Genealogical and Pesonal Memoirs of Worcester County, Mass. Vol. 1 page 306 (IV) Deacon Benjamin BROWN, son of Nicholas BROWN, was born at Reading, Mass. on Feb. 21, 1702, died at Reading on April 1, 1768. He marrid Susannah (?) (V) General Benjamin BROWN, son of Deacon BROWN, was born in Reading, Mass. on March 22, 1728, died there on Jan 4, 1801 at 73 years. He married (1st), on June 20, 1749, in Reading, Hannah SWAIN, who was born Aug. 26, 1731, in Reading. He married (2nd) Elizabeth WILEY on Feb. 20, 1772. Hannah SWAIN was the daughter of Thomas SWAIN, whose father was Lt. Benjamin SWAIN, a doctor, whose father was Jeremiah SWAIN. Major Jeremiah SWAIN, the last mentioned, was son of Jeremiah, who was born in England, and settled at Charlestown, Mass., in 1638, probably the year in which he emigrated; settled in 1640 in Reading; married Mary (?) and died in 1658. Major and Doctor Jeremiah SWAIN fought in King Philip's War and was wounded at Fort Narragansett. He was Capt. in 1676; in 1689 he was in command of the forces sent against the Indians; he was Selectman of Reading for 8 years; representative to the general court 10 years and governor's assistant in 1690 + 96, he married 1664, Mary SMITH, daughter of Francis SMITH, one of the pioneer settlers. Benjamin SWAIN, son of Major SWAIN, was also a physician. He was for many years Selectman of Reading, Mass. ad died in 1747; he married (1st) Margaret (?), by whom he had 9 children; in 1714 he married Elizabeth BOUTWELL, widow of James BOUTWELL, by whom he had 1 child; his son Thomas SWAIN was the father off Hannah SWAIN, who married General Benjamin BROWN. Hannah (SWAIN) BROWN died June 12, 1771, aged 40 years. Thomas SWAIN was a private in Capt. John WALTON's company, Colonel David GREEN's regiment, and marched with the company on the Lexington call. He was appointed by the general court Lt. Col. in Colonel Jonathan FOX's regiment of Middlesex county, and was commissioned in council Feb. 12, 1776. In 1777 he was Lt. Col. in Colonel Samuel BULLARD's Mass. regiment. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was at Ticonderoga with General GATES in 1776, and an interesting letter written to his wife is printed in EATON's History of Reading, Mass. He was a General of the militia after the war. (VI) William BROWN, son of General Benjamin BROWN was born in Reading, Mass., on April 1, 1758. He married Martha RICHARDSON, who was probably born in Lynnfield, Mass. She used to talk of thatplace and of Lynn, Saugus and Reading to her grandchildren. He was a soldier in the Lexington call in the Reading company. He was also in the Train Band under John WALTON, captain, May 13, 1775. He settled in Royalston, Mass., on the PROUTY place as it is now called. He was a tanner by trade and he built a tannery in Royalston. He then bought of Elder Whitman JACOBS the farm south of and adjoining NEWTON's, where as is supposed Abel WHITNEY first settled. END of Part 1