
2. Henry, born (baptized January 20) 1607:
ilrowned at .Salem, Ma.ssachusetts, ruly2, 1630,
aged twenty-two years, the next dav after "his
landing in -America. (See his father's journal).
He was somewhat adventurous, had been in
the Barbadoes; was married, April 25, 1629,
to his cousin Elizabeth Fones ; had daughter
Martha, baptized at Groton. England, May 9,
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MASSACHUSETTS.
1630. lie was left beliiiicl in his father's lirst
voyage, but arrived safely em a later one. He
was drowned in a small creek. His widow
came to New England afterwards and married
Robert I-'eake. 3. Forth, born December 30.
1609: died (burfed at Groton, England, No-
vember 23) 1630; was educated in the univer-
sities, and was betrothed to Ursula Sherman.
4. and 5. Daughters, named Anne, baptized
1614-15. who died in their earliest infancy. (>.
Mary, eldest of the first diree daughters, came
to America, and married, about 1O32, Rev.
Samuel Dudley, son of Governor Thomas
Dudley, and died April 12, 1643, having had
four children, two of whom survived her.
Governor Winthrop married (second), Decem-
ber 6. if)! 3, Thoniasine Clojjton, died Decem-
ber 8, ifnfi, daughter of William Clopton, Esq.
Child: 7. Daughter, born November, 1616:
died 1616, two days old. Governor Winthrop
married (third), April 29, 1618, Margaret
Tyndal, died in Boston, June 14, 1647, daughter
of Sir John Tyndal, knight. Her mother was
.'\nne Egerton. widow of William Dtane, Es(|.
Children: 8. Stephen, born March 24, 1618;
came with his father to America ; was recorder
of lioston; member of Parliament for Scot-
land under Cromwell, and colonel of a regi-
ment in the civil wars of England ; was married
and left posterity. 9. Adam, born .\pril 7, 1620;
see forward. 10. Deane, baptized March 23,
1622: died at PuUen Point (now Winthro])),
March 16, 1704; married (first) Sarah, daugh-
ter of Jose Glover, and left a widow Martha
and children. 11. Nathaniel, baptized h'ebru-
ary 20, 1625; probably died young. 12. .Sam-
uel, bajjtized August 26, 1627; married in I hjl-
land : had estate in Antigua, where he held the
ofiice of deputy governor, and died there about
1677, 13. Anne, baptized .April 29, 1630; died
on her |)assage with her mother to New Eng-
land, when aged about a year and a half. 14.
William, born at P.oston, .August 14, 1632;
|)robal)ly died soon. 1 5. Sarah, baptized June 2().
1634, probably died soon. Governor Wiuthrnp
married (fourth), December 4, 1647, Martha,
daughter of Captain William Rainsborough,
and widow of Captain Thomas Coytmore, of
Charlestown, and sister of increase Nowell.
.After tiie death of Winthro]) she married.
March \C\ 1652, John Coggan. Child by Win-
throp: 16. Joshua, born December IJ. i()48:
died January 11, i()5i.
(IV) .Adam (3) Winthrop, son of John,
born in Groton, England, .\pril 7. 1620: died in
Boston, suddenly it is inferred, .August 24,
16^2. thirty-two vears and four mouths n]d:
came to New England in 1O31. .\(lam's Chair,
a rock in Waltham, Alassachusetts, was named
for him (163!): married (first), about 1642,
Elizabeth, died September, 1648, daughter of
I OSS or Jose ("ilover ; married (second) Eliza-
ix'th, daughter of Thomas Hawkins. Children :
I. -Adam, born October 15, 1647; see forward.
1 le was his parents' only child in 1652. and the
only one, unless there was a daughter Mary,
who died near the same time with her mother,
Se])tember, 1648. The widow of Adam (4)
married. May 3, 1654, John Richards; no chil-
dren l)y either hu.sbaud.
( \' ) .Adam (4) Winthrop, son of .\dam 13),
born in Boston, October 15, 1647: died August
3, 1700, aged fifty-two; will dated July 29,
proved September 5, 1700. He was graduated
at Harvard College, 1668 (Sibley's "Grad-
uates." II., 247) ; was for some time a merchant
at I'.ristol, England, and married there, Mary,
daughter of Colonel Luttrell, and there his chil-
dren were born, one of whom was .Adam, see
beyond. His daughter Mary married March 9,
1703, John Hallentine. The father was an
orphan, about five years old in 1652. He re-
turned with his family to Boston in 1679. He
was captain of a military company in Itoston in
1689; representative, 1689-1692; named as one
of the governor's council, but left out in the
first popular ejection, Alay, ifx)3. No time of
marriage or births of his children or baptism
of them is found here, as his marriage was in
JMigland, and there the children were born.
.Mary, his widow, married, March 13, 1706, as
the third wife of Joseph Lynde, of Charles-
tdwn. Her death occurred October 30, 1715.
(\1) .Adam (5) Winthrop, son of Adam
(4), graduated Harvard College, 1694, and
died October 2, 1743: married .Aima -— .
1 le was of the council of the province. Chil-
dren; 1. Adam, born .\ugust 12, 1706; died
December 12, 1744; Harvard College, 1724;
merchant of Boston, and lived in Brattle street.
I le was also clerk of the judicial courts. Mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Hugh Hall, Es{|., of
I'.oston. 2. John. Harvard College. 1732; sec
l)evt)nd.
'(\I1) John (2) Winthrop, son of .Adam
(5), born in l>oston. December n), 1714: died
in" Cambridge, May 3, 177'): married (first)
Rebecca , died .\ugust 22, 1753, aged
twentv-niue, daughter of James Townsend, of
Boston ; married ( second ), published March 25,
1756, Hannah, died May 6. 1790, widow of
— ^ Totman, of Boston, and daughter of
Thomas and Sarah I-'aycrweathcr. Children;
I. liihn, born So|)tembcr 17, 1747: graduated
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iMASSACHUSETTS.
Harvard Cdllege. 17(^)3. lived in Boston, a mer-
chant: married Sarah I'hillips. and died in
1800, leaving posterity — Julm. Harvard Col-
lege. 1796. and Adam,' Harvard College. 1800.
2. Adam, born November 2y. 1748. died Feb-
ruary 11. 1774. aged twenty-five, graduated
Harvard College, 1767; left home contrary to
the desire of his father, became a shipmaster in
Covernor Hancock's employment, and in the
Downs was knocked overboard and lost. He
•'was unfortunately knocked overboard by the
boom of his vessel on his jiassage from hence
to London, and was drowned," T'ebruary 11,
1774 (Boston \c"ics Letter). 3. Samuel, born
luly 20, 1750. died July 28, 1751. 4- Janus,
â– 'a man of much curious erudition," born .March
28, 1752, graduated Harvard College 1769. LL.
D. : Alleghenv College 1817; postmaster 1775
(/. c. with head(|uarters at Cambridge. Boston
being invested by the American troops) ; regis-
ter of probate from September 6. 1775, until
1817; for several years judge of court of com-
mon pleas : librarian of Harvard College. 1772-
1787 : one of the founders of the Massachusetts
Historical Society: resided in Cambridge, and
died unmarried, .September 26. 1821. A char-
acteristic letter written him in 1775 is published
by Paige. "History Cambridge." ]). 700. note 5.
\Villiam, "the las't survivor." born April 19.
1753, graduate Harvard College 1770: town
clerk 1782-1788: selectman ten years between
1786 and 1802: senator in 1799: a gentleman
farmer, residing in Cambridge, and died un-
married. I'ebruary 5, 1825. The father of this
intelligent family' was a man of great distinc-
tion in his day. fie was graduated at Harvard
College in 1738. appointed I U)llis jirofessor of
mathematics and natural philosophy in 1738.
He was in 1771. as already stated elsewhere in
this work, the preceptor of Count Runiford
and Colonel Loammi Baldwin, of Woburn. He
was elected llolHs ])rofessor of mathematics
and natural and experimental philosophy .Au-
gust 30. 1738. 1 le was then a resident of Bos-
ton, and his inauguration with appropriate cere-
monies occurred January 2. 1738-9- He de-
clined the office of president of the college in
1769. His age and "bodily infirmities" were
urged as objections against liiin. It was a time
when the office went begging. The choice was
made of Samuel Locke, a clergyman of a small
l>arish about twenty miles from Cambridge,
against whom was made the -till greater objec-
tion of "a want of knowledge of the world,
having lived in retirement, and i)erhaps not a
general aciiuaintance with books." In 1774.
after the resignation of I,ockc. \\'inthro|> was
again chosen president and declined. President
Ouincy* says of him, "The literary and scien-
tific attainments of John Winthrop acquired
celebrity in his own country and in Europe, and
entitled him to be regarded as one of the bright-
est ornaments of Harvard College. . . The
zeal, activity and talent with which he applied
himself to the advancements of the sciences
justified the expectations which his early prom-
ise raised." As a lecturer he was skillful and
attractive, and during forty years he fulfilled
the duties of the professor's chair to universal
acce])tance." His labors were both practical
and scientific. He transmitted in December,
1740. to the Royal Society of London, "obser-
vations of the transit of Mercury over the Sun."
These observations were published both in
London and honorably noticed in Paris. He
gave a lecture on the earthquake of November
18. 1755. in which he deliberately set out to
calm the aijprehensions which the supersti-
tions of the age had e.xcited. with actual fear,
throughout the territory of New England,
where the quake had been experienced. He
explained his theory of the phenomenon of
earthc|uake with originality, research, and in-
tellectual power, and advanced the consolatory
fact that though eartlK|uakes had occasionally
occurred in New England from its first settle-
ment by the English, not a single life had ever
been lost nor any great damage been done by
them. He sni)i)orted the theories of Benjamin
Franklin concerning lightning, and protection
from it b\' the use of "iron ])oints." Even in
this he met with opposition, even from the
ignorance of natural laws on the part of clergy-
men and the sui)erstitious of that age. One
thought, and published the fact, that the "iron
points" on the buildings in .New England drew
the lightning fn m the clouds and caused the
earthquake of 1753. Professor Winthrop. in
replv, proceeded to show that eartlniuakes could
not be accounted for in that way. As late as
1770 there were religious people who were op-
posed to lightning rods (in intelligent New
England!) on the ground that "thunder and
lightning" were tokens of Divine displeasure,
and that it was im])ious to prevent them from
doing their "full execution." Professor Win-
throp again apjieared in their defense with a
])ublication which showed that "Divine Provi-
dence" governed the world by "stated general
laws." and showed in conclusion that it was as
much "our duty to secure ourselves against the
efifects of lightning, as from those of rain, snow
or wind, by the means God has put into our
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MASSACIUSI-.T'IS.
5'\=;
hands. " t)ii the a])])caraiice iil a remarkable
comet in 1759. he again came to tlie front with
lectures in which he ex])laiiiecl the tri>e nature
and motions of comets, according to the latest
discoveries of the times.
He transmitted to the Royal Society accoimts
of whirlwinds and other natural phenomena
which he observed in this section. And so it
was in many other scientific observations, tran-
sits of X'enus antl others, of which the record,
however creditable to him, is too long to men-
tion in the present work. It is said that his
active, vigorous and comi)rehensive mind em-
braced within its sj^here various and extensive
knowledge, and that he was better entitled to
the character of a universal scholar, than any
individual of his time, in this country. He was
well versed in ancient and modern languages,
and President Ouincy concludes that he was
one of the greatest mathematicians and piiilns-
ophers .America had then |)r(jduced.
He was chosen a member of the coiuicil of
the province in 1773. but negatived by a royal
mandate. In 1774 he was a delegate to the
pr(jvincial congress. In 1775 he was restored
to the seat in the council, and also appointed
judge of probate. The latter office he held until
his death. May 3. 1779, at the age of sixty-five.
(.Ancestry by Arthur G. I,oring).
Thomas Brooks, of Concord,
1;R0()KS Massachusetts, died there .May
21, 1667; his wife Grace, whose
surname is unknown, died May 12, 1664. He
first settled in W'atertown, as early as 1636,
and removed very soon to Concord, where he
was constable in 1638: representative 1642-
1644. 1654, 1659-1662. He is called cajitain,
and if so, probably of the military comi)any at
Concord. In 1660, with his son-in-law, Caj)-
tain Timothy \\'heeler, he purchased of F.d-
ward Collins four hundred acres of land in
Medford, it being a portion of the Cradock
farm. Children: i. Joshua, married October
17, 1653. Hannah Mason, of W'atertown. 2.
Caleb, see forward. 3. (lershom. married
.March 12. 1667. Hannah I'xkles. of Cambridge.
4. .Mary, married Captain Timothy Wheeler,
of Concord; she died his wirlow, October 4,
1693.
( II ) Caleb Brooks, son of Cajitain Thomas
I'.rooks. died at Medforrl, July 29, 1696, aged
sixty-four years; married first, .\pril 10, \(V>n,
.Susanna .\tkinson, born .\pril 28. 1641, flaugli-
ter of Th(jmas .\tkinson. of Concord ; she
died at Concord, January 19, iftC><). and he
married (second; her sister. Flannah .Atkinson,
born .March 5. 104;,, died al .Medford. .March
ID. I70<;. He moved from Concord to .Med-
ford in if)8o, and occui)ied most of the land
l)urcliased by his father. Children by his fir>t
wife: I. .Susan, born December 27, 1661, died
at Medford, Decemljer 23, 1686. 2. Marv,
born November 18. 1663, died young. 3. Mary,
born .\pril 3, i()66; married, .\])ril 19, 1688,
Nathaniel Ball, oi Concord. 4. Rebecca, born
.November 9, 1667. 5. .Sai-ah. born December
16. i6()8: married, October 18, 1705, I'liilij)
Ru^seIl, of C'amlnidge. Lhildren by second
wife: 6. ICbene/.er. born i'ebruarv 24, 1670-1 ;
see forward. 7. Samuel, boni .September i ,
1672; married Sarah Boylston, of Brookline.
I III ) Captain Ebenczer I'.rooks, son of Caleb
Pirooks. born at Concord, I'ebruary 24, 1670-1 ;
died at Medford, l-'ebruary 11, 1742-3, in
seventy-third year 1 gravestone ) : married, 16(^3.
Al)igail Boylston, daughter of Dr. Tlioma -
and .Mary ((iardner) Boylston, of Brookline:
she died May jj,. 1736, in eighty-second year
(gravestone). I le iiiiierited his father's house
and homestead. Children: 1. Caleb, born July
8. 1694: see forward. 2. Kbenezer, born Marcli
23, 1697-8; married, June 20, 1737, Haruiah
(iibson. of Boston. 3. .\bigail, born October
6, i6(;9: married October 27, 1720, Thomas
Oakes, of .Medford. 4. Hannah, born .\pril
15. 1701 ; married (intention dated .November
8, 1721) .Nathaniel Clu-e\i'r. of jio^toii. 5.
.Mary, born January 19, 1703-4, died .Septem-
ber 3. 1704. 6. Thomas, born .-\pril 28, 1705,
died .November 14, 1784, aged eighty years. 7.
Rebecca, born July 24. 170^); married, Decem-
ber 2, 1725, .Samuel I'ratt, of I'.oston. 8. .Sam-
uel, born I'ebniary 8. 1709-10; married. .\i)ril
J. [747. Aliigail lla^tings. of W'altham.
( l\ ) Captain Caleb (2) ISrooks. son of Cap-
tain Ebenczer Brooks, born al .Medford, July
8, i6<;4, died there November 21, 1766, seventy-
third year (gravestone) ; married first, March
30. 1730 I. .Mary Winn, born July 3. 171 1. died
January 1. 174.S. aged thirty-four year> and
>ix months (gravestone), daughter of Increase
and .Mary Winn, of W'oburn : married second,
.March I, 1749-50. Ruth .\lbree. born May 17,
1718. died -May 6, i7<;3. aged seventy-four
years Cgravestone ). daughter of John and I''liz-
abeth fCreen) .\Ibree, of .Medford. He occn-
jiied the estate now in Winchester known as
the Le Bo><|uet |)lace. at present .Symmes
Corner, at that time within the limits of Med-
ford. This estate was purchased in 1715 by
his father. Captain Kbenezer I'.rooks, of Will-
iam Symme>. and after his death passed to h\>
son, Cai)tain Caleb Brooks, and at his death
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iMASSACHUSETTS.
to Ills son, Ebenezer Brooks, whose daugliter
-Mary married Captain John Le Bos(|uet, who