Brown David^{[1, 2]}

1732 - 1802  (70 years)

• Name	Brown David
  Birth	12 Mar 1732	Concord, Middlesex Co., MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	May 1802	Concord, Middlesex Co., MA   [1]
  Notes	Captain David Brown wa forty three years old when he commanded one of the two Concord companies of minutemen at the North Bridge on 19 April 1775. When the shooting stopped, one member of his company, hatchet in hand, came upon a severely wounded British soldier, to whom he administered the coup de grâce. Amid British fever-pitch claims that one of their men had been scalped by the rebels, it was Captain Brown's duty to supervise the burial of the redcoat. In his diary that night he simply noted that he had "had a sharp skirmish today." David and his wife saw six of their twelve children strike out for a new life in the wilderness. Being a political leader and a well-established citizen, he apparently was not tempted to join his children on the frontier, although he kept in touch with them through reciprocal visits and correspondence. Purchase, the eldest son, who had also fought with his father at North Bridge, spearheaded a movement to Vermont, in which he was joined by his brother, Reuben. See notes on Purchase...
  Person ID	I51001	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Browne Ephraim,   b. 21 Apr 1689, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 06 Feb 1750, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wilson Hannah,   b. 04 May 1697, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 30 Jun 1768, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Aug 1718	Concord, Middlesex Co., MA   [1]
  Family ID	F23565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Monroe Abigail,   b. 1733
  Marriage	30 Sep 1756	Concord, Middlesex Co., MA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Brown Purchase,   b. 30 Apr 1757, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA  [natural]   2. Brown Mary (Molly),   b. 11 May 1759, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. Winchendon, MA  [natural]   3. Brown Sarah,   b. 23 Mar 1761, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 31 May 1831 (Age 70 years)  [natural]   4. Brown Abigail,   b. 05 May 1762, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 30 Jul 1815 (Age 53 years)  [natural]   5. Brown David,   b. 28 Jan 1764, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. Flintstown, (Later Baldwin) Maine  [natural]   6. Brown Ephraim,   b. 07 Apr 1765, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 1840, Flintstown, (Later Baldwin) Maine (Age 74 years)  [natural]   7. Brown Elizabeth,   b. 17 Feb 1767, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 01 Aug 1832 (Age 65 years)  [natural]   8. Brown William,   b. 24 Feb 1768, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA  [natural]   9. Brown Thomas,   b. 05 Jun 1771, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 18 Sep 1798 (Age 27 years)  [natural]   10. Brown Reuben,   b. 25 Apr 1773, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA  [natural]   11. Brown Joseph,   b. 31 Mar 1776, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA d. 21 Feb 1815 (Age 38 years)  [natural]   12. Harriet Hannah,   b. 1777  [natural]
  Family ID	F23593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1098] Merged from BrianFreeman on 30-Dec-12 at 18:10. [S1109] New England Historic Genealogical Society, NEHG Register, (Boston, MA Jan. 1977), VOL.131, January 1977.