Asa Brown

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1830, Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 2 Sep 1835, , Allen, Indiana, USA; Land Patent, sections 8 & 21
• Residence: 1840, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 10 May 1848, , Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1849, , Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1865, Austin, Mower, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1870, Beaver, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Laws of the state of Indiana, passed at the ... session of the General Assembly, by Indiana General Assembly.
Type: Journal, magazine: State or province government publication; English Publisher: Indianapolis : J.P. Chapman, 1853-1982.

CHAPTER CLXXV1II.
Aa met to incorporate the Albion and Lisbon Turnpike Company. [APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.]
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, That Asa Brown, Leonard Myers, Jerome Sweet, William M. Clapp, and Alpheus Baker, of the county of Noble, and their successors in office duly elected as hereinafter directed, are hereby constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate, and by the name and style of the Albion and Lisbon Turnpike Company, shall be able and capable in law and equity to sue and be sued, plead and be impleadunto in any and all courts of justice whatever, to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter, change, or renew at pleasure, and shall be able and capable in law to make contracts and enforce the same, and to make and enforce the necessary by-laws, rales and regulations to enable them to carry into effect the provisions of this act and the objects contemplated by the same, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State.

Asa Brown

d: 1876

Asa Brown, an early hotelkeeper, was born in Vermont, and married Lucy Baker, of Ohio. After their marriage they located in Indiana, where Asa was one of the contractors on the Wabash canal. After the completion of the canal he located in Noble county, purchased a tract of land, and founded the village of Lisbon. Here he also erected a hotel which he conducted for several years. In 1861 he removed to Alexandria, Minn., built and conducted a feed and flouring mill, and remained three years.

In 1864 he came to Austin, Minn., and purchased what afterward became the Lacy House. Three years later he sold out and purchased a farm in Fillmore county. After farming three years he came to LeRoy and engaged in the hotel business a year. Then he and his wife spent two years in Kentucky, afterward taking up their residence in Lansing township.

Here Asa Brown died in 1876 at the age of eighty-three years. His wife died in June, 1909, at the age of eighty-seven.

HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, MN. 1911.

Asa married Caroline Baker on 8 Jul 1817 in Granville, Licking, Ohio, USA. Caroline (daughter of Timothy Baker and Prudence Brooks) was born in 1805 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA; died in 1840 in Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin Franklin Brown was born on 8 Feb 1827 in Fredericksburg, Wayne, Ohio, USA; died on 23 Nov 1898 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA.
2. Mary Brown was born in 1828 in , , Ohio, USA; and died.

Asa married Lucy Baker on 14 Feb 1838 in , Saint Joseph, Indiana, USA. Lucy (daughter of Alpheus Baker and Adelia Burgess) was born on 21 Jun 1821 in , Licking, Ohio, USA; died in Jun 1909 in Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William James Brown was born in 1842 in , Noble, Indiana, USA; died in 1888.
2. Miles Asa Brown was born on 31 Jan 1843 in , Noble, Indiana, USA; and died.
3. Charles Bond Brown was born on 19 Aug 1849 in , Noble, Indiana, USA; died on 12 Dec 1928 in Le Roy, Mower, Minnesota, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1754
• Residence: 1780, Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1786, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1790, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1794, Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 26 Sep 1796, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1800, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1810, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA

Notes:

I have come to the conclusion that the Revolutionary War service of Silas Brown, as claimed by his descendants, is non-existent.

The service in question is that detailed in "The Brown-Schutt Genealogy, 1948", and further represented in "Brown-Schutt Ancestral Lines, 1979". The data on Silas Brown's service was compiled by Maude Levering Lawrence and Geraldine Lawrence Hurd. The work of these 2 women shows up in several family genealogies.

Our Silas died in 1813. The Silas who is cited in the above mentioned books was alive in 1834, and living in Essex county New York, when he was awarded a pension on the cited revolutionary service.

Another Silas Brown was found on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls. This Silas was living in Townsend, Wyndham County, Vermont, which is close to Putney. This is also not our Silas since this pension was awarded to a living Silas Brown in 1818. He died in 1826 and is buried in Townsend. Following data from findagrave.com.
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Birth: 1755, USA
Death: Nov. 12, 1826, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Created by: Judith6355
Record added: Nov 12, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100614501
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100614501
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It is still possible our Silas served in the Revolutionary War, but evidence has not been found. Silas Brown was a very common name at the time, making the identification of relevant records more difficult. Since there are no pension documents for Silas, which usually contain enlistment and service data at a minimum, it makes it nearly impossible to say which Silas Brown in the muster rolls is actually him.

The evidence does affirm, however, that our Silas is the one who married Mary Nims Larabee, and settled in Putney Vermont. Though his children were born prior to the family moving to Putney, a number of their marriage records are contained in the Putney Vital Records.

Silas married Mary Nims about 1776. Mary (daughter of Ebenezer Nims and Mercy Smead) was born on 23 May 1756 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Nov 1819 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
23 May 1756 is date from town records.
4 Sep 1756 is date from family bible.

Notes:

Name:
aka: Oron Brown

Aaron married Rachel Reed on 3 Oct 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Daniel Reed (Read) and Elizabeth Ide) was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1758 in , , New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Mercy Smead on 12 Dec 1735 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy (daughter of Samuel Smead and Mary Weld) was born on 6 Aug 1714 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jul 1807 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 24 Feb 1742, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 2 Nov 1750, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Ephraim married Mary Fairbanks on 9 Feb 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and Mary Hayward) was born on 12 Sep 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jun 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Capt. Daniel Read
Birth: Jan 20 1678 - Rehoboth, (Present Bristol County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
Death: Sep 13 1740 - Attleboro, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Parents: Daniel Read, Sr. and Hannah Read (born Peck)
Siblings: Hannah Crafts, Bethiah, John, Sarah (Sarah), Noah and Abigail
Partners: Elizabeth Read (born Bosworth) and Elizabeth Whittaker (born Ide)
Children: Beriah, Ichabod, Hannah, Abigail, Esther, Daniel, Daniel, Noah Dacen, Elizabeth, Samuel, Abigail.

Daniel married Elizabeth Ide on 8 Dec 1715 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt Timothy Ide and Elizabeth Cooper) was born on 16 Mar 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Aug 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Whitaker

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; Ebenezer & stepmother captured and taken to Canada by indians.
• Fact 2: Mar 1704, Lorette, Quebec, Canada; Stepmother was killed on march to Canada & he was adopted by a squaw.
• Fact 3: 1710, Lorette, Quebec, Canada; Ebenezer was married and had first child while in captivity
• Fact 4: 1714, Lorette, Quebec, Canada; Released from captivity

Notes:

Source: Nims Family Association:

Ebenezer Nims, captured in 1704, was then 17 years old and made the march to Canada, was adopted by a squaw and lived at Lorette. Of his romantic marriage to Sarah Hoyt (born May 6th 1686, to David & Sarah Wilson Hoyt). Mr. Sheldon says:

"The priest urged her to marry. They pertinaciously, insisted upon it as a duty, and had a French officer selected as her mate, thus assuring themselves of permanent resident and popish converts. Professing to be convinced of her duty in ther, Sara declared one day in public that she would be married, if any of her fellow-captives would have her. Ebenezer Nims, a life-long companion, at once stepped forward and claimed her for his bride. The twain was made one upon the spot. The wily priests had met their match, for it is easy to believe that this was a prearranged issue on the part of the lovers."

Gazeteer of Cheshire County N.H.
1704-1737

Part First, Gazeteer of Towns , Page 378

John and Ebenezer Nims were the sons of Godfrey Nims of Deerfield, Mass. Godfrey had eleven children, all of whom, with the exception of the two sons mentioned and one daughter, were destroyed while captives after the raid on Deerfield, in 1704. Ebenezer married Sarah Hoyt while both were captives in Canada, and their eldest son, Ebenezer, was born there Feb 14, 1713. They returned to Deerfield to help his brother John rebuild the house Godrey had built and that had been destroyed by the natives. David, second son of Ebenezer, was born in Deerfield, Mass. March 30, 1716, came to Deerfield 1737 and was probably the first one of the family there. He married Abagail Hawks and was the first town clerk.

Ebenezer and Sarah had 5 children; Ebenezer Jr. (1712), David, Moses, Elisha and Amasa.

He is believed to be buried in the Old Deerfield burial ground near his family.

Ebenezer married Sarah Hoyt in 1710 in Lorette, Quebec, Canada. Sarah (daughter of David Hoyt and Mary Wilson) was born on 6 May 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jan 1761 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Mary Weld on 18 Apr 1707 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Daniel Weld and Mary Hinsdale) was born on 30 Mar 1667 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Jul 1751 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1688, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Probate: 1711, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Boaz married Mary Richards on 30 Sep 1695 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of John Richards and Mary Colburn) was born on 23 Jun 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Mar 1732 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Old Family Burial Site...
"A Tombstone, surrounded by wild strawberry plants, embedded in the soil of the country town of Lancaster, Massachusetts bears mute testimony of facts. The rough slate is boldly cut with the following inscription:
JONATHAN-FAIR BANKS-AND-HIS DAUGHTER-GRACE FAIRBANKS For two hundred and ninety-nine years this stone has weathered the elements to maintain the memory of a tragic event that cut short the lives of Jonathan and Grace. Two nearby stones, carved by the same hand, record the fateful September of 1697 when twenty-seven towns folk were massacred by Indians. Killed in that raid was the town's minister, the Rev. John Whiting. The Jonathan buried in Lancaster surely was not that earlier Jonathan (deceased 1668) whose Dedham home is preserved by the family Association. No, the identity of Jonathan of Lancaster is documented in the monumental book by Lorenzo Sales Fairbanks, Genealogy pp. 49-50. Lorenzo Sales explains that the Jonathan who met his untimely death in Lancaster was the son of Jonas, the third son of the original Jonathan of Dedham. Jonas had moved to western Massachusetts as one of the original settlers of Lancaster in 1657. He was a founding father of that town. Although a carpenter and a farmer, he had a sense of style and self-worth that exceeded his monetary position in society. Even before moving to the frontier of the seventeenth century he was, in 1652, fined a few shillings for violating the sumptuary laws (passed the year before) by wearing great boots before his estate amounted to more than 200 pounds. Jonas married Lydia Prescott of Watertown who bore him seven children. The fourth was Jonathan (b. 7/8/1666). Within ten years, Jonas was dead - having perished in an Indian attack on Lancaster on Feb. 10, 1676. That raid also took away the life of Jonathan's older brother Joshua, who was at the time fifteen years of age. It is not surprising therefore that when Jonathan matured he became a soldier, and was one of the first to venture on long expeditions into the wilderness. He shared in the ill-fated expedition against Quebec in 1690 with Sir William Phips. On Aug 24 1688 he married Mary Hayward of Concord. She gave him three children: Hannah, (d 1704), Grace (d 1697), and Mary (d 1745) Grace was about seven when she perished in the Indian raid of 1697 that killed so many inhabitants of Lancaster, including her father and his younger brother Jonas (b. 1673). Jonathan's wife was carried away with six other Lancastrians as captives, like Mary Rowlandson who had been taken in the l676 raid and wrote a famous account of her captivity and return. All captives from Lancaster but one were redeemed by government intervention and returned to their remaining family members a year later. During the raid of 1697, another brother of Jonathan s, Jabez, saved many Lancastrians in a garrison, or fortified house. He later became a notable soldier commissioned by Governor Dummer, employed as a Captain for long distance travel and scouting throughout the 1720's. "

Died:
Massacred with two children by indians.

Jonathan married Mary Hayward on 24 Aug 1688 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Joseph Hayward and Hannah Hosmer) was born on 21 Sep 1667 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Jan 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 11 Sep 1697; Taken captive by indians and later ransomed.

Daniel married Hannah Peck on 20 Aug 1677 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Peck and Hannah Hudson) was born on 23 Mar 1653 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Aug 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Capt married Elizabeth Cooper on 20 Oct 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 8 Aug 1662 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Feb 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Godefrois Nismes
• Fact 2: Huguenot?
• Fact 4: Soldier in King Phillip's War.
• Fact 3: 1667; Northampton, Massachusetts
• Fact 5: 18 May 1676; Engaged in the "Falls Fight".
• Residence: 1679, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

The background of Godfrey Nims of Deerfield, Massachusetts is a mystery. One family tradition has it that he was a Huguenot, came to America as a lad, at first spelled his name Godefroi de Nismes, but changed the spelling to suit the colonial pronunciation. Others suggest he was of English birth with French ancestry. No documentary evidence has been found to verify any country of origin despite the efforts made over the years by The Nims Family Association.

The first official record of Godfrey Nims appears on September 24, 1667, in a Springfield, Massachusetts, court record. The transcript follows:

James Bennet, Godfrey Nims & Benoni Stebbins, young lads of Northampton being by Northampton Commissionrs bound over to the Corte to answer for diverse crimes & misdemeanors committed by them, were brought to this Corte by ye Constable of yt Towne wch 3 lads are accused by Robert Bartlett for that they gott into his house two Sabbath dayes when all the family were at the Publike Meeting: On ye first of wch tymes, the vizt. 24 shillings in silver & 7s in Wampum with the intention to run away to the French: Al which is by them confessed, wch wickedness of theirs hath also been accompanyd with frequent lying to excuse & justify themselves especially on Nims his pt, who seemes hath been a ringleader in their vilainys: ffor all wch their crimes and misdemeanors this Corte doth Judge yt the said 3 lads shalbe well whipt on their naked bodys vist, Nims & Bennet with 15 lashes apiece & Bononi Stebbins with 11 lashes. And the said Nims & Stebbins are to pay Robert Bartlett the summe of 4L being counted treble according to law for what goods he hath lost by their meanes.?

History tells us Godfrey Nims was off to a rough start in America, as all of us have had occasions in our life that we had to rise above, and better ourselves. This is exactly what Godfrey Nims did over 300 years ago. The records of Massachusetts list Godfrey Nims as one of many from Northampton who signed a petition in 1668 requesting relief from taxation on goods brought into the colony?s ports. He also appears with others when taking the Oath of Fidelity to the government on March 25, 1672/3, at the County Court at Northampton.

Family folklore tells us that Godfrey soon came to Deerfield, Massachusetts around 1670, possibly being one of the third to settle here. A deed dated 1679 gives the first written confirmation that Godfrey settled at Deerfield. He later shared in the holding of public offices, including constable, tax collector, selectman and a member of the school committee.

In 1677 he married Mary Miller Williams a widow. Her husband Zebediah had been killed by Indians. After Mary?s death in 1688, Godfrey married Mehitable Smead Hull in 1692, another widow. Godfrey had six children with Mary and five with Mehitable, in addition to caring for two stepchildren each that the widows brought to the marriages.

The records reveal, Godfrey Nims joined the Puritan society in the Connecticut Valley. He learned to make his living as a cordwainer, (shoemaker) as well as a farmer. The present day White Church, town office, town hall and Memorial Hall all stand on land formerly owned by Godfrey. J.R. Trumbull?s History of Northampton, Massachusetts describes Godfrey as ?the owner of considerable property and an honored and respected citizen.?

Godfrey Nims grew up from being a young lad in trouble with the law to having a good life in Massachusetts, with a family of 15 children. Godfrey Nims bought land in Deerfield in 1674. He was among the first earlier permanent settlers here. In 1692 he bought lot No. 27 and November 21, 1694 he bought lot No. 28. These two lots united became the Nims home lot, and has never been out of the family. The present house standing is more than two hundred years old.

He endured grave hardships in his life. May 19,1676 he served in the Falls Fight against the Pocumtuck Indians. Approximately 140 settlers marched into the dead of night into the wilderness to surprise the Indians at the salmon fishing falls near the mouth of Fall River. Some 400 Indians were killed, and 40 settlers were lost in this fight. Of them was James Bennett, friend of Godfrey's and Captain Turner. January 4, 1694 his home was destroyed in a fire, and four year old Jeremiah Hull died in the fire. Godfrey's son Henry, about 10 years old, accidently caused the fire, and was able to save one child from the room where Jeremiah slept. Henry tired to get Jeremiah from the room but the flames would not allow it.

He worked and faced tragedies and dangers common of that time. March 3, 1701 Godfrey Nims, Sergant Allyn, and Corporal Wells were chosen to lay a road to the land on the west side of the river. This led through to the present Main street of Greenfield, and northerly through Greenfield Meadows. In 1702 Godfrey and Benoni Stebins were on the school committee.

The worst tragedy was on February 29, 1704, the French & Indian 1704 massacre of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The French and Indians attacked about two hours before day break. The attackers burned most buildings and killed or took captive most of the settlers. It left him with no wife, and at the time with only a daughter, 20 year old Thankful Nims, Munn. Her home was dug into the side of a mountain, and the opening was concealed by the deep snow drifts. Godfrey?s family members were killed or taken captive in the 1704 raid on Deerfield, his second wife captured, dying on the forced march to Canada. One son killed, and one captured to be released ten years later; four daughters killed that day; one daughter captured and taken to Canada, never to return. A step-daughter, Mary Williams Brooks and a son-in-law, Phillip Mattoon, captured and killed on the march; a grandchild, infant Mattoon killed in the attack.

Prior to the 1704 attack, on October 8, 1703 a son, John 24 years old and Godfrey?s stepson Zebediah Williams, age 28, were captured by Indians and taken to Canada. John escaped May 14, 1705 after his father had passed away and Zebediah died a captive in 1706. Godfrey died without knowing the fate of his these surviving children.

According to the Nims Family Association, it is from the four surviving children, of Godfrey Nims, John, Ebenezer, Thankful and Abigail that members of the Nims family are descended.

Godfrey married Mary Miller on 26 Nov 1677 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of William Miller and Patience Bacon) was born on 24 Dec 1653 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Apr 1688 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Mary Wilson in 1676 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 21 Nov 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1689 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1630, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Baptism: 13 Nov 1635, Rye, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1680, , , Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

He served in King Philip's War and participated in the Falls Fight under Capt.Turner. His son William was killed at Bloody Brook with Capt.Lothrop.

William Smead was the son of William Smead (d.c1634) and Judith (Stoughton) Denman Smead (1599-1639). Judith was the widow of John Denman, with whom she had two children. William was only three or so when his father died. Judith sailed from Gravesend with her three children on September 3,1635 on the ship “Dorset”. They stopped in the Barbadoes, then continued to New England. She settled with her children in Dorchester. She signed the Dorchester Church covenant in 1636 and was granted 20 acres of land there in 1638.

About the time his mother died, William was apprenticed at age seven or so, to John Pope of Dorchester. Pope died in 1646 and made provision in his will for William, calling him “my Littell boy.” He left to William his looms and tacking if William was willing to live with Pope’s widow, learn the trade, and become a weaver.

He married Elizabeth Lawrence at Dorchester,MA on Dec 31,1658.

Children: William Smead III, Elizabeth Smead Janes, Judith Smead Hawks, Mehitable Hull Smead Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Thankful Smead Hawks, and Waitstill Smead Warner.

It has been suggested that he must be buried at Old Deerfield Cemetery since that was the only cemetery at the time. However, that is not always the case as many ancestors were buried on their homesteads at the time.


https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smead-2

William married Elizabeth Lawrence on 31 Dec 1658 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Bates) was born on 15 Sep 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 6 Mar 1642; died in 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Mary Hinsdale on 8 Jun 1664. Mary (daughter of Robert Hinsdale and Ann Woodward) was born on 14 Feb 1644 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Mar 1682 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1673, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Freeman
• Fact 2: 11 Oct 1681, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Selectman

Notes:

Boaz Brown was born 14 Feb 1641/2 in Concord Mass. He was admitted as Freeman in Concord 15 Oct 1673. Boaz was one of several men from Concord who were responsible for founding Stow in 1683 when they purchased the indian plantation Pompositticut. He was also chosen as one of the first selectmen for several terms thereafter.

Boaz was the first minister of the Stow Congregational Church. He moved to Dedham where he was called Ensign in the tax records of 1695. Sometime after 1715 he returned to Concord, where he died 9 Apr 1724, at the age of 83. He is buried in the South Burying Ground in Concord.

Excerpt from Boaz Brown's will.
"..unto my two grandsons Amos Brown and Boaz Brown ye children of my youngest son Edward Brown deceased I do will and bequeath all my housing and lands to me belonging within ye limits and bounds of ye aforesaid Town of Stow.". The will also mentions his "..three grandchildren, Deliverance Brown, Mercy Heald, and Ephraim Brown ye surviving children of my eldest son Boaz Brown deceased".



Thomas Brown was the emigrant ancestor of Josiah Brown, of Worcester, of the late Alzirus Brown, and many other Worcester families. He came from England and settled at Sudbury, where the general court granted him two hundred acres of land October 7, 1640, for the adventure of Mrs. Anne Harvyes. He was in Sudbury in 1640, but the records of his family are at Concord. After 1650 he removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the church there, May 18, 1666.

He married (first) Bridget, by whom he had his first five children at Concord. Before 1658 he had married Martha, widow of Thomas Oldham, by whom he had four or more children at Cambridge. He died in November or December, 1690.

His will was made November 23, 1690, and proved January, 1691. He bequeathed to his wife Martha, to his daughters Mehitabel and Martha, and to his sons, Ebenezer and Ichabod. The inventory shows house and land at Cambridge, and three hundred acres at Worcester.

Children of Thomas Brown were:

I. Boaz, born at Concord, February 14, 1641-2; died April 7, 1724; married November 8. 1664, Mary Winship, daughter of Edward and Jane Winship ; and had : Boaz, Jr., who settled in Stow ; Thomas, Mary, and Edward.
2. Thomas, born about 1644, died April 4, 1718; married November 12, 1677, Ruth (Vinton) Jones.
3. Mary, born at Concord, March 26, 1646; married June 21, 1669, William Woodward.
4. Eleazer, born at Concord July 6, 1649, married February 9, 1674-5. Dinah Spaulding.
5. Jabez, born at Concord: died 1692; married Deborah.
6. (see Pope's Pioneers) Mehitabel, baptized June 2. 1661. ?. ( ?)
7. Mary, born in Cambridge, baptized March 8, 1663.
8. Ebenezer, born in Cambridge, baptized July 23. 1665.
9. Ichabod. baptized at Cambridge, September 9. 1666.

Boaz married Mary Winship on 8 Nov 1664 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Edward Winship and Jane Wilkinson) was born on 2 Jul 1641 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Sep 1715 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Colburn on 6 Aug 1672 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Colburn and Priscilla Clarke) was born on 21 Jan 1650 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Dec 1685 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Slain with son in King Phillip's War by indians.

Notes:

FAIRBANK. Jonathan Fairbanks or Fairbank, immigrant ancestor, was born in England before 1600, and came to Boston with his family in 1633. He remained there about three years, then settled in Dedham, where he was pioneer, and a signer of the Dedham convenant. His house is still standing in Dedham, and is now owned by the family association, having been occupied to the present time by Jonathan and his lineal descendants. He was a town officer, and died December 5, 1668. He married Grace Lee, who died December 28, 1673. Children: 1. John. 2. George. 3. Mary. 4. Susan. 5. Jonas, mentioned below. 6. Jonathan.

(II) Jonas, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, was born in England and came to Dedham with his parents. He signed the covenant in 1657, and March 7, 1659, became one of the fathers of the town. He was a farmer and believed to be a carpenter also. In 16752 he was fined for wearing great boots, not being worth two hundred pounds, the amount of wealth prescribed by the laws of the colony, in 1651 to suffice for men who could lawfully wear great boots. He removed to Lancaster in 1657. There he met his death in the assault by King Philip and fifteen hundred warriors, February 10, 1675, 76. Some fifty persons were slain that day, including Joshua Fairbanks, son of Jonas. Jonas Fairbanks married, May 28, 1658, Lydia Prescott, born in Watertown, August 15, 1641, daughter of John Prescott, who came from Sowerby, Halifax, England, the English home of the Fairbanks family. she married (second) Ellis Barron, of Watertown, Groton and Lancaster. Children: 1. Marie. 2. Joshua. 3. Grace. 4. Jonathan. 5. Hazadiah. 6. Jabez, mentioned below. 7. Jonas.

(III) Captain Jabez, son of Jonas Fairbanks, was born at Lancaster, January 8, 1670-71, and settled there after the war. He died March 2, 1758. He was a very efficient soldier and officer in the Indian War, and was no doubt incited to heroic exploits by the massacre of his father and brother in 1676, and of his only surviving brother in 1697, during a raid on the town. At the time his brother Jonathan and one of his children were killed, Captain Jabez was the means of saving a garrison and perhaps many lives, including that of his little son Joseph. Twenty-one persons were killed this raid, two were wounded, and six carried off captives, of whom five were ransomed later, including the wife of Jonathan Fairbanks. In 1700 Jabez Fairbanks had land granted him on both sides of the brook above Thomas Sawyer's sawmill. This site was the homestead of Jabez and his descendants for a hundred years. He was deputy to the general court in 1714-21-22-23. He married (first) Mary wilder, who died February 21, 1718, in her forty-third years, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Houghton) Wilder. He married (second) March 25, 1719, Elizabeth Whitcomb, who died May 11, 1755, aged about eighty years. Children of first wife: 1. Joseph. 2. Jabez. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Jonas. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Abigail. 7. Jonathan. 8. Grace. 9. Joshua. 10. Anna.

(IV) Deacon Thomas, son of Captain Jabez Fairbanks, was baptized in Lancaster in 1708, died February 10, 1791. He was sentinel in Captain Josiah Willard's company in the Indian War, June 3, to November 10, 1725. He was also a soldier in Captain Ephraim Wilder's company, Colonel Sam-

Jonas married Lydia Prescott on 28 May 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of John Prescott, Sr and Mary Gawkroger) was born on 15 Aug 1641 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Dec 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lydia Prescott Fairbanks

Joseph married Hannah Hosmer on 26 Oct 1665 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of James Hosmer and Alice Ellen Hosmer) was born on 16 Jun 1644 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Dec 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Lessie in 1640 in , , Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born in 1614 in Blyborough, Lincolnshire, England; died on 23 Apr 1702 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate: 1708, , Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00peck/page/n73/mode/2up p30

Notes:

The last will and testament of JOSEPH PECK JR

In the name of God Amen, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninty & seven in the ninth year of his majiesties reigne the firth day of the seventh month called July I Joseph Peck of the town of Rehoboth of the county of Bristol within his Majties province of Massachusetts Bay in New England senr yeoman being now aged and weak of body & in expectation of my change yet through the mercy of God I am whole and sound in my memory and understanding and of a disposing mind do make this my last will & Testament for the disposing & settling the things of this world which the Lord has entrusted me to & among my children in manner & form as followeth

And imprimis I bequeth my soul into the hands of our most blessed savior and dear redeemer & my body to the dust untill the resurrection day which I die in the firm belief & expectation of

Item 1sly I give unto my daughter Patience wife of Richard Bowen & to her heirs forever twenty acres of land in the first division last agreed upon & twenty pounds.

Item 2dly I give unto my daughter Mary the wife of Benjamin Hunt & to her heirs forever half my lot in the north purchased lands belonging to Rehoboth purchasee & twenty pounds.

Item 3dly I give unto my daughter Elizabeth wife of Capt Mason & to her heirs forever the other half of my lot in the aforsaid north purchase & twenty pounds.

Item 4thly I give unto my daughter Hannah wife of Daniel Reed & to her heirs forever all my medow in the north purchase & twenty pounds.

And my mind & will is the abovesaid sums given to my daughters (each being named) be by my executor of this my last will & testament well & t ruly paid within the term of four years after my decease Furthermore my mind & will is that if all or any of my daughters shall happen to die before the time prefixed by me for my executors paying the several sums before the time prefixed by me for my executors paying the several sums before expressed unto them - them my mind & will is that each daughters legacy that shall happen to die shall be sold & truly paid to her children by an equal distribution.

Item 5thly I give unto my son Jathnall Peck as an addition to what I have before given unto him the lot upon which his dwelling house now stands containing twenty acres be it more or less which lot I had of William Carpenter of Rehoboth in exchange and also one parcel of land being a lot of twenty & six acres lying on the easterly side of Palmers River in Rehoboth near the oadk swamp be the same more or less. And also I give him my fresh meadow formerly purchase of William bucklin late of Rehoboth and also six acres of upland adjoining to the said meadow & also my upper meadow upon Palmers river and also the great peice of meadow that lieth in the meadow abutting upon the meadow of Joshua Smith on the ons side & the meadow of Preserved Abell on the other side and also that part of my salt march lying on the southerly side of the creek bounded from a pine tree unto a little creek upon a straight line & also half my commong rights in the town of Rehoboth and all my commong in the north purchased lands yet undivided - All and each of these lands I give upton my said on Jethniel Peck & to his heirs forever.

Item 6thly I give unto my son Samuel Peck & to his heirs forever my dewelling hous barn and out houses & all my lands wheresoever & whatsoever which by deeds & grants their quantity & places being & bounds will appear which in this my last will & testament are not before by me given, with the residue of my common rights.

Item 7thly My mind & will is that after my debts and funeral charges be paid our of my movabla estate, that then the whole & residue thereof be euqlly divided amongst my children or those of their children that survive if any of them be dead before that time shall come.

Item 8thly I do by this my last will & testament make null & void & of none effect all other & former wills by me made.

Finally I do nominate constitute appoint & ordain my son Samuel Peck my sole executor of this my last will & testament unto whom I commit all power for the execution & performance thereof & for the burrial of my body in decnet & christian manner & for all other things requisite unto him as by executor and in testimony this above written is my true & last will & testament. I the said Joseph Peck have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year first above written.

JOSEPH PECK
Read, signed & sealed in the presence of JOHN PECK

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Joseph married Hannah Hudson in 1648 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born on 22 Jan 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died in 1684 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Martha Bliss on 16 May 1647 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Martha was born on 8 Dec 1622 in , Northamptonshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1648, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

William married Patience Bacon on 3 Mar 1641 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Patience (daughter of William Bacon and Martha Worchester) was born in 1631 in Ipswich, Essex, England; died on 29 Mar 1716 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Susanna Joyse on 12 Jun 1646 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Susanna was born on 12 Jul 1626 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Jul 1655 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Judith Stoughton in 1623 in , , , England. Judith (daughter of Thomas Stoughton, Reverend and Katherine Evelyn Montpesson) was born on 3 Jul 1599 in Coggeshall, Essex, England; died on 18 Mar 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1630, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Judith’s first husband John Denman was born in 1591 in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were Nicholas Denman and Lady Anne Hercy. John died 1624 in Retford, Surrey, England.

Judith’s second husband William Smead was born 1601 in England. William died 1636 in Essex, England.

Judith was one of the signers of the Dorchester Church Covenant in 1636, and at the time of her death in 1639 was a widow. The General Court confirmed Israel Stoughton as executor of the will of his sister, Judith Smead, and the disposal of her effects is on record, though no copy of her will has been preserved. Though not proved, it is possible that Judith was a widow before leaving England and that she journeyed to America in 1633 with Israel Stoughton and his wife, Elizabeth.

Judith’s young son was apprenticed rather than taken into the home of his Uncle Israel.

Judith Smead signed the covenant in 1636 with the church at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and in 1638 had a grant of twenty acres there just below the First Burying Ground. An inventory of her estate after her decease was taken on May 18, 1639. She was the mother of John Denman, Mary Denman (wife of Clement Maxfield), and William Smead.

Step-mother of Humphrey Denman, an Elder of the English Reformed Church at Amsterdam, North Holland.

William Smead was the son of William Smead (d.c1634) and Judith (Stoughton) Denman Smead (1599-1639). Judith was the widow of John Denman, with whom she had two children. William was only three or so when his father died. Judith sailed from Gravesend with her three children on September 3,1635 on the ship “Dorset”. They stopped in the Barbadoes, then continued to New England. She settled with her children in Dorchester. She signed the Dorchester Church covenant in 1636 and was granted 20 acres of land there in 1638.

About the time his mother died, William was apprenticed at age seven or so, to John Pope of Dorchester. Pope died in 1646 and made provision in his will for William, calling him “my Littell boy.” He left to William his looms and tacking if William was willing to live with Pope’s widow, learn the trade, and become a weaver.

He married Elizabeth Lawrence at Dorchester,MA on Dec 31,1658.

Children: William Smead III, Elizabeth Smead Janes, Judith Smead Hawks, Mehitable Hull Smead Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Thankful Smead Hawks, and Waitstill Smead Warner.

It has been suggested that he must be buried at Old Deerfield Cemetery since that was the only cemetery at the time. However, that is not always the case as many ancestors were buried on their homesteads at the time.

Thomas married Elizabeth Bates in 1638 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 10 Mar 1609 in Limpsfield, Surrey, England; died on 18 Feb 1679 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1628, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph married Barbara Clapp. Barbara was born in 1614 in Sidbury, , Devon, England; died on 15 Feb 1655 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Ann Woodward. Ann was born in 1616 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Aug 1683 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]