Peter Brooke

Disputed Origins

https://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/brooke.html

Richard Brooke, 2nd son, (1640-1715) + Margaret, daughter and heiress of Robert Charnock, Esq. of Charnock, Lancashire, leading to the Brookes of Astley Hall near Chorley in Lancashire.

• 3. Peter Brooke (1673-1721) died without issue.
• Thomas Brooke (1684-1734) + Margaret Wharton (1645-1744)

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Peter Brooke, Esq, was a successful London merchant who came to the New World before his daughter, Lucia Lucy Campbell Brooke and Major John Eyres Hodnett to set up his mercantile business and build his plantation near Jamestown, VA. He was the son of the wealthy Richard Of Astley Brooke, of Astley Hall and Margaret Wharton Brooke, but being the younger son, he didn't inherit Astley Hall ref [1]-. He made his fortune in London, Ireland, and the Virginia Colonies. His wife didn't join him in the New World until 1748.

He was the grandson of Robert Charnock and Sir Peter Brooke (c. 1602 – 1685), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1656.

Brooke was the younger son of Thomas Brooke of Norton by Eleanor Gerard, his third wife.[1]

In 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament for Newton in the Long Parliament. In 1656 he was elected MP for Cheshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]

Brooke, then of Mere Hall, Cheshire which he bought in 1652, was knighted on 24 July 1660.[3] He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1669.[1]

He married three times: firstly, Alice, the daughter, and heiress of Richard Hulse of Kenilworth, Warwickshire with whom he had two sons; secondly Frances, the daughter of Nicholas Trot of Quickshot, Hertfordshire and the widow of William Merbury of Merbury; and thirdly Mabell, the daughter of William Farrington of Werden and the widow of Richard Clayton of Crooke. He was succeeded by his elder son, Thomas. His younger son Richard married Margaret Charnock, heiress of Astley Hall, Chorley.

Biography

Peter Brooke was born on July 2, 1673, in Astley Hall, Lancashire, England, England, United Kingdom and was baptized on July 22, 1674, in Chorley, Lancashire, England. His parents were Richard Of Astley Brooke, of Astley Hall and Margaret Wharton Brooke.

Peter married Catherine Campbell on June 8, 1739, in St John's Parish, County Limerick, Ireland.

Peter married Katherine Brooke on June 8, 1739, in St John's Parish, County Limerick, Ireland. Together they had the following children: Catherine Brooke; Lucia Lucy Campbell Brooke.

He died on March 29, 1721, in Albermarle, Virginia, United States.

• Record of Birth proving lineage. Birth Record -[https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000168162586920]
• ref [1]- Astley Hall [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Astey+Hall+Lancashire%2c+Engla...]
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 13 2020, 1:20:36 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 23 2020, 4:50:38 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 15 2021, 18:02:38 UTC