Mary Stock
# Mary Stock

Mary Brook born Mary Brotherton (c.1726 – November 10, 1782) was a British Quaker and writer.

## Life

Brook was born in Woodstock in about 1726. Her parents were Mary and William Brotherton. We was brought up by an aunt who lived in Warwick as a Presbyterian even though her father was an Anglican.

In 1753 she heard the American preacher Elizabeth Ashbridge speak and after some time and thought she decided that her love of fashion and fun was incompatible with being a Christian and she adopted the Quaker faith.

By 1759 she was re-united with her mother and living in Hook Norton. On the 18 June she married Joseph Brook who had Yorkshire heritage as his parents Epaphras and Martha came from Shepley. She went to live with him in Leighton Buzzard where he was a wool stapler and a Quaker. In the following year their daughter Hannah was born and a couple of years later their family was complete when (another) Mary was born.

In 1774 she published "Reasons for the necessity of silent waiting, in order to the solemn worship of God."

Brook died in 1782 in Leighton Buzzard.

