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BROWN Silence

Female 1737 - Aft 1788  (> 51 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  BROWN Silence was born on 19 Oct 1737 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA (daughter of BROWN Timothy and OLMSTEAD Thankful); died after May 1788.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  BROWN Timothy was born on 17 Aug 1710 in Stow, Worcester Co., MA (son of BROWN Thomas and HAYWARD Mercy); died on 03 Jan 1770 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.

    Timothy married OLMSTEAD Thankful in 1729 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. Thankful (daughter of OLMSTEAD Capt. Jabez and BARNES Thankful) was born about 15 Feb 1712 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 06 Oct 1743 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  OLMSTEAD Thankful was born about 15 Feb 1712 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA (daughter of OLMSTEAD Capt. Jabez and BARNES Thankful); died on 06 Oct 1743 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    15 FEB 1712/1713

    Children:
    1. BROWN Anna T. was born on 23 Apr 1730 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died in Cutler, Washington Co., ME.
    2. BROWN Mabel was born about 28 Jan 1732 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 02 Mar 1799 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
    3. BROWN Ephraim was born on 01 Feb 1734 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.
    4. 1. BROWN Silence was born on 19 Oct 1737 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died after May 1788.
    5. BROWN Ruth was born on 26 Dec 1739 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    6. BROWN Timothy was born on 16 Apr 1742 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 05 Aug 1807 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  BROWN Thomas was born about 1679 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA (son of Browne Jabez, son of Blandford Hannah); died before 16 Aug 1751 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.

    Thomas married HAYWARD Mercy on 03 Apr 1706 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA. Mercy (daughter of HAYWARD John and WHITE Anna) was born on 13 May 1677 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 26 Apr 1762 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  HAYWARD Mercy was born on 13 May 1677 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA (daughter of HAYWARD John and WHITE Anna); died on 26 Apr 1762 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.

    Notes:

    Married:
    In Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 13, p. 24, it gives the marriage date as
    April 3 or 6, 1706.

    Children:
    1. 2. BROWN Timothy was born on 17 Aug 1710 in Stow, Worcester Co., MA; died on 03 Jan 1770 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
    2. Brown Silence was born in 1712 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA; died before 11 Jan 1774 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    3. Brown Abner was born on 04 Mar 1714 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 12 Jun 1790 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, MA; was buried in Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, MA.

  3. 6.  OLMSTEAD Capt. Jabez was born about 1690 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co., MA (son of OLMSTEAD Moses); died in 1753 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.

    Capt. married BARNES Thankful. Thankful (daughter of BARNES Thomas and HOWE Mary) was born on 01 May 1695 in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., NH; died before 02 Feb 1749 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  BARNES Thankful was born on 01 May 1695 in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., NH (daughter of BARNES Thomas and HOWE Mary); died before 02 Feb 1749 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.
    Children:
    1. 3. OLMSTEAD Thankful was born about 15 Feb 1712 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 06 Oct 1743 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
    2. OLMSTEAD Jeremiah was born on 16 Jun 1714 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    3. OLMSTEAD Isreal was born on 24 Mar 1716 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    4. OLMSTEAD Hannah was born on 22 Apr 1718 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 20 Oct 1793 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.
    5. OLMSTEAD Martha was born on 16 Feb 1721 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 03 Jan 1744 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
    6. OLMSTEAD Dorcas was born on 15 Apr 1724 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    7. OLMSTEAD Sarah was born on 24 May 1726 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    8. OLMSTEAD Silence was born on 30 Oct 1728.
    9. OLMSTEAD Abigail was born on 24 Mar 1731 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    10. OLMSTEAD Prudence was born on 28 Oct 1733.
    11. OLMSTEAD Moses was born on 29 Jan 1736 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA; died on 26 Sep 1795 in Exeter, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Browne Jabez was born in 1644 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA (son of Browne Thomas and Bateman? Bridget); died on 17 Jul 1692 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA.

    Notes:

    Jabez, according to his father, Thomas Browne's will, he was the eldest son. He was born in Concord in 1644 and died at Stow 17 July, 1692.

    He married first Hannah Blandford, in Sudbury 23 Dec. 1667. After her death, he remarried to Deborah Haines/Haynes, daughter of Sergeant Josiah Haines/Haynes and Elizabeth Noyes. Her sister, Abigail married Hopestill Browne, Esq., son of Deacon William Browne of Sudbury, and a first cousin of Jabez's.

    Jabez settled in Sudbury in 1667 where he sustained losses by fire set by the Indians during their assaults on Sudbury in 1676, King Philip's War. On January 20, 1776, to fight in the Revolutioanary War, the county of Middlesex was ordered to raise a regiment of 571 men. Concord furnished 36. John Robinson was Colonel; John Buttrick, Lieutenant-Colonel; and Jabez Brown was appointed Adjutant. He was admitted a freeman there in 1680.

    In 1681, 12 lots were listed as having been taken up in 1678 or 1679 in Stow. One lot went to Boaz Browne, his brother. Jabez Browne was granted a lot there in 1683 where he moved at that time. He was chosen Representative to the General Court in 1692 under the new charter.

    He was the second highest taxed in Stow, owing to the large amount of property he owned.

    Administration of the estate of Jabez Brown is found in the records of the Middlesex County Probate Court, Vol. 8, pp. 419-421 during the years 1692-1694. The widow, Deborah received one third of the estate. Thomas Browne, the eldest son received lands in Sudbury, Lancaster and Stow to the value of thirty pounds. Jabez, Jr. received land and houses to the value of twenty pounds. The eldest daughter, Mary received property to the value of twenty pounds as did the youngest daughter, Sarah and youngest son, Josiah.

    After his Jabez's death, his widow, Deborah and son, Thomas received a letter from Jabez' son-in-law, Mary's second husband, John Gove of Cambridge, who called her, "my sister Brown" and offered to sign their administration bond on Sept. 29, 1692.

    Thomas and Bridget, his parents, removed to Concord from Sudbury by 1640. Their children where born in Concord but after Bridget died on Jan. 5, 1681, Thomas then removed to Cambridge where he died on Nov. 3, 1688.

    The "Mayflower DescendantsThrough Five Generations" William White/Vol. 13, published by the Mayflower Society, claims that Deborah Haynes was the mother of Thomas. In the family history researched by Dorothy H. Kelso of Duxbury, MA in her book, "Hard Hands and Brawny Conciences" she claims that Thomas was the son by Jabez's first wife, Hannah Blandford. No birth records for Thomas have been found.

    Children:
    1. 4. BROWN Thomas was born about 1679 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died before 16 Aug 1751 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.

  2. 10.  HAYWARD John was born on 20 Dec 1640 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA (son of Hayward George and (Hayward) Mary); died on 22 Nov 1714 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.

    Notes:

    John Hayward's last name is spelled Heaward in the county vital records of
    Concord.


    John Hayward is spelled Heaward on his marriage license in county records of
    Concord, Ma. John died at the age of 78 yrs.

    There are no probate records for John or Anna but on 1 March 1702/3, John Hayward gave to "eldest son, George Haywood of Concord...the west end of my dwelling house.." and on 12 Feb. 1711/12 to John Hayward, Jr. of concord the rest of the dwelling house, barn and land in Concord :said John to provide for me and my wife, Anna... and to pay my daughter, Judith Goss...my daughter, Mercy Browne...my daughter, Anna Allen...and my daugther, Sarah Allen.." Every Middlesex County deed involving John and Anna has been searched but no provision has been found for daughter Mary.

    John married WHITE Anna on 02 Jun 1671 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Anna (daughter of WHITE Resolved and VASSALL Judith) was born on 04 Jun 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 25 May 1714 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  WHITE Anna was born on 04 Jun 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of WHITE Resolved and VASSALL Judith); died on 25 May 1714 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.
    Children:
    1. HAYWARD Mary was born on 05 Dec 1671 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; and died.
    2. HAYWARD Judith was born on 25 Apr 1675 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 18 Apr 1748 in West Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    3. 5. HAYWARD Mercy was born on 13 May 1677 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 26 Apr 1762 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
    4. HAYWARD James was born about 27 Jan 1678.
    5. HAYWARD John was born on 07 Jun 1680.
    6. HAYWARD Hannah was born on 30 Aug 1682.
    7. HAYWARD Sarah was born on 16 Jun 1689.

  4. 12.  OLMSTEAD Moses
    Children:
    1. 6. OLMSTEAD Capt. Jabez was born about 1690 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co., MA; died in 1753 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.

  5. 14.  BARNES Thomas

    Thomas married HOWE Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  HOWE Mary
    Children:
    1. 7. BARNES Thankful was born on 01 May 1695 in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., NH; died before 02 Feb 1749 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.