Eleanor Helena HATTON b. 4 Mar 1635 London, Middlesex, England d. 21 Feb 1725 St Leonards Creek, Calvert, Maryland: Our Family History

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Name	Eleanor Helena HATTON
Birth	4 Mar 1635	London, Middlesex, England
Christening	6 Sep 1640	Lymm, Cheshire, England [1]
Gender	Female
Immigration	1649	Maryland, British Colonial America [1]
Immigration	Arrived in Maryland with her widowed mother and family.
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Death	21 Feb 1725	St Leonards Creek, Calvert, Maryland
Person ID	I30033	Carney Wehofer July 2025
Last Modified	15 Dec 2022

Father	Lieutenant Richard Eaton HATTON, b. 25 Aug 1605, Westminister, London, Middlesex, England d. Aft 12 Apr 1645, Saint Mary's County, Maryland Colony; or Middlesex, England (Age 39 years)
Mother	Lady Margaret Priscilla Domville BANKS, b. 1607, Lymm, Cheshire, England; or Lambourne Woodlands, Berkshire Parish, Wiltshire, England d. 29 Aug 1657, Charles County; or Saint Mary's City, Saint Mary's County; Maryland Colony (Age 50 years)
Marriage	2 Nov 1627	London, Middlesex, England
Family ID	F14101	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thomas BROOKE, b. 23 Jun 1632, Battel, Sussex, England d. Bef 29 Dec 1676, Calvert, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age 44 years)

Marriage 1660 Calvert County, Maryland

Children

	1. Gov. Col. Thomas BROOKE, b. 2 Jan 1660, Nottingham, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colony d. 7 Jan 1730, Brookefield, Prince George's, Maryland (Age 70 years)
	2. John Smith BROOKE, b. Dec 1660, St. Leonards Creek, Calvert, Maryland d. 1717, St Leonards Creek, Calvert, Maryland (Age ~ 56 years)
	3. Grace BROOKE, b. 1662, Calvert County, Maryland d. 30 Oct 1725, Calvert County, Maryland (Age 63 years)
	4. Robert BROOKE, b. 24 Oct 1663, Newtown Maryland d. 18 Jul 1714, Brook Place Manor, Calvert, Maryland (Age 50 years)
	5. Mary de Haywood BROOKE, b. Abt 1666, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Feb 1742, Carrollton, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age ~ 76 years)
	6. Ignatius BROOKE, b. 1670, Calvert County, Maryland d. 10 Mar 1751, Maryland (Age 81 years)
	7. Eleanor BROOKE, b. 1671, Prince George's County, Maryland d. 1740, Charles County, Maryland (Age 69 years)
	8. Matthew BROOKE, b. 1672, Maryland d. 1705, Mississippi (Age 33 years)
	9. Mary BROOKE, b. 1674, Old Worcestershire, England d. 1721, England (Age 47 years)
	10. Clement BROOKE, b. 1676, Prince George's County, Maryland d. 30 Jun 1737, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 61 years)
	11. Thomas BROOKE, b. 1683, Brookfield, Prince George's, Maryland d. 28 Dec 1744, Brookfield, Prince George's, Maryland (Age 61 years)

Family ID F14100 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Dec 2022

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Notes

The following Life Sketch appears to have been written by SharonRichards66 with edits by others. It clearly states Eleanor's will but another member thinks it's a hoax and is trying to "prove" that Darnall's children were not by Eleanor, that she had no children after Brooke's death. I'm adding an abstract of the will here at the top in hopes that it can't be ignored.

Eleanor's will was written 31 Mar 1724, probated 21 Feb 1725. (Abstracted from "Maryland Calendar of Wills" page 223.

Children:

Thomas Brooks
Clement Brooks
Mary Witham
Eleanor Diggs
Mary Carroll
Ann Hill
Henry Darnall

This proves four of her Darnall children. Son Philip and daughter Eleanor are not mentioned because of his early deaths.

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In 1658 Brooke married as his second wife Eleanor Hatton (1640– 1725). She was born in Lymm, Cheshire in 1640, and immigrated to Maryland in 1649 with her widowed mother and family. Eleanor's uncle Hon. Thomas Hatton (d. 1654), had been Secretary of the Province.

After the death of Thomas Brooke (1632– 1676), the widowed Eleanor, then only 36, married Col. Henry Darnall (1645– 1711) of "Woodyard" and "Darnall's Delight". Her son Thomas Brooke, Jr. (1660– 1730) became the stepson of Col. Darnall and the half brother of Henry Darnall II, Esq. (d. 1737). Eleanor Brooke Darnall died on February 21, 1725 at "Portland Manor", Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.

Eleanor was the daughter of Richard Hatton, Sr. (1605– 1648) and Margaret (ca. 1610), who married secondly, Capt. Richard Banks, Sr. (ca. 1612-1667). Richard Hatton was born Frodsham, Cheshire.

Elinor was the niece of Thomas Hatton the Secretary of Maryland, who was slain at the battle of the Severn in 1655, and daughter of Richard and Margaret Hatton. She emigrated to St. Mary's County in 1649 with her widowed mother Margaret and brothers William and Richard and sisters Mary, Elizabeth and Barbara.

When she was about twelve in 1654, Luke Gardiner was charged with enticing her to his house "to train her up in the Roman Catholic religion", which was deemed "a great affront to the government, and of very dangerous and destructive consequences in relations to the peace and welfare of the province." Elinor did later convert to Catholicism, and Gardiner married her sister, Elizabeth. Three of Elinor's son's became Jesuit Priests; Robert, Ignatius and Matthew.

Elinor married first, Thomas Brooke, son of Robert Brooke and his first wife Mary Baker in 1660. She married second, Henry Darnall.

Elinor's will was dated March 31, 1724 and probated February 21, 1725. Her bequests to her children were unequal, and some of her children were omitted from her will, possibly indicating favoritism or the possibility of previous gifts. She bequeathed £10 each to her son Thomas Brooke and her daughter Mary Witham. Her daughter Elinor Diggs received £100 and Elinor's sons Henry and Philip Darnall Diggs received £50, being the debt due them from their father (Elinor's son-in-law) William Diggs. Her son Clement's debt of £460 due to John Hyde & Co., merchants of London, was to be paid before dividing the estate. She gave £25 to Rev. George Thorold (1670-1742), who had been the Catholic priest at St. Francis Xavier in Newton, St. Mary's Co. from 1723. She also gave £10 to the poor. The residue of her estate was to be divided between Edward Diggs, and her step-children Mary Carroll, Ann Hill, and Henry Darnall. Henry was named executor.

Children by Thomas Brooke;

1. Colonel Thomas Brooke, b. ca. 1659; d. 7 Jan. 1730/1 in Prince George's Co. ; m(1) Ann _____; m(2) Barbara Dent.

2. Robert Brooke, b. 24 Oct. 1663; d. 18 July 1714 at Newtown, Charles Co.; educated at a Catholic school established in Maryland in 1677; became a Jesuit priest at Watten in 1684, the first Maryland-born man to become a priest. He settled at St. Ignatius Church in Port Tobacco, Md.

3. Ignatius Brooke, b. 1670; d. 1751; a Jesuit priest, entering the Society of Jesus in 1697.

4. Matthew Brooke, b. 1672; d. 1703 or 1762; a Jesuit priest, entering the Society of Jesus in 1699.

5. Clement Brooke, b. 1676; d. 1737; m. Jane Sewall. Jane's step-father was Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore.

6. Elinor Brooke, m (1) Philip Darnall (1671-1705) her step-brother, son of Henry Darnall by his first wife; m (2) William Diggs.

7. Mary Brooke, m(1) James Bowling (1636-1693) of St. Mary's Co.; m(2) Benjamin Hall (1667-1721) of Prince George's Co., son of Richard Hall. Benjamin was raised a Quaker, became a nominal Anglican when he served in the Md. legis., then converted to Roman Catholicism; m(3) Henry Witham.

Children by Henry Darnall:

1. Mary Darnall, b. 1678; d. 1742; m. 14 Feb. 1693 Charles Carroll (1660-1720), as his second wife.

2. Ann Darnall, b. 1680; d. 1749; m. 1696 Clement Hill.

3. Henry Darnall, b. 1682; d. 1759; m. Ann Diggs.

-Found at find a Grave -

Sources

[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Eleanor Helena HATTON, person ID KGZ3-G65. (Reliability: 3).