Thomas Holbrook

Birth: abt 1589  Glastonbury, Somerset, England Baptized:  1 Mar 1598/9 at Eversley, Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Marriage:  12 Sep 1616  Jane Powyes at St John the Baptist, Glastonbury, Somerset.  Birth of Son:  06 APR 1618 (baptized) Name:  John Holbrook Birth of Son:  12 JUN 1620 (baptized) Name: William Holbrook Birth of Son:  abt 1624 Name:  Thomas Holbrook Birth of Daughter:  abt 1629 Name:  Anne Holbrook Birth of Daughter:  13 FEB 1629/30 (baptized) Name: Elizabeth Holbrook   Immigration:  07 JUN 1635 with Rev. Joseph Hull's Company Note:  Left Weymouth, England Mar. 20, 1635 at age 34 in the 'Marygould' with wife and oldest children, arriving at Dorchester on Jun. 7, 1635 and settling at Weymouth the same month.  He brought with him his wife, Jane, and four children, and settled in Weymouth Mass. Birth of Daughter:  1637 Name: Jane Holbrook   Freeman:  MAY 1645  at Weymouth Selectman:  1641-1654 six times Will:  31 DEC 1668 Death:  BEF 24 APR 1677 Weymouth, Norfolk Co, MA Click here to see parents:  William Holbrook and Edith ?

Thomas and his wife Jane, their sons John, Thomas, Anne, and Elizabeth sailed from Weymouth, England, on or near 10 Mar 1635 with Rev. Joseph Hull's Company. He came from Broadway, Somersetshire, Eng, and came ashore at Corchester 7 Jun 1635, then to the place now called Weymouth, built a house there, as he attested in court 2 Nov 1666. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony May 1645. He was a selectman of Weymouth for five years from 1645 through 1654. Ten acres were granted to him in the First Division and thirty acres in the Second Division 14 Dec 1663.

Thomas, in Weymouth 1643, may have come several years earlier at Weymouth (whence rem. the first sett. of Rehoboth in that yr.) and though he was one of the grantees of Rehoboth, yer for not going to reside there his share was forfeited in Jan 1645. All his children probably were brought from England. Freeman 1643. Was of Dorchester 1652, last of Medfield 1668.

Thomas has been said to be a descendant of Richard Holbrook of Somersetshire, England. Lived at Broadway, Somerset, England. 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. A deposition made 7 Nov 1666 gives Thomas' age as 77 years.
 

Jane Powyes
Birth:  ABT 1594  Glastonbury, Somerset, England Death:  BEF 24 Apr 1677  Weymouth, MA parents are William Powyes (abt 1568-?) and Elizabeth ?

Return to Smith Home Page
Return to Genealogy Home Page