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Capt William HOLBROOK

Capt William HOLBROOK

Male Abt 1620 - 1699  (~ 79 years)

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  • Name William HOLBROOK  [1] 
    Prefix Capt 
    Born Abt Jun 1620  Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 14 Jun 1620  St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Migration 20 Mar 1635  “Marygould” Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigrant? Y 
    Died 3 Jul 1699  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried unknown Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I6163  Main
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2023 

    Father Thomas HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1589, Broadway, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 10 Mar 1677, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Mother Jane POWYES,   b. Abt 1594, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 24 Apr 1677, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1616  St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F3577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth PITTS,   b. 19 Apr 1624, Newcastle, Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1696, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married Abt 1643  Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel HOLBROOK,   b. 1 Jul 1643, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1719, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Elizabeth HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1649, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?
     3. Mehitable HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1649, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1719, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     4. Jane HOLBROOK,   b. 1652, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1696  (Age 44 years)
     5. Hopestill HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1657, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
     6. William HOLBROOK,   b. 23 Jun 1657, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1714, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     7. Persis HOLBROOK,   b. 1660, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1696, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     8. Cornelius HOLBROOK,   b. 10 Nov 1662, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1742, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F11296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Abigail WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1702, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married Abt 1679  Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F11295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt Jun 1620 - Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1643 - Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1679 - Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jul 1699 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Histories
    The Good Ship Marygold    		The Good Ship Marygold
    1635 passenger list

  • Notes 
    • m2 Abigail WRIGHT, w. of Robert SHARPE & Thomas CLAPP
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      He resided in Weymouth till about 1663, when he removed to Mendon. The Indians drove him back in 1676 and thereafter he settled in Scituate by 1676. Freeman 1647. Selectman, Deacon, and Captain in militia at Mendon.
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      WILLIAM HOLBROOK, bp. St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, 12 June 1 620 [Joseph Neal Anc 131]; m. (1) by 1655 Elizabeth Pitts (on 1 August 165 5, "administration to the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Pitts deceased is granted to W[illia]m Holbrooke & Elizabeth his wife," who presented an account of what "my mother Mrs. Pitts oweth to me & to others in her sickness & health" [SPR 3:26]); m. (2) about 1696 Abigail (Wright) (Sharp) Clapp, daughter of RICHARD WRIGHT and widow of ROBERT SHARPE and THOMAS CLAPP [TAG 67:38; GMB 3:2072-74] . [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S47] New England Marriages To 1700, Torrey, Clarence Almon.

    2. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, III,G-H:352.

    3. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 52521265.

    4. [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).


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023