Robert
Brooke
Born in St. Bride's Parish, London, England
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Brooke
and Mary (Mainwaring) Brooke
Brother of
Baker Brooke Sr [half], Mary Brooke [half], Thomas Brooke Sr [half], Barbara Brooke [half], Charles Brooke, Roger Brooke, John Brooke, Mary Brooke, William Brooke, Anne (Brooke) Bean, Francis Brooke, Basil Brooke, Elizabeth (Brooke) Smith and Henry Brooke
Husband of
Elizabeth (Thompson) Cosden
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Brooke
Died before
before age 28
in Calvert County, Province of Maryland
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2013
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Biography
Robert's date and place of birth are recorded in the extant family memorandum written by his father. His widow Elizabeth gave bond for the administration of his estate on 10 Nov 1667 with James Thompson and Thomas Edwards as her sureties.
Sources
- Maryland Historical Magazine. Vol. I. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society (1906), pp. 72-73. [1]
- Tyler, Samuel. Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney, LL.D. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Baltimore: John Murphy & Co. (1872), p. 24. Quotes a written memorandum of the family written by the immigrant Robert Brooke. [2]
- Dr. Lois Green Carr's Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders [3]
- Balch, Thomas Willing. 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. Philadelphia: Press of Allen, Lane & Scott (1899), p. 12. Quotes a written memorandum of the family written by the immigrant Robert Brooke. [4]
- Thomas, Lawrence Buckley. The Thomas Book. Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas, K. G., the Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families. New York City: Henry T. Thomas Company (1896), p. 218. [5]
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Rob Neff
Rob Neff
Brooke-1907 and Brooke-670 appear to represent the same person because: Brooke-1907 is a duplicate entry, as they have the same father and there is only one known Robert Brooke born into the family. Per standard wikitree procedures it needs to be merged into Brooke-670.
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