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Capt. John Holbrooke, of Weymouth, and his Men.
Capt. John Holbrooke was the son of Thomas, and the following
list from the N. England Hist, and Gen. Register, Vol. xxv. p.
14, serves to fix the date of the family's arrival at Weymouth, Mass.
Waymouth [England] y e 20 th of March 1635 [-6]
Bound for New England
[No] 66 Thomas Holbrooke of Broudway aged 34: yeare
67 Jane Holbrooke his wife aged 34 Yeare
68 Jolm Holbrooke his sonne aged 11 yeare
69 Thomas Holbrooke his sonne aged 10 yeare
70 Anne Holbrooke his daughf aged 5 yeare
71 Elizabeth Holbrooke his daught r aged 1 yeare.
All the data we have concerning Capt. John show the above a^e
to have been some six years less than that given upon his grave-
stone, and to have been incompatible with many points in his his-
tory. He was admitted freeman 1640;* representative six years
between 1651-74. He is said to have had three wives—first, Sarah,
who died January 4th, 1644; second, Elizabeth Stream, who
died June 25th, 1688, aged 64 years; and third, widow Mary Lor-
ing, who survived him. His children (most if not all born of his
second wife) were—John, married Abigail Pierce, daughter of
Capt. Michael ; a daughter, married Simon Whitmarsh ; Abiezer
Hannah, married Ephraim Pierce, son of Capt. Michael ; Grace,
married Joseph Nash of Boston ; Samuel ; Lois and Eunice, twins ;
Eunice, married Benjamin Ludden ; Experience, married Joseph
Edson ;
Ichabod, married Sarah Turner.
Capt. Holbrooke was a very enterprising man of business, and
his real estate operations were quite extensive for his day. He was
also prominent in military affairs, was Lieutenant of the local company,
and, August 8th, 1664, was chosen to go upon some service
as Lieutenant in the company of Capt. Hudson, but his wife and
family being sick at the time, Ensign John Thurston, of Hingham,
was appointed in his stead. In the time of Philip's war he was in
command of the local company, and in the spring of 1676 was appointed
to command one of the companies raised and sent out to
suppress the " Insolencies " of the Indians and to " range the woods
towards Hassanamesit." The following papers pertain to that ser-
vice. Capt. Holbrooke died November 23, 1699, leaving a large
estate to Ins numerous heirs.
e th
Concord y 29 of Aprill 1676
Honrd Sirs,
According to orders I have obtained here to Concord & this Day have
mustered my Company, And have here send the list of those that not ap-
* Upon consultation with Mr. Gilbert Nash, of Weymouth, Mass., I think that the freeman
and the husband of Sarah who died 1641, may have been John, sometime of Dorchester,
perhaps an uncle of Capt. John.
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