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- Mackenzie lists 4 children by his first wife Anne, and 10 by his second Barbara Dent.
According to MacKenzie, "THOMAS BROOKE, Colonel, of Brookefield, Prince George's Co., Md., b. circa 1659; d. 7th January, 1730-1; one of the Justices for Calvert County; in 1695 his estate at Brookefield was included in Prince George's Co.; Member of the Council of Maryland from 6th April, 1692, until 1707; reappointed. 1715. and [p.43] served till 1724; took the oath of office as Justice of the Provincial Court, 1st May, 1694; Deputy Secretary of Maryland, 1695; 26th June, 1701, comm'd Commissary General of the Province; in 1720 President of the Council, and Acting Governor of Maryland from the departure of Governor John Hart until the arrival of Governor Charles Calvert; m. (firstly) Anne, who d. after 1687; m. (secondly) before 4th January, 1699, Barbara DENT, b. 1676; d. 1754; dau. of Thomas DENT of St. Mary's Co., and Rebecca WILKINSON, his wife, dau. of Rev. William WILKINSON." [2]
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