Hannah Brown

Hannah Collins was born 1 Feb 1660, and died 27 Dec 1723 in Stonington, New London, CT, USA.

Family

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomascollins35&i...

She married Thomas Brown 8 Jan/Feb 1677 in Lynn, Essex, MA, USA, son of Thomas Brown and Mary Newhall. He was born ABT 1653 in Lynn, Essex, MA, USA, and died 27 Dec 1723 in Stonington, New London, CT, USA.

Witter Family: Hannah Collins, born 1 Feb. 1660 in Lynn, Mass., to Henry Collins Jr. and Mary Tolman. Her grandparents were Henry and Ann Collins and Thomas and Sarah Tolman. Hannah had 10 children.

They had the following children:

• + 17 M i Samuel BROWN was born 8 Dec 1678.
• 18 F ii Hannah BROWN was born 5 Dec 1680 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.
• + 19 F iii Mary BROWN was born 26 May 1683.
• 20 F iv Jerusha BROWN was born 25 Dec 1688 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.
• 21 F v Sarah BROWN was born 11 Jul 1689 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.
• + 22 M vi Thomas BROWN was born 14 Feb 1691/1692 and died 11 Oct 1763.
• + 23 F vii Elizabeth BROWN was born 9 May 1694.
• + 24 M viii Daniel BROWN was born 9 Oct 1696 and died 30 Aug 1771.
• 25 F ix Priscilla BROWN was born 30 Jan 1699 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.
• + 26 M x Humphrey BROWN was born 16 Sep 1701 and died 26 Dec 1723

Disputed Origins

According to Cyrus Henry Brown, in Brown Genealogy, Vol II; https://books.google.com/books?id=5WE2AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&..., under person # 2, Thomas Brown, Jr., Hannah Collins Brown was the daughter of John Collins of Lynn (brother to Henry Collins, son of Henry Collins Sr.) In the book Henry Collins of Lynn, and Some of His Descendants, by Collins and Pope; https://archive.org/details/henrycollinsofly00coll/page/n3; the Will of Anne Collins, mother of John, Henry, et. al. begins on p. 2. In her will she bequeaths to her grandchildren, and in particular cites Hanna as a child of John Collins. There was a Hannah Collins, daughter to Henry Collins, but the Sr., not the Jr. (Steven Ferry, December 17, 2018.)

It appears there are competing references for her father, with some sources saying she was the daughter of the 2nd Henry Collins & his wife Mary Tolman, and others that she was the daughter of John Collins (his brother).

The will of her grandmother, Anne, widow of Henry “the starchmaker” Collins, refers to her grand daughter Hanna, a daughter of her deceased son John. She does not mention a Hannah daughter of her son Henry Jr.

Reference: https://archive.org/details/henrycollinsofly00coll/page/3

That Hannah was born in 1674, so cannot have been the Hannah Collins marrying in 1677.

References

• Brown Genealogy, Vol. 1
• Mary Ellen Hall Thomas info;
• A Witter Family History, Chart 30
• Vital Records of Lynn, births: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Lynn/aBirthsC.shtml
• Vital Records of Lynn, marriages: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Lynn/Images/Lynn_M102.shtml
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomascol...
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomascol...

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From Find a Grave

Birth: Feb. 1, 1660 Lynn Essex County Massachusetts, USA

Death: Dec. 27, 1723 Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA

Family links:

Spouse:

• Thomas Brown (1654 - 1723)

Children:

• Daniel Brown (1696 - 1771)*
• Calculated relationship

Note: Many of the early Browns buried at Cedar Swamp had no headstone. The remains of many have been removed to the Union Cemetery, and to Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Conn

Burial: Cedar Swamp Cemetery North Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA

Created by: Robert Record added: Sep 09, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 41776214