James Brown, of Salem

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; he married (1) Judith (2) Sarah Cutting (sister of Judith) married circa 1652, Sarah married 2nd William Healy, Sr. of Cambridge

Children of James Brown & Judith

1. John born 1/4/1637-8;
2. James born 2/20/1642-3 buried 8/8/1643;
3. James born 8/19/1647 married Hannah House 3/16/1670;
4. Nathaniel born 11/21/1648 died young;
5. Sarah married 1st Beasley & 2nd William Healy Jr.;

Children of James Brown & 2nd wife Sarah Cutting

1. Samuel born 1/14/1656-7;
2. Hannah or Anna baptized 9/12/1658;
3. Abraham baptized 10/14/1660 died 1/13/1688;
4. Mary born 5/25/1663;
5. Abigail born 10/24/1665;
6. Martha born 12/22/1667 probably married John Tappan 

from TORREY:

• BROWN, James (?1605-1676) & 1/wf [Judith] [CUTTING]; by 1638; Charlestown
• BROWN, James (?1605-1676) & Sarah [CUTTING] (-1699) (ae 50 in 1679), m/2 William HEALEY 1677, m/3 Hugh MARCH 1685; by 1652; Charlestown/Newbury/Salem

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pjmpjm&id...
• http://www.oakbaydesigns.com/Maine/2cutting.htm

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Notes

(bequeathed to wife, Sarah; brother Nicholas Noyes; children John, James, Samuel, Abraham, Anna, Mary, Abigail, Martha, Sarah Beasly; to eldest son John estate left by Henry Bright of Watertown, for money lent him many years ago; estate at Newbury left to wife by her father, Captain John Cutting. [EPR 3:108-09].)

Comments

Likely more than one man, James Brown/e of Newbury, has been confused in the files of family historians. The man who married twice (first to Judith ____; then, Sarah Cutting) and only later for a short time resided Newbury, Massachusetts, is unlikely also the early settler of Newbury, said by some to have been Sarah (Brown) Noyes' brother. The more likely scenario is that these were two different men, both James Brown/e.

Many have speculated that James Browne's first wife was Judith (Cutting), sister of his second wife Sarah, and daughter of Captain John and Mary (Warde) Cutting.

This is improbable given that it is doubtful any seventeenth century magistrate would have married a man to his deceased wife's sister.

Capt. Cutting's will of 1659 provides further evidence that Judith Browne was not his daughter. Not only does he fail to mention any deceased daughter or her children but, in providing for the final disposal of his substantial legacy to his granddaughter Mary (Cutting) Moody, he directs that, in case she should die without surviving issue, it should be divided between his daughters Mary Noyes and Sarah Browne and their issue, which would have cut off any children of a daughter Judith, had she existed.

• Reference: TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 20 2017, 19:03:04 UTC