1663 John Holbrook and Elizabeth Hemenway were married on November 24 in Dorchester, Massachusettts. "John Holebrooke married Eliz. Hemenway the 24th of the (9 mo:) 1663." [1] "Holebbrook=Heminway.—John Holebrook,m.Elizab: Heminway, 24: 9 : 1663, by Capt. Clap." "John, son of John, b. 21 (7) 1664." [2]
1664 "John the Son of John Holebrook" was born on September 21 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. ["Born the 21st. of ye. (7th. mo.) 1664."] [3] "John, son of John, b. 21 (7) 1664." [4]
Research Notes:
"John [Holbrook], who became a prominent citizen of Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was a tanner by occupation and left an estate of four hundred and seventy eight pounds." [5]
1678 John Holbrook died on December 25, 1678 of smallpox. [6]
[1] Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 (Boston, Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1891), 21, [HathiTrust].
[2] "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass., 1648-1683," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16 (1862), 77-81, 152-158, at 152, [HathiTrust].
[3] Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 (Boston, Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1891), 9, [HathiTrust].
[4] "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass., 1648-1683," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16 (1862), 77-81, 152-158, at 152, [HathiTrust].
[5] A. Roberts Lord, Holbrook and Allied Families (New York: Thesis publishing Co, 1942), 11, [HathiTrust].
[6] A. Roberts Lord, Holbrook and Allied Families (New York: Thesis publishing Co, 1942), 11, [HathiTrust].