Person:James Brown (5)
Lieutenant James Brown
b.Abt 1623 England
d.29 Sep 1710 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1614
  1. Mary BrownAbt 1615 - 1669
  2. William BrownAbt 1618 -
  3. Lieutenant James BrownAbt 1623 - 1710
  4. John Brown, Jr.Bef 1627 - Bef 1662
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Lieutenant James BrownAbt 1623 - 1710
  • W.  Lydia HowlandEst 1633 - Aft 1710/11
m. Bef 1655
  1. Lieutenant James Brown1655 - 1718
  2. Dorothy Brown1666 - 1727
  3. Jabez Brown1668 - Bef 1747
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Lieutenant James Brown
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1623 England
Marriage Bef 1655 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (James).
to Lydia Howland
Will[2][3] 25 Oct 1694 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2] 29 Sep 1710 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[4] Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Probate[2][3] 11 Jan 1710/11 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Brown, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    1:426.

    "James (Brown), [born] by 1627 (in Taunton section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:195)); m. by about 1655 Lydia Howland, daughter of John Howland [GMB 2:1023]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2 Lydia2 Howland, in General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various)
    23:1:4-6.

    "… James Brown, who was probably born in England about 1623 and died at Swansea 29 September 1710 aged 87, son of John and Dorothy (_____) Brown. James was one of the original members of the Swansea Church, but later helped organize the Baptist Church in Swansea, the first Baptist Church in Massachusetts. He was very active as the records of the Baptist Church show: … was chosen a Deputy 5 June 1666 and a selectman for Rehoboth 5 June 1667. He became a freeman from Swansey 29 May 1670. He served as a Deputy from Swansey 1669 to 1672, and as an Assistant from 1673 to 1683. …

    James Brown of Swansey, Gentleman, made his will 25 October 1694, proved 11 January 1710/1 naming his sons James and Jabez and his daughter Dorothy Kent. On 11 January 1711 Lydia Brown, widow of James, was named executor of his estate; Jabez Howland and Josiah Howland were the sureties."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987)
    3:49.

    Will of James Brown of Swansea, Gent., being about 71 years of age, dated 25 Oct 1694, proved 11 Jan 1710/1.
    Wife Lidia.
    Sons: James and Jabez Brown.
    Daughter: Dorothy Kent.
    Witnesses: Samuel Newman, Samuel Viall and John Bullock [3:6/7]

  4. ↑ LT James Brown, in Find A Grave.
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