1825. Sidney Brooks (1799–1878), who married Frances Dehon (1805–1871) on December 27, 1827. Charlotte Gray Brooks (1800–1859), who married Edward Everett (1794–1865) on May 8, 1822. Ward Chipman Brooks (1804–1828) Henry Brooks (1807–1833) Abigail Brown Brooks (1808–1889), who married Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), on September 3, 1829. Brooks died January 1, 1849, in Boston, Massachusetts, bequeathing what was believed to be the largest estate in Boston, about two million dollars, to his seven surviving children. He was originally buried at the Salem Street Burying Ground in Medford, Massachusetts, but was later relocated to a family plot in Oak Grove Cemetery, near the Brooks Estate in Medford. Descendants Brooks was a grandfather of historians Peter Chardon Brooks Adams and Henry Adams and great-great-grandfather of Massachusetts governor and senator Leverett Saltonstall. Legacy He is considered to have been one of the 100 wealthiest Americans, having left an enormous fortune. The town of Chardon, Ohio is named for him. The youngest child of Brooks’ daughter Abigail and Charles Francis Adams Sr. was named after him, Peter Chardon Brooks Adams. References Notes Sources The Education of Henry Adams A biography of Brooks, by Everett, may be found in Hunt's "Lives of American Merchants" (New York, 1856). Attribution External links 1767 births 1849 deaths Massachusetts city council members People from North Yarmouth, Maine Businesspeople from Maine Businesspeople from Massachusetts People from Medford, Massachusetts