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| Notes for Thomas Brooke | ||||||||||
| Major Thomas Brooke came in 1650 with his father to Maryland where he received grants of land of many thousand acres. The largest of these was Brookfield in the woods on the west side of Patuxent River, bounded on the North by Brooke or Mattaponi Creek, on the E. by Patuxent River, on the S. by Deep or Spicer's Creek and extending W. to a line marked by a stone on which were cut the letters 'T. B.', the initials of the grantee. The present little village of T.B. in Prince George's County, which is there located, takes its name from this stone. In the 'Services of Ancestors,' Colonial Wars, is found: "Thomas Brooke, 1632-1676, Captain of Calvert Co. Militia 1658; Major, 1660; Burgess for Calvert Co.,1663-69, 1671-76; High Sheriff, 1660-67; Chief Justice, Cal. Co., 1667. To his godsons, Baker Brooke, Jr and Thomas Gardiner, he left personality. Source: Across the Years in Prince George's County, Page 82, by Effie Gwynn Bowie, R 929.52 B; Little Rock Public Library, 7 & Louisana, Little Rock, AR | ||||||||||
| Notes for Eleanor (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||
| Maj. Thomas Brooke married in 1658 to Elanor Hatton, Daughter of Richard Hatton of London and niece of Thomas Hatton, Secretary of the Province of Maryland. Richard Hatton died in 1649, leaving a widow, Margaret and 6 children: William, Richard, Barbara, Elizabeth, Mary and Eleanor; in that year these came to the Province. Source: Across the Years in Prince George's County, Page 81, by Effie Gwynn Bowie, Little Rock Public Library, 7 & Louisana, Little Rock, Ar (2 Dec. 1994) | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 22 Oct 2000 | Created 5 Sep 2005 by Charles Lee Mudd, Jr. using Reunion for Mac |