Brooks, Nathan, 1785-1863

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; Notary Public; Justice of the Peace; Mass. Representative and Senator; Master in Chancery.

(Cont.) Middlesex County Public Administrator.

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate; also with debt and insolvency. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; Notary Public; Justice of the Peace; Mass. Representative and Senator.

(Cont.) Master in Chancery (presiding over cases of debt and insolvency); Middlesex County Public Administrator.

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Married Caroline Downes, 1819. After her death, married Mary Merrick (daughter of Tilly Merrick), 1823. Two surviving children: Caroline (from 1st marriage); George (from 2nd). In 1826, elected Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company (position held for 37 years). President of Middlesex Institution for Savings. From 1832, kept law office in Concord Bank/Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. building.

(Cont.) Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Director of Concord Bank. Treasurer of Trustees of the Congregational Ministerial Fund in Concord. Treasurer of Trustees of Town Donations. Secretary of Middlesex Agricultural Society. Member of Social Circle in Concord. Regimental paymaster. Magistrate in cases of requests for military pensions. Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court. Notary Public.

(Cont.) Justice of the Peace. Mass. Representative and Senator. Master in Chancery. Delegate to elect U.S. President and Vice-President, 1832. Middlesex County Public Administrator. Entrusted to administer oaths to court officers. Died in Concord, 1863.

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; Notary Public; Justice of the Peace; Mass. Representative and Senator; Master in Chancery.

(Cont.) Middlesex County Public Administrator.

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; Notary Public; Justice of the Peace; Mass. Representative and Senator; Master in Chancery.

(Cont.) Middlesex County Public Administrator.

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; Notary Public; Justice of the Peace; Mass. Representative and Senator; Master in Chancery.

(Cont.) Middlesex County Public Administrator.

Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., Oct. 18, 1785; died in Concord, Dec. 11, 1863. Having graduated from Harvard College, studied law with Samuel Hoar and Thomas Heald in Concord. Began practice of law in 1813. Secretary and treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company; master in chancery; director of Concord Bank; representative to Massachusetts General Court (1823, 1824, 1825); member of Senate (1831, 1835); member of Social Circle in Concord; active in town and church affairs in Concord. Father of Concord lawyer.

(Cont.) George Merrick Brooks. The identity of correspondent M. Whitman has not been established.