12 Mar 1749[/50]: Bond of Hannah Brown Widow of Concord as administratrix of "Estate of her late Husband Ephraim Brown late of s'd Town [Concord] Husbandman Dece'd Intestate".
"march ye. 16: 1749/50": inventory of Estate of Mr Ephraim Browne of Concord Dec'd: £2925=01=06. Sworn to 10 Sep 1750.
17 Mar 1752: Distribution "to Hannah the Widow of the said Dec'd one third part ... the other two third parts we find will make but one Settlement without Spoiling the Whole ... Thomas the Eldest son having received his full share ... William the Second Son living out of this government [i.e., outside Massachusetts] having (as we are informed by the said widow) received in his fathers life time Forty pounds old tenour and having Signified by writing that he declines taking any part ... and Elias the Third son having for some years past been uncapable of managing any Business we agreed that it should be settled on David the youngest son."
10 Jun 1754: David directed to pay siblings Elias, Mary, Sarah & Ruth, with William and Thomas excluded.
1 Nov 1768: "I do hereby Order and Assign unto David Brown of Concord in said County Yeoman, a son of Ephraim Brown late of the same Town Gentleman Dece'd Intestate all those Pieces and Parcels of Land ... being that third part of the Real estate of the said Intestate which was set off to his Widow (since Deceas'd) for her Dower ... David ... to pay to his Brethren & Sisters (Children of the said Intestate) viz. William, Elias, Mary, Sarah & Ruth..." [mentions "what was advanced by the said deceased in his Life Time to his Eldest Son Thomas", but a note on the back says "The Children of Said Deceased Thomas Brown being the Eldest Son Draws no Shear in this Division he having Received his full portion in the Lifetime of s'd Deceased"].
