Thomas Brooks (England, 1608 — September 27, 1680) was born in England but where exactly that was is not known. In 1625 he enrolled as a student at Emmanuel College in Cambridge. Here he receives, among other things, lessons from Prefect David Mason. It is not known what exactly he did immediately after completing his studies, but in 1640 he became a preacher. After this he became a field preacher to Colonel Thomas Rainsborough. In 1648 he became a minister in the church of St. Thomas Apostle in London. In 1653 he went to the Church of the Fish Street Hill also in London, where he remained until 1662.
On August 24, 1662, the Act of Uniformity was enacted. That law could not be signed by the Puritans and therefore he was deposed as a minister. Thomas Brooks was married to Martha Burgess, who died in 1676 and later to Mrs. Cartwright. Brooks died in 1680.