Brown Thomas

Notes:

He was probably born around 1700 or shortly thereafter. Vital records for Stow, Middlesex Co., MA show that he was living in 1765.

Joseph married Fairbanks Grace on 27 Mar 1732. Grace (daughter of Fairbanks Jonathon and Hayward Mary) was born on 27 Feb 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jabez Brown, Jr. was born in Sudbury between 1672 and 1680 and died at Stow, where he resided in 1746. He married Sarah, perhaps Taylor or Gates, and she died in 1765.

His will was probated on 29 June, 1774 and a copy is in Middlesex County Court House, Probate Office, Cambridge, MA Docket NO. 3043.

He left a large estate including two farms. His will mentions his only son, Joseph and two daughters. It also made provisions for his widow who survivied him.

Jabez Brown, Jr. was born in Sudbury about 1674 and died at Stow, where he resided in 1746. He married Sarah, perhaps Taylor or Gates, and she died in 1765.

Jabez married Sarah about 1699. Sarah was born about 1681; died in 1765 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah died in Stow, Worcester County, MA and her will was witnessed by Hulda Hall and Rev. John Gardner and probated in Stow, Worcester Co., MA. She was a widow of Jabez Brown, Jr.

Sarah died in Stow, Worcester County, MA and her will was witnessed by Hulda Hall and Rev. John Gardner and probated in Stow, Worcester Co., MA. She was a widow of Jabez Brown, Jr.

Jonathon married Hayward Mary. Mary (daughter of Hayward Joseph and Hosmer Hannah) was born on 27 Sep 1667 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died about 05 Jan 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary's first husband was Jonathan Fairbanks, son of Jonas and Lydia (Prescott)Fairbanks. (Fairbanks III). He was born in Lancaster on August 7, 1666, and was slain by Indians on Sept. 11, 1697. She was taken to Canada but was later ransomed.
She married in concord, on May 31, 1700, David Whitcombe. They lived in Lancaster where she died.

Died:
5 Jan 1733/1734

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.

Joseph married Hosmer Hannah on 26 Oct 1665 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Hannah (daughter of HOSMER James, daughter of Alice) was born on 16 Aug 1644 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 15 Dec 1675 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]