Susannah Brown

The 7 children of Sarah Foster and William Story were Sarah, Seth, William, Abigail, Samuel, Hannah and Susannah.

Biography

7. Susanna Story b. 4 Mar 1664, d. 9 Jan 1734 m 1) John Clarke of Lynn 2) Cornelius Browne

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Susannah Story was the daughter of William Story and Sarah Foster. She was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts around 1660. Vital Records of Ipswich record a daughter of William born on 4 March 1664. This could be Susannah or Hannah, most likely Hannah.[1][2]

Disambiguation

The American Genealogist article by Francis Davis McTeer and Frederick C. Warner (TAG:39:102-103)[3] appears to be incorrect regarding the identity of Susannah Story. Susanna Story passed away in 1734 at age 74 placing her birthdate around 1660.[4][2]Additionally, she is specifically called out in her father's will as Susanna Browne.[5] Susanna (Fuller) Story the wife of William Story Jr. remains his wife until her death in Roxbury in 1707.[6]

Family

On 13 July 1681, Susanna married John Clarke in Lynn, Massachusetts.[7] They had two children before his death in December 1685. By 1687, she married Cornelius Browne in Lynn, Massachusetts.[8] She was living in Reading, Massachusetts in 1703.[3] They had at least seven children recorded in Reading and Lynn Vital Records. She is admitted to the First Church of Boxford in 1705.[9] On 9 January 1734, Susanna passed away in Boxford, Massachusetts.[4][2]

Note: The home of Susannah and Cornelius Browne no longer exists, but parts of the house have been preserved in The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Children of Susanna Story and John Clarke

1. William Clarke (1682-????) did remove to Reading, Massachusetts by 1703. He was a weaver. CONJECTURE: William may have moved to Westfield, may have married Abigail Bush in 1722, and had daughter Rhoda (Clarke) Loomis; however, there is currently not sufficient evidence to substantiate this possibility.
2. Mary (Clarke) Bancroft (1684-1723) married Deacon John Bancroft (1681/82-1768)

Children of Susanna (Story) Clarke and Cornelius Browne

1. Unnamed Daughter (1688-1689)
2. Susanna (Browne) Cole (1690-1785) married Samuel Cole
3. Jemimah (Browne) Boynton (1691-1770) married Daniel Boynton
4. Moses Browne (1694-????) married Martha Emmons
5. Aaron Browne (1696- bef 15 February1723/1724) married Susannah Hovey (1699-1782). She married William Lakeham after Aaron's death.
6. Deacon Caleb Browne (1698-1758) married Elizabeth Jewett (1700/1701-????)
7. Judith (Browne) Cole (1700-1746) married Jonathan Cole (1699-1779)

Note some children, as well as Cornelius, are also documented in the "Descendants of Cornelius Browne of Boxford"[10]

Research Notes

In 1703 William Clarke & Mary entered an agreement with their Mother, now Susan Browne. This Agreement made between Cornelius Browne, & William Clarke and Mary Clarke all of Reading In ye County of Middlesex Wittnesseth Whereas there was a Tenemt of an house & Land Lyeing In Lynn In ye County of Essex left by the Grandfather of William Clarke and Mary Clarke as was In reversion for John Clarke being in ye hands of his Mother Clark the sd John Clarke dyeing before his mother & Leaving his Wife a Widow & Two Children with her William & Mary & ye abovesd Cornelius Browne marrying wth sd Widow Clarke & Entring on ye Estate above mentioned & having had ye improvemt of ye house & Land nine yeares and now ye said William & Mary are Come to age the sd Cornelius Browne and William Clarke & Mary Clarke have agreed that ye sd William Clarke & Mary Clarke have all the housing & Land yt belonged to their Grandffather Clarke in Lynn 21 June 1703 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.[3]

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14787936/susannah-brown cites
• “Vital Records of Ipswitch to the year 1849,” V1-Births, 359, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, The Essex Institute, Salem , Mass., 1910.
• Perley, Sidney, The dwellings of Boxford, Essex County, Mass, pg.236, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1893.
• The American Genealogist. V39 pgs 101-103, New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
• “Vital Records of Boxford Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849,” pg. 227, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1905, 36.
• Storey, Betty Andrews, Descendants of William Story and Sarah Foster of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, pgs. 2-5, B.A. Storey, Hales Corners, Wis., 2004.
• Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, Essex Institute historical collections, The Ancestry of Judge Joseph Story, pgs. 60-61, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1947, 83, 60-61.
• Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849,” V2, pg.95, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1905.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (url : 9 February 2018), Cornelius Browne and Susanah Story, 1687; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 547,549, 878,650, 877,737, 877,738, 877,736.
• Boxford First Church Records 1703-1823, pg. 1.
• “Descendants of Cornelius Brown of Boxford,” The Essex Antiquarian, V12, pg.172 Perley, Sidney, 1908 .
• FIND A GRAVE 14787936