Adrea Brown

notes

From http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/fbrown_ba...

Jacobus, in his supplemental work, surmises: "It is not seen how Mary Brown, through either parent, could have been closely related to Nathaniel Ruscoe, whose parents and brothers and sisters are fully known. However, his wife, Joanna (Corlet) Ruscoe is believed to have been the sister of Elijah Corlet, the famous schoolmaster of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is possible that Mary Brown's mother, Adrea, was a sister of Elijah and Joanna Corlet, which would make Mary Brown niece of Nathaniel Ruscoe's wife and thus explain his calling her a kinswoman."
"It would also explain how Francis Brown came to meet Adrea, at a time she was widow of a Boston man (George Bennett, drowned 27 March, 1652), for she could have been visiting her sister Mrs. Ruscoe in Hartford and Brown then lived in the neighborhood. It may also be noted in passing, that Mary named a son Elijah Hurlbut, which would have been a compliment to her noted uncle, the Cambridge schoolmaster. "Mary also named her eldest child Adrea and thus tends to confirm Francis Brown's first marriage as related by Jacobus and in New England Marriages. It appears that Adrea died at, or shortly after Mary's birth circa 1655. At about this time, Francis Brown was in Farmington where he bought and sold land in 1656. Soon after he moved to Stamford and must have left his young daughter, Mary in the care of his sister in law, Joanna Ruscoe. ..."

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• New England Marriages Prior to 1700  By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley