HERE LYES YE BODY OF EDWARD BROKETT GENT ELDEST SON OF JOHN BROKETT LATE OF WHETHAMSTEAD IN YE COVNTY OF HERTF ESQR & LATE HVSBAND OF MARY YE DAVGHTER OF HENRY TOOKE LATE OF BISHOPS HATFEILD IN YE COVNTY OF HERTF GENT & HAD ISSVE BY HER ONE SON & 4 DAVGHTERS VIZ JOHN MARY ELIZABETH FRANCES & ANNE HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 9TH DAY OF JANUARY ANNO DOMINI 1669 AGED 64 YEARS This supposedly is in the Brockett Chapel at St Helen's Wheathampstead, so there is a good chance my much humbler ancestors were among their servants! Anthony ________________________________________ From: eng-hertfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [eng-hertfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of elizabeth howard [elizgh@btinternet.com] Sent: 30 May 2010 17:25 To: eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [HRT] TOOKE of Wormley & Essendon. Hi, as its thrashing down with rain here in a truly Bank Holiday spirit , I checked the Alumni of Oxon and Cambridge and found in Cambridge, " Ralph Tooke , matric pens. from Christ`s , Easter , 1628, 3rd son of William of Essenden , Herts, Adm at the Inner Temple , Feb 10 , 1629-30 , called to the Bar 1637, Bencher, 1652, Brother of Walter ." For Walter " Walter Tooke , matric sizar , from Christ`s , Apl 1622 . 2nd s of William , of Essenden, Herts . BA 1624/5 , MA 1628 . Ord deacon Nov 1629, R of Essenden 1629-42 died 1642 . " Also " John Tooke, Adm Fell - com , aged 14, at Pembroke, Apl 27, 1633, s and h of Thomas , esq , of Wormley , Herts, b at Colney Hatch, Mddx , his mother`s home . Matric 1633 , perhaps BA 1635/6. Adm at Lincolns Inn Jan 24, 1637/8/ Of Wormley ,esq. married Elizabeth dau of Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt, knt, July 5, 1638 . Living 1655 . Perhaps brother of Thomas , 1639, ( Vis of Herts , 1634 ) " Ralph Tooke of Essenden left a will PCC dated Dec 1657 , and John Tooke of Wormley, PCC will dated 1634 , Walter Tooke of Hatfield , will dated 1609. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don McArthur" <donmac@netactive.co.za> To: <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 3:34 PM Subject: [HRT] TOOKE of Wormley & Essendon. >I have just looked through the Church records for Wormley & Essendon. > > > > Seeing as there seem to be quite a few of the TOOKE family 'of' these two > places the lack of BMDs for them is a little disappointing. > > > > Wormley, records only start in 1674, no TOOKE events noted. > > > > Essendon, records commence 1653. > > > > Ralph TOOKE was the minister till his death [bur 21 Nov 1657] I suspect > he > may have been son of George TOOKE by 1st wife Anne TUCK [+ 1642] George > m[2] > Margery CONINGSBY > > > > Ralph m 1656 Nth Mimms Blanche, dau of Thos CONINGSBY, of Nth Mimms > [sister > of Margery supra]. They baptised one son William in early Oct 1657, bur > 13 > Oct. > > > > Auditor TOOKE & his wife buried in a grave 20 Nov 1655. This has to be > James & Dorothy GRAY. > > > > John TOOKE, esq. & wife Elizabeth baptised the following. She was dau > Thos > DACRES, of Cheshunt m Cheshunt 1638, John was the son of Thomas + c 1670 > by > Judith TROTT. > > > > Elizabeth 1653 > > John 1657. > > > > They had also baptised Ralph & Martha in Cheshunt in 1641 & 44 > respectively. > No doubt there are missing kids. > > > > I have scanned the registers till early 18th C with nothing further found. > > > > Regards, > > > > Don McArthur. > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Hertfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message