See Colonial Families of the United States (1607-1920) by George N.Mackenzie, Vol VII, pg 104:
Sir Richard Brent, of Larke Stoke and Admington; b. 1573; d. 1652; hewas Sheriff of Gloucester in 1614 and a subscriber to the building of theBridge at Stratford-upon- Avon in 1618; married in 1594, Elizabeth Reed,daughter of Giles Reed, Lord of Tusburie and Witten, by his wife,Katherine Greville, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville, of Millcote andBeauchamp's Court, by his wife, the Lady Elizabeth Willoughby De Broke.

CENSUS:
See Solomon Sr. (173) for records of Census of 1840, Smyth Co., VA ;Solomon Jr. (28) for records of Census of 1850, Washington Co., Census of1860, Washington Co., VA; Census of 1880, Union Co., KY. Death deathrecord establishes birth as March 8, 1823.

MARRIAGE:
Register of Marriages, Washington Co., VA, 4 May, 1839, FHL 34389 ,marriage of Solomon Sparks and Margaret Ann Brimm. Photocopy inpossession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos, CA.

DEATH:
UNION COUNTY, KENTUCKY GENEALOGY, VOL. 4. FHL 976.9885 D2h; page 126,records of the Masonic Cemetery: Margaret Sparks March 8, 1823 to June6, 1890. Cemetery is located on the corner of Spalding and TownsendStreets in Morganfield, KY.

NOTES:
In a 4 volume History of Kentucky, 1928, in a biography of WilliamBallard Sparks, born 1869, his parents were given as Francis MarionSparks (153) and Mary Alice (Thomas) Sparks (168), and his grandparentswere given as Solomon and Margaret (Simms) Sparks. There is no doubtthat this man is a grandson of Solomon and Margaret; his father's recordsare plentiful. But he is wrong about his grandmother' s maiden name.Clearly the many records which bear her name show Brim or Brimm includingFrancis Marion Sparks' own baptismal records. The Baptismal Register ofthe Sacred Heart Church, Union County, Kentucky, showed that FrancisMarion Sparks, aged 24, son of Solomon Sparks and Margaret A. Brimm, wasbaptised on July 28, 1867. His sponsor was John B. Walthen. He wasmarried to Mary Alice Thomas on November 5, 1867, in that same church.
Apparently Solomon and Margaret were not Roman Catholic but some oftheir children were baptised and married within that faith. Notice thatMargaret was buried in the Masonic Cemetery.

RESEARCH:

See notes in notebook on search for Margaret's family. Accordingto letter received from Jacquelyn Romberg she advises that there werethree men named Brimm in the 1820 census of Tennessee; John Brimm ofWilliamson County (central), James Brim of Montgomery County (north inwest 1/3) and Raleigh Brimm of Lincoln County (south central) . John had7 children in Williamson County but none Margaret's age . The birthdates range from 1825 to 1838 so the ages are close. John married PollyMcLellan 16 May 1811 in Williamson Co. TN.
See Tennessee marriage records 1792-1900 at 976.885V25d and FHL823796. Check the records of Union County, KY for burial at MasonicCemetery on Jun 6, 1890. Also look for church records and newspaper. TNCemetery records 976.885K1v3b, FHL 823845 Item 2.
See the following records for Union County KY:
Wills 1861-1922 FHL 562167
Wills Index FHL 562164;
Prob. Index 1864-1918 FHL 567641.
Court Orders: 1883-91 FHL 562161; 1892-1900 FHL 562162.
Cath Church Births & Deaths 1818-1904 FHL 571711. (Smyth Co.,33991)
(Margaret was newlywed in 1840 Smyth Co., may have had kidsthere; however, I doubt that she was Catholic.)

NOTE REGARDING RESEARCH:
Examine a book entitled HENRY RICE, THE PIONEER GRISTMILLER, FHL929.273 R362l (that's L, not 1) It lists a Henry Brim 40-50 in the 1830Campbell Co TN census with a daughter between 5 and 10 years of age. OurMargaret would have been 7 in 1830. He had gone by 1840 but was still onthe Campbell County Tax List as late as 1823. He was the first son ofLewis Brim and Lavina Rice (see pgs 227 and 228). A second son was JosephBrim in Lincoln Co . No young daughter under 10. See analysis in notes.
Also check out records of Montgomery County TN; in 1820 there wasJames Brim 26-45, wife 16-26. Also 1830 James A. Brim, Haywood County,24544, page 410. Montgomery Co. created 1796; Haywood Co. created 1823from the Western District so 1820 census may not refer to Haywood.

Interesting facts: The IGI shows that a Margaret A. Brim was married8 Jan 1857 at Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. Another entry shows aMargaret Ann Brim married on 12 January 1863 in Lauderdale, Tennessee.

See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES From the Maryland Historical Magazine, Vo lI., Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1980,1997; pg 99 (see notes o f herfather):
"iv. ANNE BROOKE, mar. Benedict Leonard Boarman (b. 1687; d.1757 ) ofCharles County."

See also MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES, The Maryland HistoricalSociety, Baltimore, 1956, pg. 194:
Benedict Leonard Boarman (1687-1757) "married Anne, daughter of Bakerand Katherine (Marsham) Brooke and the granddaughter of Colonel BakerBrooke and Anne Calvert, his wife, but no documentation has been citedexcept perhaps that Richard Marsham, father to Katherine (Mar sham)Brooke, in 1713 named a granddaughter Mary Boarman. A child of BenedictLeonard Boarman would actually be a great-granddaughter."
On the other hand, Gardiner, Generations and Relations, Vol. 2, p g 4conclude that Ann Brooke is the daughter of Leonard and Ann (Boarman )Brooke. Both accounts agree that she is the granddaughter of Baker Brookeand Anne Calvert. There have been inconsistancies in this work by ThomasRichard Gardiner. Mr. Gardiner also states that the son of BenenedictLeonard Boarman and Ann Brooke Boarman, Benedict Leonard Boarman, Jr. ,married Elizabeth Jenkins, daughter of Thomas and Ann Middleton Jenkins.However, a usually reliable source, Father Edward Felix Jenkins, statesin his book on the family of Thomas Jenkins of Maryland, that Thomas andAnn Jenkins were without issue. The Semmes work refers to Jr.'s wife asElizabeth ____ on page 195.

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!NOTES: See Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, Norm aTucker, 1994; pg 138. It states that she married ---Hill.

See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine,Genealog- ical Publishing Company, Baltimore (1980) ppg 94-95:
"Baker Brook was born at Battle, in Sussex, 16 Nov 1628, and arrivedin Maryland with his father 30 June 1650. He was commissioned a memberof the council of Maryland 6 May 1658 (Md. Archives, iii, 342 ) and heldthe office until his death in 1679. He also filled the position ofSurveyor General of the Province from 1 August 1671 (Md. Archives, v, 94)until his death.
"About 1664 he married Ann, daughter of Governor Leonard Calvert andniece of Cecilius Lord Baltimore. In 1661 William Calvert recovered landas the son and heir of Gov. Leonard Calvert in an action of ejectmentbrought against Thomas Stone (Lib.S., fol. 459), and in 1664 Gov. CharlesCalvert writes to his father Cecilius that his cousin William Calvert'ssister has arrived and that he is on the lookout for a good match for her(Calvert Papers I, 244, 247). Baker Brooke in his commission as SurveyorGeneral is called by Lord Baltimore "our trusty and well beloved nephew."(Md. Archives, v, 94), and in his will designates Philip Calvert as theuncle of his wife Ann. Baker Brooke was in no way related to LordBaltimore and could thus only have been his nephew by marriage, whileLord Baltimore and Philip Calvert had no other niece that the daughter oftheir brother Leonard.
"The will of Baker Brooke is dated 19 March 1679 and was proved sevendays later, on the 26th of the same month (Annapolis, Lib. 10, fol. 1).In it he mentions his wife Ann; his sons Charles, Leonard, and Baker; hisdaughter Mary Brooke; and his brother Col. Thomas Brooke , deceased. Hiswife is appointed executrix, and "her uncle Philip Calvert, Esq.,"overseer. His wife Ann survived him and married 2nd Henry Brent(d.1693), and 3dly Richard Marsham (d. 1713)."
"Baker Brooke and Ann Calvert, his wife, had issue:
i. Charles Brooke d. unmarried 1698.
ii. Leonard Brooke, d. 1718.
iii. Baker Brooke, Jr., d. 1698.
iv. Mary Brooke, mar. Raphael Neale (RIN 7468) (b. 1683; d.1743)of Charles County. She d. 1763."

See GARDINER GENERATIONS AND RELATIONS, by Thomas Richard Gardiner ,Vol II, Descendants of Robert Brooke, pg. 2:
"Lord of Manor Baker Brooke, born 15 Nov 1628 in Battle, Hastings ,Sussex,
England; died 17 March 1679 in De la Brooke, Charlotte Hall, Maryland .He married Jun 1664, in De la Brooke, Calvert County, Maryland, to Ann Calvert, daughter of Leonard Calvert and of Ann Brent. Leonard Calvertled the first settlers to the Maryland Colony on the Ark and Dove and wasthe first Governor of the Maryland Colony.
"Baker Brooke, in his commission as Surveyor-General, August 1671 , iscalled by Lord Baltimore, "our trusty and well-beloved nephew" ( MarylandArchives, Vol V, pg 94). Baker Brooke's will, probated 26 M arch, 1679,mentions his wife's uncle, Philip Calvert. Charles Calvert wrote to hisfather Cecelius, 2nd Lord Baltimore, 27 Apr 1664 tha t his cousin WilliamCalvert's sister, Ann, has arrived safely from England and that he islooking out for a good match for her. Leonard Calvert and Ann Brent hadtwo children who survived them; Ann mentioned above, and WilliamCalvert. (Calvert Papers L, pages 244-247) Research by the Society ofthe Ark and Dove revealed that Leonard Calvert married Ann Brent and thattwo of their oldest children were lost at sea on a prior crossing. (Dela Brooke Manor was within the boundary of Calvert County at the time ofthe wedding.)
See SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, FrancisBarnum Culver, Vol. II; Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore; 1940,1997, pg 338:
"BROOKE, Baker 1628-1679 (Md.), Member of the Council of Maryland ,1658-ྋ. Colonel of Calvert County, Maryland, Militia.[Surveyor-General, 1671-ྋ]."

See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES From the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1980/1997. Vol I, pg 9.:
"BAKER BROOKE (of Baker, Robert, Thomas, Richard) of St. Mary's Countydied in 1698. He married Katherine Marsham, daughter of his step-fatherRichard Marsham, and she married, secondly, Samuel Queen of St. Mary'sCounty. Her father, Richard Marsham, mentions in his will (proved 22April 1723) his grandsons Richard and Leonard Brooke an d his daughter'sfive children by her second marriage.
"Baker Brooke and Katherine (Marsham) his wife had issue: ---
i. Baker Brooke, d.s.p.
ii. Richard Brooke, d. 1719.
iii. Leonard Brooke, d. 1736.
iv. Anne Brooke, mar. Benedict Leonard Boarman (b. 1687; d. 1757 ) ofCharles County."

See also THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES, page 194: "BenedictLeonard Boarman, son of Major William Boarman and Mary Jarboe his wife,was born about 1687 in Charles County, deposing to be 58 years of age in1745. Statements have been made that he married Anne, daughter of Bakerand Katherine (Marsham) Brooke and the granddaughter of Colonel BakerBrooke and Ann Calvert, his wife, but no documentation has been citedexcept perhaps that Richard Marsham, father to Katherine Marsham Brooke,in 1713 named a granddaughter Mary Boarman . A child of Benedict LeonardBoarman (and Anne Brooke, Richard Marsham's granddaughter) would actuallybe a great-grand-daughter.
"In 1698 Baker Brooke devised his daughter, Ann, the tracts "BrookeForest," "Summersett," and "Westfield" at which time it was evident thatshe was unmarried.

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES, op.cit. pps 100-101:
"Clement Brooke of Prince George's County, was born in 1676 and di edin 1737. He is mentioned in his father's will, dated 25 October , 1676,as his youngest son, and gives his age as 59 years in a depos ition madein 1736 (Chancery, Lib. I.R. no. 2, fol. 800). His will i s dated 2August 1734, and was proved 30 June 1737. He married Jane , daughter ofMaj. Nicholas Sewall of St. Mary's County and Susanna H is wife, daughterof Col. William Burgess of Anne Arundel County. Ma j. Sewell names hisdaughter Jane Brooke in his will, and the fact o f her marriage toClement Brooke is stated in a deed dated 31 August , 1704, in AnneArundel County (Lib. WT. no. 2, fol.222). Mrs. Jan e Brooke survived herhusband and died in 1761. Her will dated 20 Ja nuary 1761 was proved 20February 1761."

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See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES From the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1980, 1997, Vol I., pg 8:
"LEONARD BROOKE (Baker, Robert, Thomas, Richard) of St. Mary's Cou ntydied in 1718. He married Ann, daughter of Maj. William Boarman o fCharles County. She is mentioned in her father's will as "my daugh terAnn Brooke," and the account of Maj. Boarman's estate, rendere d 7 April,1711, contains an item of money paid to Leonard Brooke an d Ann hiswife. The will of Leonard Brooke is dated 1 November 1716 , and wasproved 2 April 1718. In it he mentions the children give n below, hisnephews Richard and Leonard Brooke, and his brother-in-l aw Raphael Neale.
"Leonard Brooke and Ann (Boarman) his wife had issue: ---
i. Charles Brooke, d. unmar. before 1 July 1761, when his lan d wasdivided between his sisters.
ii. Eleanor Brooke, d. 1760; mar. Clement Gardiner of St. Mary' sCo., who d. 1747.
iii. Jane Brooke, mar. John Smith of St. Mary's Co., who d. 1736.
iv. Ann Brooke, mar. William Neale."

See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore (1980), pg 104:
"Leonard Brooke of Prince George's Co., Maryland, died in 1736. Hiswill, dated June 1735 and proved 4 May 1736, mentions his wife Ann andthe children (shown on his family sheet). Mrs. Ann Brooke survived herhusband and died in 1779. Her will, dated 15 December, 1679 , was provedin Prince George's County 2 July, 1799."

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol 1 , pg100:
Her grandson, Thomas Sim Lee, was Governor of Maryland 1779-82 an d1792-94.

MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol 1 , pg91:
"Richard Brooke of Whitchurch, Hampshire, married in 1552, Elizabethsister of John Twyne. His will, dated 10 January 1588/9 and confirmed 16February 1590/1, was proved 6 May 1594. The will of his widow Elizabeth,dated 16 May 1599, was proved 2 Jun 1599. Both wills are on record atSomerset House, London. A brass, erected in the Church at Whitchurch bytheir youngest son Robert Brooke, records that Richard Brooke died 16January 1593/4, after forty-one years of wedded life, and that his widowElizabeth died 20 May 1599."

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"THE BROOKE FAMILY.

A pedigree of this family, taken from the Hampshire, Visitation Of 1634,and including the Maryland emigrant Robert Brooke, is published inBerry’s Hampshire Genealo- gies, p. 339. The arms Of the family, asentered in the Visitation, are as follows.

Arm.-Chequy or and az., on a bend gu. a Iion passant of the first.
Crest.-A demi lion rampant or, erased gu.

1. Richard Brooke of Whitchurch, Hampshire, married in 1662 Elizabethsister and heir of John Twyne. His will, dated 10 January 1588/9 andconfirmed 16 February- 1590/1, was proved 6 May 1594. The will of hiswidow Elizabeth, dated 16 May 1599, was proved 2 June 1599. Both willsare on record at Somerset House, London. A brass, erected in the Churchat Whitchurch by their youngest son Robert Brooke, records that RichardBrooke died 16 January 1593/4, after forty-one year--- of Wedded life,and that his widow Elizabeth died 20 May 1599.

Richard Brooke and Elizabeth (Twyne) his wife had issue:-
2. i. Thomas Brooke-2
ii. Richard Brook, d. s. p.
iii. Robert Brooke of London.
iv. Elizabeth Brooke
v. Barbara Brooke
vi. Dorothy Brooke"

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See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES, From the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1980, 1997, Vol I, pg 103:
"RICHARD BROOKE (Baker, Baker, Robert, Thomas, Richard) of St. Mar y'sCounty, MD, died in 1719. His will, dated 5 Dec. 1718 and prove d 3 Aug.1719, mentions his sons Richard and Baker, to whom he leave s "all myland being part of Delabrook Manor"; his uncle Leonard Broo ke, deceased;and "my beloved wife." Testator's brother, Leonard Bro oke, is appointed(JS: nominated) executor. Richard Brooke married C lare, daughter ofMaj. William Boarman of Charles Co. She married, se condly, RichardSherburne of St. Mary's co., and had by him a son Nic holas Sherburne.Her will, dated 21 February, 1745 and proved 6 Aug . 1747, mentions herthree sons Richard and Baker Brooke and Nichola s Sherburne.

See GARDINER (see notes of son Baker for full cite) pg. 1:
"Robert Brooke, son of Thomas and Mary (Foster) Brooke, was born 3 Jun
1602 in Battel, Hastings, Sussex, England, and died 20 July, 1663, inBrooke
Place, Battle Creek, MD. He married (1) 25 February, 1627, in Battel ,Hastings, Sussex, England, Mary Baker; and he married (2) 11 May, 1 633,in Hastings, England, Mary Mainwaring. He and Mary Baker had fourchildren, Baker, Mary, Thomas and Barbara. Mary Mainwaring, daughter ofRoger Mainwaring, DD, and Dean of Worcester. Mary was born at St. Gilesin the Field, London. Robert and Mary Mainwaring had elev en children:Charles, Roger, Robert, John, William, Mary, Ann, Francis, Basil (died ininfancy), Elizabeth and Henry (twins and the only of their children whowere born in Maryland."
"The accounting of the children of this last family were given byRoger,
second oldest, in his own handwriting. Charles I, King of England, issaid to have stayed at the home of Robert Brooke, and his wife, MaryMainwaring, just before the Battle of Newberry in 1644, during the CivilWar in England.
"Robert Brooke first settled at De la Brooke Manor on the west bank ofthe
Patuxent in 1650. By 1652 he had started another Manor directly acrossthe
river, which he named Brooke Place. He moved there in 1653, leaving De la
Brooke Manor to his oldest son, Baker, who was named Lord of De la BrookManor. For a brief period in 1652, Robert Brooke was Acting Governor ofMaryland, after becoming President of the Maryland Provincial Council. Hewas also appointed Commander of the newly proclaimed County of Charles.No doubt he had a great deal to do with the naming of Charles County,since he had been a close friend of Charles I . Robert Brooke hadreceived his education at Wadam College in Oxford, matriculating there 28April, 1618. There is a deed in the Land Records in the State Archivesof Maryland of 250 acres originally patented 8 June 1649 to RobertBrooke, the Progenitor of the Brooke Family in Maryland, and later soldby him to William Evans of Newtown in St. Mary's County. The witnessesto this deed were his sons, Charles and Roger Brooke. The land wasdescribed as lying on the east side of St. Clement's Bay, which would beNewtown Neck, adjacent to where his son, Robert settled after hismarriage to Elizabeth Thompson, i n 1656. Robert Brooke, was the son ofThomas Brooke of White Church , England, and his wife Susan Foster, thedaughter of Sir Thomas Foster, according to Raphael T. Semmes, author of"The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families."

See article in Chronicles of St. Mary's Vol 1 pg 20 re famiy and De L aBrooke
Manor.

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"Robert Brooke was born, according to his family record "at London ,3rd June, 1602, being Thursday, between 10 and 11 of the clock in theforenoon being Corpus Christi Day." He matriculated at Wadham College,Oxford, 28 April 1618, receiving the degree of B. A. 6 July 1620, andthat of M.A. 20 April 1624 (Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). A man uscriptcopy of the VISITATIONS OFHAMPSHIRE (1634) in the British Museum hasunder his name the note "this Robert is a minister." He thus records hisfirst marriage: "Mary Baker, born at Battell in Sussex , Robert Brookeand Mary Baker intermarried 1627, the 25th of February, being St.Matthias' Day and Shrove Monday." This lady was the daughter of ThomasBaker of Battle, Esq., Barrister-at-law, and Mary his wife, daughter ofSir Thomas Engham of Goodneston, Kent. A pedigree of the Baker family,as entered at the Visitation of 1634, is published in Berry's SUSSEXGENEALOGIES. Mary Baker died in 1634, probably at the birth of herdaughter Barbara, and her husband, Robert Brooke, re-married thefollowing year. "May the 11th, 1635, Robert Brooke (aforementioned) wasmarried to mary, second daughter of Roger Mainwaring, Doctor of Divinity& Dean of Worcester, wh: Mary was born at St. Giles-in-the-Fields,London."
"Roger Mainwaring, the father of Robert Brooke's second wife,subsequently became Bishop of St. David's, and came into collision withParliment through his over zealous advocacy of the royal prerogative .Robert Brooke arrived in Maryland 30 June, 1650, with is (second ) wifeMary, his ten children, Baker, Thomas, Charles, Roger, Robert , John,William, Frances, Mary, and Anna Brooke, and twenty-eight servants, alltransported at his own cost and charge (Md. Land Office, L ib. 1, fol.165-166; Davis' DAY STAR, p.74). With his two sons Baker and Thomas, hetook the oath of fidelity to the Proprietary, 22 Jul y 1650 (Md.Archives, iii, 256). A commission had been issued to him , dated atLondon, 20 September, 1649, as commander of a county to be newleyerected, and he had also a separate commission of the same date as memberof the Council of Maryland. He took the oath of office in the lattercapacity 22 July 1650 (Md. Archives, iii, 237, 240, 2 56). A new county,called Charles County, was duly erected and Robert Brooke was constitutedits commander, 30 October 1650 (Md. Archives , iii, 259).
"When Maryland was reduced, in 1652, by the ParlimentaryCommissioners, he was placed at the head of the provisional councilinstituted by them, and served in this capacity from 29 March until 3July 1654, when an order was passed revoking his commissions andnullifying the act erecting the county, in place of which a new countywas erected called Calvert County (Md. Archives, iii, 308). According tothe Brooke family record: "He was the first that did seat the Patuxent,about twenty miles up the river at De la Brooke, and had one son there ,born in 1651, called Basil, who died the same day. In 1652 he removed toBrooke Place, being right against De la Brooke; and on the 28th ofNovember, 1655, between 3 & 4 o'clock in the afternoon had two children,Eliza and Henry, twins.
"He departed this world the 20th day of July 1655, and lieth buried atBrooke Place Manor; and his wife, Mary Brooke, departed this life the29th November 1663."
The careful family record kept by Robert Brooke names a number ofrelatives who served as God-parents to his children, and furnishesabundant evidence as to his connection with the English parent stoc k.This interesting family record is published in Tyler's MEMOIR OF ROGERBROOKE TANEY (pp. 22-25), where by an accidental omission the death ofRobert Brooke is placed in 1663. The date is correctly given inmanuscript copies preserved by the family."
(The article concludes by naming the 15 children of Robert Brooke andhis two wives including some statistical information concerning them.)

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Maryland Genealogies (op.cit) pg 96. He was a Jesuit priest as we rehis brothers Ignatius and Matthew.

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Boston (1980), ppg 96-97:
"Roger Brooke was born 20 Sept. 1637 at Brecknock College in Wales ,the episcopal residence of his maternal grandfather, the Bishop o f St.David's, after whom he was named, and came to Maryland with hi s parentsin his thirteenth year. He lived at Battle Creek, in Calve rt County. Hewas one of the Justices of the County from 1674 to 168 4, and was of theQuorum from 1679 to 1684 (Md. Archives, xv, 37, 68 , 71, 268, 327, 395).He was commissioned High Sheriff 18 April 168 4 (Lib. C.D., fol. 396) andserved until 30 May 1685, when he was aga in commissioned one of theQuorum (Md. Archives, xvii, 379). Roger B rooke was twice married. Hisfirst wife was Dorothy, daughter of Cap t. James Neale, who mentions inhis will his three grandchildren, Rog er, James, and Dorothy Brooke. Hissecond wife was Mary, daughter o f Walter Wolseley, Esq., and grandfatherof Sir Thomas Wolseley of St affordshire. She was also the niece of AnneWolseley, the first wif e of Philip Calvert. Her cousin Mrs. HelenSpratt, widow of Thomas S pratt, D. D., Bishop of Rochester, thus speaksof her in a letter dat ed 18 August 1724: "My cousin Mary Wolseley wentto our Aunt Calver t and was married from her house to one Mr. Brooks. Ihave letter s I had from her too, for I sent her a suit of laced childbed line n as a present such as was then in fashion. Her father's namewas Wa lter Wolseley, Esq. He was my grandfather Sir Thomas Wolseley'sson , elder brother to my father, of Wolseley Bridge in Staffordshire. "Her aunt Mrs. Winifred Mullett mentions her in her will (dated 2 0 April1685, proved 9 Jan 1693) as "my niece Mary Brooke" and appoin ts herexecutrix.
"The will of Roger Brooke, dated 5 April 1700, and proved 3 May following (Annapolis, Lib. 6, fol. 384), mentions his sons Roger, James ,John, and Basil, and his daughter "Ann Daking." He died 8 April 17 00,and his son Roger Brooke Jr., makes the following entry in his fa milyrecord: "My father Mr. Roger Brooke Senr. second Sone to Rober t BrookeEsqr. By Mary his second Wife Departed this life ye 8th of A pril 1700and Lyes Buried in ye grave yard at his own plantation at B attell CreekeBetween his wives ye first was Mrs. Dorothy Neale and y e second Mrs.Mary Wolseley: whaire lyes Buried two Daughters by hi s second wife:Cassandra and Mary, and my eldest Sone roger Brooke wh o departed thislife the 28th Day of May 1705 in ye second yere of hi s age." (Here islisted the children of Roger Brooke by both marriag es for which seetheir own entrys.)

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine,Genealogical Publishing Co, (1980) Vol. 1 pg 91 and Berry's HampshireGenealogies, p 339:
"Thomas Brooke was born in 1561. He matriculated 24 Nov. 1581 at NewCollege, Oxford, his age being given as 20 years in the Matricu lationRegister, and received the degree of B. A. 4 May 1584. He was abarrister and was of the Inner Temple 1595, bencher 1607, and autumnreader 1611. He was a Member of Parliment for Whitchurch 1604-16 11(Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). He married Susan daughter of Sir Thomasfoster, Knt., of Hunsdon, Hertsfordshire, Judge of the Common Pleas, andSusan his wife, daughter of Thomas Foster, Esq., of St. John Street,London. Mrs. Susan Brooke was therefore a sister of Sir Robert Foster,Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who died in 1663.
"A pedigree of this family, tracing its descent from the Forsters ofEtherstone, in Northumberland, may be found in the Harleian Society'sPublications, vol. xxii (Visitation of Herts), p. 43, and in Raine'sHistory of North Durham, p. 306. The will of Thomas Brooke, dated 11Sept. 1612, was proved 30 November following. He was buried atWhitchurch 17 Sept, 1612, and his wife Susan the following day(Whitchurch Register). A marble tomb, upon which their sculpturedfigures lie side by side, is still to be seen in the Church atWhitchurch."

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES (op.cit.) pg 92: Thomas matriculated, Orie lCollege, Oxford, 27 Oct 1615, aged 16. A barrister-at-law. Burie d atWhitchurch 25 January, 1665.

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Society Magazine ,Vol 1, pps 95-6:
"Major Thomas Brooke was born at Battle, 23 June 1632, and arrive d inMaryland with his father 30 June 1650. He was commissioned, 1 5 June1658, Captain commanding the militia of Calvert County "from G eorgeReade's on the south side and St. Leonard's Creek on the nort h side tothe head of Patuxent River" (Md Archives, iii, 256), and wa scommissioned Major, 11 Feb. 1660 (ibid.p.402). In the will of hi sbrother Baker he is styled "Col. Thomas Brooke," but no commissio n tothat effect appears upon record. He represented Calvert Count y in theProvincial Assembly 1663-1666 (Md. Archives, i, 460; ii, 8) , and1671-1676 (ibid. ii, 239,311,496,etc.) and was HIgh Sheriff o f theCounty 1666-1667 (Md. Archives iii, 541; v, 3) and 1668-1669 (i bid. v,27; Lib. C.D., folio 403). He was Presiding Justice of the C ounty Courtin 1667 (Md. Archives, v, 14), and held the position unti l his death,except during his term of office as Sheriff. He married , about 1658,Eleanor, daughter of Richard and Margaret Hatton and ni ece of ThomasHatton, Secretary of the Province. She was born in 164 2 (Md. Archives,x, 356) and come to Maryland with her widowed mothe r and her family in1649 (Land Office, Lib. 1, fol. 440; Lib. 2, fol . 613).
"The will of Maj. Thomas Brooke, dated 25 October 1676, was prove d 29December following (Annapolis, Lib. 5, fol. 123). In it he ment ions hiswife Eleanor; his children as given below; his brothers Bake r and RogerBrooke, and Clement Hill; and his god-sons Baker Brooke , Jr., and ThomasGardiner. Two hogsheads of tobacco apiece are lef t to Mr. MichaelFoster and Mr. Henry Carew, priests, "in token tha t I die a RomanCatholic & desire the good Prayers of the Church fo r my Soul." Mrs.Eleanor Brooke, widow of Maj. Thomas, married secon dly Col. HenryDarnall (d. 17 June, 1711) and had issue by him also . In her will(dated 31 march 1724, proved 21 Feb. 1725) she mention s her sons ThomasBrooke, Clement Brooke, and Henry Darnal; her daugh ters Mary Carroll,and Ann Hill; and her grandsons Henry and Philip D arnall, sons of herdaughter Eleanor Digges."

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MARYLAND GENERATIONS from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore (1980), Vol 1, pps 99-100:
"Col. Thomas Brooke of Brookfield, Prince George's County, was bor nabout 1659 and died, according to family record, 7 January, 1730/1 . Hewas frequently justice of Calvert Calvert County, and in Novemb er 1683,was appointed one of the commissioners for laying out town s and ports inthe County.
"In 1695 his estate of Brookfield was included in the newly forme dcounty of Prince George's. He was a member of the Council of Maryl andfrom 6 april 1692 (Md.Arch.viii,306) until 1707 when he was dismi ssedfor non-attendance, but was reappointed in 1715 and served unti l 1724(MS. U.H.Journals). He took the oath of office as Justice o f theProvincial Court 1 May 1694 (Md.Arch.xx,53), was Deputy Secreta ry ofMaryland in 1695 (ibid.291), and was commissioned, 26 June 1701 ,Commissary General of the Province (Test.Proc., Lib. 19,fol.74). I n1720 he was President of the Council and Acting Governor of Marylan dfrom the departure of Gov. John Hart until the arrival of Gov. Char lesCalvert (MS. U.H. Journals; Perry's "Church in Maryland",p. 121) .
"Col. Brooke was twice married. His first wife, Anne, whose parentage is unknown, was living in 1687 when she joined her husband i n adeed to Henry Lowe and Susannah his wife "late relict" of John Da rnallEsq." and to Clement Hill, of part of De La Brooke Manor (Prov . Court,Lib. E. I. no. 10, fol. 265).
"His second wife was Barbara, daughter of Thomas Dent of St. Mary' sCounty and Rebecca, his wife, daughter of the Rev. William Wilkerso n.Barbara Dent was born in 1676, after her father's death, and is therefore not named in his will, but her mother conveys land to truste esfor her benefit, 20 November 1676, and this deed is confirmed 6 Ju ne1704, by Barbara's mother and the latter's second husband, Col. Jo hnAddison (Charles (Co., Lib. 21, fol. 116, 121). In the deed of confirmation it is recited that Barbara "is now married to the Hon. Tho masBrooke, Esq." The marriage took place before 4 January 1699, whe n Col.Thomas Brooke and Barbara, his wife, execute a deed together (Pr.Geo.Co.,Lib. A., fol. 210). The will of Col. Thomas Brooke is dat ed30 November 1730, and was proved 25 January 1730/1. His wife Barb arasurvived him, and died in 1754. Her will, dated 24 February 1748 /9, wasproved 26 June 1754. Several of Col. Brooke's children are n otmentioned in his will, but were provided for by deeds executed i n theirfather's life time."
The fact that Thomas Brooke had two sons named Thomas is atteste d byhis will.

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SQ pg. 3200: They had ten children: Robert C., Floyd H., Ronni e K.,Fay,
Joseph V., Sebert M., Mary, Samuel, Paul and Zell.

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SQ pg. 3200: They had six children: Marvin, Charles C., Effie, Olevia, John
R. and Walter R.

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SQ 3201: They had seven children: Tyra, Raymond, Mary Jane, Virti eJean,
Walter, Blanch, and Roy.

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SQ 3201: James H. Brooks, son of Hardin and Cassie (Sparks) Brook s,
was born about 1861. He married Mary Brooks on December 24, 1882.

See SQ p. 2887: James was dragged to death by a runaway team of horseson April 24, 1884, near Terrell, Texas.

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SQ 3201: "John A. Brooks, son of Hardin and Cassie (Sparks) Brook s,
was born about 1857. He married Medie Ann Edwards, and they had six
children: Cora Brooks married Samuel Cheek; Maggie Brooks married Wal ter
Bennett; Troy Brooks married (1st) --- Williams and (2nd) May Higgins;
Ella Brooks married John Gentry; Ransom Brooks married Edith Blackbur n."

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SQ 3200: They had four children: Martha Ellen, Richard A., Ida C. ,and
Lillie.

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SQ 3201: Martha A. Brooks was born about 1867. She was married to
William Lewis Royall on August 2, 1833, in Wilkes County, North Carol ina.
He had been born in 1863 and was a son of Wiley and Charity Lucinda (Harris)
Royall. (See notes under RIN 2077--Martha's brother William married William
Lewis Royall's mother, widowed from William's father killed in the Ci vilWar.)
William died in 1912; Martha died in 1934. They had seven children:
(1) Carrie Royall was born in 1884 and died in 1970. She marrie d(1st)
Charles Kimes and (2nd) George Felton.
(2) Etta Royall was born in 1887. She died some time during the 1970's.
She married (1st) Amos McCoy and (2nd) Roy Morris. She had th ree
children by her first marriage: Mildred P., Retha I., and Dor a E.
(3) Wiley Harden Royall was born about 1889. He married Florenc e Dye
and they had eight children: Carl, Clyde, Ralph, Wiley H. Jr. ,Vera
Martha, Kenneth and Mary.
(4) Lizzie Louella Royall was born about 1892. She married Sherma nVetor,
and they had four children: Lawrence, Camilla, Esther, and Rol and.
(5) Delia C. Royal was born in 1895. She died in 1908.
(6) Arthur Alexander Royall was born on February 27, 1898. He die d in
1956. He married Alta Pearl Rhoads, and they had six children:
Retha H., Ruth B., Derrill L., Merrill E., John W., and Jame s R.
(7) Paul Monroe Royall married Thelma Lucille Newlin, and they ha dfour
children: Russell D., Iris I., Ronald M., and Robert R.