On 23 Apr 1884 when Thomas Benjamin was 25, he married Hannah Eliza MERRALLS, daughter of John MERRALLS & Mary Eliza TITLOW, in St Michael Parish Church, Maidstone, Kent, England. Born on 2 Feb 1863 in 30 Duke Street, Bloomsbury, London, England. Hannah Eliza died in Locarno Villas, Forge Lane, East Farleigh, Kent, England, on 28 Oct 1946; she was 83.
- Daughter of John Merralls (1839-1917) and Mary Eliza Titlow (1833-1886)
- 1901 census at Brooks Cottages Dean Street East Farleigh, Kent
They had the following children:
i.
Thomas Benjamin BROOK Jr (1886-1945)
ii.
Emily Annie BROOK (1887-1926)
iii.
Frances Alice BROOK (1887-1969)
iv.
Lucy Florence BROOK (1889-)
v.
John “Jack” BROOK (1890-1919)
vi.
William Arthur BROOK (1891-)
vii.
Ada BROOK (1892-1959)
viii.
Mildred Winifred BROOK (1894-)