Margaret Brooke 
Margaret was born on March 8th, 1561 in St Leonard's, Eastcheap, London, England. Margaret's father was John Brooke and her mother was Elizabeth Whitman. Her paternal grandparents were Robert Brooke and Katheryn (Westby or Weld); her maternal grandparents are Edward Whitman and Bridget Kellond. She had seven brothers and eight sisters, named William, John, John, Robert, Nathaniel, Thomas, Benjamin, Susan, Joanne, Elizabeth, Mary, Katherine, Sarah, Rebecca and Martha. She was the fifth oldest of the sixteen children. She died at the age of 73 in 1634 in St. Benet, Grace Church, London, England.General Notes
Will made September 13, 1634 and proved October 10, 1634, names manyrelati
ves and other beneficiaries. She, too, left a bequest to John Donne. She a
lso mentions "Mr. Ward, lecturer," possibly the Puritan Divine and transla
tor of the Apocrypha for the Authorized Version of th Bible, Samuel Ward (
d. 1643)..
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1500 in Chingford, Essex, England d.11 Jul 1551 in London, London, England
- b.~ 1530 in London, London, England d.08 Jul 1584 in St. Leonards, East Cheap, London, England
- b.~ 1500 in Milton-Iwade, Kent, England d.<23 Mar 1566 in London, London, England
- b.08 Mar 1561 in St Leonard's, Eastcheap, London, England d.1634 in St. Benet, Grace Church, London, England
- b.1520 in Bletchingly, Surrey, England
- b.1534 in St. Leonards, East Cheap, London, England d.Bet 18 and 30 Jun 1599 in London, London, England
- b.1513 in Bletchingly, Surrey, England
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‌Margaret and John were married in a religious ceremony on May 11th, 1581 in England.1
Family Notes
1 REFN 79707
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