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William Brown

Male Abt 1550 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Brown was born about 1550 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Edmund Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Nov 1576 in Somerton, Suffolk, England; died about 1640 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund Brown Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 4 Nov 1576 in Somerton, Suffolk, England; died about 1640 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.

    Edmund married Anne Woder on 5 Aug 1603 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Anne was born about 1576 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1605 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; died on 3 Nov 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 4. Edmund Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Oct 1606 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; and died.
    3. 5. William Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 May 1608 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; died on 30 Sep 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Thomas Brown Descendancy chart to this point (2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 10 Jan 1605 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; died on 3 Nov 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: 1637; Arrived from England and was an original proprietor of Sudbury, Massachusetts.
    • Fact 2: 14 Mar 1639; Resettled in Concord where he was made Freeman on March 14.
    • Fact 3: 12 Nov 1660; Surveyor of Highways in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • Fact 4: 9 Nov 1663; Constable in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • Fact 5: 8 Nov 1668; Surveyor again.
    • Fact 6: 1678; Hog Reeve in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Thomas Brown the immigrant ancestor was born in England in 1609 according to his deposition made in 1670 that his age was sixty one. He came to Concord in 1638 and was one of the original proprietors of Sudbury who were given authority by the general court to begin the plantation September 6 1638. He was admitted a freeman March 14 1639 and the general court October 7 1640 granted him two hundred acres of land for the twenty five pound adventure subscription of Mrs Anne Harvyes. He was a proprietor in Sudbury in 1640 but within a year was back in Concord. He bought land in Concord May 20 1655 in 1661 and in 1671 being called a resident of Concord in each deed. He removed to Cambridge however and was a town officer there in 1660 63 68 was admitted to the Cambridge church May 18 1666. He served on a committee to divide Concord property March 26 1676 and November 20 1680 in a deed of land to his son Thomas Brown Jr he calls himself late of Concord now of Cambridge. It has been proved anyhow that there was but one Thomas Brown to whom all the records refer. He married Bridget who died at Cambridge January 5 1681 he died November 3 1688. He filed May 11 1681 a list of the lands that he had given his son Boaz.

    Children of Thomas and Bridget Brown born at Cambridge
    1 Boaz born February 14 1642 married November 8 1664 Mary Winship second Abigail Wheat
    2 Jabez born in 1644 resided in Concord and Sudbury until Stow was founded
    3 Mary born March 26 1646 married first John Woodhead of Chelmsford second John Gove of Cambridge
    4 Eleazer born July 6 1649 married February 9 1674 75 Dinah Spalding
    5 Thomas born 1651

    from: Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ..., Volume 1


    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.

    (II) Thomas Brown, son of Thomas Brown (i). born at Concord about 1644; died at Concord April 4, 1718, aged, Shattuck says, sixty-seven years. He settled in Concord where his seven children were bom. He was town clerk of Concord. He married Ruth (Vinton) Jones, November 12, 1677. Children were: i. Ruth, born at Concord, February 8. 1678-9; died March 22, 1764; married. November 10, 1698, Samuel Jones. 2. Mary, born at Concord November 18, 1681 : died July 14, 1750; married John Hunt, who died 1765. son of Nehemiah and Mary (Tool) Hunt. 3. Rebecca, born at Concord, March 5. 1683-4; married September 26. 1704, Jonathan Hubbard. 4. Thomas (see forward). 5. Ephraim. born at Concord, April 21, 1689; died February 6, 1749-50; married, August 28. 1719, Hannah Wilson (died 1768) daughter of William Wilson. 6. Elizabeth, born at Concord, March 8, 1691-2; died December 28. 1717; married, September 22, 1713, Jonathan Hartwell.

    (III) Thomas Brown, son of Thomas Brown (2). born at Concord, Massachusetts, August 28, 1686; died at Concord. March 13, 1717-8, leaving a widow and four young children. He married Hannah Potter November 22. 1709. Their children were: I. Ephraim (see forward). 2. Timothy, born at Concord, August 17, 1712; married Rebecca Farrar. 3. Luke, born at Concord November 3, 1714. 4. Hannah, born at Concord December 6, 1716.

    (IV) Deacon Ephraim Brown, son of Thomas and Hannah Brown (3), born at Concord, Massachusetts November 7, 1710, died at Concord, October 9, 1788, married Abigail Wheeler, of one of the old Concord families. June 20, 1732. He was deacon in the church at Concord, and a man of importance in his day. His children were: i. Abigail, born at Concord, April 9. 1733; married November 1, 1753, Thomas Hubbard. 2. Ephraim. born at Concord, April 7, 1735; died February 6, 1736-7. 3. Edward, born at Concord. February 15. 1736-7 died 1781; married (first), January 15, 1761, Mary Brown, born 1740: died 1778 and married (second), 1780. Beulah Hosmer. 4. Thankful, born at Concord, December 16, 1740; died September 9, 1776; married July 6, 1758, Edward Wright. 5. Ephraim 2d, born December 20, 1742; died January 18, 1812. 6. Hannah, born April i, 1745, died June 8, 1745. 7. Sarah, born September 25, 1746. 8. Samuel ^see forward).

    (V) Lieutenant Samuel Brown, son of Deacon Ephraim Brown (4), born at Concord, February 18, 1752; died October 29, 1819; married Elizabeth Brown, a distant cousin. (See 3024 Potter's Concord Families). He was a lieutenant in the revolutionary army. He settled in Concord. His children were: i. Lucy, born at Concord, July 2, 1773; died February 18, 1786. 2. Thomas, born at Concord, March 9, 1775; died February n, 1834. 3. Samuel, born at Concord, March 7, 1777; died May 29, 1843: married June 5, 1800, Betty Turtle, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Baker) Tuttle. 4. Elizabeth, born at Concord, February 29, 1779; died April 6. 1863: married June 7, 1798, Samuel Potter Prescott. 5. Hannah, born at Concord, June 2, 1781 : died October 16. 1845. 6. Abigail Wheeler, born March 29. 1783: died March 9, 1806. 7. Edward, born March 25. 1785, died March 11, 1813. 8. Joshua, born June 20. 1787; died December II, 1855; married (first). October II, 1807, Sally Potter; married (second), January 27, 1811, Rebecca Dery, who died 1816. 9. Ephraim, born January 10. 1792: died February 28. 1852; married (first), July 2, 1820, Clarissa Harmon; married (second), Olive S. Green. 11. Joel (see forward).

    (VI) Joel Brown, son of Lieutenant Samuel Brown (5), born at Concord. Massachusetts, Feb- Tuary 20, 1793: died at Concord, September 22. 1851; married, December 28. 1818, Lucy Whitney, of Bolton. born in 1800: died in 1863; daughter of David and Betsey Whitney. All thcjr children were born at Concord", where they settled. They removed to Boylston, Massachusetts, where he conducted a farm at Boyls«--n Centre. They were at Bolton for a short time. Their children were: I. David Whitney (see forward). 2. Alzirus (see forward). ?. Lucy Alzura. born April 14, 1824; died April 10, 1831. "4. Sarah Ann Eliza (see forward). 5. Eunice Andrews, born April 25, 1828; died May 2, 1831. 6. Ezra Ripley. born February 5,, 1830; died April 29. 1845. 7. Mary Ann Celista (see forward). & Elizabeth E.. borii March 10, 1842; married. May 10, 1866. Paul Tibbetts: resides at 18 Charlton street, Worcester (1905). 9. Lucy (see forward).

    (VII) David Whitney Brown, son of Joel Brown (6). born at Concord. Massachusetts, December 29. 1819: married Alay 30. 1844, Mary M. Stiles. (See sketch of Stiles Family herewith). He died December. 1893: she died March II. 1903. He came to Boylston, from Concord, with his parents where young and attended the Boylston schools. He learned the trnde of stationary engineer. He removed to Worcester and was the first janitor of the Classical high school, a position he held for twelve years. His home was at lop Mulberry street, where his daughter now lives. His wife was sister of John C. Stiles, of Worcester, who was one of the first three conductors on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad when it began business. Children: were: i. Lucy Maria, died young. 2. Emerson Whitney, died "iii infancy. 3. John Emerson, born June 22. 1853: married April 9, 1881, Nellie Whit- comb, stationary engineer in Worcester. 4. Josiah (see forward). 5. Charles Jerome, born December 16. 1858: graduated from Harvard College 1882: studied in divinity school, but broke down in health ; died in 1890. 6. Mary Eugenia, born July 9. 1861 teacher of music: unmarried (1905); resides at loo Mulberry street. Worcester. (Most of the above dates are a year of two different from those in the Stiles genealogy.)

    (VII) Alzirus Brown, son of Joel Brown (6), born October 16, 1821 ; married, at Worcester, November 16, 1843, Harriet D. Proctor. They resided in Worcester. He was a manufacturer of mowing machines, and later established a large trucking business in Worcester. They had no children. His widow resides (1905) in their homestead at the corner of Main and Madison streets.

    (VII) Sarah Ann Eliza Brown, daughter of Joel Brown (6), born at Concord, Massachusetts, April 18, 1826; married November 15, 1847, Asa J Hersey, at Boylston, Massachusetts, and settled in Maine. Their sons are: 1. Wilfred; resides on the homestead of his father at Waterford, Maine, has five or more children and grandchildren. 2. Ezra, resides at North Waterford, Maine, has one son, Charles A. 3. Francis, city missionary at New Bedford, Massachusetts, has two daughters.

    (VII) Mary Ann Celista Brown, daughter of Joel Brown (6), born at Concord, Massachusetts; married (first) Edward H. Parker by whom she had four children. Edward Hanford Parker was born in Princeton, Massachusetts, December 28, 1825. He was the son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Hannah B. Parker. (See Parker Genealogy by Theodore Parker, of Worcester, son of Edward H. and Mary A. C. Parker). Edward H. Parker was a carpenter and builder in Worcester. The children of Edward H. and Mary A. C. Parker were: 1. Arthur, resides at Dunellen, New Jersey; married; has three children. 2. Clarence E. ; "married; resides at Yonkers, New York; is a contractor and fence manufacturer in New York city; married; has one child. 3. Edward, was overseer in the American Steel and Wire Mill, Worcester; married : has two children. 4. Theodore, clerk in Worcester post office, author of the Parker Genealogy ; married; no children. Mary Ann Celista (Brown) Parker married (second) John C. Landers, of Worcester, a carpenter and contractor, who has died since. The widow resides on Pleasant street, Worcester.

    (VII) Lucy, daughter of Joel Brown (6), married George P. Slocum, a carpenter, and they settled at Marietta, Ohio. They have five children, grown to maturity.

    (VIII) Josiah Brown, son of David W. Brown (7), born in Worcester, May 28, 1854. He was educated in the Worcester schools. He learned the machinist's and gear-cutting trade of John Williams, one of the first gear-cutters and mechanical tool-makers in the city. After working at his trade for a time he accepted a position on the railroad and worked as fireman and engineer for six years. Then he returned to the machine shop to run the business of John Williams for the widow. He conducted the Williams business for ten years, then started the Worcester Gear works on his own account, and for the past ten years has carried on this business successfully. The shop is located at 13 Cypress street. He manufactures machinery and makes a specialty of cutting gears. Mr. Brown is well known in Masonic circles. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Worcester Royal Arch Chapter, of Hiram Council. He married July 3, 1876, Alma Richardson. They have six children, born in Worcester. The children are : 1. Frank J., born May 4, 1877. 2. Walter I., born May i8, 1879. 3. Arthur G., born September 5, 1881. 4. Brenda A., born October 18, 1883. 5. Warren E., born October 27, 1887. 6. Evelyn M., born June 12, 1890. 7. Hellen R.. born January 26, 1895; died April 8, 1896.

    Thomas married Bridget Bateman about 1636 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Bridget was born in 1609 in Hawkedon, Suffolk, England; died on 5 Mar 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Boaz Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1642 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Apr 1724 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 7. Jabez Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1644 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jul 1692 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 8. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Mar 1646 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Sep 1700 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 9. Eleazer Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jul 1649 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jan 1720 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 10. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1651 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Apr 1718 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  2. 4.  Edmund Brown Descendancy chart to this point (2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 28 Oct 1606 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; and died.

  3. 5.  William Brown Descendancy chart to this point (2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 1 May 1608 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; died on 30 Sep 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    William settled in Sudbury, MA, having one of the first lots assigned there, the fourth one east of the first Meeting House and adjoining that of Edmund Greenough.

    William was an original proprietor of Sudbury in 1639. He was admitted a freeman 2 Jun 1641. He was also a deacon and captain of the local militia.

    Their children include:
    9495 i. Mary Brown (ca 1643-3 Jan 1691)
    9496 ii. William Brown
    9497 iii. Maj. Thomas Brown (22 May 1645-)
    9498 iv. Susanna Brown (4 Feb 1646-)
    9499 v. Edmund Brown (23 Jul 1653-)
    9500 vi. Hopestill Brown (8 Jul 1656-)
    9501 vii. Elizabeth Brown (23 Jul 1659-)

    William married Mary Bisbee on 15 Nov 1641 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born in 1623 in Frittenden, Kent, England; died on 15 Aug 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Mary Mercy Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 May 1643 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1657 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 12. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1645 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 May 1709 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 13. Susanna Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 14. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1649 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Nov 1715 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 15. William Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1651 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Jun 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 16. Edmond Browne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Nov 1653 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jun 1678 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. 17. Hopestill Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jul 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Jan 1737 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. 18. James Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jan 1658 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. 19. Elizabeth Browne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jul 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in Mar 1741 in Eliot, York, Maine, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Boaz BrownBoaz Brown Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 14 Feb 1642 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Apr 1724 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 20. Boaz Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jul 1665 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Jan 1711 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 21. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1667 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 May 1739 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 22. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Oct 1670 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 23. Edward Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1672 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Mar 1711 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 24. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1678 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Nov 1749 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 25. Jane Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1684 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    7. 26. Jane Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1684 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1715.

    Boaz married Abigail Ballard on 10 Sep 1716 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of William Ballard and Ann Grace Berwick) was born in 1659 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Jul 1726 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Jabez Brown Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 14 Feb 1644 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jul 1692 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Jabez married Hannah Blandford on 23 Dec 1667 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of John Blandford and Dorothy Wright) was born on 7 Mar 1645 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jul 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Hannah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jun 1670 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jul 1692 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 28. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Nov 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1713 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 29. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1673 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Aug 1751 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 30. Deacon Jabez Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Mar 1747 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Jabez married Deborah Haynes in 1679 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Deborah (daughter of Josiah Haynes and Elizabeth Noyes) was born on 13 Dec 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Feb 1716 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Sarah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Mar 1725 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 32. Josiah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Jun 1762 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 8.  Mary Brown Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 26 Mar 1646 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Sep 1700 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Mary married William Woodbury on 21 Jun 1667 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. William was born in 1646; died in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 9.  Eleazer Brown Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 6 Jul 1649 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jan 1720 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, USA.

    Eleazer married Dinah Spalding on 9 Feb 1674 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Dinah (daughter of Edward Spalding and Rachel) was born on 14 Mar 1649 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Mar 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Eleazer Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Apr 1676 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Apr 1755 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 34. Dinah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1678 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    3. 35. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 May 1680 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Apr 1738.
    4. 36. Benjamin Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1683 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    5. 37. Bridget Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jul 1685 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    6. 38. Deliverance Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Dec 1689 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jan 1768 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, USA.

  5. 10.  Thomas Brown Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born in 1651 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Apr 1718 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: Soldier in King Phillip's War
    • Fact 2: Wounded in fight at Narrangansett Fort.
    • Fact 3: Town Clerk in Concord, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Wounded in King Philip's War, Naragansett Great Swamp fight, he was a in Middlesex County, taking part in the Naragansett Campaign of King Phillip's War. He was in the famous swamp fight, attack on an indian Fort in Kingston, Rhode Island, 19 Dec 1675. He was one of eleven men who marched from Concord. In this battle which took the lives of eighty white men and three hundred Indians, he was one of the wounded.

    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.

    (II) Thomas Brown, son of Thomas Brown (i). born at Concord about 1644; died at Concord April 4, 1718, aged, Shattuck says, sixty-seven years. He settled in Concord where his seven children were bom. He was town clerk of Concord. He married Ruth (Vinton) Jones, November 12, 1677. Children were: i. Ruth, born at Concord, February 8. 1678-9; died March 22, 1764; married. November 10, 1698, Samuel Jones. 2. Mary, born at Concord November 18, 1681 : died July 14, 1750; married John Hunt, who died 1765. son of Nehemiah and Mary (Tool) Hunt. 3. Rebecca, born at Concord, March 5. 1683-4; married September 26. 1704, Jonathan Hubbard. 4. Thomas (see forward). 5. Ephraim. born at Concord, April 21, 1689; died February 6, 1749-50; married, August 28. 1719, Hannah Wilson (died 1768) daughter of William Wilson. 6. Elizabeth, born at Concord, March 8, 1691-2; died December 28. 1717; married, September 22, 1713, Jonathan Hartwell.

    (III) Thomas Brown, son of Thomas Brown (2). born at Concord, Massachusetts, August 28, 1686; died at Concord. March 13, 1717-8, leaving a widow and four young children. He married Hannah Potter November 22. 1709. Their children were: I. Ephraim (see forward). 2. Timothy, born at Concord, August 17, 1712; married Rebecca Farrar. 3. Luke, born at Concord November 3, 1714. 4. Hannah, born at Concord December 6, 1716.

    (IV) Deacon Ephraim Brown, son of Thomas and Hannah Brown (3), born at Concord, Massachusetts November 7, 1710, died at Concord, October 9, 1788, married Abigail Wheeler, of one of the old Concord families. June 20, 1732. He was deacon in the church at Concord, and a man of importance in his day. His children were: i. Abigail, born at Concord, April 9. 1733; married November 1, 1753, Thomas Hubbard. 2. Ephraim. born at Concord, April 7, 1735; died February 6, 1736-7. 3. Edward, born at Concord. February 15. 1736-7 died 1781; married (first), January 15, 1761, Mary Brown, born 1740: died 1778 and married (second), 1780. Beulah Hosmer. 4. Thankful, born at Concord, December 16, 1740; died September 9, 1776; married July 6, 1758, Edward Wright. 5. Ephraim 2d, born December 20, 1742; died January 18, 1812. 6. Hannah, born April i, 1745, died June 8, 1745. 7. Sarah, born September 25, 1746. 8. Samuel ^see forward).

    (V) Lieutenant Samuel Brown, son of Deacon Ephraim Brown (4), born at Concord, February 18, 1752; died October 29, 1819; married Elizabeth Brown, a distant cousin. (See 3024 Potter's Concord Families). He was a lieutenant in the revolutionary army. He settled in Concord. His children were: i. Lucy, born at Concord, July 2, 1773; died February 18, 1786. 2. Thomas, born at Concord, March 9, 1775; died February n, 1834. 3. Samuel, born at Concord, March 7, 1777; died May 29, 1843: married June 5, 1800, Betty Turtle, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Baker) Tuttle. 4. Elizabeth, born at Concord, February 29, 1779; died April 6. 1863: married June 7, 1798, Samuel Potter Prescott. 5. Hannah, born at Concord, June 2, 1781 : died October 16. 1845. 6. Abigail Wheeler, born March 29. 1783: died March 9, 1806. 7. Edward, born March 25. 1785, died March 11, 1813. 8. Joshua, born June 20. 1787; died December II, 1855; married (first). October II, 1807, Sally Potter; married (second), January 27, 1811, Rebecca Dery, who died 1816. 9. Ephraim, born January 10. 1792: died February 28. 1852; married (first), July 2, 1820, Clarissa Harmon; married (second), Olive S. Green. 11. Joel (see forward).

    Thomas married Ruth Vinton Wheeler on 12 Nov 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of Capt. Thomas Wheeler and Ruth Wood) was born on 25 Apr 1650 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Feb 1740 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Ruth Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1678 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Mar 1764 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 40. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Nov 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jul 1750 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 41. Rebecca Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1684 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Nov 1751 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 42. Thomas Brown(e)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 1686 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Mar 1717 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 43. Ephraim Brown(e)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Apr 1689 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Feb 1749 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 44. Elizabeth Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Mar 1691 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Dec 1717.

  6. 11.  Mary Mercy Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 18 May 1643 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1657 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  7. 12.  Thomas Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 22 May 1645 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 May 1709 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Thomas married Patience Foster on 29 Sep 1667 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Patience was born on 16 Jul 1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Aug 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Mary Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1668 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Jun 1720 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 46. Thankful Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jul 1670 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1727 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 47. Patience Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Feb 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Nov 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 48. Thomas Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1674 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 May 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 49. Elizabeth Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Aug 1725 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 50. Hannah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Nov 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Jun 1720 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. 51. Experience Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jul 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Mar 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. 52. Silence Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1681 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. 53. Eunice Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1683 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 May 1709.

  8. 13.  Susanna Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 4 Feb 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  9. 14.  Mary Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 28 Jul 1649 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Nov 1715 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

  10. 15.  William Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 11 Dec 1651 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Jun 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  11. 16.  Edmond Browne Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 27 Nov 1653 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jun 1678 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  12. 17.  Hopestill Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 8 Jul 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Jan 1737 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Hopestill married Abigail Haynes on 26 Nov 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of Josiah Haynes and Elizabeth Noyes) was born on 30 Nov 1657 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Apr 1737 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Deacon Joseph Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1677 in Falmouth, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jan 1764 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 55. Prudence Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Jul 1731 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 56. Abigail Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Nov 1730.
    4. 57. Caleb Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Jan 1726 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 58. Hopestill Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Aug 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Dec 1729 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 59. Josiah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1693 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1774 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  13. 18.  James Brown Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 2 Jan 1658 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

  14. 19.  Elizabeth Browne Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.Edmund2, 1.William1) was born on 23 Jul 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in Mar 1741 in Eliot, York, Maine, USA.