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John Brooke 1540–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

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

Death Date: 8 July 1584

Death Location: Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England

Father: Robert Brooke

Mother: Katheryn Westby

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whatman

Children(s): Joane Brooke, Benjamin Brooke, Mary Brooke, John Brooke, William Brooke, Nathaniel Brooke, Rebecca Brooke, Robert Brooke, Martha Brooke, Katherine Brooke, Thomas Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Sarah Brooke, Susan Brooke, Margaret Brooke

John Brooke was born in 1540 in of London, London, England, Great Britain, the child of Robert Brooke And Katheryn Burley Westby. John Brooke married Elizabeth Whatman, and had children including Benjamin Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Joane Brooke, John Brooke, Katherine Brooke, Margaret Brooke, Martha Brooke, Mary Brooke, Nathaniel Brooke, Rebecca Brooke, Robert Brooke, Sarah Brooke, Susan Brooke, Thomas Brooke, William Brooke. John Brooke passed away in 1584 in Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • John Brooke was born in 1540 in of London, London, England, Great Britain, the child of Robert Brooke And Katheryn Burley Westby.
  • John Brooke married Elizabeth Whatman, and had children including Benjamin Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Joane Brooke, John Brooke, Katherine Brooke, Margaret Brooke, Martha Brooke, Mary Brooke, Nathaniel Brooke, Rebecca Brooke, Robert Brooke, Sarah Brooke, Susan Brooke, Thomas Brooke, William Brooke.
  • John Brooke passed away in 1584 in Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Brooke
1497–1551
Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain
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Katheryn Westby
1500–1565
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
KW

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Whatman
1535–1599
Birth Location: Bletchingley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
EW

Children(s)

Joane Brooke
1559–1599
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
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Benjamin Brooke
1576–
Birth Location: London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Mary Brooke
1564–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
MB
John Brooke
1557–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
JB
William Brooke
1556–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
WB
Nathaniel Brooke
1567–1634
Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain
NB
Rebecca Brooke
1575–
Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain
RB
Robert Brooke
1566–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
RB
Martha Brooke
1577–
Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain
MB
Katherine Brooke
1567–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
KB
Thomas Brooke
1568–1625
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
TB
Elizabeth Brooke
1562–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
EB
Sarah Brooke
1570–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
SB
Susan Brooke
1559–
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
SB
Margaret Brooke
1560–1656
Birth Location: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
MB

John Brooke's Ancestors

Self
John Brooke
1540–1584
Birth Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
Parents
Robert Brooke
1497–1551
of London, London, England, Great Britain
Katheryn (Burley) Westby
1500–1565
London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Brooke's Descendants

1.
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John Brooke (1540–8 July 1584) m. Elizabeth Whatman (8 September 1535–18 June 1599)
  1. 1. Joane Brooke 1559–1599 m. Robert Foote 1553–1608
    1. 1. Nathaniel ('im') Foote 1593–1644 m. Elizabeth Deming 1597–1683
      1. 1. Francis Barnard 1617–1698 m. John (B) Dickinson 1630–1676 m. Nehemiah Dickinson 1626–1710
        1. 1. Hannah (Dickinson) Jennings 1648–1705
        2. 2. Mary Dickinson 1650–1708
        3. 3. Abigail Dickinson 1663–1714 m. Thomas Crafts 1656–1693 m. Samuel Crowfoot 1665–1733
        4. 4. Elizabeth Dickinson 1660–1678
        5. 5. Rebecca Dickinson 1658–1731
        6. 6. Sarah (Dickinson) Lane 1656–1731
        7. 7. John Dickinson 1652–1695
        8. 8. Jonathan Dickinson 1654–1678
        9. 9. Mehitable Dickinson 1666–1735
        10. 10. Nathaniel (Dickinson) III 1663–1751 m. Lydia (Wright\) (Mrs.) 1665–
        11. 11. Mercy Dickinson 1668–1735 m. Joseph Chamberlain 1665–1752
      2. 2. Sarah Judson 1632–1673 m. Jeremiah Judson 1621–1700
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Judson) (Tomlinson) 1658–1691
        2. 2. Isaac Judson 1653–1687
        3. 3. Jeremiah (Judson) II 1670–1734
        4. 4. Mary Judson 1655–
        5. 5. Mercy (Judson) (Burton) 1665–1736
        6. 6. Sarah (Judson) (Sturges) 1662–1700
        7. 7. Elizabeth Judson 1658–1691
        8. 8. Jeremiah Judson 1670–1734
        9. 9. Mary Judson 1655–
        10. 10. Marcy Burton 1665–1736 m. Solomon (William) Burton 1662–1734
        11. 11. Sarah Judson 1662–1698
      3. 3. Nathaniel (Foote) Jr 1620–1655 m. Elizabeth Smith 1625–1684
        1. 1. Nathaniel (Foote) III 1647–1703 m. Margaret Foote 1649–1745
        2. 2. Samuel Foote 1649–1689 m. Mary Merrick 1647–1690
        3. 3. Daniel Foote 1652–1704 m. Sarah Chapin 1658–1704
      4. 4. Rebecca Foote 1634–1701 m. Philip Smith 1632–1685 m. Aaron Cooke 1613–1690
        1. 1. Jonathan Smith 1663–1737
        2. 2. Samuel Smith 1659–1707
        3. 3. Philip (Smith) Jr 1665–1725
        4. 4. Rebecca Stillman 1668–1750
        5. 5. Joseph Smith 1674–1736
        6. 6. John Smith 1661–1727
      5. 5. Elizabeth Foote 1616–1700 m. Joseph (Josiah 'im') Churchill 1611–1685
        1. 1. Benjamin Churchill 1652–1712
        2. 2. Mary Foote 1639–1685 m. Samuel Church 1639–
        3. 3. Sarah Churchill 1657–1700
        4. 4. Elizabeth Churchill 1642–1721
        5. 5. Hannah Churchill 1644–1688
        6. 6. Hannah Churchill 1644–1689 m. Samuel Royce 1644–1711
        7. 7. Henry Churchill 1659–1658
        8. 8. Joseph Churchill 1649–1699
        9. 9. William Churchill 1654–1654
      6. 6. Mary Tracy 1623–1685 m. John (Stoddard) Sr 1620–1664
        1. 1. Mary Wright 1644–1683
        2. 2. Mercy (Stoddard) (Wright) 1652–1711
        3. 3. Joshua Stoddard 1648–1726
        4. 4. Nathaniel Stoddard 1661–1715
        5. 5. John (Stoddard) Jr 1646–1703
        6. 6. Caleb Stoddard 1648–
        7. 7. Mercy Wright 1652–1714 m. Thomas ((or Joseph)) Wright 1640–1714
      7. 7. Robert Foote 1627–1681 m. Sarah Potter 1641–1706
        1. 1. Elizabeth Foote 1664–1730
        2. 2. Isaac Foote 1672–1758
        3. 3. Israel Foote 1674–1729
        4. 4. John Foote 1670–1713
        5. 5. Joseph Foote 1666–1751
        6. 6. Nathaniel Foote 1660–1714
        7. 7. Stephen Foote 1672–1762
    2. 2. Frances Foote 1582–1682 m. Abraham (Newell) Jr. 1583–1672
      1. 1. Rebecca (Foote) Newell 1637–1680 m. Henry Fowler 1632–1687
        1. 1. Jeremiah Fowler 1673–1723 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Barlow 1677–1730
        2. 2. William Fowler 1660–1714
        3. 3. Rebecca Randall 1656–1730
        4. 4. George (Fowler) Sr 1662–1720
        5. 5. Christopher Fowler 1660–1752
        6. 6. Grace Fowler 1667–1722
        7. 7. Mary Fowler 1668–1683
        8. 8. Moses Fowler 1658–
        9. 9. Newell Fowler 1669–1687
      2. 2. Abraham Newell 1626–
      3. 3. Isaake (Newell) I 1632–1707 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Curtis 1611–1681
      4. 4. John Newell 1629–1704
    3. 3. Elizabeth Foote 1578–1602 m. Thomas Jennings 1575–1658
    4. 4. James Foote 1583–1608 m. Mistress Foote 1589–
    5. 5. Francis Foote 1595–1624 m. Lydia Bauer 1600–
      1. 1. Lydia Foote 1620–
      2. 2. Mary Foote 1622–1623
    6. 6. Susan Cutt 1581–1616
    7. 7. Robert Foote 1577–1646 m. Elizabeth Miles 1576–1680
      1. 1. John Foote 1610–1648
      2. 2. Robert Foote 1611–
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Foote) (Miles) 1627–1697
      4. 4. Joseph Miles 1631–1661
    8. 8. Mary Foote 1582–1581
  2. 2. Benjamin Brooke 1576– m. Dorothie Harrison 1573–
  3. 3. Mary Brooke 1564–
  4. 4. John Brooke 1557–
  5. 5. William Brooke 1556–
  6. 6. Nathaniel Brooke 1567–1634
  7. 7. Rebecca Brooke 1575–
  8. 8. Robert Brooke 1566–
  9. 9. Martha Brooke 1577–
  10. 10. Katherine Brooke 1567–
  11. 11. Thomas Brooke 1568–1625
  12. 12. Elizabeth Brooke 1562–
  13. 13. Sarah Brooke 1570–
  14. 14. Susan Brooke 1559–
  15. 15. Margaret Brooke 1560–1656 m. Thomas (Hall) Ellis 1567–1630 m. John (Foote, of) London 1555–1616
    1. 1. John (Brooke) Ellis 1596–1654 m. Hannah ("Ann" Blandina) Masterson 1598–1654
      1. 1. John (Ellis) (Ellice) 1623–1697 m. Susanna Lombard 1618–1653
        1. 1. Lt. (John) Elles** 1650–1674 m. Elizabeth Freeman 1655–1674
        2. 2. Susanna (Ellis) (Ellice) 1647–1724
        3. 3. Deborah Ellis 1653–1711 m. Joseph Doty 1651–1732
        4. 4. Hannah Ellis 1651–1717
        5. 5. John (Ellis) (Ellice) 1646–1716
    2. 2. Thomas Foote 1591–1687
    3. 3. Elizabeth Foote 1582–
    4. 4. John Foote 1585–1634
    5. 5. Margaret Foote 1594–1599
    6. 6. Paul Foote 1586–1590
    7. 7. Samuel Foote –1644
    8. 8. Sarah Foote 1587–1602
    9. 9. Susan Foote –1616

John Brooke's Timeline

6 Records

1529
1529
Birth of John Brooke in of London, London, England, Great Britain
of London, London, England, Great Britain
1540
1540
Birth of John Brooke in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1540
1540
Birth of John Brooke in of London, London, England, Great Britain
of London, London, England, Great Britain
1584
8 July 1584
Age 44
Death of John Brooke in Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
1584
8 July 1584
Age 44
Death of John Brooke in St Leonard East-, Cheap, London, London, England
St Leonard East-, Cheap, London, London, England
1584
8 July 1584
Age 44
Death of John Brooke in St Leonard East, London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
St Leonard East, London, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 July 1584
    Event Place: Saint Leonard Eastcheap Church, London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 July 1584
    Event Place: St Leonard East-, Cheap, London, London, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 July 1584
    Event Place: St Leonard East, London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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