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William enlisted in the Hollis militia and supported the Revolutionary cause. He served as Ensign in 1778 in the Rhode Island campaign, under Capt. David Emerson in Col. Noah Lovewell's New Hampshire Rgt; then as 2nd Lt. under Capt. Daniel Emerson's Co., Col. Moses Nichols Rgt., 2nd Lt. with Capt. John Mills in the regiment of Col. Reynolds to Londonderry NH. As the war ended, William Brooks advanced to rank of Captain in 1781.
"An account of some of the early settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H."
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Captain WILLIAM BROOKS.
Captain William Brooks, son of Nathan and Sarah Wyman Brooks, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on March 3, 1737. He came to Hollis from Woburn, prior to 1758. He married Abigail Kemp, March 29, 1759, and settled in the southwest part of the town, near the Eri Daniels place. Mr. Brooks served in the war of the Revolution from Hollis as Ensign in Captain Daniel Emerson's company. Colonel Moses Nichols' Regiment for the Rhode Island expedition of August, 1778, and again in the Continental army three months in 1781.
Mr. Brooks removed to Lyndeborough, N. H., after the Revolution, where he remained an honorable and respected citizen; he died in Lyndeborough, October 11, 1804.
His children were all born in Hollis :
William, Jr., born May 1, 1760 ; married Deborah Parker, April 24, 1782.
Abigail, born July 19, 1762; married Solomon Hobart, May 16, 1782.
Betsey, born July 23, 1764; married Shubael Parker, November 19, 1781.
Sarah, born July 6, 1766; married John Bonner, October 26, 1786.
Isaac, born October 28, 1768 ; married . Margaret, born February 15, 1771 ; married David Woods, June 15, 1798; residence, Hancock.
Samuel, born March 3, 1774; married . Martha, born August 23, 1776.
Captain Leonard, born January 29, 1779 ; married Sarah J. Hosley, April 27, 1806; residence, Milford.
John, born November 11, 1781.
Susannah, born February 12, 1783.
Mr. Captain Brooks, married Hepzibah Powers ; for second wife, September 20, 1787.
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A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER
"Captain William Brooks was born in Woburn, son of Nathan (1706-1751) and his wife Sarah Wyman (1706-1747). He married in Hollis in 29 Mar 1759 with his first wife, Abigail Kemp, daughter of Zerubbabel Kemp, Jr. and wife, Abigail Lawrence.
William was a Blacksmith by trade, as many in his family before him; soon after marrying, he moved to Hollis to be the town Blacksmith."
"William enlisted in the Hollis militia and supported the Revolutionary cause. He served as Ensign in 1778 in the Rhode Island campaign, under Capt. David Emerson in Col. Noah Lovewell's New Hampshire Rgt; then as 2nd Lt. under Capt. Daniel Emerson's Co., Col. Moses Nichols Rgt., 2nd Lt. with Capt. John Mills in the regiment of Col. Reynolds to Londonderry NH. As the war ended, William Brooks advanced to rank of Captain in 1781."
"After the war, the family removed to Lyndeborough, NH, where he farmed and maintained the blacksmith trade. He died there in 1804."
"He and Abigail Kemp had 11 children reaching adulthood, all born in Hollis: The eldest son was William, Jr. (1760), followed by Abigail ((1762), Betsy (1764), Sarah (1766), Isaac (1768), Mary (1771), Samuel (1774), Martha (1776), Leonard (1779), John (1781), Susannah (1783)."
"After his wife Abigail died in 1787, he married second, Hepsibah Powers, in Hancock, NH on 20 Sept. 1787. He died in Lyndeborough, NH in 1804."
source: "Biographies of the Early Brooks Family of Massachusetts" by Wright W. Brooks, 1973.
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