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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bond, Henry, M.D., and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston (1860): To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860)
I:145.
John Brown, b. 1631; m. Ap. 24, 1655, Esther Makepeace, of Boston. Chil., 1. Joseph, b. in Camb., Feb. 8, 1655-6; killed by a cart, Sept. 24, 1671. 2. Elizabeth, b. in C, Mar. 26, 1657. 3. Sarah, b. in C, July 18, 1661. 4. Mary, b. in C. Dec. 19, 1662. Soon after this he moved to Marlboro, and there had, 5. John, b. Nov. 27, 1664. 6. Hester, b. and d. 1667. 7. Thomas, b. 1669. 8. Daniel, b. 1671. 9. Deborah, b. 1673. 10. Abigail, b. Mar. 9, 1675. 11. Joseph, b. 1677. In 1678, he sold his farm in Marlboro, to Thomas Rice, and probably soon after moved to Falmouth. From Falmouth he moved to Wat., at what time is not known. His Will, dated Wat., Nov. 20, 1697, in which be is designated as "late of Falmouth,"' mentions wife Hester, sons John, Thomas, Daniel, and Joseph, dr. Deborah Meacham; sons-in-law, John Gustin, John Adams, Thomas Darley (or Darby), and John Hartshorne.
- ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D., and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston (1860): To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860)
II:731.
It was once thought probable that this John Brown might have been a son of John Browne, of Wat., born the year before he left England, but in a deed recorded in Mid. records, he is called "a Scotchman," and the first John of Wat. left only 2 drs. and widow. John Brown's dr. Deborah m. Jeremiah Meacham, of Salem, and his dr. Elizabeth m. Jan. 10. 1677, John Gustin.
- ↑ John Brown, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
115-16.
John Brown, Scotchman, b. ab. 1631, m. in Boston 24 Apr. 1655 Esther, d. of Thomas Makepeace, whose will 30 June 1666 rememb. them and their 5 ch. He rem. from Cambridge ab. 1663 to Marlboro, where he sold out in 1678 and rem. to East Deering, Falmouth. Gr.j. 1683, selectman 1687. … In the second war he esc. to Watertown. Will 20 Nov. 1697 names 4 sons and 5 sons-in-law, incl. John Adams, Tho. Darley or Darby, and John Hartshorn. Wid. Esther in 1699 deeded to s. Joseph. Ch: Joseph, b. Cambridge 8 Feb. 1655-6, k. by a cart 24 Sep. 1671. Elizabeth, b. 26 Mar. 1657, m. 10 Jan. 1677 John Gustin. Sarah, b. 18 July 1661. Mary b. 19 Dec. 1662. John, b. Marlboro 27 Nov. 1664; wit. Falm. 1681, Y. D. xiii. 228; Falm. petn. 1689. … liv. 1697. Poss. [John of Falmouth and Gloucester or John of Marshfield, shipwright, who bot and sold the neighb. Andrews farm 1712-1718, wit. Thomas Brown. Hester, b. and d. 1667. Thomas, b. 1669, Falm. petn. 1689. … liv. 1697. … Daniel, b. 1671, liv. 1697. Deborah, b. 1673, m. Jeremiah Meacham of Salem. Abigail, b. 9 Mar. 1675. Joseph, b. 1677, Dea. in Watertown. See Bond 145, 731.
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