John Holbrook (abt. 1667 - 1740)

Ancestors

Husband of Silence (Wood) Holbrook — married about 6 Mar 1693 (to 28 Feb 1741) in Sherborn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1740 at about age 73 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

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John was the son of Thomas Holbrook,^[1] one of the first settlers of Sherborn, Massachusetts.^[2]

John served as constable of Sherborn in 1697. He was a "sealer of leather" from 1705 to 1732. He was commissioner of assessments in Sherborn in 1715. He served as selectman of Sherborn for six years, and was representative in 1772.^[1]

He married Silence Wood in about 1694. In circa that year, they built their house in Sherborn, Massachusetts, on land given to them by his father-in-law. The house was located on 69 Forest street; it was still standing in 1999.^[3][4][2] Descendants of John and Silence continued to live in this house in 1981.^[2] Their son, Jonathan, was known to have resided in the house.^[1]

Known children of John and Silence Holbrook include:^[5]

• John, born March 22, 1694-5; married Ruth Hill; died 1756
• Elizabeth, born July 22, 1696; married Joseph Twitchell; died 1782
• Jonathan, born December 21, 1699; married Abigail Breck; died 1754
• Joseph, born May 1, 1702; unmarried; died March 13, 1725-6;
• Ezra, born May 16, 1709; married Grace Cooledge; died November 10, 1786
• Joshua, born August 22, 1714; unmarried; died November 1, 1740

John died on February 28, 1740. His wife died on May 11, 1756.^[1]

Research notes

Entry from Torrey NE Marriages HOLBROOK, John (?1667-1740) & Silence [WOOD] (1676-1756); 6 Mar 1692/3; Sherborn {Court Rec. 1:193; TAG 22:208; Stevens-Miller 2:25; Twitchell 18; Holman Ms: Holbrook 4; Wood 9; Sherborn Hist. 141, 204}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Morse, Abner. The genealogy of the descendants of several ancient Puritans. Boston, Mass., 1857. p. 81
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gordon, Edward W.; O'Brien, Mark P.; Sherborn Historical Commission. Sherborn historic resource survey. 1982. p. 37
3. ↑ Sherborn Historical Committee; Bardwell, Francis. Historical sketches of the town of Sherborn : in Massachusetts. Sherborn Historical Committee, 1952. p. 11
4. ↑ “69 Forest Street - John Holbrook House.” Official Website of the Town of Sherborn, 1999, https://www.sherbornma.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1201/f/uploads/forest_069.pdf.
5. ↑ Several ancient Puritans, p. 82

• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Some Ancestral Lines of President William Howard Taft, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1945). Vol 22, Page 208. NEHGS Subscriber's link. "HOLBROOK, Thomas¹ m Hannah² Shepard; John² m. Silence³ Wood; John³ m Ruth⁴ Hill; Silence⁴ m. Samuel⁴ Goodale"
• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1911). Page 207. "Deaths: HOLBROOK, John Feb 28, 1740-1."
• Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org). Case 11661. Probate of John Holbrook estate. NEHGS Subscriber's link

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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SPYV-VCB : accessed 2017-02-13), entry for John /Holbrook/.