David Brooks

1744 - 1801  (57 years)

• Name	David Brooks  [1]
  Christening	Aug 1744	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Birth	14 Aug 1744	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Dec 1801	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Burial	Hillside Cemetery, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I13968	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Enos Brooks,   b. 15 Feb 1708, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Sep 1771, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Tamar Wooster,   b. 16 Jun 1707, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 7 Oct 1775, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F14487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Doolittle, <,   b. 26 May 1749, Wallingford, New Haven, CT d. 15 Aug 1831, Cheshire, New Haven, CT (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1773	Wallingford, New Haven, CT   [2]
  Children	1. Clarissa Brooks, <,   b. 22 Feb 1774, New Haven, CT d. 1808 (Age 33 years)   2. Micah Brooks, <,   b. 14 May 1775, New Haven, CT d. Yes, date unknown   3. David Brooks, >,   b. 8 Oct 1776, New Haven, CT d. 21 Jan 1782 (Age 5 years)   4. Elizabeth Brooks, <,   b. 7 Dec 1777, New Haven, CT d. BY PROB 1809 (Age 31 years)   5. Benedict Brooks, <,   b. 9 Mar 1779   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Laura Brooks, <,   b. 1 Apr 1781   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Charity Brooks, <,   b. 22 Oct 1782   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary Brooks, <,   b. 25 Jul 1785   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Martha Brooks, <,   b. 25 Jul 1785   d. 1787 (Age 1 year)   10. David Brooks, <,   b. 26 Jul 1791, Cheshire, New Haven, CT d. 24 Jul 1873, Cheshire, New Haven, CT (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26155&tree=Schirado. “David and Elizabeth resided in the old Brooks homestead in Cheshire, CT. After graduating from college David was ordained to the work of the ministry, occasionally preached, but never was a settled pastor. He was a delegate to the state convention held in Hartford in Jan 1788 to ratify and adopt the constitution of the United States. He was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisted as a private, after promoted to quartermaster of the regiment. In Revolutionary times he occasionally preached with his musket on his back. He preparted and delivered in Derby, CT, in 1774, a discourse on The Religion of the Revolution. This discourse was highly commended and strongly influenced public opinion in favor of the cause of the struggling colonies. It was published by his son Micah of Brooks Grove, NY, and copies of it are preserved. Their family became quite an influential one.” David was ordained to the work of the ministry, and occasionally preached but was never a settled pastor. In 1774 he prepared and delivered in Derby a discourse on The Religion of the Revolution, which was highly commended and infuenced public opinion in favor of the Colonial cause. He served in Capt. Shumway’s Co., 1st Regt, Conn. Line, Jul to Dec 1780; and was in the 2nd Conn. Regt. in 1783. He represented Wallingford in the Conn. Assembly, Oct 1777, and May 1780, and in 1788 was a delegate to the State Convention which ratified the federal Constitution.  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26155&tree=Schirado.