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Thomas Holbrook was born circa 1593 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom to William Holbrook (1560-1625) and Edtih Saunders Coles (1562-1612) and died 12 July 1675 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Jane Powyes (1592-1677) 12 September 1616 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

Thomas Holbrook was born near 1594 according to his own depositions. His age given in the sailing list of Hull’s company as 34 at time of sailing for New England 20 Mar 1634/5 is evidently incorrect. Thomas Holbrook was then a resident of Broadway, of which there are three places so named in Somersetshire. His parents were William HOLBROOK and Edith [__?__]. [See The Ancestry of Joseph Neal – Holbrook pages 1 -3 below for details of the Holbrook ancestry in England] He married Jane POWYES 12 Sep 1616 in St. John’s Glastonbury, Somerset England. He emigrated on the an Unnamed Ship 20 Mar 1635/36 , with the Hull Company and is recorded as a husbandman aged 34, from Broadway, Co Somerset. He brought with him his wife, Jane, and four children, and settled in Weymouth Mass. Thomas will was proved 24 Apr 1677.

Jane Powyes was born about 1600 in England. She was aged 34 in 1634/5 according to the sailing list in the Public Record Office in London. Her parents were William POWYES (ca. 1568 – ) and Elizabeth [__?__]. The surname of Powys is probably derived from the town of Powys. Jane died 24 Apr 1677 in Weymouth, Mass.



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Offspring of Thomas Holbrook and Jane Powyes (1592-1677)
Name Birth Death Joined with
John Holbrook (1618-1699)
William Holbrook (1620-1699) 14 June 1620 St. John's Parish, Glastonbury, Somerset, England 3 July 1699 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Elizabeth Pitts (1625-1696)
Thomas Holbrook (1624-1697) 6 April 1624 Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom 22 July 1697 Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States Joanna Kingman (c1623-aft1697)
Ann Holbrook (1627-1699)
Elizabeth Holbrook (1630-1674)
Margaret Holbrook (1635-1670)
Jane Holbrook (1635-1681) 13 September 1635 St Johns Church, Glastonbury, Somerset, England 9 March 1681 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Thomas Drake (1635-1692)



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