Samuel Holbrook, born in Wellfleet, Mass. March 15, 1776, son of Naaman Holbrook and Mary Conant, married on 11 November, 1797, Ruth Swett, daughter of Shebna Swett of Wellfleet, Mass. and Dorothy Collins of Eastham, Mass. Ruth was born in Eastham on 26 July 1774. Samuel died of a fever aboard the Brig Alert in Boston Harbor 10 April 1819. Ruth was married again in Hampden on 5 Feb 1828 to Eben Crosby, who died there on 15 Nov 1838. Ruth died in Hampden 18 Feb 1850.
Samuel and Ruth Swett Holbrook had the following children:
1. Betsey Holbrook, b. in Hampden, Maine 14 Oct 1799.
m. Cephas Turner (b. Waldoboro, Maine; d. 1865 Hampden).
She died in Hampden 9 Aug 1833.
They had:
1.1 Cephas Turner, Jr.
1.2 Lucy E. Turner, b. 1821; m. George A. Rice
and had: 1.1.1 Sara A. Rice (b. 1851); 1.1.2 Frederick R. Rice (b. 1859/60)
1.3 Betsey Turner, b. 1823 (unm.)
1.4 Sarah G. Turner, b. 1824; m. Henry Norwood
and had: 1.3.1 Howard E. Norwood (b. 1846); 1.3.2 Charles Naman Norwood (b. 1847)
1.5 Caroline H[olbrook] Turner, b. 1830; d. 1869 (unm.)
1.6 Ruth C[rosby] Turner, d. 13 Nov 1878 (consumption)
2. Emily Holbrook, I, b. in Hampden, Maine 21 Feb 1801.
d. in Hampden 17 Sep 1802.
3. Emily Holbrook, II, b. in Hampden, Maine 11 Oct 1802.
d. in Hampden 12 Oct 1802.
4. Naaman Holbrook, b. in Hampden, Maine 25 May 1804.
Marriage intentions were entered in Hampden on 7 Aug 1840 with
Almira B. Sabine of Frankfort, Maine.
(Had a daughter 4.1 Arilla Holbrook, who m. a Mr. Williams)
d. in Bedford, Mass. 13 Nov 1865.
5. Caroline Dillingham Holbrook, b. in Hampden, Maine 3 Oct 1807.
m. Otis Briggs, Jr.
She died in Hampden 20 Nov 1834.
6. Samuel Cobb Holbrook, b. in Hampden, Maine 26 Sep 1811.
d. in Liverpool, England 2 Aug 1877.
He may have been the husband of Eliza Eden Parker, dau. of Nathaniel Parker
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