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(?-1761), daughter of Henry Hooper (ca. 1643-
1720) and wife Mary Woolford; niece of Roger
Woolford (1670-1730), William Holland (?-1732),
Thomas Ennalls (?-1718), and Covert Lockerman
(ca. 1681-1728). Her brothers were Richard; John
(?-1754); Roger; Henry Hooper (ca. 1687-1767);
Thomas; and James (1703-1789). Her sisters were
Mary (1674-1745), who married Henry Ennalls
(1675-1734); Priscilla; Elizabeth, who married
Matthew Travers (ca. 1672-1742); Rebecca; Mary
(?-ca. 1757), who married second, John Rider
(1686-1739/40); Rosannah; and Sarah. CHILDREN.
SONS: John Brome (1703-1748), who probably
married Ann, daughter of Thomas Gantt (?-1765);
Henry; and Thomas. DAUGHTERS: Ann, who mar-
ried (first name unknown) Travers; Mary (1707-
?); Margaret, who married Daniel Rawlings;
Elizabeth, who married Joshua Sedgewick; and
Sarah, who married Samuel Askcom. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Anglican. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Calvert County, 1712-1713 (resigned after
the 2nd session to become sheriff). LOCAL OFFICE:
sheriff, Calvert County, 1713/14-1717. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at
least 550 acres inherited from his father. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on January 26,
1738/39. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £941.11.6
current money (including 15 slaves); FB,
£690.9.10. LAND: 1,150 acres, plus 3 tracts of un-
specified acreage.
BROUGHE, WILLIAM (?-1651) BORN in En-
gland or Holland. IMMIGRATED: in 1636 as a free
adult. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. MARRIED
Sarah, who subsequently married in 1652 William
Scott. CHILDREN. Died without progeny. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: probably literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: low to middling social status; acquired
land by 1642; held no titles; made a trip to Hol-
land shortly before his death. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Assembly, present 1637/38, St. Clem-
ent's Hundred, St. Mary's County, 1642A, present
1642B; Lower House, Newtown Hundred, St.
Mary's County, 1650-1650/51 (Accounts 1).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND 200 acres,
which he sold before his death. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED will probated on December 5, 1651.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 6,704 pounds of to-
bacco.
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BROWN, EDWARD (?-1716). BORN: probably in
Kent County. NATIVE: probably second or third
generation. RESIDED: in Kent County; "of Kent
Island," Queen Anne's County, by 1707. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: probably either Edward
Brown, who immigrated as a servant in 1655, mar-
ried in 1668 Sarah, daughter of Morgan Williams
(?-1685), and served as constable of Upper Hun-
dred of Kent Island from 1669/70 to 1670; or
Morgan Brown (1669-by 1705), son of Edward
Brown. MARRIED Mary. CHILDREN. SONS: John (?-
1723), who married Catherine; Matthew. DAUGH-
TERS Mary; Rachel; and Sarah. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr.,
1706; Gent., 1715. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Queen Anne's County, 1715. LOCAL
OFFICE: justice, Queen Anne's County, 1715/16
(quorum). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on June 9, 1716. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £413.16.4 current money (including 4 slaves
and 1 servant); FB, £344.4.9.
BROWN, JAMES (?-1770). NATIVE: probably, if
so second generation. RESIDED: in Dorchester
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas
Brown (?-ca. 1713), of Dorchester County. STEP-
FATHER: Thomas Smith (?-1727), of Dorchester
County. MOTHER: Roseannah. BROTHERS: John (?-
1767), who married Mary Anderton; Thomas; and
Charles. MARRIED by 1713 Sarah, widow of Wil-
liam Clarkson (?-1706), of Dorchester County,
planter. CHILDREN. SONS: John (?-1768); Thomas
(?-by 1769), who married Elizabeth; and James,
Jr., who married Sarah. STEPSONS: William Clark-
son; Thomas Clarkson, who married Mary; Ro-
bert Clarkson; and Richard Clarkson. DAUGH-
TERS: Mary (?-ca. 1769), who married Edward
Newton; (first name unknown), who married (first
name unknown) Handley; Sarah, who married
John Edwards; and Margery (?-by 1761), who
married first, Thomas Kennedy, second, Benjamin
Wheland, and third, John Gibbs. OTHER CHIL-
DREN: a stepchild, (first name and sex unknown)
Clarkson. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION, literate.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1728. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: husbandman, 1718;
planter, 1767. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Lower House, Dorchester County, 1734/35-
1737. LOCAL OFFICES: land commissioner, Dor-
chester County, appointed 1728; justice, Dorches-
ter County, commissioned 1736 and 1737. MILI-
TARY SERVICE: captain, by 1758. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,050 acres
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