A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Brown

Richard BROWN of Barton Regis, Co. Gloucester

Children: John; Elizabeth; Emma; Francis; Margaret

John BROWN, a smith from Pemaquid; born 1635

Spouse: Joan ?

Children: John born circa 1635-6; 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.