A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Brown

Richard BROWN of Barton Regis, Co. Gloucestershire Eng

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Children: John

John BROWN, a smith from Pemaquid; born 1635

Children: John born circa 1635-6 married Elizabeth __; Elizabeth; Margaret married Alexander Gould & Morris Chamblet; Francis; Mary married Richard Redding; Emme (Nem) born 1645 married Nicholas Dennen who married 2nd Sarah Paine

Elizabeth BROWN

Spouse: Richard PIERCE/PEARCE

Children: Richard born circa 1647 died by 1734 of Marblehead married Mary ? ; John; William; Frances; George; Elizabeth; Margaret

Gen. Dictionary ME & NH pg 115: John Brown Pemaquid, smith, whose name is a thousand times in print, chiefly because of a forged Ind deed antedated nearly a century. His earliest comtemp ment is (not 1625 but) 1 Nov 1639, the date of the Ind deed of the lower part of Woolwich to Edw Bateman and "John Brown sometime of Pemaquid." In 1664, selling out to Bateman, he was again "of Pemaquid." His s John b ab 1636, dep in 1721 that he liv at New Harbor, Pemaquid, until ab 30, when he want back 8 miles to live on land his bro-in-law Pierce had bot of the Indians (1642). One lease to his father, by Mr. Shurt and Robert Knight, had been assigned to William Bickford by 1661. Mr. Knight came over at the expiration of Mr. Shurt's 5 yr contract in 1640. We may conj how long bef 1639 John Brown came. Robert Allen back to England in 1658 dep that he had kn one John Brown of Newharbour in New Eng 17 yrs. (the earliest contemp ment of New Harbor) and had often been told by him that his father was Richard Brown of Barton Regis, co. Glouc., and that he married with Margaret, d of Francis Hayward of Briston, wayte player. The occa of this dep has not been ascert. Allen called him a mason but he is called smith in deeds here. The hundred of Barton Regis, contained four parishes, one of them Margotsfield, makes the northerly suburbs of Briston. John Brown, s of Thomas Browne of Margotsfield, was appr 20 Nov 1611 to Robert North blacksm and was duly made citizen of Bristol 12 Feb 1624[5. James Phippes, s of Wm Phippes b in Margotsfield, was apprent 1 Mar 1625-6 to John Brown of Bristol, blacksm and Joan, his wife for 8 yrs. Discrep have not been reconc but the father of Sir Wm Phips, James of Woolwich, was a gunsmith. See Cox (33). In Philip's War the Browns escaped to Boston, where the f liv with his eldest son. Conflict, untrust, dep leave us uncert whether he or his wife came back. Lists 11, 13, 121. Ch: Elizabeth m Richard Pierce. Margaret mar Alexander Gould, Morris Chamblet. John b 1635. Francis wit Ind deed 1666, sold land at New Harbor, last ment 1674. List 15. Mary m Richard Redding. Emme or Nem b 1645 m Nicholas Dennen.

Topographical pg 55: BROWN, John; Briston Gloucestershire; Pemaquid ME; Ref Banks Mss.

Pioneers ME & NH pg 83: GOULD, GOLD, Alexander or Sander, New Harbor, or Pemaquid ME with his wife Margaret, had a deed of gift of a tract of land at Broad Bay from her father John Brown of New Harbor 8 Aug 1660. Daus Margaret, Mary & Elizabeth. [Eastern claims] One of these daus married James Stilson who petitioned Andros in 1689 giving some of these facts. 26 BROWN, John, New Harbor, Pemaquid, bought of the Indian sagamore Somerset or Samoset 7/15/1625, a tract of land extending from Pemaquid Falls to the head of New Harbor, thence to the south end of Muscongus island, running into the country North and by east 25 miles, then twenty eight miles northwest and by west, then south and by west to Pemaquid. Witnessed by Matthew Newman and William Cox. Acknowledged before Abraham Shurt 7/24/1626. [Me. Hist. Coll. V, 191-5.] /P/ This deed was recorded at Charlestown MA 12/26/1720 upon request of James Stillson and Margaret Stillson. [Book of Eastern Claims.] His son John Brown, of Framingham MA deposed 2/9/1720 aged about 85 years that he lived with his father at New Harbor, near Pemaquid till he was about 30 years old, and that during that time his brother in law Richard Pearse bought land of the Indians. /P/ His dau. Margaret m. Alexander Gould, q.v.

Pioneers Maine Rivers pg 352: BROWN, John, mason; bought land from Robinhood at Woolwich with Bateman 1639; New Harbor 1654-1676; widow Margaret dau of Francis Haywood, of Briston, Eng; children Elizabeth, Emma, Francis, John born 1635, and Margaret.

New York Genealogical & Biographical Record: JOHN BROWN OF NEW HARBOR MAINE 1623 1670 AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS CONTRIBUTED BY THERESA HALL BRISTOL John Brown of Pemaquid New Harbor Damariscotta and Woolwich now in Maine is distinguished only as having been the recipient of what is considered to be the first Indian deed on record He was the son of Richard Brown of Barton Regis Gloucestershire Eng and married Margaret daughter of Francis Hayward of Bristol Eng He is supposed to have come from Bristol to Pemaquid now Bristol Me as early as 1623 On July 15 1625 John Brown then of New Harbor purchased of the Sagamores Capt John Samoset and Unongoit for fifty skins a tract of land described as follows Beginning at Pemaquid Falls and so running a direct course to the head of New Harbor from thence to the south end of Muscongus Island taking in the Island and so running five and twenty miles into the country north and by east and thence eight miles northwest and by west to Pemaquid where it first began This deed was acknowledged at Pemaquid before Abraham Shurt July 24 1626 and is supposed to be the earliest Indian deed on record The History of Bristol and Bremen Maine Including the Pemaquid Settlement by John Johnston LL D 1873 gives a very full account of John Brown his possessions and some of his descendants also a detailed account of the Indian wars which depleted and scattered the early population on this part of the coast of Maine The object of this article is therefore only to bring together such genealogical material as has come to light later through other publications and to include the names of all the heirs in 1812 to John Brown's estate through the line of his granddaughter Margaret Gould Stilson Pittman and her first husband James1 Stilson The line of James4 Stilson James8 has been made as complete as possible by a personal search of New Hampshire records and is verified by Lincoln County Depositions of 1812 in possession of the Maine Historical Society and deposited in their library at Portland The names of the other children of James8 Stilson with the exception of Hannah and their descendants have been taken entirely from these depositions made at the time John Brown's descendants tried to regain the Eastern lands There seems to be some uncertainty as to the time and place of John Brown's death but it was probably about 1670 as stated in the History of Bristol and Bremen and at his son John's at Damariscotta The historian further states that John Brown's wife returned to New Harbor after the Indian War of 1676 and built a house there Children Brown i John b 1636 m Elizabeth ii Margaret m i Alexander Gould m 2 Morris Cham pett spelled Chamlet Chamblet Champney Cham less and Champrise iii Elizabeth m Richard Pierce iv Emma m Nicholas Denning The deposition of John and Richard Pierce 1729 published in the Genealogical Advertiser Vol II p 28 gives the children of Eme Brown dau of John Brown ye wife of Nicholas Denning as Agnes Doliber Eme Elwell Elizabeth Paine Nicholas Denning Mary Stevens William Denning George Denning John Brown gave the Island of Muscongus and a large tract upon the mainland to Alexander Gould the husband of his daughter Margaret as Margaret's marriage portion This was by deed dated Aug 8 1660 and she continued to live upon it long after the death of her husband Various York Deeds and Lincoln Co Depositions.

Ten Years at Pemaquid: The purchase of land of the Pemaquid Indians constitutes another important epoch in our history Prof John Johnston's history of Bristol and Bremen states that Brown probably came here direct from Bristol England and he copies a document from the records of that place relating to him dated Feb 21 1658 when Robert Allen testified that he had often told him that he was the son of Richard Brown of Barton Regis in Gloucester in England and that he married Margaret daughter of Francis Hayward of Bristol To all people whom it may concern Know ye that I Capt John Somerset and Unongoit Indian sagamores they being the proper heirs to all the lands on both sides of Muscon gus river have bargained and sold to John Brown of New Harbour this certain tract or parcell of land as followeth that is to say beginning at Pemaquid Falls and so running a direct course to the head of New Harbour from thence to the south end of Muscongus Island taking in the island and so running five and twenty miles into the country north and by east and thence eight miles northwest and by west and then turning and running south and by west to Pemaquid where first begun To all which lands above bounded the said Captain John Somerset and Unnongoit Indian sagamores have granted and made over to the above said John Brown of New Harbor in and for consideration of fifty skins to us in hand paid to our full satisfaction for the above mentioned lands and we the above said sagamores do bind ourselves and our heirs forever to defend the above said John Brown and his heirs in the quiet and peaceable possession of the above said lands In witness whereunto the said Capt John Somerset and Unnongoit have set our hands and seals this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and twenty five CAPT JOHN SOMERSET SEAL UNNONGOIT SEAL Signed and sealed in presence of us MATTHEW NEWMAN WM Cox July 24 1626 Capt John Somerset and Unnongoit Indian Sagamores personally appeared and acknowledged this instrument to be their act and deed at Pemaquid before me ABRAHAM SHUBTE.

The Beginnings of Colonial Maine: 1 Johnston History of Bristol and Bremen 54 55 An attested copy of this deed was recorded in York County Register August 3 1739 With reference to the authenticity of the deed those connected with the transaction offered the deposition of Simon Frost formerly deputy secretary of the province under Josiah Willard Esq in which he testified that when he was in the office he drew from one of its books called the Book of Records the aforementioned deed which was there fairly recorded and of which the deed aforesaid is a true copy and the deponent further testified that when the court house in Boston was burnt about the year 1748 he had reason to believe the said Book of Records was consumed by fire See Report of Massachusetts Commissioners to Investigate the Causes of the Difficulties in the County of Lincoln 1811 16 /P/ An early document2 in the records of Bristol England mentions this John Brown as a son of Richard Brown of Barton Regis in Gloucester England and adds that he married Margaret daughter of Francis Hay ward of Bristol It is supposed that he came to the Maine coast directly from Bristol probably in one of the fishing or trading vessels of that prosperous city He not only became the possessor of the large tract of land above mentioned but in 1639 he purchased of the Indians land at what was then known as Naquasset now Woolwich on the Kennebec a little above Bath but on the eastern side of the river and thither he removed A daughter Elizabeth married Richard Pearce 4 who in 1641 secured an Indian title to land at Muscongus a part of the same being within the bounds of Brown's purchase in 1625 the father in law being a witness to the transaction Brown sold his land at Naquasset in 1646 and returned to his eastern possessions In 1654 he was living at Damariscotta In a deposition of Benjamin Prescott of Danvers made in Salem Mass in 1765 Brown is mentioned as living during the last years of his life in Boston with his son John Brown Jr Another daughter Margaret married Sander or Alexander Gould 1 Concerning Somerset one of the Indian sagamores from whom John Brown obtained the large tract of land described in the above deed mention has already been made Unongoit is known only in connection with this transaction Abraham Shurt 2 before whom the acknowledgment of John Brown's Indian deed of land was made July 24 1626 was not on this side of the ocean when the deed was executed but came hither in 1626 and soon after his arrival took up his residence at Pemaquid where he spent the large part of his long and useful life engaged in business relations that extended to Massachusetts on one side and to Nova Scotia on the other In his participation in the acknowledgment of the above deed Shurt appended no title to his signature and probably claimed no legal authority for the service he rendered but familiar with common English forms in business transactions evidently a man of ability and integrity he was doubtless recognized as the best fitted for the service of any of the residents on the Pemaquid peninsula.

Family 2

James BROWN of Charlestown until circa 1660, Newbury and of Salem as early as 1672, glazier born circa 1605, died in Salem 11/13/1676

Spouse: Judith CUTTING married circa 1637, died circa 1650, daughter of Capt. John (2) Sarah Cutting (sister of Judith) married circa 1652, Sarah married 2nd William Healy, Sr. of Cambridge

Children: John born 1/4/1637-8; James born 2/20/1642-3 buried 8/8/1643; James born 8/19/1647 married Hannah House 3/16/1670; Nathaniel born 11/21/1648 died young; Sarah married 1st Beasley & 2nd William Healy Jr.; By 2nd wife: Samuel born 1/14/1656-7; Hannah or Anna baptized 9/12/1658; Abraham baptized 10/14/1660 died 1/13/1688; Mary born 5/25/1663; Abigail born 10/24/1665; Martha born 12/22/1667 probably married John Tappan

John BROWN / BROWNE, glazier, lived in Newbury & Ipswich

Spouse: Mary WOODMAN married 2/20/1659-60 in Newbury, daughter of Edward

Children: Judith born 12/3/1660; Mary born 3/8/1661-2 married William Partridge 12/1680 in Newbury; Elizabeth born 5/15/1664; John born 9/29/1666; Jonathan born 11/4/1668 married Linda Kindrick; Sarah born 12/2/1670; Hannah born 11/13/1676 in Ipswich

Judith BROWN born 12/3/1660 Newbury married 2/4/1680-1

Spouse: Zachary DAVIS born 2/22/1645-6 Newbury MA died 6/25/1692 Newbury

Children: Judith born 9/7/1684 died 12/9/1702; Elizabeth born 4/27/1687; Zachariah born circa 1690

Vital Records of Newbury: Davis, Zachary and Judith Brown Feb. 4, 1680-81. /P/ John Brown and Mary Woodman married 2/20/1659

A Sketch of the History of Newbury: 1699 DAVIS ZACHARY son of John m Judith Brown 4 Feb 1681 Ch Judith 7 Sept 1684 and d 9 Dec 1702 Elizabeth 26 April 1687

The Essex Antiquarian: John Brown, glazier, lived in Newbury 1659-1662 in Ipswich 1663 1686. He bought house barn and land on High street in Ipswich Jan 15 1663 4; married Mary Woodman Feb 20 1659 60 Newbury and she was his wife in 1676. Judith born Dec 3 1660 Zachary Davis Feb 4 1680 in Newbury; Mary born March 8 1661 2 in married William Partridg Dec 1680 in Newbury Hannah born November 13 1676 in Ipswich Records

New England Families: SApril 19 1638 Nicholas Holt was chosen one of the surveyors of highways for one whole yeare & till new be chosen February 24 1637 it was agreed that William Moody James Browne Nic Holt Francis Plummer Na Noyse shall lay out all the general fences in the towne that are to be made as likewise tenn rod between man & man for garden plotts this is to be done by the 5th of March on the penalty of 55 apiece. In June 1638 all the able bodied men of Newbury were enrolled and formed into four companies under the commandi of John Pike, Nicholas Holt, John Baker, and Edmund Greenleafe. They were required to bring their arms compleat on Sabbath day in a month and the lecture day following and stand sentinell at the doors all the time of the publick meeting

The Ancient Records of the Town of Ipswich: The names of such as are Commoners in Ipswich, viz: that have right to Commonage there: The last day of the last month 1641 - John Browne. /P/ Month the first day 26th 1640. Agreed with James Pitney and John Browne the day and yeare abovesaid that they shall keepe a herd of Swyne soe many as shall be put before them at Castle neck and Hogg Island from the 10th of Aprill untlll harvest be fully ended and they are to carry them and bring them back to the severall owners yvided that the owners send each of them a man to drive them and bring them back and that they shall stand to all damage done in Corne and that they chall put them up in the pen every night In consideration wereof they shall have 401b and if any hoggs shall be lost by their negligence they shall pay for them and they are to be there every night except upon extraordinary occasions and then but one of them to be absent and they are to have Is in hand for every Hogg put before them 2s 6 d for every Hogg at midsummer and the remaynder to make up 40lb at the time when they deliver them up either in mony or merchantable Corne within 14 days after the tyme or else they are to pay half soe much more as the agreement and in case any Hogs be put bf fore them they shall pay for them the whole pay except they fetch them away upon the Hogkeepers information of being soe poor that they are not like to live. The mark P of James Pitney John Browne

Oulde Newbury: 2 21 Oct 26 1659 Nicholas Wallington of Newbury conveyed to John Browne of Newbury house and four acres of land lately purchased of the executrix of Henry Travers described as above Ipswich Deeds book 2 leaf 13 24. Nov 7 1660 John Browne of Newbury glazier sold to Henry Sewall of Newbury gentleman house and four acres of land in Newbury formerly owned by Henry Travers bounded with the streets on the south and east the land of Richard Browne on the west and Tristram Coffin's land on y north also shop and new shop lately built and floored etc Ipswich Deeds book 2 page 16 28

Essex Institute Historical Collections: 1 James Browne of Charlestown Newbury and Salem, glazier, born about 1605 married 1st about 1637 3 JUDITH CUTTING Capt John who died about 1650 2d about 1650 52 5 SABAH CUTTING sister of Judith who was admitted to the Charlestown church March 14 1652 He was of Charlestown till about 1660 then of Newbury and of Salem as early as 1672 Coffin calls him James Jun to distinguish from Mr James Browne who was one of the first settlers of Newbury and called late teacher at Portsmouth in 1656 James died at Salem Nov 13 1676 Will dated Jan 29 1674 5 probated Nov 29 1676 Widow Sarah married Nov 29 1677 W Ch WILLIAM HEALY SEN f of Cambridge She was living in Feb 1682 8 A Sarah Healy married Dec 3 1685 Nb Hugh March Sen of Nb as his third wife Widow Sarah March died Oct 25 1699 Nb Children 2 JOHN b Jan 4 1637 8 W Ch eldest son in 1674 m Feb 20 1659 60 Mary Woodman 3 JAMBS b Feb 20 1642 3 W Ch bur Aug 8 1643 W Ch 4 JAMBS b Aug 19 1647 W Oh m March 16 1670 Hannah House 5 NATHANIEL b Nov 21 1648 W Ch by 1st wife d young not in will 1674 6 SABAH b m 1st before 1675 Beasly 2d about 1682 William3 Healy jnn William Healy Jun b 1652 is said to have lived in Cambridge and d there in 1689 7 SAMUEL b Jan 14 1656 7 W Ch by 2d wife By the will 1674 he received his father's dwelling house and ground in Salem next to lands of Samuel Pickworth and John Ged ney dec d 8 HANNAH or ANNA b bp Sept 12 1658 W Ch living in 1674 0 ABRAHAM b bp Oct 14 1660 W Ch mentioned in will 1674 Essex Antiq says he was living in 1682 d Jan 13 1688 Nb 10 MARY b May 25 1663 Nb living in 1674 See 14 Mary8 11 ABIGAIL b Oct 24 1665 Nb living in 1674 12 MARTHA b Dec 22 1667 Nb mentioned in will 1674 Essex Antiq states that she probably m Sept 3 1688 John Tappan of Andover 2 John Browne James of Newbury and Ipswich glazier born 1638 married Feb 20 1659 60 Nb MARY WOODMAN (Edward) He removed from Newbury to Ipswich about 1663. By his father's will he seems to have received something from the estate of Henry Bright of Watertown In 1678 he sold house and land in Ipswich and we have found no further trace of him Children 13 JUDITH b Dec 3 1660 Nb probably m Feb 4 1680 1 Nb Zachary Davis John of Newbury 14 MABY b March 8 1661 2 Nb perhaps m Dec 8 1680 Nb Hon William Partridge Wm of Portsmouth and Newbnry 15 ELISABETH b May 15 1664 Ip 16 Jomr b Sept 29 1666 Ip 17 JONATHAN b Nov 4 1668 Ip probably m April 6 1694 Ip Lydia Kindrick 18 SABAH b Dec 2 1670 Ip 19 HANNAH b NOT 13 1676 Ip t Salem