1851 Malpas - Done

[sheikhalbadou]

I have attached a photo of the portrait. You can see that it has been cut down at some point from a larger oval picture. The number is the bottom corner looks like 90 to me - I am beginning to wonder if this is a lot older than originally thought - could it be 1690? I think what he is wearing is quite puritan in style (I am no expert mind you!) which might fit.

There is definitely some confusion as to actually how he is related to Ralph Stevenson. Sarah Brooke Done describes him as his Great Grandfather (which would be George Brooke). But in Randle Brooke's will of 1780 he describes him as his own Grandfather (which would be George Brooke's father). Randle was George's son and brother to Susannah Stevenson.

I have George Brooke's father as Thomas Brooke - which is where I differ from your tree