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David Humphrey Brooke (1730 - aft. 1802)

Colonel David Humphrey (Humphrey) Brooke
Born in Fauquier County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married about 1765 in Fauquier County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died after after age 71 in Fauquier, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

U.S. Southern Colonies Project logo
Humphrey Brooke was a Virginia colonist.
1776 Project
Colonel Humphrey Brooke served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Humphrey Brooke is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A014911.

Humphrey Brooke was born 28 Sep 1730 and passed away 17 April 1802.[1]

He was the Clerk of Fauquier County, Virginia between 1754 and 1793. He was a Delegate to the Virginia Convention in 1788 and voted for ratification of the new Constitution. He served as Clerk of the Senate from 1792 to 1802.

Patriotic Service [2]

  1. Clerk of Fauquier County, Virginia
  2. Provided Supplies

Research Notes

Sources

  1. ↑ Branch: Ray's Extended Family Tree
  2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 29, 2016), "Record of Humphrey Brooke", Ancestor # A014911.
  • Ball, Rosalie Noland. The Family Tree of Col. Leven Powell’s Line of the Powells of Virginia. Manchester, Virginia: Privately Published, 1938, p 59.
  • Virkus, Frederick Adams. The Compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Record of the First Families of America. Chicago: Originally Published 1937. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968, p. 303.
  • From "The Brooke Family of Virginia", Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol 15, Oct 1907, p 202: Extract from the will of Humphrey Brooke, of Fauquier, which is dated April 17th, I802, and admitted to probate in the County Court of Fauquier, 26th day of July, I802, his son "F. Brooke" being Clerk of the Court.

"First. I give to my beloved wife, Milly Brooke,t &c. I give to my- son Francis Brooke (1) &c and it is my will that all the rest of my estate may be equally divided between my son Matthew Whiting Brooke (II) and my daughters Ann Brooke (III), Catherine Powell (IV) and Lucy Ingram (V) &c. I lend the use of the household furniture &c to my daughter Elizabeth Digges (VI) &c. My sons George Brooke (VII) and Francis Brooke have each of them already received &c. I hereby constitute and appoint my son Matthew Wlhiting Brooke and my son-in-law Burr Powell Executors of this my last will and testament which I have written with my own hand. The testator mentions his son-in-law Thomas Digges but does not mention his son in law Ingram. Matthew \V. Brooke and Burr Powell qualified as executors and "gave bond in the penalty of Ten Thousand pounds conditioned as the law directs." Charles Marshall, his son, Frank's brother-in-law, was security upon the bond."

[Note that there is no William Brooks mentioned in the will, even though William was still alive.]

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