Biography

Mary Brookings was born at Woolwich, Massachusetts (later, Maine) in early September of 1795, a daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Brookings, Jr., and Mary (Bullen) Brookings; she married French immigrant stonemason Joseph Gazet, from a village near Lyon, at Boston near the close of November, 1816. She died at Newcastle, Maine, in mid-September of 1874.

Research notes

The birth date shown in "Maine Births and Christenings" (originally found in a genealogy athttp://www.geocities.ws/kasblinn/BrookingsPage1.html) is September 4, 1795; while it is conceivable that this might be the date of a much-delayed christening, the two extant records indicate a birth, not a baptism. The Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, and Mary's Find A Grave memorial, show a birth year of 1792, presumably calculated from the age shown on Mary's gravestone. Gravestone inscriptions are, however, known to merely estimate, and frequently exaggerate, the age of older persons.

It is possible that the alternative birth date of 15 Sept. 1793, found in the family tree cited in the Sources below, was based on a mistranscription of "1795" (and 15 Sept. might then be a christening date). This tree was created by now-deceased family member Clifton Walker of Alna, Maine, who had immediate access to family letters and documents that are presumed to have been lost in a 2007 fire that destroyed the historic Walker homestead in Alna.

Sources

• Birth 4 September 1795: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F441-TNL : 14 January 2020), Mary Brookings, 1795. Alt. record: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F441-6ZB : 14 January 2020), Mary Brookins, 1795.

• Birth stated as 15 Sept. 1793: family tree created ca. 1970 by Gazet/Wharff relative Clifton Walker with assistance from relative Thomas Childs Jane of Newcastle; copy of tree in the possession of Mary Brookings Gazet's great-great-great grandson Christopher Childs (Childs-1516). Birth location, and father's occupation, are given in notation in the death record for her daughter, Mary T. (Gazet) Cloutier/Wharff, in ME Vital Records, 1670-1907, as cited athttps://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC6S-GR4 (see magnified image of original record).

• Marriage 29 Nov. 1816 at Boston, MA: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRC-NJJ : 24 January 2020), Mary Brookins in entry for Joseph Gazet, 1816.

• Death 16 Sept. 1874: "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-WQ8T : 14 December 2020), Mary Brookings Gazet, 1874; citing Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine, United States, St. Patrick's Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,210.

• Birth (est. year only), family, death, and burial (with image of gravestone): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 December 2020), memorial page for Mary Brookings Gazet (1792–16 Sep 1874), Find a Grave Memorial no. 68559276, citing Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Brett Strout (contributor 47446971);https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68559276/mary-gazet

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