James BROOKE, COLONEL US. REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Birth:
21 Feb 1705
Brooke Place, Calvert, Maryland
Death:
11 Mar 1784
Charley Forest, Brookville, Montgomery, Maryland
Burial:
Abt Mar 1784
Marriage:
21 Jun 1725
Notes:
                   Called James Brooke, the Elder.  A Colonal in the Revolutionary War(find unit). Also married JAN 1725.  Also married 21 JUN 1725. FromChronicles of Sandy Spring Friend's Meeting and Environs,  The firstpermanent settlers of Sandy Spring, Montgomery, Maryland.  Called theyoungest or the Ironmaster.
Moved from their plantation, Birmingham Manor, which lay at the GreatForks of the Patuxent River near present-day Laurel. James andDebeorah had made the journey on horseback. They arrived at their newhome called Charley Forest, situated on an 889 acre tract of land ofthe same name, Brooke had recently purchased. Called the first of thefamily seated at Brooke Grove.
Their home, a log house framed (Maryland's earliest style ofarchitecture after the wigwam), stood until 1913, a short distance offBrooke Road, a quarter mile north of the present Sandy Spring postoffice.
Deborah SNOWDEN
Birth:
1710
Birmingham, Maryland
Death:
29 Apr 1758
Burial:
Abt Apr 1758
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
James BROOKE
Birth:
26 Feb 1730
Charley Forest, Prince George, Maryland
Death:
21 Aug 1767
Hannah JANNEY 
Marr:
30 Oct 1759
Fairfax Meeting, Loudoun, Virg 
Notes:
                   Also born 1731. A devout Christian and is said to have been the first
Gentleman in Maryland to free his slaves, liberating twenty-two, anaction
which, it is stated, greatly displeased his father, who was a largeowner of
slaves. Like his father, he married a Quakeress, a daughter ofVirginia.
2
Roger BROOKE
Birth:
9 Aug 1734
Prince George, Maryland
Death:
7 Sep 1790
Mary MATTHEWS 
Marr:
1758
 
Notes:
                   Listed as a  DAR Patriot. The land around Brookville was left toJames' son Roger which included Longwood. He ( Roger IV ) diedwithout a Will. He was also recoredd as being born of Prince GeorgeCounty, Maryland.
Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Also; Both films have the same data entered with the exception ofbirth place,
as noted above, being different slightly (JFN,1997).
LDS Film Batch Number: 8531604, Sheet 47, Source: 1396129.
LDS Film Batch Number: F517175, Sheet 09, Source: 1553763.
Also duplicated by;
Baptised: 12 AUG 1989, Provo Temple.
Endowed: 02 MAY 1990, Provo Temple.
LDS Film Batch Number: F509167, Sheet 08, Source Number: 1553460.
3
Richard BROOKE
Birth:
8 Jul 1736
Charley Forest, Maryland
Death:
2 May 1788
4
Basil BROOKE
Birth:
13 Dec 1738
Charley Forest, Maryland
Death:
22 Aug 1794
Elizabeth HOPKINS 
Marr:
1 May 1764
 
Notes:
                   Died in the same month, year as his wife.
5
Elizabeth BROOKE
Birth:
22 Mar 1740/41
Charley Forest, Maryland
Death:
1788
Thomas PLEASANTS 
Marr:
2 Jun 1761
Sandy Spring, Montgomery, Mary 
6
Thomas BROOKE
Birth:
8 Mar 1743/44
Charley Forest, Maryland
Death:
11 Jun 1789
 
Marr:
 
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James Brooke, Colonel Us. Revolutionary War - Deborah Snowden

James Brooke, Colonel Us. Revolutionary War was born at Brooke Place, Calvert, Maryland 21 Feb 1705. His parents were Roger Brooke and Eliza Hutchins.

He married Deborah Snowden 21 Jun 1725 . Deborah Snowden was born at Birmingham, Maryland 1710 .

They were the parents of 6 children:
James Brooke born 26 Feb 1730.
Roger Brooke born 9 Aug 1734.
Richard Brooke born 8 Jul 1736.
Basil Brooke born 13 Dec 1738.
Elizabeth Brooke born 22 Mar 1740/41.
Thomas Brooke born 8 Mar 1743/44.

James Brooke, Colonel Us. Revolutionary War died 11 Mar 1784 at Charley Forest, Brookville, Montgomery, Maryland .

Deborah Snowden died 29 Apr 1758 .