"B. Kruse" wrote: > > Out of curiosity, will you share your 4 generations before Abner? > Thanks > Barbara Sure. This is long and it may be a bit hard to follow in text format, but here it is. First Generation 1. Thomas Brown, b. ca.1610 England, and wife Bridget (?) settled Sudbury MA 1637, moved to Concord MA 1638, freeman 14 Mar. 1639, d. Concord 3 Nov. 1688. (Concord recorded the death, but Savage says "he removed probably to Cambridge and died 3 Nov. 1688). Bridget died 5 Jan 1681. c24,s266 BROWN, THOMAS, Concord 1638, perhaps br. of Rev. Edmund, being among orig. proprs. of Sudbury 1637, freem. 14 Mar.1639, by w. Bridget had Boaz, b. 14 Feb. 1642; perhaps Jabez, 1644; Mary, 26 Mar. 1646; Eleazer, July 1649; and Thomas, 1651. His w. d. 5 Jan. 1681, and he rem. prob. to Cambridge, d. 3 Nov. 1688. S Brothers Edmund and William were, with Thomas, original grantees of Sudbury. (Another note says Edmund was "proprietor" of Sudbury.) Other Browns settled in Watertown MA may be related. [Savage]* says Thomas was from Hawkedon Parish, Co. Suffolk, near Bury St. Edmunds. A note (p. 118) in "Genealogies of Watertown, Mass." by Henry Bond (1860) states: "It is not improbable that Edmund, Thomas and William Browne, original grantees of Sudbury, were of the same lineage as Richard and Abraham (of Watertown) but no evidence of it has been discovered. Richard and Abraham were sons of Thomas of Swan Hall, Parish of Hawkedon, Suffolk Co. Eng.". Farmer, quoting "Shattuck, MS Hist., Concord" says Thomas removed to Cambridge. 2 i. Boaz Brown b. Concord 14 Dec. 1641, d. Concord 07 Apr. 1724. c1 Boaz and Jabez on tax rolls in Stow 1688.. N32:81 20 ii. Jabez 1644. m.(1) Hannah Blanford 23 Dec 1667, m(2) Deborah Haynes, d 1692 s266,L iii. Mary b. 26 1st mo, 1646, m(1) William Woodhead (Woodward?) 21 June 1669, m(2) John Gove (Gore?) of Cambridge c5,L,W iv. Eleazer b. 5th mo. 1649 (W. says b. 6 July 1649) (S. says "perhaps son of Thomas) m. Dinah Spalding 9 Feb. 1674/5 Chelmsford, d. 22 Jan. 1719/20 Canterbury CT c5,L 10 v. Thomas b. 1652 (from g.s.) Savage says 1651. c94 Second Generation 2. Boaz Brown m.(1) Mary Winship, Concord, 8 Nov. 1664. (See Winship file) c11, t104 Freeman 1673. Farmer says he removed to Stow 1690. K.B. says he was a founder and on the first board of selectmen in 1683; moved to Dedham in 1695. Will dated 1715 in Dedham s266,109 No record of Mary's death found. 16 i Boaz[2] b. 31 July 1665 [Savage] 23 Aug. 1665 [C12].T says Boaz(2) m. Abail c12 3 ii Thomas[2] b. 12 or 21 May 1667 [Savage], b. 12 May 1667 [Concord] c13 iii Mary b. 31 Oct 1670 [Savage & Concord]. Weis says this Mary died young. c15,L,W 18 iv Edward b. 20 Mar 1672/3 [Savage and Concord] -"moved to Stow" c17,W 19 v. Mercy b. ??, m. John Everett, Dedham, 3 Jan. 1699/1700 (see [16] below) t704,L,W 17 vi. Mary b. 24 Mar. 1678. Married Sam Stearns of Dedham 9 July 1696 in Concord. c15,L,W vii. Perhaps Jane b 4 Sept. 1684 Stow, Mass. StowVR,L m(2) Mary (Fuller) Richards, 30 Sept. 1695 in Dedham Mass. Mary b. 01 Mar. 1653 in Dedham, dau. of Robert Fuller and Sarah, d. 12 Sept. 1715 in Dedham; KFB m(3) Abigail (Ballard) Wheat of Andover, 10 Sept 1716, in Concord. No children known. KFB "Boaz Brown, husband of Abigail, died 7 Apr. 1724 [in his 83rd yr.-g.s.] c109 "Abigail, widow of Boaz Brown, d. 20 July 1726". c110 Third Generation 3. Thomas[2] Brown m. Rachel Poulter ca. 1690. Rachel Poulter, b. 14 Mar 1670/1, in Billerica, MA. (See Poulter file). No record of the marriage found. He died 13 May 1739 in the 73rd yr of his age. c30,143 Children of Thomas and Rachel: i. Rachel b. 16 Feb. 1691/2, d. 4 Mar 1691/2. c36 ii. Mary b. 20 Mar. 1692/3, m. Thomas Flint 15 Jan 1717 c38,92 4 iii. John[1] Brown b. 18 Sep. 1694 d. 6 Mar 1750 c40,415 iv. Rachel b. 10 Mar. 1695/6 c41 11 v. Jonathan b. 30 July 1698 c45 vi. Thomas b. 14 June 1700, d. 28 Nov. 1700 c49,58 vii. Hanah b. 5 June 1702, m. Simon Davis 1 June 1719 c53 viii. Abigail b. 12 Mar. 1703/4 m. Jonathan Davis c61,L ix. Dinah b. 12 Feb. 1705/6 m. Henry Jeffts 13 Nov 1735 c64,132,L x. Thomas b. 24 Dec. 1707 m. Mary Holyoke 18 Sept. 1729 c68,123 xi. Marcy b. 22 Apr. 1710 m. David Whitaker c75 Fourth Generation 4. John[1] Brown m. Elizabeth Potter 23 Feb. 1714; (see Potter file) c89 i. John b.1 Dec. 1715, d. 21 July 1718 c86,94 ii. Elizabeth b. 4 Sept. 1718 c95 iii. Grace b. 5 Feb. 1720, m. John Wheat 10 Nov 1740 c101 9 iv. John[2] b. 1 July 1724 c111 v. Hannah b. 25 Mar. 1727, possibly m. Joseph Davis 10 Jan 1743 c117 vi. Josiah b. 30 Dec. 1729 (apparently died early) c123 vii. Joseph b. d. 11 Feb 1731/2 (or could have been Josiah) c127 viii. Joseph b. 12 Nov. 1733 c135 5. ix. Josiah b. Concord 30 Jan 1742/3, d. New Ipswich NH 18 Mar 1831 c156 Fifth Generation 5. Josiah Brown m. Sarah Wright, Concord, 31 Oct. 1765. (See Wright file). He was first lieutenant in Capt. Towne's Company at Bunker Hill, later Captain of militia and deacon of Baptist church in New Ipswich. Sarah was b. 27 Nov. 1744 in Concord and d. 9 Aug 1821 in New Ipswich. Both were (as of 1885) buried in the "New Burying Ground" in New Ipswich. Thirteen children all born in New Ipswich NH. JSB, GAB Josiah Brown of Concord mustered out 6/22/1778 NEHGR 50:15 JOSIAH BROWN of New Ipswich, b. Concord, Mass., 1744; d. 1831. Capt. Brown removed to New Ipswich in 1765 and settled there upon "Flat Mountain." He was a lieutenant in Capt. Ezra Towne's company, Col. James Reed's regiment, at Bunker Hill, and saw service at Ticonderoga, also, May, and July 1777. In the company which went from New Ipswich, April 20, 1775, Josiah Brown was sergeant. His name appears as selectman, 1782, and with other officers of New Ipswich, as a member of a committee to get pay for war expenses, 1785; Capt. Joseph Parker was another member and Col. Thomas Heald, a third. Derby Capt. Josiah Brown was at Ticonderoga May and July, 1777. Derby Josiah Brown of Concord mustered out 6/22/1778 N50:15 "He moved to New Ipswich 1765 and settled on the farm on "Flat Mountain" where he resided for over half a century....He was lieutenant in the New Ipswich company at the battle of Bunker Hill...He served eight months....He afterward did duty at Ticonderoga, which post was surrendered about 3 months after his release from service....He died in 1831, in the 88th year of his age; his wife died in 1821, aged 77." k339 1763 tax list for New Ipswich NH has John Brown, William Brown, Thomas Brown, Thomas Wright, widow Mary Brown from http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhhillsb/nips1763tax.htm Fifth Generation (continued) Children of Josiah Brown and Sarah Wright: i Josiah b. 1 Oct. 1766, m. Miliscent Wright in Concord 20 Apr 1792,d. Bennington VT 20 Jan 1858 C358,k340 ii Joseph b. 10 Oct. 1767, m. Sophronia Preston, d. Whitingham VT 2 Mar 1827 k340 iii Jonas b. 4 Mar. 1769, m. Lois Russell, d. Whitingham VT 23 Feb1836 k340 iv Sarah b. 22 Nov. 1770 m. Reuben Brown 1 July 1793, d. Jefferson Co. NY 20 Apr. 1822 (they were first cousins; Reuben son of John[2] Brown k340 v Aaron Brown b. 8 Dec 1772, d. 15 Feb 1828 New Ipswich; m. Hannah Brown 1795 (they were first cousins; Hannah dau. of John[2] Brown) k340 vi Amos b. 11 Sept. 1774, m. Sarah Tarbell 5 Apr 1803, d. 10 May 1863 Jacksonville VT k340 6 vii Abner b. 27 July 1776, d. 4 Apr 1824 New Ipswich k340 viii Rebecca b. 5 July 1778 m. Nathan Perry d. 9 June 1853 Elizabethtown NY k340 ix Levi b. 6 Aug. 1780, m. Betsy Temple 15 May 1803, d. 10 Sept. 1840 Elizabethtown NY k340 x Nathan b. 25 July 1782, m. Betsy Goldsmith 3 Jun 1806, moved to Whitingham VT, d. 21 June 1862 Charlemont MA k340 xi Howard (Heywood) b. 2 July 1784 m. Sally Woolcott 5 Feb 1809, d. 2 Mar. 1867 Littleton MA. k340 Children of Heywood Brown: (Rev.) Josiah W. Brown b. Concord 18 May 1812, d. West Acton MA >1885 c288 Loisa S., b. Concord 3 Apr. 1815 c291 7 other children per JWB xii Betsy b. 7 Feb. 1787 d. 11 July 1793 New Ipswich, "killed by a horse" xiii Abigail (Nabby) b. 22 June 1790 m. Asa Farnsworth d. 24 Apr.1864 Lewis NY k340 A child stillborn 1792 Most of the early stuff is from Concord VRs (c, page #). *NOTE: [Concord] (c) indicates "Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850" Printed by the Town reprinted 1992 by Heritage Books. "c##" indicates page reference in that volume. [Savage] (s) indicates: Savage, James, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers on New England". (t) indicates "New England Marriages Before 1700", by Clarence Torrey. (k) indicates "The History of New Ipswich" ed. by Kidder, 1855 (L) Lines, Maxine Phelps, "A Record of some of the descendants of Thomas Brown of Concord, Mass" (KFB) "The Wives of Boaz Brown Sr." by Keith F. Brown, NEHGR 140, Oct. 1968. (Derby) A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. by Samuel Carroll Derby, Columbus, Ohio, 1901, page 25 with additions and corrections 1804 (Brown-Groover) "The Brown Family Letters" NEHGR 131:28ff (1977). (Potter) "Genealogies of some of the old families of Concord, Mass." By Charles Edward Potter 1887 reprinted 1995 Good hunting!