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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BIOGRAPHIES BRO

of tobacco (including 3 servants). LAND: over
5,000 acres.

BROOKE, JOHN (by 1646-1692/93). BORN: by
1646, probably in Yorkshire, England; only son.
IMMIGRATED: in 1654 as a minor with his parents
from Virginia. RESIDED: in Calvert County; Dor-
chester County by 1671. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Michael Brooke (?-ca. 1663/64). STEPFA-
THER: Henry Trippe (1632-1697/98). MOTHER:
Frances. MARRIED first, by 1679 Katherine,
widow of Robert Stevens. MARRIED second, Judith
(?-1693). CHILDREN. DAUGHTERS: Mary, who
married Joseph Ennalls (?-1709); Ann, who mar-
ried first, Thomas Cooke (?-1692/93), and second,
John Stevens, son of John Stevens (?-1692). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS

AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: second generation burgess. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: physician; planter. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Dor-
chester County, 1681-1682 (elected to the 3rd
session), 1682-1684, 1686-1688; Associators'
Convention, Dorchester County, 1689-1692;
Grand Committee of Twenty, 1690-1692; Lower
House, Dorchester County, 1692 (died before the
2nd session). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICE: justice,
Provincial Court, 1691-1692. LOCAL OFFICES: jus-
tice, Dorchester County, 1671-1674, 1676-1693
(quorum, 1679-1693); town officer of Yarmouth,
Dorchester County, 1686; deputy commissary,
Dorchester County, 1692. STANDS ON PUBLIC/-
PRIVATE ISSUES: supported the Protestant As-
sociators' revolution of 1689. WEALTH DURING

LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: Over 500

acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between January
24 and March 21, 1692/93. LAND: 850 acres, plus
2 tracts of unspecified acreage.

BROOKE, MICHAEL (?-ca. 1663/64). BORN: in
Yorkshire, England. IMMIGRATED: in 1654 as a
free adult with his wife and son from Virginia. RE-
SIDED: in Calvert County. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: John Brooke, of Yorkshire, England.
MARRIED Frances, who subsequently married in
1665 Henry Trippe (1632-1697/98). CHILDREN.
SON: John Brooke (by 1646-1692/93), who mar-
ried first, Katherine, widow of Robert Stevens,
and second, Judith (?-1693). PRIVATE CAREER.

EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:

Protestant, probably a Puritan. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES transported two servants on his
arrival; Mr., 1655. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: attor-
ney, 1657/58; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: Parliamentary Commission, 1655-

1657/58; Assembly, Patuxent (Calvert County),
1657; Lower House, Calvert County, 1658,

1659/60. OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: justice,

Provincial Court, 1655-1657/58. LOCAL OFFICE:
justice, Patuxent (Calvert County), 1655-1661.

STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: his religious

beliefs probably accounted for his move from Vir-
ginia and his immediate assumption of high office
under the Puritan government of Maryland, 1654;
he probably supported Fendall's Rebellion,
1659/60-1660, and lost his justiceship as a conse-
quence. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT

FIRST ELECTION: rights to 200 acres; 350 acres by
1662. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: by February 2,

1663/64. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 21,015

pounds of tobacco. LAND: 500-1,000 acres.

BROOKE, RICHARD (1716-1783). BORN on
June 2, 1716, in Prince George's County; fourth
son. NATIVE: fifth generation. RESIDED: at "Brook-
field," Prince George's County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Thomas Brooke (1683-1744).
MOTHER: Lucy, daughter of Walter Smith (?-
1711). AUNTS: Ann Smith (1694-1759), who mar-
ried second, Thomas Trueman Greenfield (1682-
1733); Elinor Smith, who married Thomas Addi-
son (1679-1727); Rebecca Smith, who married
Daniel Dulany (1685-1753); Sarah Brooke (?-
1724), who married first, William Dent(ca. 1660-
1704), and second, Philip Lee (ca. 1681-1744);
and Priscilla Brooke, who married Thomas Gantt
(?-1765). BROTHERS: Thomas (1706-1749); Walter
(1707-1740/41); Nathaniel (1712-?); Isaac (1722-
1756); Daniel (1726-1735); Charles (1727-1727);
Robert (1728-1777); and Rev. Clement (1730-
1800). SISTERS: Mary (1709-?); Anna (1711-?);
Lucy (1714-1718); Eleanor (1718-?), who married
ca. 1734 Col. Samuel Beall (ca. 1713-ca. 1778);
Rachel (1719-1789); Lucy (1721-?); Rebecca
(1722-?); and Elizabeth (1724-1794). FIRST COUS-
INS: John Addison (1713-1764); Ann Addison
(1711/12-?), who married William Murdock (?-
1769); Richard Lee (ca. 1707-1787); Arthur Lee
(?-1760); Francis Lee (?-1749); Daniel Dulany, Jr.
(1722-1797); Walter Dulany (?-1773); Margaret
Dulany, who married first, Alexander Hamilton
(1712-1756), and second, William Murdock (?-
1769); Marianne Greenfield, who married John
Stoddert (?-1767); Thomas Gantt (ca. 1710-1785);
Fielder Gantt (?-1807); Edward Gantt (?-by 1783);
and probably Ann Gantt, who married John
Brome (1703-1748). MARRIED on November 1,
1767, Rachel (?-1793), daughter of Thomas Gantt
(ca. 1710-1785); granddaughter of both Thomas
Gantt (?-1765) and John Smith (?-1738); niece of

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