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John Brooking = Marger(ie)(y) 1
John Brooking:
Died 17162
TWH notes that John Brooking was wealthy and lived in Kingsbridge
Marger(ie)(y) :
Alias Marger(ie)(y) Brooking
Elizabeth Brooking = James Hingston > Family
Married September 17302
Elizabeth Brooking:
Alias Elizabeth Hingston (1730)
Born 23 March 1703, Kingsbridge, Devon3
Died 19 December 1746
Buried 23 December 1746, Kingsbridge
James Hingston:
Died 23 October 1756, Holbeton
Buried 27 October 1756, Quaker burial ground Kingsbridge4
Occupation: Mercer and Lord of the manor of Holbeton5
James may have been the son of the James sennex (senior) who was buried at Holbeton 20 Jan 1713. Allen & Dymond show him as the son of James b 1652, but the evidence for this is unknown and no mother or siblings are shown. No record of his birth has been traced. For a discussion of James and his background see this page.
For details of James' first marriage, to Ann Rowe, and their children see this page
note
A Quaker family.
1: Both spellings are found in contemporary docum
3: Birth, marriage and death records are included in the Kingsbridge Quaker quarterly meeting registers
4: From Quaker meeting records - TWH and others
5: Described as mercer and bequeathed lordship of the manor in his will
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