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Colonial Families in the U.S.:
THOMAS BROOKE, Mayor, of Battle Creek , Calvert Co., MD, was b. at
Battel, England, 23d June, 1632, and arrived in Maryland with his father,
30th June, 1650; his will was proved, 29th December 1676; Comm'd 15th
June, 1658; Captain, commanding the Militia of Calvert; Comm'd Major,
11th February, 1660; Member of the Assembly, 1663-1666 and 1671-1676,
High Sheriff of Calvert Co., 1666-1667 and 1668-1669, Presiding Justice
of the County Court from 1667 until his death, excepting the year he
served as High Sheriff; he was a Roman Catholic; m. circa 1658, Eleanor
HATTON, dau. of Richard and Margaret HATTON, and niece of Hon. Thomas
HATTON, Secretary of the Provine.
THOMAS BROOKE b. in Battel, England, 23d June, 1632; d. Calvert County,
Maryland, 1676, will proved 29th December, 1676; arrived in Maryland with
his father, 30th June, 1650; Major of Maryland Militia, 1660; Member of
Assembly, 1663-1666 and 1671-1676; Burgess, 1666-1669; High Sheriff of
Calvert County, 1666-1669; Presiding Judge, Mayor of Battle Creek and one
of the first vestrymen of St. Paul's Parish (Episcopal), Calvert County;
m. circa 1658 Eleanor HATTON b. in England, 1642, dau of Richar and
Margaret HATTON, and niece of Hon. Thomas HATTON, Secretary of the
Province. Eleanor HATTON, widow of Maj. Thomas BROOKE, m. (secondly)
Col. Henry DARNALL, of Portland Manor, their daughter Mary DARNALL, at
the age of fifteen, m. in 1693, Charles CARROLL, of Doughoregen Manor;
their son Charles CARROLL, of Annapolis, and their gd son Charles
CARROLL, of Carrollton.