Elbridge Gerry Brooks

1816 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elbridge Gerry Brooks
  Born	29 Jul 1816	Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I36563	Munro
  Last Modified	27 May 2001

  
  

  Family	Martha Fowle Munroe,   b. 25 Oct 1818, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Nov 1839
  Children	1. Martha Emma Brooks,   b. 22 Dec 1841, East Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elbridge Street Brooks,   b. 14 Apr 1846, Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Carrie Munroe Brooks,   b. 5 May 1850, Bath, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F12538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elbridge was the son of Oliver and Susan Brooks of Dover and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He studied law for two years with Judge John S. Tenny, of Norridgewalk, Maine, and divinity with Rev. Thomas F. King of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He began preaching in Jun 1836 and was ordained at West Amesbury, Massachusetts on 19 Jun 1837. He became the pastor at East Cambridge on 16 Sep 1838 and transferred to Lowell, Massachusetts on 1 May 1845 and to Bath, Maine in Nov 1846. On 22 Dec 1850, he was installed over the Universalist Society in Lynn, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1852. References: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 14-19-34 - p. 263-264 ----- Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA