Francis Browne, of Newbury

Francis Brown

• was baptized 1 Jan 1633 Chritian Malford, Wiltshire, England
• His parents were Thomas BROWN and Mary HEALY
• Alternatively, his mother's maiden name was Mary Endoe
• Francis sailed with his parents from Southampton 5 April 1635 on the ship James, William Cooper-Master,
  • arriving in Boston on 3 June 1635.
  • The manifest of the ship James shows only ÂœThomas Brown-Weaver but it is assumed that his wife Mary and their first born child, Francis, was with him on this journey.
• Francis married Mary JOHNSON on 21 Nov 1653 in Newbury, Mass
• He married second, Mary Woodhouse, at Newbury on 31 Dec 1678
• Francis died in 1691 in Newbury
• The appraised value of his estate was £661, 17s so he was a successful investor in property.
• Spouse info:
  • Mary Johnson
    • was born in 1638 of Newbury
    • Her parents were John JOHNSON and Susanna [__?__] INCORRECT that was a different Mary
    • Mary died 4 Apr 1678 in Newbury.
  • Mary Woodhouse
    • was born on 14 Jan 1638/39 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
    • Her parents were Richard Woodhouse and Mary [__?__]
    • She first married in 1659 to George Pierce.
    • After George died, she married in 1667 in Newbury, Essex Co, MA to Joseph Morse
      • (b. 1634 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d. 15 Jan 1678 in Piscataqua, NH.)
      • Joseph was the son of Anthony MORSE and Ann COX.
    • Finally, she married Francis Brown on 31 Dec 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.
    • Mary died 30 Sep 1679 in Boston at the age of 40.
• Children of John & Mary (Johnson) Brown:
  • 1. Elizabeth Brown: Born: 17 Oct 1654 in Newbury, Massachussets; Married: David Perkins in abt 1675 Hampton, Rockingham, NH; Died: 14 Jul 1735 in Bridgewater, Mass.
  • 2. Mary Brown: Born: 15 Apr 1657 in Newbury, Mass; Died 4 Apr 1659 in Newbury, Mass
  • 3. Hannah Brown: Born: 1659 in Newbury, Mass; Died: 1659 in Newbury, Mass
  • 4. Mary Brown: Born: abt 1661 in Newbury, Mass; Married: William Elliott on 10 Jun 1681 in Newbury, Mass
  • 5. Sarah Brown: Born: 10 May 1663 in Newbury, Mass; Married: Hugh Pike on 17 Jun 1685 in Newbury, Mass; Died: 1691 in Newbury, Mass
  • 6. John Brown: Born: 13 May 1665 in Newbury, Mass; Married: Ruth Huse on 27 Aug 1683 in Newbury, Mass; Died: 18 Sep 1729 in Newbury, Mass
  • 7. Thomas Brown: Born: 1 Jul 1667 in Newbury, Mass; Died: 2 Mar 1688/89 in Newbury, Mass
  • 8. Joseph Brown: Born: 28 Sep 1670 in Newbury, Mass; Married: Sarah [???]; Died: 18 Oct 1732
  • 9. Francis Brown: Born: 17 Mar 1673/74; Died: abt 1701
  • 10. Abigail Brown: Born: abt 1676; Died: 1691
  • 11. Benjamin Brown: Born: 22 Apr 1681 in Newbury, Mass;
    • [Question who his mother is as he was born after Mary Johnson died & 2nd wife of Francis, Mary Woodhouse, died 30 Sep 1679???/pscoggin]

Links

• http://minerdescent.com/2010/06/07/francis-brown/

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From page 296 of A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 ... By Joshua Coffin, Joseph Bartlett

BROWNE, FRANCIS

• son of Thomas, m. Mary Johnson 21 Nov. 1653.
• Children:
  • 1. Elizabeth, 17 Oct. 1654.
  • 2. Mary. 15 April, 1657. and d. 4 April, 1679,
  • 3. Hannah b. and d. 1659,
  • 4. Sara, 10 May, 1663,
  • 5. John, 13 Mav. 1665,
  • 6. Thomas, 1 July, 1667. and d. 2 March, 16S9,
  • 7. Joseph, 28 Sept. 1670,
  • 8. Francis, 17 March, 1674,
  • 9. Benjamin, 22 April, 1681.

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notes

Thomas Browne, a weaver, came to Newbury in 1635, from Malford, Wilts Co., England, with wife Mary. They had born to them in 1635, in Newbury, a daughter, Mary, who was the first English child born in Newbury. Her brother Isaac married Rebecca Bayly, oldest daughter and child of John Bayly, of Salisbury and Newbury.

Francis Browne, another brother, married Mary Johnson, of Newbury, and of their seven children, the second, Mary, born in 1657, married Nathan Parker, Jun. The fourth child being John Browne, born May 13, 1665, who married Ruth Huse.

Coffin, in his history of Newbury, says:

• "Oct. 7, 1695, on the afternoon of this day, five Indians attacked and plundered the house of John Browne, who lived on the westerly side of Turkey Hill, and captured nine persons ; one only of the family escaped to tell the tale." All these were recaptured except one boy, who was killed ; but they were all deliberately wounded by the Indians upon parting with them. Among these captives was Mary Parker, the daughter of "Widow Parker"; she was now about 18 years of age; she was born July 16, 1678, and was but two or-three years old at the time of the proposed sale by her mother to Jon. Haines. This daughter, Mary Parker, died about four months after, the result of her wounds. In the settlement of the estate of her husband Parker, deceased, the widow then residing, it is thought, at Andover, mentions in her account the expense of five journeys to visit her daughter while ill, and the expense of constant attendance of a nurse for 13 weeks, and the funeral expenses. It is to be noted that she had not sold her house and land, as the expense of its maintenance was included in her account. She had in the meantime married one Mr. Elliot, probably of Beverly. When Widow Mary Parker intended to sell her house to Jonathan Haines, it was found that the title to her land was not quite clear, whereupon the same Anthony Somerby and James Bradding, witnessed that Alice Long, wife of Robert Long, confirmed what before her husband had sold to Nathan Parker. Nathan Parker while living was a carpenter, and had built a house for John Knight, Jun., who had married Bathsheba Ingersoll. At this time there was due to Parker, deceased, 25 pounds, whereupon Bathsheba, for her husband's estate, sold to Widow Mary a piece of land in Salisbury."

If these selections from the records do not show the parentage of Jonathan Haines, they show his place in the history of Newbury to the time when he removed to Haverhill.