On 18 Dec 1694 when Rachel was 18, she married
Jabez Brooks (11930) , son of
John Brooks (6043) (ca 1623-29 Sep 1691) &
Eunice Mousall (4023) (ca 1628-1 Jan 1684), in Woburn, MA.
124 Born on 17 Jul 1673 in Woburn, MA. Jabez died in Woburn, MA, on 30 Jan 1747; he was 73.124 Buried in First Burial Ground of Woburn.144 Occupation: Husbandman.
Jabez first married Rachel Buck, second Hephzibah Cutter.
From The Brooks Family, page 10:167
Jabez Brooks, of Woburn, husbandman, “in consideration of love, good will, and affection .... towards my loving wife, Hepsibeth Brooks,” conveys certain household articles and weariug apparel, one large Bible, one silver spoon, a large cupboard, and all “my linen,” and a bond due to her from “my son,” Ebenezer Brooks . . , Jan. 16, 1739-40. On the same date, Jabez Brooks, in a similar conveyance, mentions his sons, Nathaniel Brooks, husbandman, Samuel Brooks, husbandman, John Brooks and Ebenezer Brooks, housewrights, aud Benjamin Brooks, husbandman, all of Woburn, to whom he conveys his right in a “way leading from the country road between my house and Mr. Belknap's house to the Richanlsons’ Row, to lie for an open road,” etc. The originals of these deeds, with many other papers of this family, are deposited in the Wyman Collection in the Woburn Public Library.
Headstone:144
"Here lyes buried ye body of Mr. Jabez Brooks, who departed this life, January ye 30th, Anno Dom'i, 1746-7, in ye 74th year of his age"