Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Caroline Mason (693) & Hiram Brooks (708)

1269. Edward Davis Brooks (Caroline Mason6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Cambridge, Mass., on 18 Mar 1832. Died Arlington, Mass., on 17 Sep 1900. Residence: Cambridge, Mass. Data from Mason.

He married Blanche Leavitt, daughter of John Lane Leavitt & Elizabeth Cook Holland, on 24 Jun 1863. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 28 Oct 1839. Died Spokane, Wash., on 27 Jan 1909. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  George Edward. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 7 Nov 1864. Died on 13 Aug 1865. Data from Mason.
ii.  Edward Prescott. Born Arlington, Mass., on 26 Nov 1871. Died on 21 Dec 1871. Data from Mason.
1797 iii.  Harold Maxwell (1878-1923)

1270. Hiram Winthrop Brooks (Caroline Mason6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Cambridge, Mass., on 10 Dec 1837. Died Belmont, Mass., on 18 Feb 1916. Residence: Cambridge, Mass. Data from Mason.

The first child was born when Hiram W. Brooks resided on Mt. Auburn Street, and the next six at 5 Dana Street.

He married Emily Robbins, daughter of Shepard Robbins & Deborah Loring, on 9 Sep 1863 in 10 Chesnut Street, Boston, Mass. Born Boston, Mass., on 27 Jun 1839. Died Belmont, Mass., on 27 Mar 1916. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Josiah Mason. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 21 Jul 1864. Residence: August 1933, New York City. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Alice Elizabeth Smith, on 17 Sep 1894 in Brookline, Mass. Data from Mason.
ii.  Caroline Louisa. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 19 Jun 1866. Residence: August 1933, Boston, Mass. Data from Mason. No children.
Mrs. Barnes has a lovely picture of her great-aunt, Louisa Mason, painted on glass, also a sampler worked by her great-aunt, Sally Russell Mason, in 1800, when eleven years of age, which was given her by her aunt, Caroline Louisa Brooks.

She married Henry Jabez Barnes, son of Henry Barnes & Elizabeth Ball, on 3 Apr 1909 in Belmont, Mass. Born Northborough, Mass., on 16 Feb 1848. Data from Mason.
1798 iii.  Hiram Winthrop (1870-)
iv.  Emily Loring. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 3 Oct 1872. Residence: November 1933, Groton, Mass. Data from Mason. No children.
She first married Francis Gordon Lawrence, son of Asa Farnsworth Lawrence & Sarah Jane Bancroft, on 28 Nov 1904 in Belmont, Mass. Born Pepperell, Mass., on 4 Mar 1846. Died Groton, Mass., on 1 Jan 1920. Data from Mason.
She second married Courtland Cook Earle, son of Charles Rhodes Earle & Susan Frances Cook, on 13 Dec 1922 in King's Chapel, Boston, Mass. Born Providence, R. I., on 27 Mar 1878. Data from Mason.

Mr. Earle is a member of The Society of Mayflower Descendants through Richard Warren.
v.  Edith Gannett. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 2 Aug 1874. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 22 Aug 1875. Data from Mason.
vi.  Grace Robbins. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 25 May 1876. Residence: November 1933, Arlington, Mass. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
vii.  Gertrude Davis. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 29 Nov 1879. Residence: October 1933, Belmont, Mass. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Carroll Wilmot Webster, son of Wilmot Hale Webster & Edith Mugg, on 29 Dec 1913 in Belmont, Mass. Born Oconto, Wis., on 22 Oct 1875. Data from Mason.

1271. Josiah Mason Brooks (Caroline Mason6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Cambridge, Mass., on 13 Jan 1841. Died Lexington, Mass., on 24 Nov 1899. Residence: Cambridge and Lexington, Mass. Data from Mason.

He married Mary Blanchard Wells, daughter of Francis Wells & Rachel Hughes, on 24 Oct 1867 in Cambridge, Mass. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 9 Sep 1841. Died Lincoln, Mass., on 22 Dec 1917. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Mary Louise. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 5 Aug 1868. Residence: October 1933, North Pembroke, Mass. Data from Mason. No children.
She married William Crosby Ware, son of Thomas Minns Ware & Hulda Crosby, on 5 Apr 1911 in Lincoln, Mass. Born Roxbury, Mass., on 25 Sep 1879. Data from Mason.
ii.  Sarah Wells. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 19 Jul 1870. Residence: October 1933, Concord, Mass. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Miss Brooks has some interesting miniatures of Josiah mason and his wife, also the old Mason silver.
iii.  Helen MacIntosh. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 11 Dec 1872. Died Cohasset, Mass., on 17 Aug 1875. Data from Mason.
iv.  Alice Mason. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 19 Jun 1876. Residence: October 1933, Concord, Mass. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
v.  Francis Wells. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 20 Mar 1880. Died Lexington, Mass., on 11 Jul 1905. Data from Mason.
vi.  Josiah Mason. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 20 Mar 1880. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 12 Dec 1890. Data from Mason.

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