Jabez Brown

Jabez was the son of James Brown and Lydia Howland

Husband of Jane (Unknown) Brown — married 1696 in Swansea, MA

Husband of Abijah (Wheaton) Brown — married 14 Feb 1740 [location unknown]

Children born to Jabez & Jane Browne in Swansea, Massachusetts:

1. Oliver Brown, b. 03 Feb 1696[2]
2. Hezekiah Brown, b. 18 Nov 1698[3]
3. Rebeckah Brown, b. 08 Oct 1700[4]

Family

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/154366/I5075/jabez-brown/individual

Jabez Brown (James /Brown/, John /Brown/) was born 9 JUL 1668 in Swansea, , Plymouth Colony, and died BEF 7 JUL 1747 in Barrington, Bristol, MA (now RI).

He married Jane [--?--] on BEF 1696.

He married Abijah Wheaton on AFT 14 FEB 1740/1, daughter of Ephraim /Wheaton/ and Mary /Mason/. She was born 14 MAR 1686/7 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, and died BEF 5 APR 1766.

Children of Jabez /Brown/ and Jane /[--?--]/ are:

1. Oliver Brown was born 3 FEB 1696 in Swansea, Bristol, MA, and died ABT JAN 1733/4 in Barrington, Bristol, MA (now RI).
2. Hezekiah Brown was born 18 NOV 1698 in Swansea, Bristol, MA, and died 26 SEP 1756 in Warren, Bristol, RI.
3. Rebecca Brown was born 8 OCT 1700 in Swansea, Bristol, MA, and died 7 NOV 1727 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA.
4. John Brown was born 28 JUN 1710 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

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Richard Bowen (1594?-1675), of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and his descendants by Saxbe, William Bart, 1941- . Page 125. Archive.Org

ii Abijah Wheaton, b. 14 March 1687; (1331) d. before 5 April 1766. (1332). .

Then unmarried, she was allotted a room in the family home by her father's 1729 will. (1333). Marriage intentions for Abijah Wheaton and_Bullock were published at Rehoboth 23 March 1737, but there was no subsequent marriage. (1334).

She m. at Barrington (then in Mass., now in R.I.) 14 Feb. 1741, as his second wife, Jabez Brown, b. Swansea 9 July 1668, 1335 d. Barrington July 1747, son of James and Lydia (Howland) Brown. (1336)

Abijah Brown was named in the will of her husband Jabez, in which he called himself "Aged and Infirm," signed 11 April 1746 and proved 7 July 1747. (1337) She shared in the division of his estate 6 Nov. 1750. (1338) The inventory of her estate was taken 5 April 1766, and the account presented 30 Jan. 1769, her stepson John Brown being her administrator. The account mentioned "Looking after her when Lame for Six months attendance" and "looking after her in her Last Sickness five weeks." (1339)

1331 Abijah Wheaton was called Abijah in her (transcribed) birth record, but Abigail in her father's (transcribed) will and in her (transcribed) marriage record.

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/154366/I5075/jabez-brown/individual cites
• 1. Page: p. 21, line 5
• 2. Page: p. 8
• 3. Page: vol. 5, p. 8, "Grandchildren of the Passengers on the Mayflower", Aspinwall, Apr 1916.
• 4. Page: vol. 6, p. 8, VR 1-150, Barrington Marriages
• 5. Page: 126

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Biography

Jabez Brown was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Jabez was the son of James Brown and Lydia Howland.[1]

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Name: Jabez Brown Gender: Male Birth Year: 1668 Marriage Date: 1696 Marriage Place: New England, USA Death Year: 1747 Spouse: Jane Brown

Family

Children born to Jabez & Jane Browne in Swansea, Massachusetts:

Oliver Brown, b. 03 Feb 1696[2] Hezekiah Brown, b. 18 Nov 1698[3]
Rebeckah Brown, b. 08 Oct 1700[4]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-1163

Jabez Brown (1668 - 1747)

Jabez Brown

Born 9 Jul 1668 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Son of James Browne and Lydia (Howland) Brown

Brother of James Brown Jr., Dorothy (Brown) Kent and Joseph Brown

Husband of Jane (Unknown) Brown — married 1696 in Swansea, MA

Husband of Abijah (Wheaton) Brown — married 14 Feb 1740 [location unknown]

Father of Oliver Brown, Hezekiah Brown, Rebecca (Brown) Peck, Elizabeth Brown, Jerusha Brown, Asa Brown, Lydia Brown, John Brown, Mary Brown and Jane (Brown) Bosworth

Died Jul 1747 at about age 78 in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 10 Jun 2021 | Created 14 Sep 2010

Sources

↑ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), pp. 253 ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDD-NHZ : 10 February 2018), Jabez Brown in entry for Oliver Brown, 03 Feb 1696; citing SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0903395 IT 6.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDD-J4M : 10 February 2018), Jabez Brown in entry for Hezekiah Brown, 18 Nov 1698; citing SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0903395 IT 6.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDD-MB5 : 10 February 2018), Jabez Brown in entry for Rebeckah Brown, 08 Oct 1700; citing SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0903395 IT 6.
Lainhart, Ann Smith. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004.
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

See also:

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut : a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation