Disputed Spouse

This profile of Rev. Ebenezer Brookings, Jr. previously showed him as the second husband of the widow Hannah (Paine) Sprague, marrying in 1796. This was erroneous: Rev. Brookings' only wife, Mary (Bullen) Brookings bore their son Benjamin in 1797,^[1] and she was still alive at the time of the 1800 census -- the year after Rev. Brookings's death -- when she was specifically shown as "Wido Mary Brookins". Hannah (Paine) Sprague was the second wife of the senior Ebenezer Brookings -- not of his son.

Biography

Ebenezer Brookings, Jr., was born at Woolwich, then part of Georgetown, Massachusetts Bay -- later, Maine -- in mid-May of 1756, a son of Ebenezer Brookings and Miriam (Bartow) Brookings; a Baptist minister, he married Mary Bullen, at Woolwich (which had become a distinct town in 1759, separating from Georgetown; the union was recorded in both places), two days before Christmas of 1779. He died at Woolwich in mid-February of 1799.

Sources

1. ↑ "Town and vital records, 1760-1891"; image #23 of 619,https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89N8-383T?i=22

• Birth 16 May 1756 at Woolwich [then part of Georgetown until 1759]: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4HM-FCM : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Brookins, 1756.

• Birth 16 May 1756 and death 16 February 1799: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBW-QXJ : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Brookings, 1756.

• Marriage: "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCH-NZX7 : 3 October 2019), Ebenezer Brookens and Mary Bullen, 23 Dec 1779; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 008133037. Alt. record: "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46J-59V : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Brookins, 1779. Image of original handwritten record (showing intentions 20 Nov. 1779; "Certificat given Decembr __"): image #45 of 619,https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89N8-3ZRR?i=44

• Marriage: Vital records of Georgetown, Maine, to the year 1892, Vol. 1; editor Mary Pelham Hill, published under the authority of the Maine historical society, corporate author: Georgetown, Me., [Auburn, Me., Press of Merrill & Webber Company] 1939, p. 204;https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b727885&view=1up&seq=208&q1=Brookings

• Wife (given name only), offspring, and death (image of original handwritten record): "Town and vital records, 1760-1891"; image #23 of 619,https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89N8-383T?i=22

• Death: "Brookings, Ebenezer, Jr. h. Mary (Bullen) 16 Feb 1799, a. 46y. P.R. 9" -- from Family Records compiled by Dr. Buck of Woolwich, ME; also, G.R. 33, gravestone record in field East Woolwich, Maine; Vital records of Georgetown, Maine, to the year 1892, Vol. 3, Deaths; editor Mary Pelham Hill, published under the authority of the Maine historical society, corporate author: Georgetown, Me., [Auburn, Me., Press of Merrill & Webber Company] 1943 (Vol. 3 not available online as of Dec. 2020)

See also:

• [Note that online trees are unreliable unless sources are cited; this tree contains the error discussed in "Disputed Spouse" above] "Brookings Family Genealogy", section on "Descendants of Ebenezar";http://www.geocities.ws/kasblinn/BrookingsPage1.html .

• Birth, family, death [shows Feb. 2 vs. recorded Feb 16], and burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 December 2020), memorial page for Rev Ebenezer Brookings (1756–2 Feb 1799), Find a Grave Memorial no. 213913923, citing Brookings Cemetery, Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Tolford Young (contributor 47543812);https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213913923/ebenezer-brookings

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