s/o Thomas Rees Brooke and Anna Grant
Father of Gen. John Rutter Brooke. ~
Death record states burial at Pottstown cemetery but is actually at Edgewood. Confirmed by his gravestone photo by Mike O.
He descends from John Brooke who came to America in 1692, granted 1500 acres of land by William Penn. Two sons of John were Matthew and James Brooke. Son Matthew had a son Matthew who had a son Thomas Rees Brooke, father of this memorial.
Maj William Brooke served in a Reading unit during the second war with England, 1812. He owned several farms and lived a quiet life. He married Martha Rutter and their children were the Gen John R Brooke and Mary Catharine who married William Hopkins and Caroline who married Samuel Campbell
Father of Gen. John Rutter Brooke. ~
Death record states burial at Pottstown cemetery but is actually at Edgewood. Confirmed by his gravestone photo by Mike O.
He descends from John Brooke who came to America in 1692, granted 1500 acres of land by William Penn. Two sons of John were Matthew and James Brooke. Son Matthew had a son Matthew who had a son Thomas Rees Brooke, father of this memorial.
Maj William Brooke served in a Reading unit during the second war with England, 1812. He owned several farms and lived a quiet life. He married Martha Rutter and their children were the Gen John R Brooke and Mary Catharine who married William Hopkins and Caroline who married Samuel Campbell
s/o Thomas Rees Brooke and Anna Grant
Father of Gen. John Rutter Brooke. ~
Death record states burial at Pottstown cemetery but is actually at Edgewood. Confirmed by his gravestone photo by Mike O.
He descends from John Brooke who came to America in 1692, granted 1500 acres of land by William Penn. Two sons of John were Matthew and James Brooke. Son Matthew had a son Matthew who had a son Thomas Rees Brooke, father of this memorial.
Maj William Brooke served in a Reading unit during the second war with England, 1812. He owned several farms and lived a quiet life. He married Martha Rutter and their children were the Gen John R Brooke and Mary Catharine who married William Hopkins and Caroline who married Samuel Campbell
Father of Gen. John Rutter Brooke. ~
Death record states burial at Pottstown cemetery but is actually at Edgewood. Confirmed by his gravestone photo by Mike O.
He descends from John Brooke who came to America in 1692, granted 1500 acres of land by William Penn. Two sons of John were Matthew and James Brooke. Son Matthew had a son Matthew who had a son Thomas Rees Brooke, father of this memorial.
Maj William Brooke served in a Reading unit during the second war with England, 1812. He owned several farms and lived a quiet life. He married Martha Rutter and their children were the Gen John R Brooke and Mary Catharine who married William Hopkins and Caroline who married Samuel Campbell
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