Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

John Hooper Broome

Male Bef 1736 - 1799  (> 63 years)


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  • Name John Hooper Broome 
    Birth Bef 1736  Christ Church Parish, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1799  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I88905  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father Thomas Broome,   b. 2 Jan 1710, Christ Church Parish, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1761, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Dorcas Godsgrace,   b. Bef 1713, Christ Church Parish, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1772, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1736  Christ Church Parish, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Greenfield,   b. Bef 1758, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1773, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 17 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1773  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Broome,   b. St. Mary?s County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1835, St. Mary?s County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F32230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
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      1791-1803 St. Mary's County, Maryland Wills [Linda Davis Reno]
      NAME: John Hooper Brome LIBER: JJ #2 FOLIO: 225
      DATE OF WILL: 11/16/1798
      DATE OF PROBATE: 4/9/1799
      Son: Henry Brome, the dwelling plantation where I live except what is mentioned below and part of two other tracts called "Parnassus" and "Punk Neck" beginning at Bowman's line to the bound post of "Delabrooke Manor." He is to also have a two-year-old colt named Zachariah.
      Daughters: Dorothy Brome, Dorcas Brome and Ann Brome, all of my other lands with the liberty of getting rail timber from the land devised to my son, Henry Brome. to support that line adjoining him where Thomas Dart now lives.
      Daughter: Dorcas Brome, my riding horse and a three-year-old mare colt named Bet Bounce for compensation for 20 pounds current money left her by her grandmother.
      Daughter: Dorothy Brome, a horse named Hederally and a small colt named Rosetta. Daughter: Ann Brome. a three-year-old colt named Yeowick.
      Children: Henry Brome. Dorothy Brome. Dorcas Brome and Ann Brome. the balance of my personal estate equally divided. My daughters are to have their maiden lives on the plantation where I now live until my son, Henry Brome, arrives at the age of 21.
      All of my children are to work together to pay for Henry's school and boarding as long as he goes to school. My daughters are not to pay Henry any rent.
      Daughter: Mrs. Morton, a young mare colt one-year-old next spring.
      EXECUTOR(S): Daughters, Dorothy Brome and Dorcas Brome. and Samuel Morton
      WITNESSES: William Kilgour, Caleb Hebb. Dorothy Greenfield
      NOTE: Dorcas Brome renounced executorship of this will.
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      BROME, THOMAS, St. Mary's Co. 4 Jan, 1761; 15 Jun, 1761
      To son John Hooper Broome, 3 tracts whereon Thomas Bromes of Calvert Co. now lives, one called Young's Alliant, another Hope Range, and the other, Hop At A Venture.
      To son Hooper Brome, all 3 tracts lying in Calvert Co., where John Evans and John Cullember now live.
      To son Thomas Brome, that tract whereon I now live.
      Son-in-law John Hooper, be discharged of money he owes me. To son-in-law Mathew Travers, a gold ring, having given him what I intended.
      To son Jno. Hodges Broome, 150 lbs. sterl., that George Maxwell owes me.
      To wife Dorcas Brome,
      Balance of estate equally between my 6 children: Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hooper and Nancy.
      Extx: Wife.
      Wit: George Boarman, Elizabeth Brown, N. T. Greenfield (or Nathaniel Truman Greenfield).
      The deceased's widow, Dorcas Brome, renounced the will. 31. 396

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