Brooke (Nos. 1 and 2.) family genealogy

See pp. 70-72, ante.

In our researches since this genealogy was printed in those pages, we find the pedigree of the Brookes of Leytown (or Leighton), in Leicestershire, England, entered in p. 51 of the Visitation of Cheshire, A.D. 1580, thus:

Thomas Brooke, of Leighton, had issue:

  1. John Brooke, of Leighton, 1566.
  2. Richard Brooke, of Norton. (See Richard Milés, of Rhodes, who is No. 5 on the “Brooke” No. 1 pedigree.)
  3. Andrew Brooke of Kirkby, third son, who had issue:
    1. Basill of Lubenham (? Davenham).

As the Navan Brookes have always borne the Arms of Brooke, of Leighton, and not those of the Madely family, it is probable that Basill of Lubenham settled in Ireland, and was their ancestor. This is rendered more probable from the fact that Sir Basill Brooke married Elizabeth Leicester, of Tofts, of a good old Cheshire family. (See Sir Basill Brooke, No. 3 on the “Brooke,” No. 2 pedigree).

According to our latest researches, this family genealogy would now read, as follows:

1. Sir Thomas Brooke, of Leighton.

2. Andrew Brooke, of Kirkby: his third son, who had:

3. Sir Basill Brooke (d. in Ireland in 1633), knighted in Ireland in 1616; married, first Elizabeth Leicester, of Toft, Cheshire, England; and, secondly, Ethelred, dau. of Sir Edmund Brudenell, who d. in 1584, or 1594.

4. Sir John Brooke (Will proved in 1633), had a brother Henry, who is said to have been the ancestor of Sir Victor Brooke, Bart.; but their parentage is not mentioned.

5. Henry Brooke: son of Sir John; had sisters, the second of whom was Elizabeth.

6. Rev. John Brooke, Rector of Moynally, alive in 1641, mar. — Sheridan; had a brother, Sir William Brooke, who mar. Penelope, dau. of Sir Moses Hill (see the “Hill,” No. 1 pedigree, ante); this Penelope mar., secondly, Edward Russell, who died in 1665. The parentage of Rev. John Brooke and Sir William Brooke, here mentioned, is not given in the pedigree from which we are now quoting.

7. William Brooke: son of Rev. John Brooke, Rector of Moynally (living in 1641); bought Dromevana, in 1685, from the Saunderson family.

From this William down to Rev. James Mark Saurin Brooke, living in 1887, and (see p. 72 ante) who is No 11 on the “Brooke” (No 2) pedigree, the regular descent is as therein recorded.

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