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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 101.
Thomas Brown ye son of Ephraim Brown & Hannah his wife was born December 26 day 1720.
- ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 418.
Mr. Thomas Brown, aged 67, [died] August 15, 1783.
- Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
File 3221: Thomas Brown 1783.
9 Oct 1783: "We the subscribers hereby give our Approbation that M'r Jonas Brown should Administer upon the Estate that our Hon'd Father Thomas Brown Deceased Died Seized of..." Ephraim Brown, Charles Brown , Mary Brown, [Thad?, presumably Thaddeus] Blood
10 Oct 1783: Bond of Jonas Brown of Temple in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire yeoman as administrator of the Estate of Thomas Brown late of said Concord yeoman intestate, Deceased.
Nov 1783: Inventory of Mr Thomas Brown Late of Concord: £538-14-9. Sworn to, 14 Nov 1783.
10 Apr 1784: Distribution to Jonas Brown the Eldest Son, to John Brown & Charles Brown two of the s'd Deceased's sons, to Ephraim Brown one of said deceseds sons, to Hannah Blood the said deceaseds Dafter.
- ↑ There is a lot of confusion surrounding Thomas' death date. The cited record found in Concord VRs comes from the church records.
Source:Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Mass, p. 64, says Thomas d. 1784. Since the probate was opened in 1783, and the vital records say 1783, it is not clear why Potter says 1784. It appears to be a qualitative estimate.
The probate of his father mentions Thomas' children getting no share, in a document dated 1768. This could be construed to indicate that Thomas was deceased at that time. Nothing to support this interpretation can be found (except that Thomas had no children born after this date), and it is assumed spurious.
The age at death, 67, is not a good fit, and with Thomas Brown a very common name, this raises the possibility this death record is not him. However, the date seems to fit with his probate and no Thomas b. 1716 is apparent. Certain stylistic colonial handwriting made the digits 7 and 4 look similar, and it may be that the age at death is really 64 which would be a better fit. However, no gravestone inscription seems available to check this.
An index of Concord Deaths made by the town clerk, available online, gives the death of Thomas Brown, age 67, "Fit in the night", on Sept 15 1783. This did not seem to have made it in the published VRs, and as an index, it is inherently a copy and not the original record. Both the August given in the VRs, and the September mentioned in the index, are compatible with the probate opened in October.
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