General Notes

m. (1) Mary White
m. (2) Sarah French
m. (3) Elizabeth Loring
m. (4) Sarah Heardman

John was a freeman 13 May 1640; selectman 1648 and 1656; deputy from Weymouth six years from 1651 through 1673; Captain in King Philip's War 1676. He resided in 'Old Spain.'89

Will dated Jul. 12, 1699.

Obituary: "Being weak of body"; he made his will 12 July, 1699, as follows: To his wife Mary Holbrook �5O, and �10, provided she give thereof �5 to her daughter Loring. To son John Holbrook his housing and lands in Scituate, and the use of one-half to his now wife Abigail after his decease; the other half to his grandson John, son of his said son John Holbrook. After the decease of son John and his wife Abigail the whole farm to his aforesaid grandson, John Holbrook, he to pay �40 to the six daughters of his said son John Holbrook. Unto his granddaughter Elizabeth, the wife of James Smith, �5. To his granddaughter Abigail Porter �10. To his daughter-in-law Lydia Holbrook, widow of his son Samuel Holbrook, deceased, for bringing up the children of his said son Samuel, use of land adjoining her dwelling house in "Kingman's Neck," etc.; also 40 acres near the "Physical Spring"in Weymouth, till his grandson Joseph Holbrook, son of his said son Samuel, attain the age of one-and-twenty. To said daughter Lydia Holbrook also �120, provided she pay her three daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah each �40 at 21 years. To his grandsons Samuel, John and Joseph, sons of his said son Samuel Holbrook, his landsin Weymouth and Braintree, they paying their mother 30s. each per annum. for life. To grandson Abiah Holbrook, son of his son Samuel, one-half of his house and land in Boston at 21, he paying his mother, as his brother shall, 30s. per annum. To his daughter Lydia Holbrook salt meadow at Kingman's Neck that was formerly his father Thomas Holbrooke's. To his son-in-law Simon Whitmarsh �20. To his grandson Simon Whitmarsh �20. To his granddaughter Ruth Derby �15, and to his granddaughter Mary Jackson �15. To his daughter Hannah Pierce �50. To his grand son Azarikurn Pierce �15; also to Ephraim Pierce, Jr., �15. To his granddaughter Rachel Peck �5. To his grandson Joseph Nash �50, and to his granddaughter Elizabeth Nash �25. To his grandsons Benjamin Ludden, John Ludden and Joseph Ludden each �10. To his grandson James Ludden a meadow on the Eastern neck which was formerly his grandfather's James Ludden's. To his granddaughter Eunice Ludden �15 at marriage or 18. To his grandsons Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson each �15, and to his granddaughter Experience Edson �40 at 21 and 18. Unto his son Ichabod Holbrook his dwelling inWeymouth where he now lives, and 40 or 50 acres to him and his wife Sarah, and at their decease to Ichabod's son Abiezer Holbrook. To his grandson David Holbrook, son of his son Ichabod, and near "Physical Spring." To Elisha Holbrook, son of his son Ichabod, one-half of his house in Boston. To Rev. Mr. Samuel Torrey, Pastor of the Church in Weymouth, �5. His Indian servant Anthony to have his freedom in twelve years. Executors, his sons John Holbrook. Ichabod Holbrook and Ephraim Hunt, Esq., to whom he gave �5. His friends John Rogers and Joseph Dyer and his brother Stephen Fench, overseers; proved 14 Dec. 1699. (Suffolk Probate Records, 14: 3.) He deposed that he was 45 years of age or thereabout, 22 Aprp 1667. (Suffolk Court Files, 815.)89

John first married Sarah [Holbrook]. Sarah died at Weymouth, MA, on 14 Jan 1643[/4].13

Ca 1644/5 John second married Elizabeth Stream , daughter of John Stream ( ca 1585/1595-) & Elizabeth [Stream] (-1672/1676), at Weymouth, MA. Born ca 1624 at England. Elizabeth died at Weymouth, MA, on 25 Jun 1688

Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860

George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Boston, 1923