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Notes for John BROOKS
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, p.123
-Brooks, John (Mass). Captain of a Company of Massachusets Minute Men at
Lexington and Concord, 19th April, 1775;
-Major of Bridge's Massachusets Regiment, May to December, 1775;
-Major 19th Continental Infantry, 1st January, 1776;
-Lieutenant-Colonel 8th Massachusets, 1st November, 1776;
-Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant 7th Massachusets, 11th November, 1778,
and served to 12th June, 1783;
-Brigadier-General United States Army, 11th April, 1792;
honorably discharged 1st November, 1796
-Govenor General of Massachusetts 1816-1823
-Died, 2nd March, 1825
Also may have been a physician
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution., p.576
Brooks, John, Reading (also given Medford). Major, Col. Ebenezer
Bridge's regt. of Minute-men; marched April 19, 1775; service, 4 days;
also, list of officers in Col. Bridge's (Middlesex Co.) regt.;
commissioned May 27, 1775; also, list of officers; detailed as field
officer of the picket guard May 8, 1775; also, lists of officers;
detailed for main and picket guards at Cambridge, May 12-May 31, 1775;
also, list of officers; detailed for picket guard June 8, 1775; also,
Col. Bridge's regt.; engaged April 24, 1775; service to Aug. 1, 1775, 3
mos. 15 days; also, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also,
Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; return for supplies
delivered Jan. 20, 1778; also, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, 7th regt.;
list of field officers; commissioned Nov. 11, 1778; also, return of
officers in Col. Jackson's regt. dated Boston, Nov. 20, 1778; also,
certificate stating service of Lieut. Isaac Parker dated Medford, Feb.
15, 1779; also, certificate stating service of Samuel Blaisdell dated
Boston, Feb. 18, 1779; also, return of officers in Col. Jackson's (8th)
regt. dated April 6, 1779; also, return of officers in (late) Col.
Ichabod Alden's (7th) regt. made up to Dec. 31, 1779; commissioned Nov.
11, 1778; also, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, 7th regt.; Continental
Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780;
reported Division Inspector; also, returns dated Camp Totoway, Oct.
16-Nov. 23, 1780; also, returns dated Camp Hutts, Dec. 4-Dec. 22, 1780;
also, return dated Camp near West Point, Dec. 28, 1780; reported acting
as subinspector on the staff from Oct. 26, 1780; also, returns dated
West Point, Jan. 5, Jan. 12 and Jan. 19, 1781; reported acting as
Division Inspector on the staff; also, acting Colonel, 7th regt.;
returns dated West Point and German Hutts, Jan. 26-May 25, 1781;
reported on command at Boston; also, return of officers in Maj. John
Graham's (3d) brigade dated May 25, 1781; also, 7th regt.; returns dated
West Point, June 1-June 15, 1781; reported on command in Massachusetts;
also reported settling accounts in Massachusetts June 1, 1781; also,
returns dated Peekskill, June 22-June 29, 1781; reported settling
accounts at Boston; also, returns dated Phillipsburgh and Peekskill,
July 7-Sept. 1, 1781; reported on command at West Point; also, returns
dated Peekskill, Sept. 21 and Sept. 28, 1781; also, muster roll for Oct.
and Nov., 1781, dated York Huts; reported commanding the brigade; also,
muster rolls for Dec., 1781, Jan. and Feb., 1782, dated York Hutts;
reported on furlough in Massachusetts from Jan. 5, 1782, by leave of
Gen. McDougal (also given Gen. Heath); also, returns dated Hutts and
West Point, March 1-July 26, 1782; reported attending court-martial in
garrison; also, return dated West Point, Aug. 2, 1782; also, return
dated Verplanck's Point, Aug. 13, 1782; also, returns dated West Point,
Aug. 16 and Aug. 30, 1782; also, returns dated Verplanck's Point and New
Windsor, Sept. 6, 1782-Dec. 20, 1782; reported on furlough in
Massachusetts from Sept. 1, 1782, by leave of Gen. Washington; also,
returns dated Camp at New Windsor, Dec. 27, 1782-Feb. 13, 1783; reported
at Philadelphia by leave of Gen. Washington; also, returns dated March
14-June 13, 1783Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, p.123
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