My Descent from Thomas Holbrook

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Thomas Holbrook-Jane -----
William Holbrook-Elizabeth -----
Elizabeth Holbrook-John Buck
Rachel Buck-John Dwelley
Mercy Dwelley-Joshua Lincoln
Joshua Lincoln, Jr.-Anna Bryant
Peleg Lincoln-Elizabeth Twombly
Elizabeth Lincoln-Levi Johnson, Jr.
Elizabeth L. Johnson-Horatio N. Keene
Anna Evelyn Keene-Francis Woods Darling
Laura Keene Darling-Edward Payson True
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True

The various source materials found for this family, which are listed in the Holbrook Bibliography at the end of this chapter, seem to lend themselves to confusion rather than to clarification, which is often the case in genealogical research. The family account presented here seems to me to be the more accurate account which I will use with the feeling that, at a later date, the records might change as more information becomes available.

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Thomas and Jane Holbrook

Husband:
Thomas Holbrook		Born: in England, circa 1589.
Died: in Weymouth, Massachusetts, shortly before 10 March 1677, when the inventory of his estate was taken.
Parents: Unknown.
Wife:
Jane -----
last name possibly Kingman		Born: in England circa 1600.
Died: in Weymouth, Massachusetts sometime after 1677.
Parents: Unknown.
Married: in England, circa 1617.

The Holbrook family came from Broadway, Somersetshire, England, sailing from Weymouth, England with Rev. Joseph Hull's company, about 20 March 1634/5. The ship docked at Dorchester, MA, 7 June 1635, where the family stayed for a fortnight before going to Weymouth, MA, where they built a home.

Thomas was made a freeman in May 1645, a selectman five times between 1645 and 1654. He was granted ten acres of land in the First Division and thirty acres, 14 December 1663, in the Second Division.

He bequeathed property to all of his family with the added statement that his grandson, Peter Holbrook, had served him and his wife in their old age for about eight years, for which he was to have his dwelling house in Weymouth with the orchard and arable land.

Thomas and his wife Jane (-----) Holbrook had six children, all born in England:

  • John, b. ca. 1622; d. in Weymouth, MA, 23 Nov. 1699; m. (1) Sarah ----- who died in Weymouth, MA 14 Jan. 1643/4; m. (2) Elizabeth Stream who died in Weymouth, MA 25 June 1688, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stream; m. (3) Mary White, who survived him, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Pratt) White.
  • Thomas, b. ca. 1624; m. Joanna Kingman, daughter of Henry Kingman; resided in Braintree and Scituate, MA.
  • William, b. ca. 1627; d. in Scituate, MA, 3 July 1699; m. (1) Elizabeth ----- who died in Scituate, MA, in 1696, daughter of widow Elizabeth Pitts; m. (2) Abigail (-----) Sharp Clapp.
  • Anne, b. ca. 1629; m. John Reynolds of Weymouth, MA.
  • Elizabeth, b. ca. 1633; m. 6 May 1650, Walter Hatch of Scituate, MA.
  • Jane, was alive on 15 Jan. 1676; m. Thomas Drake of Weymouth, MA.
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William and Elizabeth Holbrook

Husband:
William Holbrook		Born: in England, circa 1627.
Died: in Scituate, MA, 3 July 1699.
Parents: Thomas and Jane Holbrook.
First Wife:
Elizabeth -----		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: in Scituate,, MA, in 1696.
Father: Unknown.
Mother: widow Elizabeth Pitts.
Married: Place and date unknown.
Second Wife:
Abigail (-----) Sharp Clapp		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: place and date unknown, but after 3 July 1699.
Widow of: Robert Sharp, and Thomas Clapp of Scituate, MA.

This family lived in Weymouth, MA, until about 1663 when they moved to Mendon. The Indians drove them back in 1676 and thereafter they settled in Scituate. William's will, made 9 November 1696, provided for his wife, Abigail, and all of his children.

William and his first wife Elizabeth (-----) Holbrook had eight children, all born in Weymouth, MA:

  • Elizabeth, m. (1) 13 Dec. 1666, John Sprague; m. (2) Cornet John Buck of Scituate.
  • Samuel, "eldest son"; b. ca. 1653; d. 29 Oct. 1719; m. Mary ----- who died in 1735; they settled in Scituate. They had a daughter, Persis, b. 11 Oct. 1676.
  • William, Jr., b. 23 June 1657; m. Margaret Fairbanks; settled in Mendon; his father's will gives him land in Weymouth.
  • Hopestill, m. in 1688, Samuel Reed.
  • Cornelius, b. 10 or 19 Nov. 1662; m. Margery Eames, daughter of Justus Eames; his father's will gives him land in Weymouth.
  • Jane, m. Alexander Balcom.
  • Mehitable, m. Jonathan Sprague.
  • Persis, d. unmarried in 1696.
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Elizabeth Holbrook

Wife:
Elizabeth Holbrook		Born: in Weymouth, MA, date unknown.
Died: in Scituate, MA, 1690.
Parents: William and Elizabeth Holbrook.
First Husband:
John Sprague		Born: place and date unknown.
Died: place and date unknown.
Married: 13 December 1666.
Second Husband:
Cornet John Buck		Born: in England, probably Canterbury.
Died: in Scituate, Massachusetts after his will was signed in 1697.
Parents: Unknown.
Married: Date and place unknown.
John Buck married second, in 1693, Sarah (Faunce) Doty, widow of Edward Doty.

We do not know if there were any children from the Elizabeth's first marriage. Elizabeth had ten children with her second husband, John Buck, and we are descended from their daughter, Rachel.

See the entry on John Buck for details of this family.

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The Holbrook Family Bibliography

Austin, John Osborne, 160 Allied Families, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982, pp. 131-134.

Chamberlain, George Walter, Genealogies of Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984, pp. 267-270.

Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, Vol. II, p. 443.

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