Person:Peter Brown (17)

Note: This man is often connected to Peter Brown of the Mayflower, but there is no evidence that he was the son of that Peter Brown, whose three daughters each controlled 1/3 of his estate.

Peter Brown was born in 1632, possibly in Plymouth or Duxbury, Massachusetts. His father was also named Peter. He moved to Windsor, Connecticut before 1658, when he married Mary Gillett on July 15. He was admitted to the church in Windsor in 1662. Peter and Mary had twelve children, all born in Windsor.

Peter Brown's will was dated on August 17, 1689. In it, he mentions his wife Mary, his four sons; Peter, John, Jonathan & Cornelius, and six of his eight daughters; Mary, Hepsibah, Esther, Isabell, Daborah & Sarah. The two married daughters (Hannah, whose husband is not known, and Abigail, wife of Samuel Fowler of Westfield) are not named. Peter died on March 9, 1691/2 in Windsor and the will was proved on April 13, 1692. Mary lived until 1719. [Mary (Barber) Brown, wife of the second Peter, died 1719 on the day she bore twins.] Peter is buried in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Peter Brown, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   1:274.

   "Peter (Brown), Windsor, m. 15 July 1658, Mary, d. of Jonathan Gillett, had Mary, b. 2 May 1659; Hannah, 29 Sept. 1660; Abigail, 8 Aug. 1662; Hepzibah, 19 Nov. 1664; Peter, 2 Mar. 1667; John, 8 Jan. 1669; Jonathan, 30 Mar. 1670; Cornelius, 30 July 1672; Esther, 22 May 1673; Eliz. [error for Isabel] 9 June 1676; Deborah, 2 Feb. 1679; and Sarah, 20 Aug. 1681; the twelve were nam. at his d. 9 Mar. 1692, as all liv. Hannah was m. to one not kn.; Abigail m. 1683, Samuel Fowler; Esther m. 1700, William Barber; and Deborah m. 1696, John Hosford."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Windsor Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   42.

   "Brown, … Peter, Sr., d. Mar. 9, 1691/2 [1:41]"

3. ↑ Peter Brown, in Find A Grave.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Browne, Peter sen., Windsor, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   1:413-14.

   "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 127-8.
   
   Browne, Peter sen., Windsor. Invt. £408-15-06. Taken 23 March, 1691, by John Moore, Cornelius Gillett, John Fyler. Will dated 17 August, 1689.
   
   I Peter Browne sen. of Windsor doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give unto my wife Mary the Use of my whole Estate during Widowhood. If she marry, I give the Use of 1-3 part of my Real Estate to her during life, and £10 of my Moveable Estate. I give to my son Peter my Dwelling house & the Barn & the land whereon it stands. Item. I give to my three sons, John, Jonathan and Cornelius, the remainder of that Land whereon my Barn stands, from that I have given to Peter to the foot of the Hill, for places for them to build upon, John to lye next to his brother, Peter and Jonathan next to the Hill. I do hereby injoin my four sons, Peter, John, Jonathan & Cornelius, to provide yearly so much for their sister Mary as will comfortably winter her a Cow, and bring it home to my Barn and secure it, so long as she remains unmarried. I give to my daughter Mary the use of the new lower room so long as she remains unmarried, and then to return to Peter; also I give her a yerling heifer and a small brass Kettle & a small Iron Pott, a pair of Trammells, the bigest peuter Platter and a pewter basin. Also I give to my two daughters which are married 20 Shillings apeice, and to the other 6 daughters, Mary, Hepsibah, Esther, Isabell, Deborah & Sarah, I give the rest of my Moveables, to be equally divided among them. I appoint my wife and sons, Peter and John, sole Executors.
   
   PETER BROWNE.
   
   Witness: John Fyler, John Moore.
   
   Court Record, Page 41—13 April, 1692: Will proven."