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Richard Ibrook
- Preferred Name: Richard Ibrook[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
- Gender: M
- Burial: 1651 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States at LATI: N2.2418 LONG: E70.8899 with note: Find A Grave Memorial# 36901984, burial unknown
Present place.
- FSID: LKQ3-PPT
- Birth: ABT 1580 in Southwold, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.3247 LONG: E0.6798 with note: There is no known specific birth/bapt.
- Death: 14 NOV 1651 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.2418 LONG: E70.8899 with note: Plymouth County not created until 1685
- Notes:
Std. Not the USA until 1776. Plymouth not a part of MA until 1691
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
NB Richard Ibrook married Margaret Gentleman, not Margaret Clark. Citation is in the "Collaborate" tab.
Richard Ibrook, for tempting two or more maids to uncleanneſs, was fined 5l. to the country, and 20ſ. a piece to the two maids.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16419/16419-h/16419-h.htm
The following (taken from a Boſton paper of laſt week) is a collection of a few of the many curious puniſhments, inflicted for a variety of offences, among the old records of this Commonwealth.
Between 1630 and 1650.
Was Bailiff Of Southwold 1614, 1624, & 1635. Came To N.E. In 1635, bailiff, Immigrated 1635
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Richard Ibrook married by 1607, Margaret ?. She died at Hingham on 4 April1664 and was buried there on 5 April 1664. John Brandon and Leslie Mahler have noted that, on or about 29 Nov. 1664, Jeremia
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Richard, whose name appears among the settlers of Hing. in 1635, had the same yr. a grant of land containing four acres on Broad Cover (Lincoln) St., which adjoined the lots granted to John Plamer, Wi
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Richard Ibrook
BIRTH 1583
England
DEATH 14 Nov 1651 (aged 67–68)
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL Unknown
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=== Richard Ibrook Married Margaret Gentleman, Not Margaret Clark. ===
New scholarly research (2021) has been published clarifying that Robert Ibrook married Margaret Gentleman:
Mahler, Leslie and Robert Battle. "Three Great-Migration Gentlewomen: Sisters Margaret (Gentleman) Ibrook, Susan (Gentleman) (Hunter) Hollingsworth, and Joan (Gentleman) (Herrington) Youngs of Southwold, Suffolk, and Massachusetts." in The American Genealogist, volume 91 number 4 (July/October 2020, published December 2021): pages 250-260.
Please make note of it.
Thank you.
=== not good guy ===
rn by about 1583 (based on estimated date of marriage).
On 5 March 1638/9, "Rich[a]rd Ibrooke, for tempting 2 or more maids to uncleanness, was fined £5 to the country, & 20s. apiece to the 2 maids, Rebecca Phippen & Mary Marsh"
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Richard was bailiff of Southwold in 161 ===
Richard was bailiff of Southwold in 1614, 1624, and 1635.
Richard, whose name appears among the settlers of Hing. in 1635, had the same yr. a grant of land containing four acres on Broad Cove (Lincoln) St., which adjoined the lots granted to John Plamer, William Cockerum, or Cockram, and Rev. Peter Hobart.
Richard was granted an Island in the Harbor in 1647.
Richard came to New England in 1635 and settled at Hingham.
RICHARD IBROOK
ORIGIN: Southwold, Suffolk
MIGRATION: 1635
FIRST RESIDENCE: Hingham
ESTATE: "The several parcels of land and meadow legally given unto Mr. Richard Ibrooke by the town of Hingham": "for a houselot four acres," 1635; "for a planting lot six acres of land at Nantascott," 1635; "four acres of meadow at Nantascott," 1635; "for a great lot fourteen acres of land lying on the great plain in the first furlong to the eastward from the center," 1637; "four acres of salt marsh at Conyehassett, it is the tenth lot in the first division ... which said four acres of meadow is given in satisfaction for four acres given him at Nantascott," 1647; and "a small island called by the name of Mr. Ibrook's Island, it is the first island northward as you come from Nantascott lying to the west of the old planters' hill and to the east of Crow Point" [ HiBOP 28].
BIRTH: By about 1583 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Hingham [14] November 1651 [ NEHGR 121:24].
MARRIAGE: By 1608 Margaret _____. She died at Hingham 4 April 1664 and was buried there 5 April 1664 [ NEHGR 121:116].
CHILDREN:
i ELIZABETH, bp. Southwold, Suffolk, 31 August 1608 [ TAG 12:132]; m. Covehithe, Suffolk, 12 October 1628 Rev. Peter Hobart [ TAG 67:28], son of EDMUND HOBART {1633, Charlestown} [ GMB 2:959].
ii CHRISTIAN, b. about 1611 (aged 26 in 1637 [ Hotten 295]); m. by about 1633 WILLIAM COCKERUM {1635, Hingham} [ TAG 12:132-34; GM 2:2:114-17].
iii ELLEN, b. say 1617; m. Cambridge [blank] March 1637/8 Joshua Hobart [ NEHGR 2:252, 121:10], son of EDMUND HOBART {1633, Charlestown} [ GMB 2:959].
iv MARGARET, b. say 1619; m. Charlestown 13 February 1638/9 JOHN TOWER {1637, Hingham} [ NEHGR 121:11].
COMMENTS: On 5 March 1638/9, "Rich[a]rd Ibrooke, for tempting 2 or more maids to uncleanness, was fined £5 to the country, & 20s. apiece to the 2 maids, Rebecca Phippen & Mary Marsh" [ MBCR 1:247, 249].
=== New England Genealogical and Historical ===
New England Genealogical and Historical Registry Apr 1938 pg 192 Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers in New England by Savage pg 440
=== !http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/s ===
!http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/scituate/rr01/rr01_146.html - Rebecca HOBART b. ca. 1611 Hingham, Norfolk. Rebecca was bapt. in Hingham, Norfolk on 29 dec 1611. Rebecca d. 1679. Religion: admitted to Charlestonw church 1633. Rebecca was admitted to the church with her brother Joshua. Capt. Joshua HOBART b. ca. 1614 Hingham, Norfolk, bapt. 9 Oct 1614 Hingham, Norfolk, d. 28 Jul 1682 Hingham, MA, md. Mar 1637/8 Ellen IBROOK, d/o Richard IBROOK (ca 1583- 14 Nov 1651) & Margaret CLARK (1589-4 Apr 1664) in Cambridge, MA. born ca 1622 in ENG. Ellen was bapt. in Southwold, Suffolk 10 Nov 1622, d. 25 Jul 1700 Hingham, MA.
=== !SOURCE: History of the Town of Hingham, ===
!SOURCE: History of the Town of Hingham, Mass FHL book "Richard, whose name appears among the settlers of Hing. in 1635, had the same yr. a grant of land containing four acres on Broad Cove (Lincoln) St., which adjoined the lots granted to John Palmer, William Cockerum, and Rev. Peter Hobart." SOURCE:World Family Tree Vol 4 ped # 2085.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Richard Robert Ibrook, b. 1553 in Surrey, England d. 13 SEP 1612 in Surrey, England
Mother: Alice Oldfield, b. 1550 in Rowley, Yorkshire, England d. 9 AUG 1622 in Rowley, Yorkshire, England
Family 1: Margaret Elizabeth Clarke, b. 1589 in Wymondham, Co., Norfolk, England, United Kingdom d. 4 APR 1664 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA
- m. 1606 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Margaret Ibrook, b. 3 SEP 1620 in Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 15 MAY 1700 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Family 2: Margaret Gentlemen, b. ABT 1587 in Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 4 APR 1664 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
- Margaret Ibrook, b. 3 SEP 1620 in Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 15 MAY 1700 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Sources:
- Title: Richard Eybrooke in entry for Helen Eybrooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1622)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1PD-6ZP : 4 February 2023), Richard Eybrooke in entry for Helen Eybrooke, 1622.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1PD-6ZP;
- Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/3599/records/3455142;
- Title: The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-PioneersMA&h=244969&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
- Title: Book: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume 4 I-L (2005)
Author: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume 4 I-L (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 1-2.
Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158315-00108?pid=944&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DBci111%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DGreatMigration%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsln%3DIbrooke%26gsln_x%3D0%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D0i2%26pcat%3D40%26fh%3D17%26h%3D944%26recoff%3D5%26ml_rpos%3D18&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Bci111&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true;
- Title: Richard Ibrook, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-27SS : 24 May 2022), Richard Ibrook, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 36901984, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-27SS;
Note: Memorial WITHOUT a gravestone photo, & stating: "Burial Details Unknown".
- Title: Richard Eyebroke in entry for John Eyebroke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1607)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK41-M8N : 4 February 2023), Richard Eyebroke in entry for John Eyebroke, 1607.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK41-M8N;
Page: Evidence of name, gender and family relations.
- Title: Richard Eybrooke in entry for Helen Eybrooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRHY-BMV : 4 February 2023), Richard Eybrooke in entry for Helen Eybrooke, 1622.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRHY-BMV;
Page: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Title: Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
Author: Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1207; Document Reference: DR 360
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2416/records/153432649;
- Title: Richard Ibroke in entry for Elizabeth Ibroke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1608)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK4B-19S : 4 February 2023), Richard Ibroke in entry for Elizabeth Ibroke, 1608.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK4B-19S;
- Title: Property Record
Author: Source Information Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/25759734;
Page: Evidence of property deeded to Richard Eyebrooke (Ibrook)
- Title: The Kilpatrick family : ancestors and descendants of Marian Douglas Jones and Robert Jackson Kilpatrick
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/11766/records/242;
- Title: Richard Ibrooke in entry for Mathew Ibrooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1626)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYQZ-382 : 4 February 2023), Richard Ibrooke in entry for Mathew Ibrooke, 1626.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYQZ-382;
- Title: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Author: London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Aug/A/001/Ms08872/001
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1624/records/155294385;
- Title: Original manuscripts of Torrey's, New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Author: Family Search catalog link: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/290345?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMW-D3N1-B?i=11&cat=290345;
Note: Torrey's 1984 summary for Richard Ibrook & wife Margaret _____, married circa 1606. In 2021, new research confirmed Margaret as Gentleman, not Clark. See source attached.
- Title: Richard Ibrook in in the U.S. and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900
Author: Source Citation Place: Hingham, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 156 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=pili354&h=1054147&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=2496;
Note: FARMER, JOHN. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662; Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-I
Page: Record of Richard Ibrook giving giving evidence of immigration
- Title: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2129/records/554232;
- Title: Richard Krooke in entry for Ann Krooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1617)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB6P-7PF : 4 February 2023), Richard Krooke in entry for Ann Krooke, 1617.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB6P-7PF;
- Title: Bassett-Preston ancestors
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/15606/records/107;
- Title: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813
Author: Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Gdr/V1/241
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/4732/records/165671297;
- Title: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2496/records/944;
- Title: The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed
Publication: Name: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I44640;
- Title: Richard Krooke in entry for Ann Krooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1617)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1PD-6PV : 4 February 2023), Richard Krooke in entry for Ann Krooke, 1617.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1PD-6PV;
- Title: Richard Ibrooke in entry for Mathew Ibrooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1626)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRHY-P4F : 4 February 2023), Richard Ibrooke in entry for Mathew Ibrooke, 1626.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRHY-P4F;
- Title: Richard Eybrooke in entry for Thomas Eybrooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1615)
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK41-M92 : 4 February 2023), Richard Eybrooke in entry for Thomas Eybrooke, 1615.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK41-M92;
Page: Evidence of name, gender and family relations
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