5. MAJ. THOMAS BROOKE ... He married, about 1658, Eleanor daughter of Richard and Margaret Hatton and niece of Thomas Hatton, Secretery of the Province. She was born in 1642 (Md. Archives, x, 356) and came to Maryland with her widowed mother and her family in 1649 (Land Office, Lib. 1, fol. 440; Lib. 2, fol. 613).
The will of Maj. Thomas Brooke, dated 25 October 1676, was proved 29 December following (Annapolis, Lib. 5, fol. 123). In it he mentions his wife Eleanor ; his children as given below ; his brothers Baker and Roger Brooke, and Clement Hill ; and his god-sons Baker Brooke, Jr., and Thomas Gardiner.
... Mrs. Eleanor Brooke, widow of Maj. Thomas, married secondly Col. Henry Darnall (d. 17 June, 1711) and had issue by him also. In her will (dated 31 March 1724, proved 21 Feb. 1725) she mentions her sons Thomas Brooke, Clement Brooke, and Henry Darnall ; her daughters Mary Witham, Eleanor Digges (wife of William Digges), Mary Carroll, and Ann Hill ; and her grandsons Henry and Philip Darnall, sons of her daughter Eleanor Digges.
Maj. Thomas Brooke and Eleanor (Hatton) his wife had issue:-
10. i. COL. THOMAS BROOKE, b. about 1658.
ii. ROBERT BROOKE, 24 Oct. 1663 ; d. 18 July 1714 ; a Jesuit priest.
iii. IGNATIUS BROOKE, b. 1670 ; entered the Society of Jesus 1697 ; d. 1751.
iv. MATTHEW BROOKE, b. 1672 ; entered the Society of Jesus 1699 ; d. 1762.
11. v. CLEMENT BROOKE, b. 1676 ; d. 1737.
vi. MARY BROOKE, mar. 1o Capt. James Bowling (d. 1693) of St. Mary's Co., 2o Benjamin Hall (d. 1721) of Prince George's Co., 3o Henry Witham.
vii. ELEANOR BROOKE, mar 1o Philip Darnall (d. 1705), son of her step-father Col. Henry Darnall by a former marriage, 2o William Digges.