Thomas HOLBROOK

Abt 1589 - Bef 1677  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Thomas HOLBROOK  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	Abt 1589	Broadway, Somersetshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Mar 1594	Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
  Migration	20 Mar 1635	“Marygould”
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	Bef 10 Mar 1677	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Buried	unknown   [5]
  Person ID	I2681	Main
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	William HOLBROOK,   b. 1562, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 11 Dec 1625, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Edith COLES,   b. 1562, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 11 Jun 1612, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1586	Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
  Family ID	F7874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane POWYES,   b. Abt 1594, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. Bef 24 Apr 1677, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1616	St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England   [6]
  Children	1. Capt John HOLBROOK,   b. 6 Apr 1617, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1699, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)   2. Thomas HOLBROOKE,   b. 1619, St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 22 Jul 1697, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years) + 3. Capt William HOLBROOK,   b. Abt Jun 1620, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 3 Jul 1699, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 79 years)   4. Ann HOLBROOK,   b. 1628, St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 3 Jul 1699, New London, New London, Connecticut  (Age 71 years)   5. Elizabeth HOLBROOKE,   b. 13 Feb 1630, St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 5 Aug 1674, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 44 years)   6. Jane HOLBROOK,   b. 13 Sep 1635, St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 1679, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F3577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - 1 Mar 1594 - Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Died - Bef 10 Mar 1677 - Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  The Good Ship Marygold 1635 passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  Ancestor to President James Abram GARFIELD, President William Howard TAFT, President George Herbert Walker BUSH —— Thomas and his family came to America in 1635 on the ship "Marygould". They are listed on a passenger list as embarking from Weymouth, England. A deposition made Nov 2, 1666 by Thomas, states he is age 77 years and the company arrived at Dorchester, Jun 7, 1635: he was at Dorchester for about a fortnight then he moved to Weymouth where he built a house. Left Weymouth, England 30 Mar 1635 at age 34 in the Marygold with wife and oldest five children, arriving at Dorchester on 7 Jun 1635 and settling at Weymouth the same month. His will, dated 31 Dec 1668 with codicil 31 Dec 1673, and proved 24 Apr 1677, Weymouth, MA, names wife Jane, three sons, three married daughters, and grandchildren John, Peter and William Holbrook. Freeman 1645. A selectman at Weymouth six times (1641-1654), and a grantee of Rehoboth, MA, although he forfeited the grant and remained at Weymouth. ----- In compiling records for the Great Migration project, the editors discovered there were in fact two Thomas Holbrooks settled in Dorchester. This one was in Weymouth consistantly, while another one purchased land in Dorchester in 1649, sold it in 1652 (transactions attributed to this Thomas by Pope), bought other land “about three miles from Naticke” in 1652, and is linked in deeds in 1656, 1668 and 1672 as being of Medfield and then Sherborn by 1682.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Family Records, Montressor, Kate. [S35] History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Chamberlain, George Walter, (Wright & Potter printing company, Boston, MA. 1923). [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S92] BUSH. Ancestry of George Bush, Reitwiesner, William Addams. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 37084017. [S74] Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of , Morse, Abner, (Press of Damrell & Moore, Boston, MA. 1855).