Philbrook is an English

England

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-derived surname

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 commonly found in New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

. The name is commonly seen as Philbrook or Philbrick, yet they both originate from the same familial line.

Thomas Philbrick (Philbrook) immigrated to the United States

United States

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 as part of the "Great Migration

Great Migration (Puritan)

The Puritan migration to New England was marked in its effects in the two decades from 1620 to 1640, after which it declined sharply for a while. The term Great Migration usually refers to the migration in this period of English settlers, primarily Puritans to Massachusetts and the warm islands of...

" of Puritan

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s in about 1633 and was among one of the founding households of Watertown, Massachusetts

Watertown, Massachusetts

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. Eventually he, along with his three sons John, James and Thomas Philbrick moved to Hampton, New Hampshire

Hampton, New Hampshire

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 where they settled their families and descendants for most of the next 100 years.

Some famous Philbrook descendants include Robert Frost

Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and...

 and Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

.

Jacob Chapman wrote "A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families," which was published in 1886.

External links

• The Philbrick & Philbrook Family Archives (Genealogy)

Philbrook is also the former home of Waite Phillips and is now home to The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philbrook_Museum_of_Art