Hester Brooke

1755 -

• Name	Hester Brooke
  Born	Aug 1755	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I53296	Tree1
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Leonard Brooke,   b. 1728, Prince George's County, Maryland ,   d. 10 Feb 1785, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Maxwell,   b. 1735, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. Aft 1790, Prince George's County, Maryland  (Age > 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1751	London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F7762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND WILLS; Liber T No. #1; 1784-1789; Folio 214 LEONARD BROOKE 10/27/1783 02/10/1785 "being sick and weak in Body . " Bequeaths to: 1. Ann Brooke --daughter (eldest daughter) -to have the sum of 20 shillings sterling to purchase a mourning ring 2. Easter Hill --daughter (2nd daughter) -to have the sum of 20 shillings sterling to purchase a mourning ring 3. Leonard Brooke --son (eldest son) -to have 1 moiety of the plantation whereon testator now lives called "Brookewood" 4. George Brooke --son (youngest son ) -should testator's son Leonard die in his minority then to have the moiety of land left to him 5. Baker Brooke --son (2nd son ) -to have the other moiety of the tract of land called "Brookewood" and should he die in his minority then his moiety to be given to testator's son George 6. Eleanor Brooke -daughter Catherine Brooke --daughter -remainder of the estate is to be divided among them and testator's 3 sons 7, Elizabeth Brooke -wife -named executrix of the will Witnesses: Thomas Boone, Solomon Peters, James Brooke Then came: Solomon Peters and James Brooke Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand === BROOKE, Anne, Prince George Co. 15 Dec, 1769 2 Jul, 1770 To children: Baker, Richard, Anne, Cathrine, Janes, Mary. Grandsons Walter, Leonard, John Leonard Brooke. Grandson Leonard Brooke son of my son Richard. Granddaus. Anne Darnall Brook. Easter Brooke, Anne Brooke dau. of my son Richard Brooke. Grandson Richard Oswald Brooke son of my son Richard Brooke. Exs. daughters Anne and Cathrine Brook. Wit: John Boone Jr., Henry Hill. 38.178