Sally’s 8-great Grandparents:
“emigrated 1626”
Richard Holbrook ca 1617 – 1670 | his parents
& Agnes ? ca 1635 – | her parents
of Glastonbury, Somerset &
1626 Dorchester, MA & Huntington, LI
& 1658 Milford, Connecticut
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Richard Holbrook, the son of John Holbrook ca 1595 – ca 1644 and his wife Sarah, was born in Glastonberry, Somerset ca 1617 and emigrated with his parents and brothers William and Daniel in 1626.
He was first in Dorchester, MA where he was made a freeman in 1648.
He was one of the first settlers of Huntington, Long Island and in Milford, CT 1658 where he died in 1670.
Ref: Savage; Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630 –Vol 14; Holbrook and Allied Families by A. Roberts Lord, 1942; History of Weymouth and Banks 1930–139.
Known Children of Richard Holbrook and Agnes:
1. Mary Holbrook
married 8 Sept 1675 Ephraim Wheeler 1646 – 1685 Milford, CT
2. Patience Holbrook 19 Dec 1658 –
married June 1678 Joseph Wheeler bapt. 13 Mar 1656-7 – 1717 Newark, NJ
Grandchildren of Richard Holbrook and Agnes:
Children of Joseph Wheeler and Patience Holbrook:
1. Patience Wheeler 7 June 1679 –
married 1st Stephen Miles born 1674
married 2nd 1717 Newark, NJ Benjamin Bunnell (Burnet) 1679-1749
2. Anna Wheeler 20 Feb 1680/1- 21 July 1709 Newark, NJ
married Samuel Farrand 1680/1-1711/2
3. Joseph Wheeler 1 Dec 1683- 1727 Newark, NJ
married Sarah Crane 1683-1736
4. Justice Wheeler 1686 – lived Stamford, CT
married Elizabeth ______
5. Ephraim Wheeler c 1689
6. Obadiah Wheeler 1693 – 1770 Newtown, CT
married Joanna Wheeler 1696-1758
7. Keziah Wheeler bapt 21 May 1699
married John Beardslee