Mary Holbrook

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Mary (White) Holbrook (abt. 1672 - bef. 1739)

Mary Holbrook formerly White

Born about 1672 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Daughter of Thomas White VII and Mary (Pratt) White [uncertain]

Sister of Thomas White, Samuel White [half], Joseph White and Ebenezer White

Wife of Thomas Holbrook — married before 1693 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

[children unknown]

Died before 12 Jun 1739 in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary White was a daughter of Thomas White, and perhaps of Mary Pratt.[1]

Mary's birth date of around 1672 is estimated by her brother Samuel's birth date, of record as 19 September 1676,[2] the age of her brother Ebenezer, who was in his 87th year when he died in 1770,[3] and the birth date of her first son of record in 1692 or 1692/3.

Mary married Thomas Holbrook some time before 1692 or 1692/3.

Children of Thomas and Mary (White) Holbrook:

Thomas Holbrook b. 13 March 1692, m. Ruth Ford of Weymouth[4][5] Mary Holbrook, b. 20 October 1700, m. Seth Copeland[6][7] Hannah Holbrook, b. 20 November 1702, m. Nathaniel Belcher[8][9] Samuel Holbrook, b. 29 April 1711, d. September 1728[10][11] Susannah Holbrook, b. ?, d. 23 February 1712/13[12] Abigail Holbrook, b. 8 September 1715, d. bef. 16 October 1728[13] By her father Thomas White's will of 1706, Mary Holbrook received his 3-acre "young orchard", his great brass kettle and a cow.[14]

Thomas Holbrook of Braintree executed his last will on 16 October 1728, after their son Samuel died, witnessed by Joseph White, William Hunt and Benjamin Allen, making bequests and requests:[15]

to wife Marah (£33:6:9 due me from Seth Copeland, £13 due from Benjamin Dyer, improvements of one half of my estate, real and personal during her natural life) to son Thomas Holbrook (long gun, cane with the [Jovery?] head) to daughter Hannah Holbrook (£30 to make her equal with her sister) to grandson Seth Copeland (little gun that was his uncle's [likely Samuel's]) remainder after decease of my wife to be divided between my two daughters Marah Copeland and Hannah Holbrook wife Marah Holbrook to be sole executrix. I request & devise my beloved friends Joseph White of Weymouth, Esq. and William Hunt of Brantrey to be my overseers. Inventory of his estate was taken on 12 February 1728/9 by Thomas White, Benjamin Allen and Richard Thayer and sworn by Mary Holbrook, executrix.[16]

Letters of administration on the estate of Mary Holbrook, late of Braintree, widow, were granted to her son-in-law Nathaniel Belcher, cordwainer with sureties Samuel White, husbandman and Samuel Penniman, yeoman, all of Braintree on 12 June 1739.[17]

Sources

↑ See sources in her father's profile for discussion of her mother's identity, but note that Delorey and Smith's paper misidentifies Mary, the proband, supposing her to be the wife of John Holbrook, which is false. See his profile for citations which prove his third wife was Mary (Jacob) (Otis). ↑ Birth of Samuel White, s. Thomas and Mary, 19 September 1676. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1:345. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 21 October 2018), memorial page for Ebenezer White (unknown–19 Jul 1770), Find A Grave: Memorial #61963698, citing Elm Street Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jeff Zinsli (contributor 46827392). ↑ Birth of Thomas Holbrooke, son of Thomas and Mary, 13 March 1692. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 671. ↑ Marriage of Thomas Holbrook of Braintree and Ruth Ford of Weymouth. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (4 November 2017), Thomas Holbrook and Ruth Ford, 30 Jul 1719; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,093. ↑ Birth of Mary Holbrooke, daughter of Thomas and Mary, 20 October 1700. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 679. ↑ Marriage of Seth Copeland and Mary Holbrook, 12 December 1722. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 746. ↑ Birth of Hannah Holbrook, 20 November 1702. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 682. ↑ Marriage of Nathaniel Belcher and Hannah Holbrook, 18 November 1731. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 749. ↑ Birth of Samuel Holbrook, son of Thomas and Mary, 29 April 1711. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 692. ↑ Burial of Samuel Holbrook, s. Thomas, 21 September 1728. Braintree, MA: Vital and Church Records, 1638-1850; Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016; transcription by Waldo C. Sprague from the original records held at the Randolph Town Hall, donated from the estate of Mr. Sprague to NEHGS in 1962. ↑ Death of Susanna Holbrook, daughter of Thomas and Mary, 23 February 1712/13. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 723. ↑ Birth of Abigail Holbrook, daughter of Thomas and Mary, 8 September 1715. Records of the Town of Braintree, p. 699. ↑ Last will and testament, ex. 28 March 1706, pr. 16 May 1706. Estate of Thomas White, images 81-2. ↑ Last will and testament, 16 October 1728. Estate of Thomas Holbrook, images 1494-5. ↑ Inventory, 12 February 1728/9. Estate of Thomas Holbrook, image 1498. ↑ Letters of administration, 12 June 1739. Estate of Mary Holbrook, image 676. Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793. Randolph, Mass: D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. Estate of Mary Holbrook, 12 June 1739. Suffolk County Probate Case No. 7321; Massachusetts, Suffolk County, probate records. "Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 40 Case 7251 to Case 7450, 1 Jan 1636-31 Dec 1894," FamilySearch, Film # 103,207,930, images 674-6. Estate of Thomas Holbrook, 9 January 1728/9. Suffolk County Probate Case No. 5706; Massachusetts, Suffolk County, probate records. "Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 31 Case 5521 to Case 5720, 1 Jan 1636-31 Dec 1894," FamilySearch, Film # 103,095,342, images 1492-98. Estate of Thomas White, 16 May 1706. Suffolk County Probate Case No. 2972; Massachusetts, Suffolk County, probate records. "Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 18 Case 2961 to Case 3150, 1 Jan 1636-31 Dec 1894," FamilySearch, Film # 102,992,159, images 79-84. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass: Publ. by the New England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1910. '