Thomas and his wife Jane, their sons John, Thomas, Anne, and Elizabeth sailed from Weymouth, Eng., on or near 10 March 1635 with Rev. Joseph Hull's Company. He came from Broadway, Somersetshire, England, and came ashore at Corchester 7 June 1635, then to the place now called Weymouth, built a house there, as he attested in court 2 November 1666. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony May 1645. He was a selectman of Weymouth for five years from 1645 through 1654. Ten acres were granted to him in the First Division and thirty acres in the Second Division 14 Dec 1663.
Thomas, in Weymouth 1643, may have come several years earlier at Weymouth (whence rem. the first sett. of Rehoboth in that year) and though he was one of the grantees of Rehoboth, yer for not going to reside there his share was forfeited in Jan 1645. All his children probably were brought from England. Freeman 1643. Was of Dorchester 1652, last of Medfield 1668. 23
Thomas has been said to be a descendant of Richard Holbrook of Somersetshire, England. Lived at Broadway, Somerset, England. Left Weymouth, England 30 March 1635 at age 34 in the Marygold with wife and oldest five children, arriving at Dorchester on 7 June 1635 and settling at Weymouth the same month. His will, dated 31 December 1668 with codicil 31 December 1673, and proved 24 April 1677, Weymouth, MA, names wife Jane, three sons, three married daughters, and grandchildren John, Peter and William Holbrook. Freeman 1645. A selectman at Weymouth six times (1641-1654), and a grantee of Rehoboth, MA, although he forfeited the grant and remained at Weymouth. A deposition made 7 November 1666 gives Thomas' age as 77 years.136