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I e T BROOKS FAMILY ik Family Seated f fOr r Centuries at Hampshire England England Among Among Founders of New England England Always Always Men of Affairs Affairs Sol th em ern orn Branch Traces to to Brooke of Brooke Booke Manor One Manor One Was i Colonial Governor Governor Governor-Ai A Knight night of the Golden Horse Shoe in inthe inthe K the Story Story Family Stry Family Has Hs Its Is St Statesmen esmen S' S Soldiers Aut Authors Authors- ors ors- L Denote Crusader Ancestry Cons Constancy J Heraldic Charges Charge ancy f t and G Generosity l rJ BY B OH EIg If u Mr 1 Brool or Brooke I k wants to lu vary nY the tho spelling of his hL name mun variety 1 Is th the lH spice of nf If lift life Irl although a trite Aln saying ying let It write it I or 41 tl Ho lu h has hns 9 O only ll 10 to go back a few eon eon- J I turk n 1 fay ny to 1000 lOOI and ami h he h will I I that thaC his gr grandfather of If that day liny generation was was' Broeckx or Bruck ch h. h or 01 or IV or til That is 18 I If he ht camo from o Of or Holland If IC he was a aV V plain Saxon Anglo c gentleman n he was John Rrok I. I I. I stay say Or 01 ho lie was ns pr or Broc or d tk de or Ok do the la ll Broc or ot do tin la hi Brok or del Broke A William do itt Doyle 1010 del Broke rok i Is a n nani do In the tho 1 of or the I of King John Alice licu d un la Ia Broke also html about tIlls this i Is IR n n- name wo vo period d. d The j nl name l e en was n probably ate lIme i or originally originally- ln t ic or 01 rol I nH near a c That 1 f hii one une i ln living near U nto 1 a It A I became be he- ii earn came ly ij A In Iii nu became plain A brook Is s al also fJ responsible 1 ble for rOt day tJay t forms of tl the name are arc Brook Brooks CN and Brooke It I Is Im- Im m- m to Hug Ilog many changes o III IH Brooke York YorI Herald I 1 l I said to tu have laV lived ii IH near ar tho the mouth of Hr A. A brook 1 he itt was us at first Brokes- Brokes t mouth hilt hut It to I a a a. simpler J and Irm n and Brookman rook Brook man mall are ale pU of or the thc nama K k 1 2 r The family have long bc been beOn n s seated a 1 nt at Hampshire h l' l i j At the Ur oko home hoie l King FIng Charles I L spent IL a night hu nl night ht of October I 4 L l 1 18 I GH the King I lay at nt at nt 1 Mr r. r Brookes Brooke's Ju 11 L In the the- thie library llY Jit Baltimore AM Is Isa a q photograph Ih Vi t tho ho i 4 ort erected II to th the memory of or Thomas C Brooke o of h. h and his hl wire wife V r- r I Su-an Su daughter daughter- of lit 11 Thomas Fos Fo t ter r The Tt father of or Chomas Brooke I was Richard gent who married abeth J I lr s 4 ht M th the I- I Mamir of or The epitaph of or nl rends reads S This gl grave uve nf r hath bath a P with wife ire filth and mouth up 13 open lJ fh huttle of tt II good 1 Richard Brooke t oC of oC tell 1 Hampshire S Vho Who were Veto the first firM of oC tie the name in tho the new neY w n-ld n t C Brooks S. S cume came over In th the good I Slut ship BlessIng Bless v 9 Ing ins was al one of lit the founders u of 5 Mass In where his name Is IN Isif fi if found round In In- the records of oC 1635 henry Brooks wa was a selectman of ur Woburn I ICO He lie had the luc luck luch to get two wl wives not not nol two n at on op one time hot how how- t f 9 5 over let Jel It bo ho distinctly stated staled Number Num Nuni- um- um S h bet ber l' l on oit was wn number two t- t t I This i Is h probably Ob bl the Henry Brooks wh who wh came Caine Ioe from Scotland all antI and landed r nt nl jf boston 5 Thomas Brooks or Brooke who w-io S camo mo from frum Suffolk or Cheshire ln was admitted tl freeman l lut of ut 1 S. S MaK Mah D I Dec c c. 7 1 Ho lie was 11 deputy II to tl tho general court ourt captain of E J III Un and andone ono one of lr tho the founders o of Land LantI u nc o by uy him bun at Ut Mcd- Mcd tf ir- ir ONT ni-il ni I 1 18 to be te mill Mil in Iti po l i of ot Jt hi hi Thonas marriott married r S Su HU tn and governor governorS governor's S s 's l of It ln ct wIts iUS vit of or this S Charl CharI oil one of oC lh the ot oh 1 Acton Mas la and 1111 alSO Lieutenant Daniel it t. t Robert Brooks with Ith his wife vio j i 2 and a A half dozen mote more or OV 1 hie clint chit clin from I Kent nt the Ihl dreu ll me J J SI'S t 1 cult culs' culs nd of th the t iii colony married 1 Elizabeth b S F S of tf f Governor wn l L. L W itt i low 10 t. t 5 5 Tho filO or of Brooks BrookA 0 or Hr an mi tIt the name more Inure f leniently Ii iS Ir in r l time tinie waft founded S rt t by t Unhurt boji Jh of or FIto Su nn 1 our Brooke in J GU Lord Bell l I 14 0 him hn commander 1 of A pow new county fn hi with fUll S JIO i Or ae i n Our Oth Ft wull I IID k 11 hO th tC s called U u of tiC la ke lit ii- ii Brook Iti ok PILLe Manor j vo VON r Ih hit the name mun f df If thin hilt hom on the th Pa l J. x i out tnt nob rt the thi gentleman Ms t L. L h f tIte 11 Is on Hubert W wun J I Knight of Jh lilt Sun Shot S f r Another l mm twIll soft w captain r a I of If the th huie tte ht l. 1 1 S of burg II hurR I Hin Us son Colonel elun 1 ThomasS Thomas Thoma of ur nl Prince G C. County S t 5 wa Ya s' s of the lie 1 1720 O. O t I It I 1 Uv Ii- easy ough for fm the nit I 1 that l I If h ti o of t tUfi tUt J L a t to their thi-Ir fd eligibility lo itt S hI vItTI Ih cl t vI Col Co I nl Wart lot for theIr f t c ar-c ser io ai L the 11 brave brao defender i tf c none ant And fHI Andr r omit country ry i iFor For JM or PY trample f apr pr byrn at al Concord Ia 1757 I wa w captain of t S militia 1773 1173 I hI He Heya ya Waa at aln a Q I nf nt tho thu B n. n v and antl lilt Iii t tn Lh the n loft left hh him l with the thu mu o oS ot otI I S J brigadier C ra ral mJ Joltn who ho wo wn a afterwards governor of or Massachusetts la i h to 10 fortify Breeds Breeds' II Hill Ill on the evening t of or June Tun 1 16 1775 IH and ahlI he hO had been at Ot the battles of or Lexington and anti andI Concord Concord Concord-a a minute man Others of I the thc family were Lieutenants Lieutenants Lieu Lieu- tenants Za Ya and Caleb The rheN 1 New t. w J Jersey er c Brooks were represented represented h by hy Sergeant aol Almarin tile the P Pennsylvania Penn Ienn nn- nn sylvania RI family by Adjutant John and anti David lieutenant of the J. J Flying Cam Camp July 1 1776 LIt Lieutenant Francis rancis o of the Virginia irginia lnla family was an intimate o of Washington His brother George was bv for fos' brave bravery In the theal war al of 1812 Commodore Walter alter Brooke at al atthe atthe the clo close t o of the Revolution purchased a plantation near Alt Mt tt Vernon to which In- In gave the immo Retirement and anti It was as for fOI hl his son l J that hat Washington ordered ll th through rugh La Lafity- Lafity atte a- a cIte tte a monument matl In Paris Besides its lis statesman and t soldiers the family am 11 has lt its men 2101 of letters Us Its women too lOti who vIto wire bright and j Shining literary I lights l. l Charles Ie Icy luy Brook dear old oltI Shirley was wa was wasa a Zt ni of oC Thackeray arid and one ono of tat he the editors of Punch Henry Brookm Brooke Brook VMS m poet and nov novelist much esteem esteem- ed d tJ h by Pope Charles Churl Timothy Brooks born orri n nt t Sal Salem m as 1 1813 S 13 wa was a writer aunt preacher pt An All anecdote Is IN told old o u h IIi hiS s school days lie Ih was wai never und playing truant lUlL hut so devoted t t tO o hi hooks books that OIK- OIK day even when even bail adly ly Ii hurt hurl U it by lb an at al' al accident nc t would not lot Ita stay at lIt home lie must go to tt chool HI Ills His father r 1 1 therefore tI W I was ts Q obliged II to tu h harness up LtD till the horsy and take talo Charles J 1 to lo school In chaise As a preacher Ill ho ral raised his olce against slavery I IY After PIle one strong slavery mil sermon 1 one of or Ills his con con- on- on lIon approached L him and said Mill t. t t have Ion long felt faiL thal tha t you U must iA go 1 I am now nw c. c certain of or It it itt Sir I have Ill my laa hat In I n ny my X hand I W van tvr I the thu Another man gentle o of the Bro aks family wiio IO felt strongly on tho the sub sub- it-cL it eel of oC tile the freedom of or tl the slaves e wa was James JUlIat horn In Maine laiO He lie married V widow w of tiC Richmond aJ iJ Va Vu A Ira tIrs Alary Randolph but bILL I. I l h r I e it fr e hei lii slaves sla He lie wad th tile the r i of It the New Nt Yolk hork paper Paler the Ex 1 I Tho rho Maria larla del ns OM Southey called cancil her ht was aH Gowan Brooks Brook Brooks Brooks-a a a Brooks by marriage marriage- Marriage Marriage Mai Mar Mar- connections of or tile the Brooks s family Cam fam am ily liv Include the Porters Portos I u and anti of or New flogland flog Eng land tie Hie II Howards Balche 01 ot th the tho South Judith sister of oC Chief Ju Justice Uce Marshall married George Gcorge Brooke of or th thai Maryland family Chu of th the tue Brooks av arc ale fertile Imaginations much critical acumen simplicity of oC manner munner united to lo cordiality and an ala abundant shan shat of oC wit wll un an 1 The TIac coat of ted is h that tat of 5 C Henry Of tIC tJ Boston 1030 lla l 1 I I la is sable I. tr l three or Crl Crest t. t a bravo p pi II Motto al otto severando hy e by ing log A As to lt Il ita hoi 11 an l' l shell n u a token cn u lh the e et and n one oX ol popes 1 made U a u. decree that Ilat It should be he a charge Ke borne uniX only ha by 11 th the tue truly noble noble noble h by birth bUth or 01 character It ya o. o ns latler granted ganINi u ai 11 a cognizance to 0 th ho ho lid had gained ISI signal sigua victories a and lie I thereto i 1 e denoted a a. a UCC NIu fUl cOm cOm- man Th Tile The beaver Is hs an Hl emblem of Industry u tI ty and perseverance Sn Sable bk c constancy n AtiLt and 01 or gm generosity |