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(2) Thomas Holbrook, born 1589 in England, died 10 March 1677 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; married 12 September 1616 in Glastonbury, Somerset Co., England, Jane Powyes, born in England, died 24 April 1677 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
Thomas and his wife Jane, their sons John, Thomas, Anne, and Elizabeth sailed from Weymouth, England, on or near 10 March 1635 with Rev. Joseph Hull's Company. He came from Broadway, Somersetshire, England, and came ashore at Corchester 7 June 1635, then to the place now called Weymouth, and built a house there, as he attested in court 2 Noember 1666. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony in May 1645. He was a selectman of Weymouth for five years from 1645 through 1654. Ten acres were granted to him in the First Division and thirty acres in the Second Division on 14 December 1663.
Thomas, in Weymouth 1643, may have come several years earlier at Weymouth (whence rem. the first sett. of Rehoboth in that yr.) and though he was one of the grantees of Rehoboth, for not going to reside there his share was forfeited in January 1645. All his children probably were brought from England. He was a freeman in 1643. He was living in Dorchester in 1652, and in Medfield in 1668.
His will dated 31 December 1668, with codicil 31 December 1673, and proved 24 April 1677 at Weymouth, names wife Jane, three sons, three married daughters, and grandchildren John, Peter and William Holbrook. A deposition made 7 November 1666 gives Thomas' age as 77 years.
Note: William seems not to have sailed with the rest of the family.


FindAGrave:
BIRTH: About 1589 (deposed 2 November 1666 aged seventy-seven). Came from Broadway, Somersetshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Marygould" & settled in Weymouth MA. (On 20 March 163[4/]5, "Thomas Holbrooke of Broudway," aged 34, "Jane Holbrooke his wife," aged 34, "John Holbrooke his son," aged 11, "Thomas Holbrooke his son," aged 10, "Anne Holbrooke his daughter," aged 5, and "Elizabeth his daughter," aged 1, were enrolled at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, as a passenger for New England on the Marygould).
Died between 31 December 1673 (date of codicil) and 10 March 1676/7 (date of inventory).
Married at St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, 12 September 1616 Jane Powys. She died between 31 December 1673 (when she was named in the codicil to her husband's will) and 24 April 1677 (when John Holbrook was named executor of his father's estate.
Rebecca Holbrook, sister of this immigrant, married CLEMENT WEAVER .
This immigrant had a brother John Holbrook, whose fate was unknown in 1625. The absurd claim has been made that this John Holbrook was already in New England in 1626, and was the father of every stray Holbrook male who later appeared in New England. There was no John Holbrook in Dorchester in 1635, and this entire proposed family did not exist.
At some point between 1620 and 1635 Thomas Holbrook and his family moved from Glastonbury to Broadway. This move may be connected to the migration of Rev. JOSEPH HULL to Broadway by 1633.
The usually accurate and reliable V.C. Sanborn mistakenly assigned this immigrant as a passenger on the Hopewell, but corrected himself within a year. Many later writers have unfortunately picked up the initial assertion but missed the correction.

Birth	1589	England
Marriage	12 Sep 1616	Glastonbury, Somerset, England - Jane Powyes
Death	Bef 24 Apr 1677	Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Spouse	Jane Powyes ( - )
Child	William Holbrook ( - 1699)