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John Brooke 1529 – 1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1529

Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain

Death Date: 8 July 1584

Death Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain

Father: ^(Sir) -

Mother: ^(Lady) Westby

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whetman

Children(s): Joane (11GGM)

John Brooke was born in 1529 in of London, London, England, Great Britain, the child of ^(Sir) Robert\Roberte\Roberti\Roberticus Brooke\Brookes\Brook\Brooks\Brock\Broke - and ^(Lady) Catherine\Catharine\Cathryn\Katherine\Katharine\Kathryn Westby. John Brooke married Elizabeth Whetman, and had children including Joane Brooke - Foote (11GGM). John Brooke passed away in 1584 in Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain.

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Biography

  • John Brooke was born in 1529 in of London, London, England, Great Britain, the child of ^(Sir) Robert\Roberte\Roberti\Roberticus Brooke\Brookes\Brook\Brooks\Brock\Broke - and ^(Lady) Catherine\Catharine\Cathryn\Katherine\Katharine\Kathryn Westby.
  • John Brooke married Elizabeth Whetman, and had children including Joane Brooke - Foote (11GGM).
  • John Brooke passed away in 1584 in Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain.

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John Brooke's Ancestors

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John Brooke
1529 – 1584
Birth Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
Parents
^(Sir) Robert\Roberte\Roberti\Roberticus Brooke\Brookes\Brook\Brooks\Brock\Broke -
1500 – 1551
London, England
^(Lady) (Catherine\Catharine\Cathryn\Katherine\Katharine\Kathryn) Westby
1501 – 1563
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron of Cobham, Knight) Banneret
1480 – 1529
Cowling, Kent, England
Margaret (Grosvenor) 13thGG
1485 – 1558
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Brooke
1474 – 1522
Jane Meverell
1482 – 1514
Humphrey Grosvenor
1487 – 1501
Joyce Wells
1480 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Grosvenor
1459 –
Margaret Scarsmith
1460 –
John Wells\Clarke
Alice Roberts

John Brooke's Descendants

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John Brooke (Abt 1529 – 8 July 1584) m. Elizabeth Whetman (1535 – 18 Jun 1599)
  1. 1. Joane (Brooke - Foote) (11GGM) (11 May 1555 or 18 Jun 1560 – 9 Jan 1608 or 10 Oct 1634) m. Robert (Foote Jr of Shalford (11GGF) (arrived aboard) "Fortune") (1553 – 27 Jan 1608 or 15 Feb)
    1. 1. Nathaniel (Foote, Co-founder of Wethersfield,) CT (21 Sep 1592 – 20 Nov 1644) m. ELIZABETH Deming (28 Jul 1595 – 28 Jul 1683)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Foote (8 Sep 1616 – 8 Sep 1700) m. Josiah (Joseph Churchill (Fought in Pequot) War) (1 Jan 1612 – 1 Jan 1686)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Churchill (15 May 1642 – 1721) m. Henry Buck (1626 – 7 July 1712)

John Brooke's Timeline

2 Records

1529
Abt 1529
Birth of John Brooke in of London, London, England, Great Britain
of London, London, England, Great Britain
1584
8 July 1584
Age 55
Death of John Brooke in Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1529
    Event Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 July 1584
    Event Place: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain

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