William
Holbrook
Born about in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Edith (Unknown) Holbrook
— married
1586 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Descendants 
Father of
Joan (Holbrook) Gylles, John Holbrook, Elizabeth (Holbrook) Tylye, Thomas Holbrook, Rebecca (Holbrook) Weaver, William Holbrook and Bassell Holbrook
Died about
at about age 63
in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
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Biography
William was born about 1562. He passed away about 1626.
William Holbrook
- Birth Date: 1562
- Birth Place: Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
- John Holbrook
- Edith Holbook
Siblings
- John Holbrook
- William Holbrook
- Robert Holbrook
- Thomas Holbrooke
- Joan Holbrooke
- Agnes Holbrook
Spouse
- Edith Saunders Coles
Children
- Joan Holbrook
- Elizabeth Holbrook
- Thomas Holbrook
- John Holbrook
- Rebecca Holbrook
- William Holbrook
- Basall (Basil) Holbrook
Family Events
- Marrriages
- 1605 May 8 Nicholaus Bennett & Johanna Holbrooke married
- 1610 July 9 John Notlie & Agneta Holbrook
- 1611 Sept. 12 Thos. Tylye & Elizabeth Holbrook married
- 1616 Sept. 12 Thomas Holbrook & Jane Powyes married
- 1617 May 19 Clement Weaver & Rebecca Holbrook married
- Baptisms
- 1598 June 20 ..... son of William Holbrooke bapt.
- 1629/30 Jan 28 Mary daughter of William Holbrooke.
- 1603 March 25 Bazella filia Willmi Holbrooke bapt.
- 1618 April 6 John son of Thomas Holbrook bapt.
- 1620 June 12 William son of Thomas Holbrook bapt.
- 1630/1 Feb 13 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Holbrooke bapt.
- Burials
- 1609 August 19 John Holbrooke buried
- 1612 June 11 Edithia Holbrooke buried[1]
"Thornbury is only a few miles north of Glastonbury, which was probably the home of Thomas Holbrook. William Holbrook of Glastonbury, the father of our American progenitor, named his first male child Thomas. There are many other circumstances that make it probable that Thomas and Constans (Thayer) Holbrook were the parents of William Holbrook who was born circa 1562. It is impossible to ascertain the exact date of his birth as the baptismal records of the Church of St. John the Baptist, in which parish he was undoubtedly born, do not begin until 1600. His will, signed December 11, 1625, and probated in February of the following year, is still on record at Wells, the county seat of Somersetshire. This quaint document gives us considerable information on the Holbrook family. In this will, after commending his soul to Almighty God, he divided his earthly possessions amongst his children, viz., Thomas, John (if living), William the younger, his daughter Basell and his three grandsons. His son William Holbrook was made executor and residuary legatee while his sons-in-law, Clement Weaver, Sr. and Thomas Tylye were appointed overseers."
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Death
William Holbrook died, age 56, on 11 December 1625 in Somerset, England, and was buried in St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Staplegorve, Taunton, Somerset, England.
Will
J. C. Halbrooke: The following will abstract was made and a copy of it deposited with the New England Historical Genealogical Society before the archives in Somerset, England, were destroyed by bombing during World War II.
William Holbroock the elder of Glastonbury, Somerset, Yeoman. Dated 11th December 1625. My son Thomas Holbroock shall have my two Kyne in lieu & recompense of £ 7.10.0 I owe him. My Bay Mare to be sold & my daughter Bosill Holbroock to have 4 marks of the money which I owe her & the residue to my son Thomas if the said two Kyne be not of the value of £7.10.0. To each of my children as well men as women 10/-. To my son John Holbroock my ground at the Moor if dead then to Thomas Holbroock the younger Edmund Eyly and Clement Weaver the younger my three Grandchildren. Residue to my son William Holbroock the younger, & appoint him executor, Thomas Eyle, Clement Weaver the elder my son-in-law & Thomas Holbroock the elder my son shall have the use of said ground together with the custody of the Conveyance of the use of my son John Holbroock if he be living as also for this of my said three Grandchildren to whom I have given the said ground in case my son John be dead. Overseers. Thomas Holbroock, Clement Weaver the elder, & Thomas Eyly. 1625. 45/36."
Sources
- ↑ Parish Registers of St. John, Glastonbury, Co. Somerset, 1603-1640.
- ↑ A. Roberts Lord, Holbrook and Allied Families (1942), pp. 5-6.
See also:
- http://www.holbrook-family.com/england.htm
- Holbrook page at the Bullock Family Tree website.
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by Garry Bryant William Holbrook (ca. 1562 - 1626) William Holbrook was born around 1562 and he died at Glastonbury, Somersetshire, in either late December 1625 or early 1626. His Will, which is located at the county seat of Wells, was signed the 11th of December 1625, and it was probated in February of 1626. In this Will he names his children, with son William as executor and residuary legatee and sons-in-law as overseers. Also he mentions his son John with the clause if living. Thus, son John must have been gone from the family for sometime and possibly out of the country. William Holbrooks wife is believed to be Edith ???, whos grave is located at the same Church with the date of June 1612. William and Edith (???) Holbrook had seven children. CHILDREN 1. Joan Holbrook - Born about 1587. Married 1st on 3 June 1605, to Neckolas Bennett, at St. Johns Church in Glastonbury. Bennett was buried 22 March 1606. 2nd to Randall Gylles on 14 June 1609/10. 2. Elizabeth Holbrook - Born about 1590. Married on 12 September 1611, to Thomas Tylye. 3. Thomas Holbrook - Born 1594. Married to Jane Powyes on 12 September 1616. Was living at Broadway, Somersetshire, in 1634. He and fam- ily sailed on the ship Hopewell to the Massa chusetts Bay Colony and settled at Weymouth. 4. John Holbrook - Born about 1595 at Glaston- bury. Married Sarah ??? before 1620. Emi- grated to Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1625. Died before 1644. 5. Rebecca Holbrook - Born about 1597. Married on 19 May 1617, to Clement Weaver (born about 1592) at Glastonbury. Emigrated to Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony and settled at Weymouth next door to her brother Thomas. 6. William Holbrook - Born about 1600. A daugh- ter of his was baptized at St. Johns Church at Glastonbury on 29 June 1629/30. 7. Basil Holbrook - Was married on 27 January 1625/26, to Philip Wrinkmore, at the same church.
SOURCES 1 A. Roberts Lord, Holbrook and Allied Families. (New York, New York: Thesis Publishing Co., 1942) Pp. 1-12. (FHL-USA/CAN 929.273 H693L.) 2 Mary Louise Holbrook, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut. (New Haven, Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1932) (FHL-USA/CAN 929.273 H693h.); Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1979) Pp. 372-373. (FHL-USA/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a.)