Thomas Brooke Sr.

(1632 – 1676) was a colonial lawyer, planter and politician of Calvert County, Maryland, where he served in the appointed positions of Burgess, High Sheriff and Chief Justice.

Thomas Brooke was born in Battle, Sussex, England on June 23, 1632, the son of Gov.

Maj. Thomas Brooke resided at his plantation called "Brookefield", which he laid out on April 16, 1664.

"Brookefield" was located in the woods on the west side of the Patuxent River, bounded on the north by Brooke or Mattaponi Creek, on the east by the Patuxent River, on the south by Deep or Spicer's Creek and extending west to a line marked by a stone on which were cut the letters T. B., the initials of the grantee.

A few years later Major Brooke conveyed back to the Lord Proprietor a certain number of acres on the bank of the Patuxent, intended for the site of a town, which, when laid out, was called "Nottingham Towne", in honor of the Duke of Nottingham.

She was born in London, England on April 3, 1642, the daughter of Richard Hatton Sr., (1605-1648), and Margaret (ca.

Eleanor Hatton Brooke Darnall died on February 21, 1725, at "Portland Manor" in Anne Arundel County.