Robert BROOKE

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. Robert BROOKE of Essex VA, Gent. b 1654, d aft Dec 16, 1712 (Will of Saml THACKER dtd 16 Dec 1712 and will of Leonard TARRANT dated 1718). Justice of Essex Co, May 1692, Coroner 1702, purch. land in Old Rappa (now Essex) from Edward MOSELEY by deed dated 25 Jan 1686; m Catherine BOOTH (b 1664), dau of Capt. Humphrey BOOTH of Old Rappa (Wm. & M Quarterly, Jan 1903, p. 210). Humphrey BOOTH came to VA from London in 1653-4, was a Justice 11 Dec 1656, and was living in 1665; m Margaret, dau of Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD and his wife Margaret _____. A marriage settlement between Humphry BOOTH and Margaret his wife, dated 1 Aug 1663, is recorded in Essex [sic] and from this it appears that the marriage took place prior to 24 Aug 1660…Capt. Humphrey BOOTH and his wife Margaret UNDERWOOD had three children; 1. Humphrey "son and heir apparent of Humphrey BOOTH, late of the said County, Gent. deceased" who married before 11 Jan 1689-90, Phoebe _____ and had a son James BOOTH of Essex living in 1725; 2. Grace BOOTH who had deed of gift dated 16 Sep 1663 from her grandmother Margaret UPTON alias LUCAS (formerly Margaret UNDERWOOD) and was dead bef 1685; 3. Catherine BOOTH who m. Robert BROOKE. She was put in possession of half of her father's estate 4 Sep 1685, she having then come of age and 19 Jun joined in a deed with her brother Humphrey BOOTH…

[Genealogies of VA Families, Vol. I, Brooke Family of VA, p. 506
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• See also. William and Mary College
Quarterly Historical Magazine
VOL. XI JANUARY, 1903 No. 3

Brooke Family 210-213
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/wmmaryqtr/vol11-3.htm]

• Legal, 1689, Rappahannock County, VA. 19 Jun 1689 (Essex DB8: pages unnumbered) Humphrey BOOTHE of Rappahannock, son and heire of Humphrey BOOTHE, late of sd. County, Robert BROOKE of the said County and Katherine his wife, daughter also of the late Humphrey BOOTHE, dec'd, and heir entaile in possibility to the sd. Humphrey the son of the one part and Richard STOAKES of the said County of the other part 2,133 pounds of tobacco 58 acres and 1/4 Sittingbourne Parish… south side Rappahannock River in Rappahannock … to the edge of Pocoson….. s/Humphrey BOOTHE, Robert BROOKE, Kath. BROOKE. Wit: Thos. ( ) GRIFFIN, Samuel THACKER, John ALMOND. Rec. 7 Aug 1689. 19 Jun 1689 Katherine BROOKE authorizes William MOSELEY ……

[Virginia Families, Vol. 1, p. 443-4
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Robert married Catherine BOOTH, daughter of Capt. Humphrey BOOTH and Margaret UNDERWOOD, about 1684 in Essex County, VA. (Catherine BOOTH was born in 1664 in Rappahannock County, VA.)