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Richard Brooke (abt. 1727 - 1792)

Richard Brooke
Born about in Farmer's Hall, Essex, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married before 1760 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 65 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Commonwealth Virginiamap
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Biography

Richard Brooke was born about 1732, Essex County, Virginia, a son of Robert and Phoebe Brooke. Around 1747, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Richard married Anne Hay Taliaferro, daughter of Francis Taliaferro and Elizabeth (Hay) Taliaferro. Richard and Anne became the parents of five children, before she died around 1770. After Anne's death, Richard married secondly, Sarah Taliaferro, daughter of William Taliaferro. [1]

Richard is remembered by his brother, Humphrey in his Will, probated in 1763, in Culpeper county, Virginia. [2]

Sources

  1. http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I029582&tree=tree1
  2. Index to Culpeper County Wills and Administrations (1749 - 1800), Will Book A, 1749-1770, Reel 31




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Obituary, Virginia Herald, Fredericksburg, VA p 3 col 1 pub 13 Sep 1792, "On Saturday last died at his seat in the neighbourhood, Richard Brooke in the 65th year of his age" , Sep 13 was a Thurs, so Richard would have died 8 Sep 1792 at 'his seat' his home, 'Smithfield", Spotsylvania, Co. VA. Birth year would have been abt. 1727. Repository: Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, VA.
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