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Robert Brooke was born in Whitemarsh, Southampton on June 23, 1602, son of Hon. Thomas Brooke (1561–1612) of Whitchurch and Susan Foster, daughter of Sir Thomas Foster (1548–1612) of "Etherstone".^[2] He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford University on April 28, 1618. He received the degree of B.A. July 6, 1620; consequently, in 1624, without further study or examination, he also received a Master of Arts degree. He was admitted to Orders,^[3] but it is doubtful whether he was ever the incumbent of a parish.

First family

Brooke married first, on February 25, 1627, Mary Baker (1602–34), daughter of Thomas Baker of Battle in Sussex, England.^[3] Robert and Mary (Baker) Brooke had four children:

Second family

Brooke married second, on May 11, 1635, Mary Mainwaring, daughter of Roger Mainwaring (1582–1653), Dean of Worcester and Bishop of St David's, and his wife Cecilia Proper. Robert and Mary (Mainwaring) Brooke had thirteen children:^[4]

Emigrants to Maryland

On September 20, 1649, Brooke was issued with a commission as Commander of "one whole county" (in the province of Maryland) "to be newly set forth, erected, &c".^[5] He was to receive a grant of {{convert|2000|acre|km2}} for every ten persons he transported. Brooke is said to have emigrated (June 1650) aboard his own ships and at his own expense, along with his wife, ten children, 28 servants, and a pack of hounds. On July 22, 1650, along with his two sons, Baker and Thomas Sr., he took the oath of Fidelity to the Proprietor. His sons each received separate grants of land in various counties of Maryland. Robert Brooke was constituted as Commander of newly formed Charles County in Maryland on October 30, 1650.^[4]

Political activities

In 1652, under the Cromwellian Government, Brooke was made Governor,^[1] and served in this capacity from March 29 to July 3, 1652. His co-operation with the Bennett-Claiborne Puritan faction brought him the displeasure of Lord Baltimore and the loss of his proprietary offices. Later he allied himself with the conservative Catholic Party.

Property

Like most of the wealthy emigrants who came to Maryland under the patronage of the Proprietor, Brooke amassed many thousands of acres of land. He constructed three large estates, each named for himself:

By the time of his death on July 20, 1655,^[8] Brooke is said to have accumulated {{convert|8000|acre|km2}} of land.

See also

Notes

1. ^¹Scharf, John Thomas, History of Western Maryland, p.774
2. ^"The Brookes of Whitchurch"
3. ^¹²[https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromvis64beno Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire made by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceulx a 1530 : enlarged with the vissitation of the same county made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx anno 1575 both which are continued with the vissitation made by John Phillipott, Somersett (for William Camden, Clarenceux) in a 1622 most part then done & finished in a 1634. As collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1544]
4. ^¹[https://archive.org/details/brookefamilywhi01balcgoog The Brooke family of Whitchurch, Hampshire, England; together with an account of Acting-governor Robert Brooke of Maryland and Colonel Ninian Beall of Maryland and some of their descendants]
5. ^Bozman, John Leeds, History of Maryland, Vol. 2, p376.
6. ^De La Brooke Foxhounds
7. ^Maryland Historical Magazine, pp 68
8. ^Tyler, Samuel, Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney (out of print), p 25

Early life