Dea. Joshua Brown

Joshua Brown was born 10 April 1642 at Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and died there on 20 March 1720. He was the son of Richard Brown, of Newbury and Edith, his 1st wife. He married Sarah Sawyer (1651-1732), daughter of William Sawyer and Ruth Bitfield. They had seven children.

biography

From "The Essex Antiquarian". 2017. Google Books. Accessed March 22 2017. page 168 "Descendants of Richard Brown of Newbury"

Dea. Joshua Brown/ born in Newbury April 10, 1643. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married Miss Sarah Sawyer of Newbury Jan. 15, 1668; and he died March 20, 1719-30, at the age of eighty seven. She survived him, and died, his widow, Aug. 2, 173a, in Newbury, at the age of eighty-one. His homestead was known as "Brown's garden." In A 703, he conveyed his house, barn and land in Newbury to his son-inlaw Thomas Wells.

Children, born in Newbury:—

• 16—i. Joseph,4 b. Oct. 11, 1669. See below (it).
• 17—ii. Joshua,4 b. May 18, 1671. See below (if)
• 18—iii. Tristram,4 b. Dec. 21, 1672. See below (iS).
• 19—iv. Sarah,4 b. Dec. 5, 1676; m. Thomas Wells of Wells, York county, May 14, 1696.
• 20—v. Ruth,4 b. Oct. 29, 1678; m. JohnEyer (Ayre, Eayer) Oct. 31, 1698; and he was of Newbury in 1736.
• 21—vi. Ei.izaheth,4 b. April 2, 1682; m. Skipper Lunt of Newbury July 18, 1704; and they were living in Newbury in 1736
• 22—vii. Samuel,4 b. Sept. 4, 1687; graduated at Harvard college in 1709; clergyman; preached in Haverhill in 1710, and settled as the first minister in Abington, Mass., in 1711; m. Dorothy Woodbridge Oct. 24, 1712; and was living in Abington in 1736.

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• Reference: TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 21 2017, 22:28:07 UTC

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsB.shtml (Brown) "Joshua, Dea. Mar. 20, 1720 in his 78th year"