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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 30., The Brooks Estates in Medford from 1660 to 1927. (search)
e should die, his wife was to have the negro girl Dinah. Rose, however, recovered, and after the death of the widow of Samuel both she and Dinah belonged to their son, Thomas Brooks. He gave his negro lad called Pompey and also his silver-hilted sword to his son Thomas, and to his son Edward the negro boy called Chester. The real estate was divided between his sons, Thomas and Edward. Genealogy, except to the expert, is a confusing pursuit. Among the successive generations of Calebs, Samuels and Thomases, the amateur finds it difficult to present a statement that is both concise and accurate. It is interesting to observe in tracing this family how often sisters figured in the marriages. The original Thomas married two sisters successively, and his sons married sisters of the Boylston family. We may also digress into Winchester, then Charlestown, where, in a house at Symmes corner, later dwelt Caleb, grandson of the original of that name. Here, at the extreme of the grant t