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HOLBROOK Family of Late C18th Iron Acton, Gloucestershire
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Distribution of the family
name in 1881.Name variations: HOLBROCH, HOLBROOKE
The name originates from OE 'hol' meaning hollow and 'broc' meaning brook. It was not an uncommon place name in local use, and can be found in historical text and maps in many English counties. Particularly for this family, Holbrook was a hamlet in the Chipping Sodbury district of Gloucestershire, and as a consequence many of that name can be found in nearby Iron Acton and Thornbury. Based on the infrequency of similar common names in the earliest C16th registers, it is thought that they had not been in the area for very long in a historical sense. The origins before that time are unknown.
Seeking ancestry of William HOLBROOKE & Hannah of Iron Acton (my 6xGGPs). Are they originally from Iron Acton or another area nearby? Baptism of William or his marriage pre 1750 not found there. Their known children include:
Arthur HOLBROOKE c. 13.5.1750
Betty HOLBROOKE c. 6.10.1751
Sarah HOLBROOKE c. 30.5. 1753
Hannah HOLBROOKE no date
Charles HOLBROOKE c. 25.12.1754
Sarah HOLBROOKE
& Hester HOLBROOKE c. 20.8.1761
Daughter Hester HOLBROOKE (my 5xGGM) had a daughter Harriet HOLBROOK (n. c1783 from MI; c. 23.5.1790 at Iron Acton, St James the Less; father unknown). Harriet HOLBROOKE married John MONKS, Mason/Stonecutter on 8.3.1807 at St James Bristol (my 4xGGPs).
Other possible connections:
1825 Will of Daniel HOLBROOK of Iron Acton, Glos., who names Harriet & Maria HOLBROOK as d/o James HOLBROOK, late deceased of Iron Acton, and his wife Tamar.
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