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Abigail Brown Brooks 1808–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 April 1808

Birth Location: Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 6 June 1889

Death Location: Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Peter Sr

Mother: Ann Gorham

Spouse(s): Charles Sr

Children(s): Peter Adams, Henry Adams, John II, Charles Jr, Mary Adams, Arthur Adams

The story of Abigail Brown Brooks began in 1808 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America. Abigail Brown Brooks married Charles Francis Adams Sr, and had children including Arthur Adams, Charles Francis Adams Jr, Henry Brooks Adams, John Quincy Adams Ii, Mary Gardner Adams, Peter Chardon Brooks Adams. Abigail Brown Brooks passed away in 1889 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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  • The story of Abigail Brown Brooks began in 1808 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
  • Abigail Brown Brooks married Charles Francis Adams Sr, and had children including Arthur Adams, Charles Francis Adams Jr, Henry Brooks Adams, John Quincy Adams Ii, Mary Gardner Adams, Peter Chardon Brooks Adams.
  • Abigail Brown Brooks passed away in 1889 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Abigail Brooks's Ancestors

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Abigail Brooks
1808–1889
Birth Place: Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
Peter Chardon Brooks Sr
1767–1849
North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine
Ann Gorham
1771–1830
Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Hon. (Nathaniel (14th President of the Continental Congress and Signer of the U.S. Constitution) Gorham) Jr.
1738–1796
Charlestown, MA
Rebecca Call
1744–1812
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Abigail Brooks's Descendants

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Abigail (Brown) Brooks (25 April 1808–6 June 1889) m. Charles (Francis Adams) Sr (18 August 1807–21 November 1886)
  1. 1. Peter (Chardon Brooks) Adams 1848–1927 m. Evelyn Davis 1853–1926
  2. 2. Henry (Brooks) Adams 1838–1918
  3. 3. John (Quincy Adams) II 1833–1894 m. Frances (Cadwalader) Crowninshield 1839–1911
    1. 1. Abigail (Hitty) Adams 1879–1974 m. Robert Homans 1873–1934
      1. 1. Fanny (Crownshield) Homans 1911–1994 m. Henry (Lowell) Mason 1910–1986
        1. 1. John (Homans) Mason 1945–2004
      2. 2. George (Caspar) Homans 1910–1989 m. Nancy (Parshall) Cooper 1913–2008
        1. 1. Susan (Welles) Homans 1944–2002 m. Archibald (Cameron) Elias 1944–2008
      3. 3. Helen (Amory) Homans 1913–1989 m. Carl (Joyce) Gilbert 1906–1983
      4. 4. Robert Homans 1918–1964 m. Mary Aldritch 1921–
    2. 2. Arthur (Gregory) Adams 1877–1943 m. Margery Lee 1894–1986
      1. 1. John (Quincy) Adams 1922–1987
    3. 3. Charles (Francis Adams) III 1866–1954 m. Frances Lovering 1869–1956
      1. 1. Catherine (Lovering) Adams 1902–1988 m. Henry (Sturgis Morgan) Sr 1900–1982
        1. 1. Henry (Sturgis Morgan) Jr 1924–2011
        2. 2. Peter (Angus) Morgan 1938–2013
      2. 2. Charles (Francis Adams) IV 1910–1999 m. Margaret Stockton 1915–1972
    4. 4. Frances (Cadwalader) Adams 1873–1876
    5. 5. John (Quincy Adams) Jr 1862–1876
    6. 6. George (Caspar) Adams 1863–1900
  4. 4. Charles (Francis Adams) Jr 1835–1915 m. Mary (Hone) Ogden 1843–1935
    1. 1. Henry (Albert) Adams 1875–1951
    2. 2. John Adams 1875–1964
    3. 3. Louisa (Catherine) Adams 1871–1958 m. Thomas (Nelson) Perkins 1870–1937
      1. 1. Elliott Perkins 1901–1985
      2. 2. Thomas (Nelson Perkins) Jr 1907–1965
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Ogden) Adams 1873–1945
    5. 5. Mary Abbott 1867–1933
  5. 5. Mary (Gardner) Adams 1845–1928 m. Henry (Parker) Quincy 1838–1899
    1. 1. Elinor Simpson 1888–1927
    2. 2. Dorothy Nourse 1885–1939
  6. 6. Arthur Adams 1841–1846

Abigail Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1808
25 April 1808
Birth of Abigail Brown Brooks in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1889
6 June 1889
Age 81
Death of Abigail Brown Brooks in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 April 1808
    Event Place: Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 June 1889
    Event Place: Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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