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- AB Wadham College, Oxford 1620, MA 1624. He immigrated July 30, 1650 with his second wife, Mary Mainwaring, and 10 children in all.
According to MacKenzie, "ROBERT BROOKE, b. at London, 3d June, 1602; d. 20th July, 1655, and is buried at Brooke Place Manor; matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, 28th April, 1618; B.A., 6th July, 1620; M.A., 20th April, 1624; m. (firstly) 25th February, 1627, Mary BAKER, dau. of Thomas BAKER of Battle, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, and Mary ENGHAM, his wife, dau. of Sir Thomas ENGHAM of Goodneston, Kent; she d. 1634; m. (secondly) 11th May, 1635, Mary MAINWARING, 2d dau. of Roger MAINWARING, Doctor of Divinity and Dean of Worcester, and Bishop of St. Davids; she d. 29th November, 1663.
Robert Brooke immigrated to America, and arrived in Maryland, 30th June, 1650, with his second wife, Mary, ten children, and twenty-eight servants, all transported at his own cost. He and his sons Baker and Thomas took the oath of fidelity to the Proprietary, 22d July, 1650. At London, 20th September, 1649, a commission had been issued to him as Commander of a County to be newly erected, and on the same day a separate commission as member of the Council of Maryland. A new County called Charles was erected, and he was constituted its Commander, 30th October, 1650. Was head of Provisional Council of Maryland, under the Cromwellian Government, from 29th March to 3d July, 1652. Member of the Council and Commander of Charles Co. until 3d July, 1654. Settled on the Patuxent at De la Brooke. In 1652 removed to Brooke Place, adj. De la Brooke."
According to Cope, This couple "with their ten children and twenty-eight servants came to Charles Co., Maryland, June 25, 1650. The settled near the Pautexent, and was appointed ‘Commander' of Charles County, and afterward president of hte council of Maryland."
There are MANY other descendants of this family which I have not recorded. I have recorded two lines: one from this Robert's from this Robert's first wife Mary Baker (via Thomas) to Catherine Murdoch Brooke, who married Isaac Lansdale III; and a second from this Robert's second wife Mary Mainwaring (via Roger) leading to Hannah, Sarah, and Mary Brooke, who married key founders of Triadelphia in Isaac Briggs, Caleb Bentley, and Thomas Moore. This line also leads to Charles Farquhar's marriage to Cornelia Strain. [2, 4]
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1602 - 1655 (53 years)
Bef 1619 - 1663 (> 44 years)
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