Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Leonard Oswald Brooke
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Name Leonard Oswald Brooke Birth Prince George's County, Maryland Gender Male Person ID I56151 Tree1 Last Modified 5 Apr 2024
Father Oswald Brooke, b. Abt 1763, Charles County, Maryland d. 21 Oct 1800, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate (Age ~ 37 years) Relationship natural Mother Rachel Hoxton, b. Abt 1767 d. Aft 1810, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age ~ 44 years) Relationship natural Marriage Abt 1783 Prince George's County, Maryland Family ID F14010 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Prince George's County MD Will Book Liber T No. #1; 1797-1803;
Folio 443 OSWALD BROOKE, physician I 1/20/ 799 10/21/1800
"being Sick in. body ..."
Bequeaths to:
1. Walter Baker Brooke --son
Leonard Oswald Brooke --son
-to have the remainder of testator's lands of '`Black Walnut Thicket" and "Content" to be divided equally between them
-Leonard to have Negro girl -Bridget" and Walter to have Negro girl " Elizabeth" both being children of "Peg"
2. Rachel Hatton {mm: Hoxton} Brooke --daughter
Jane Eloisa Brooke --daughter
-remainder of the personal estate to be divided between them and also to have the right "of abode and dwelling in the respective dwelling houses of my two Sons' lor their single lives
3. Walter Brooke --brother
-should all of testator' children die before coming of age. then to have the entire estate
4. Rachel Brooke --wife
-named executrix of the will and instructed to sell testator's land on which Ccorge Walls now lives for the payment of testator's debts.
Witnesses; Baker Brooke
Walter T. Greenfield
Eleanor Brooke (mark)
Then came: Walter Trueman Greenfield
Note; the testator signed the will in his own hand
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Prince George's County MD Will Book Liber TT; 1808-1812;
Folio 30 RACHEL BROOKE 04/19/1810 08/03/1810
"being sick ..."
Bequeaths to:
1. Stanislaus Hoxton --uncle
-to have Negro "Jack" --"Cicly's" son -named executor of the will
2. Mary H. Hoxton --aunt
-to have Negro woman "Nancy"
-to have all the testatrix's wearing apparel
3. Rachel Brooke --mother
-to have Negroes "Chrissy" --"Cicly's" daughter and "Pllaf"—
"Joe's" son
4. Roman Catholic Church
-to have the sum of $80.00
5. Sarah Middleton
Elizabeth Tolson
-each to have a mounting locket of the value of $ 10.00
6. Walter Baker Brooke --brother
Leonard Oswald Brooke --brother
-remainder of the estate to be sold and the money arising from the sale
be applied to the defraying of the education of them
Witnesses: James Somervill
Patrick Dent
Then came: James Somervill
Note: the testatrix signed the will with her mark
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