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Facts and Events
John Holbrook was made a freeman in the colony May 13, 1640, hence was aged 17 and not 11 as given in the shipping list when he came over with his parents in 1635.
Captain in King Phillip's War. Holder of various public offices, property holder, lender.
Married first Sarah (d. Jan. 14, 1643/4, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA); second Elizabeth STREAM (b. 1624; d. Jun. 25, 1688), daughter of John STREAM and Elizabeth WHITMAN; and third Mary JACOB (b. 1637), widow of James OTIS, Jr. (d. about 1683), step son of Elizabeth (WHITMAN) STREAM OTIS. Thus, the second wife of John HOLBROOK was the step-sister of the first husband of John HOLBROOK's third wife.
There are few birth records for his children. None are clearly born before the death of his first wife in 1643/44, so it appears as Clapp says, "most if not all born of his second wife".
References
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
Vol. 3 (G-H), p. 352.
Children of Thomas Holbrook and Jane Powys: 1) John, bp. St. Johns, Glastonbury, Someresetshire 6 Apr 1618, m. (1) 1643 [before her death] Sarah ---, m. (2) abt 1645 Elizabeth Stream [John and her both named in 1672 will of Elizabeth Otiss of Weymouth as daughter and son-in-law], m. (3) bef. 166 [named in will] Mary (Jacob) Otis.
- ↑ Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910)
Vol. 2, p. 279.
HOLBROOK, John, Capt., [died] Nov. 23, 1669. [a. abt. 82, GR14]
[Birth about 1617. GR14=North Weymouth Cemetery, North Weymouth]
- Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, under direction of the town, 1923)
Vol. 3, p. 268.
Capt. John Holbrook [#2], s/o Thomas Holbrook [#1], b. England near 1622 [deposed about 45 on 22 Apr 1667], d. Weymouth 23 Nov 1699 aged 82, m. (1) Sarah ---, m. (2) Elizabeth Stream, m. (3) [previous wife d. 1688] Mary White [sic]
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
2/442.
- JOHN, of Weymouth, s. of Thomas, b. prob. in Eng. was rep. many yrs. betw. 1651 and 1692, call. lieut. and afterwards capt. I think he was prob. the same whose w. Sarah d. 14 Jan. 1644, but what ch. if any she had, are unkn. but ds. Lois, and Eunice, tw. are b. by the rec. 12 May 1658. By w. Elizabeth d. of that wid. Stream, wh. was sec. w. of John Otis, he also had Experience, 23 May 1661; Ichabod, 30 May 1662; and, earlier or later, sev. more, for his will of 12 July 1699, pro. 14 Dec. foll. names w. Mary and ch. John, Samuel, and Ichabod, beside Hannah, wh. m. Ephraim Pierce; all of wh. had ch. in abundance to be ment. in that will. Because his s. Abiezer, wh. d. 1672, is not nam. in that instr. nor any ch. of his, tho. his f. had admin. on his est. it is infer. that he d. unm. at least without progeny; while very good provis. is made for Lydia, wid. of s. Samuel, and his seven ch. A gr.d. Elizabeth w. of James Smith, also gr.d. Abigail Porter, prob. w. of Thomas, s.-in-law, Simeon, or Simon Whitmarsh, and gr.s. of the same name, gr.ds. Ruth, w. of Edward Derby, and Mary, w. of Edmund Johnson, d. Hannah, w. of Ephraim Pierce, with gr.s. Azrikam and Ephraim P. jr. gr.ch. Rachel Peck, Joseph, and Elizabeth Nash, Benjamin, John, Joseph, James, and Eunice Ludden, beside Joseph, Josiah, and Experience Edson, and also s. John with his w. Abigail, their s. John and six ds. and his own s. Ichabod, to wh. the homestead at W. is giv. his w. Sarah and three ch. Now to follow this num. brood may be diffic. and part of it eludes my long research. I presume the w. of Whitmarsh was Sarah; of Joseph Nash, Elizabeth and of Benjamin Ludden, Eunice; and that these three were his ds. Vinton, p. 331, says the sec. w. d. 25 June 1688, aged 64, and that he had for 3d w. wid. Mary Loring.
- Clapp, Henry Lincoln. Fifty ancestors of Henry Lincoln Clapp: who came to New England from 1620 to 1650. (Boston: Press of D. Clapp & Son, 1902-7)
p. 23.
John Holbrooke d. 23 Nov 1699 aged 82, admitted freeman 1640, 11 children, "most if not all born of his second wife" Elizabeth Stream, called by Vinton daughter of widow Elizabeth Stream, second wife of John Otis of Weymouth.
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