Edward Brooks (October 31, 1733 – May 6, 1781) was an American Congregational minister who served as the third pastor of the "Old Ledge" meetinghouse in what was then North Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Yarmouth, Maine).
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Early life
Brooks was born in Medford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Samuel Brooks and Mary Boutwell.
He graduated Harvard College in 1757, before working as the college's librarian between 1758 and 1760.
Career
On July 4, 1764, Brooks was ordained as the minister of the Meetinghouse under the Ledge in what was then North Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He succeeded Nicholas Loring, who died in the role in 1763.
Around three years into his stint in North Yarmouth, "theological differences" between Brooks and his congregation began to surface. Attempts were made to align their beliefs, but it proved unsuccessful, and Brooks was dismissed in March 1769. Nine months later, he was succeeded by thirty-five-year-old Province of New Hampshire native Tristram Gilman.