Lieutenant Samuel Brown, Jr.

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Samuel Brown Jr. (1690 - 1739)

Lieut. Samuel Brown Jr. aka Browne
Born 7 Nov 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Samuel Brown and Martha (Harding) Brown
Brother of Bethia (Brown) Browne, Bethia (Brown) Knowles and Martha Brown
Husband of Lydia (Fish) Smith — married 11 Feb 1718 (to 3 May 1739) in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Martha (Brown) Freeman, Jemima (Brown) Burnes and Mary (Brown) Witherell
Died 3 May 1739 at age 48 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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1 Biography
1.1 Disputed Parents
2 Disputed Descendants
3 Sources
Biography

Samuel Brown was born November 7, 1790, the son of Samuel Brown and Martha Harding of Eastham, Massachusetts.[1] [2]

His father died when he was an infant. An inventory of the estate of his father, "Samuel Browne of Eastham who Deceased on the third of December 1691", intestate, was taken on 09 April 1692. "Martha Browne vid Relict of ye above sd Samuel Browne" made oath to the inventory on 20 April 1692. Martha to have 1/3 of the estate for her life, and £20 additional towards bringing up the children. The rest of the estate to be divided amongst the children, with a double portion to the son. John Collens of Eastham appointed guardian to Samuel and Bethiah Brown 19 April 1697.[3][4]

04 January 1709/10, at the request of Samuel Brown a minor son of Samuel Brown late of Eastham deceased, Joshua Harding of Eastham the uncle of said minor is appointed guardian to Samuel Brown, Harding haven given bonds.[5]

His intention of marriage and the marriage itself are recorded in Eastham and Sandwich records:

Intentions:
"october ye 23d: 1717: Samuel Brown Junr gave account of his intent to contract marriage with Lidya Fish of Sandwich in order to have it published" [6] [7]

Marriage:
"The marriage between Samuel Brown of Eastham and Lydia Fish of Sandwich was Solemnized before William Bassett Just of Peace att Sandwich the eleventh day of February Anno Domini 1717"[8] [9]

Samuel died in Eastham on 03 May 1739, in his 48th year, and was buried in the cemetery there where his gravestone still stands.[10]

The children of Samuel and Lydia (Fish) Brown, born Eastham, included:[11] [9]

Martha, born July 8, 1720[11]
Samuel, born July 18, 1722[11]
Elizabeth, born April 1, 1724[11]
Lydia, born April 1726[11]
Bethia, born May 1728[11]
Jemima, born March 1732[11]
Mary, born March 1734[11]
Disputed Parents

Andrew Langlois, "Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham" in The Mayflower Descendant Vol. 54:101, says Samuel was the spouse of Ruth Young (1688-1768), daughter of John & Ruth (Cole) Young, and had born at Eastham:

Abigail 1709
Samuel 1711
Samuel 1714
Mehitable 1714
Ruth 1716
However, that was a different Samuel Brown, son of George Brown and Mehitable Knowles.

Disputed Descendants

The Mary Brown who married William Witherell died in 1774 aged 46 years, per her grave; this gives an estimated birth date of 1728, not 1734. That Mary Brown was most likely the daughter of Samuel and Ruth Brown; she was named as an unmarried daughter in his 1748 will, and is recorded as having married William Witherell in 1752.

Sources

↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Eastham-Orleans Volume 1, page 29, published in Volume 5, page 197 of the Mayflower Descendant: a Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy And History. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899., which states: "Samuel Browne and Martha harding weare maried : the : 19th of feburarie : in the year : 1682
Samuel browne a daughter borne named bethia the : 22nd : of Jenuarie : in the year : 1683 and died in June the 27 : in the year : 1685
Samuel browne another daughter borne named bethia the ninth day of September in the year : 1685
Martha Browne the daughter of Samuel browne was borne June the : 24th in the year of our lord god : 1688
Samuel browne the son of Samuel Browne was born the 7th day of November in the year of our lord . 1690
Martha Browne the dauther of Samuel Browne : died on the 4th day of November in the year . 1691
Samuel Browne senior died on the third day of december in the year : 1691 being aged about thirty one years"
↑ Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham & Orleans, Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr. & Norma H. Smith, pub. Clearfield Co., Baltimore MD, 1993, p. 19, citing Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 5, p. 197, 1903
↑ Bowman, George E., "Abstracts of Barnstable County Probate Records" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 14:116-117.
↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 1:54
↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 3:65
↑ Eastham Vital Records & Cemetery Inscriptions, Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research, 1997), p. 205
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). This reference cites Mayflower Descendant Volume 28, page 109
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Sandwich, Volume 1 p. 108, original Book 1, p. 71
↑ 9.0 9.1 Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall. See Vol. 08 (Brooks to Busbey), page 101 for the children of Samuel and Lydia Brown.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15872107/samuel-brown: accessed 07 November 2022), memorial page for Samuel Brown III (7 Nov 1690–3 May 1739), Find A Grave: Memorial #15872107, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Gene Zubrinsky (contributor 47226970).
Inscription:
"Here lyes the body of Mr. Samuel Brown Decd. May ye 3d 1739 in ye 48. year of his age"
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records Volume 1, page 59, published in Volume 16, page 70 of the Mayflower Descendant: a Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy And History. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899., which states:
Martha Brown the Daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown was Born at Eastham on the eighth day of July annodom : 1720
Samuel Brown the Son of Samuel and Lidia Brown was Born at Eastham on the eighteenth Day of July annodomini : 1722
Elisabeth Brown the Daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown was born at Eastham on the first day of april annodomini: 1724
Lidea Brown Daughter of Samuel & Lidea Brown was born in april 1726
Bethiah Brown Daughter of Samuel & Lidea Brown in may 1728
Mary Brown Daughter of Samuel & Lidea brown born in march 1734
Jemimah Daughter of Samuel & Lidea Brown born march 1732

From, "The Mayflower Descendant, Volume XVI, Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records,"

Pg. 70

Martha Brown the daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown was Born

at Eastham on the eighth day of July annodom: 1720 Samuel Brown the son of Samuel and Lidia Brown was Born

at Eastham on the eighteenth day of July annodomini: 1722 Elisabeth Brown the daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown was Born

at Eastham on the first day of April annodomini: 1724 Lidea Brown daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown in April 1726 Bethia Brown daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown in May 1728 Mary Brown daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown in March 1734 Jemima daughter of Samuel and Lidia Brown in March 1732