When Susannah Brooke was born about 1764, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Brooke III, was 50 and her mother, Mary Fauntleroy, was 34. She married James Comyn Vass on 12 October 1799, in Prince William, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 9 May 1816, at the age of 53, and was buried in Fredericksburg, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.
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"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
English: variant of Brook , which preserves a trace of the Old English dative singular case, originally used after a preposition (e.g. ‘at the brook’).
History: In 1650, Robert and Mary Mainwaring Brooke brought ten children and a number of servants with them from England to MD, where Robert became governor. Although the fourteen known contemporary Brooke immigrants in VA included Robert's brothers Richard and Humphrey, the relationships of the others are unknown. Brooke family memorials remain in the Anglican church at Whitchurch, Hampshire, England.
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