Lydia Hodges

Lydia was born in England about 1595. Her family name is not known. She married Abraham Browne in England about 1629. They had two children in England, then emigrated from Childerditch, Essex, to New England in 1631, settling in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. They had four more children in Watertown: Lydia Lakin, Jonathan, Hannah, & Abraham. Abraham died there in 1650. After Abraham died, Lydia married Andrew Hodges in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1659. Lydia died as Lidia Hodges- a widow, in Watertown on September 27, 1686.

aka Lydia Brown . . . His [i.e., Abraham Brown's] wid., Lydia, m., Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich (proprietor of Ipswich in 1639, where his wife, Ann, d. Nov. 15, 1658). He died Dec. 1665, and his wid. returned to Wat., where she d. Sept. 27, 1686. By wife LYDIA, he (A.B.) had 6 chil., of whom, at least one, and probably two were b. in England. The earliest record of a birth in Wat. was that of his dr. Lydia. . . . The earliest mention of a burying-place, in the town records, is July 5, 1642, . . . what is now known as The Old Graveyard of Watertown. . . . it was the only one in the town . . . for more than seventy years. In it repose the remains of the Puritan progenitors and kindred . . . from Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown (1855)

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• 'Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal ..., Volume 2 By Ellery Bicknell Crane
• http://books.google.com/books?id=86rbSq2FhdYC&pg=RA1-PA74&lpg=RA1-P...
• Pg. 74
• GEORGE FRANKLIN BROWN. 'Abraham Browne (I), the immigrant ancestor of George Franklin Brown, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was descend from the Brown family of Swan Hall, Hawkedon, county Suffolk, England. The descent is traced in a special article in this work to John Browne, of the borough of Stamford, Lincoln county, England, who was the alderman (chief magistrate) of Stamford in 1376-77.
• ' Abraham Browne was a very early settler at Watertown, Massachusetts, perhaps one of the very first. . . . . No man in the town was more respected and honored than Mr. Browne and his relative, Richard Browne. . . . .
• ' His will was proved October 1, 1650, the year of his death. . . . .
• ' His widow Lydia married, November 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich, and after his death, December, 1665, she returned to Watertown, where she died September 27, 1686. The earliest record of a birth in Watertown was that of his daughter Lydia. Children of Abraham and Lydia Browne were: Sarah, born in England, married, December 16, 1643, George Parkhurst, Jr.; Mary, probably born in England, married, April 10, 1650 John Lewis; Lydia, born in Watertown, March 22, 1632-33, married Lieutenant William Lakin, Jr., of Groton; Jonathan, see forward; Hannah, died March 15, 1638-39, aged fourteen days; Abraham, born March 6, 1639-40, died 1667; married Mary Dix, February 5, 1662-63.
  • (II) Jonathan Browne, son of Abraham Browne (I), was born October 15, 1635, in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He and his father both wrote their names with the final E, but all his sons dropped it. He married, February 11, 1661-62, Mary Shattuck, daughter of the immigrant, William Shattuck. She was born at Watertown, August 25, 1645, died October 23, 1732, aged eighty-seven years. Her grave is in the Waltham burying ground. His will is dated February 19, 1690-91, and was proved April 7, 1691. Children of Jonathan and Mary Browne were: Mary, born October 5, 1662, married (first), March 22, 1682-83, John Warren; (second) Samuel Harrington; Elizabeth, born September 19, 1664, married, March 25, 1687, Daniel Benjamin; Jonathan, born October 25, 1666, died young; Patience, born March 6, 1668-69, married, March 5, 1686-87, James Bigelow; Abraham, see forward; Samuel, born October 21, 1674; Lydia, born March 31, 1677, married January 18, 1698-99, Benjamin Wellington; Ebenezer, born September 10, 1679; Benjamin, born February 27, 1681-81, died March 11, 1753; William, born September 3, 1684, died October 28, 1756.
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• 'Divided we stand: Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630-1680 By Roger Thompson
• http://books.google.com/books?id=8ojBeb7vPMgC&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq...
• Pg. 99
• This continuity is borne out in the one example of later carpenters' craft surviving in modern Watertown: the Brown House, begun about 1694. It was built for Captain Abraham Brown, grandson of founder Abraham Brown, one mile west of Watertown Bridge on a valley terrace overlooking Dirty Green and the Charles. . . . . .
• Pg. 236
• Parke had married Abigail Dix, sister of Mary (Dix) Brown, in 1653; 'Lydia had married Abraham Brown Sr. as his second wife ca.' . . . (No preview available for this page)
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• 'New England marriages prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley
• http://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq...
• Pg.104
• 'BROWN, Abraham (-1650, ae 55) & Lydia ? (-1686), m/2 Andrew HODGES 1659; in England, ca 1624?; Watertown
• BROWN, Abraham (-1667) & Mary DIX (-1675), m/2 Samuel RICE 1668; 5 Feb 1662/3, 5 Feb 1662; Watertown
• BROWN, Abraham (1671-1729) & Mary [HYDE] (1673-1723); 1691?, b 7 Nov 1692; Watertown
• BROWN, John (1661-1637) & Dorthy ?; b 1634; Watertown
• BROWN, Jonathan (-1691) & Mary SHATTUCK (1645-1732); 11 FEb 1661/2, 11 Feb 1661; Watertown
• BROWN, Joseph (1677-1766) & Ruhamah WELLINGTON (1680-1772); 15 Nov 1699; Watertown
• BROWN, Richard & 1/wf ?; ca 1600/1610; Watertown
• BROWN, Richard (-1661) (ae 81 or 82 in 1657) & Elizabeth (?) MARCH, w George, m/3 Richad JACKSON 1662?; Watertown
• BROWN, Thomas & Elizabeth [MASON] (1678-); b 1701?; Cambridge/Boston/Watertown
• BROWN, William (-1716) & Rebecca (FRIEND) BAILEY, w Thomas; 26 Apr 1694; Salem/Boston/Watertown
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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2561.htm#...
• Lydia
• 'F, b. circa 1600, d. 27 September 1686
• ' Lydia was born circa 1600 at of Hawkedon, Suffolk, England. She married Abraham Browne, son of Thomas Browne and Joan Sayer, circa 1623 at of Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Lydia died on 27 September 1686 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
• 'Family Abraham Browne b. c 1595, d. 1 Oct 1650
• Child
  • ◦Jonathan Browne+ b. 15 Sep 1635, d. 7 Feb 1691
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• http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Brown_(1579-1650)
• 'Abraham Browne - was chr. on 22 Oct 1588 and died in 1645/1648 in Watertown, MA . He was the son of Edmund Browne and Mary Cramphorne. *Abraham married Joan Shelton. Joan was born about 1599. She died in 1628 .
• 'ABRAHAM BROWNE — Abraham Browne was baptized 22 Oct 1588 at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, and died in 1650 at Watertown. He was a surveyor and was in Watertown by 1631 [GMB 244–246, 2087]. LYDIA (_____) BROWNE — wife of Abraham Browne, presumably came to New England with him. They were married by 1631, and perhaps by 1627. She died 27 Sep 1686 at Watertown.
• Abraham - Admitted as freeman at Watertown, MA Mar. 6, 1631/2. He appears in the town records in various public positions from 1634 to 1647, notably those associated with survey work and land distribution. His lands inventory (1694) amounted to 191 acres in 5 parcels. The home lot of Abraham BROWNE passed to his grandson Capt. Abraham BROWN, and the home as rebuilt by the latter remained in the family for over 200 years, and is currently owned and operated by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Will filed Oct. 1, 1650, Middlesex Co., MA. His estate was not settled until Jan. 22, 1693/4 when it was divided between five claimants, with a double portion going to the estate of Jonathan, eldest son of Abraham. The original will has not been located, but the settlement provisions were apparently in disregard to its terms as summarized in an abstract found in the County Court (1670).
• The Mary (Browne) who married John Lewis in 1650 is the daughter of 'Abraham Browne, Sr. and Lydia/Lidea ( ? ) Browne Hodges. Abraham & Lydia Browne came from England on Winthrop's Fleet in 1630-1'. Abraham Browne Sr. born 1585 in England, died in 1650 in Watertown, MA. His will & settlement pleas appears in Middlesex Co. Probate Records, Vol. 1, pgs. 21 - 24. It includes 'wife Lydia' and daughter Mary Browne in the 1650 will and the heirs of Isaac Lewis in the 1691 land settlement. 'Abraham Browne's wife Lydia Browne later married Andrew Hodges'. Their son Abraham Browne, Jr., born 1639-40 died 1667 Watertown, MA, m. 1663 Mary (Dix). She remarried ca. 1670 to Samuel Rice of Marlborough, MA. I am a descendant of Mary (Dix) Browne, daughter of Edward Dix, through her second marriage to Samuel Rice.
• Children of Abraham Brown & Joan Shelton
  • ¦Sarah Brown (1620-1645) - m. George Parkhurst Jr.
  • ¦Hannah Brown (1622-?) - d. young
  • ¦Mary Brown (1624-?) - m. John Lewis
• 'Children of Abraham Brown & Lydia Hodges
  • ¦Johnathon Brown (1635-1691) - m. Mary Shattuck. They had a son - Capt Abraham Browne -
• References
• ¦Google Books : New England Historical and Genealogical Register - Vol 36 - pp 117-119.
• ¦Shattuck Family Genealogy - Children of William and Susanna Shattuck
• ¦Browne Family Genealogy - Children of Abraham and Lydia Browne
• ¦Browne Family Genealogy
• ¦Immigrant Ships To America/First Families/Winthrop Fleet ________________
• http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/browne.htm
• 3. Abraham Browne - was chr. on 22 Oct 1588 and died in 1645/1648 in Watertown, MA . He was the son of Edmund Browne and Mary Cramphorne. Abraham married Joan Shelton. Joan was born about 1599. She died in 1628 .
• Abraham - Admitted as freeman at Watertown, MA Mar. 6, 1631/2. He appears in the town records in various public positions from 1634 to 1647, notably those associated with survey work and land distribution. His lands inventory (1694) amounted to 191 acres in 5 parcels. The home lot of Abraham BROWNE passed to his grandson Capt. Abraham BROWN, and the home as rebuilt by the latter remained in the family for over 200 years, and is currently owned and operated by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Will filed Oct. 1, 1650, Middlesex Co., MA. His estate was not settled until Jan. 22, 1693/4 when it was divided between five claimants, with a double portion going to the estate of Jonathan, eldest son of Abraham. The original will has not been located, but the settlement provisions were apparently in disregard to its terms as summarized in an abstract found in the County Court (1670).
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• The Mary (Browne) who married John Lewis in 1650 is the daughter of 'Abraham Browne, Sr. and Lydia/Lidea ( ? ) Browne Hodges. Abraham & Lydia Browne came from England on Winthrop's Fleet in 1630-1'. Abraham Browne Sr. born 1585 in England, died in 1650 in Watertown, MA. His will & settlement pleas appears in Middlesex Co. Probate Records, Vol. 1, pgs. 21 - 24. It includes 'wife Lydia' and daughter Mary Browne in the 1650 will and the heirs of Isaac Lewis in the 1691 land settlement. 'Abraham Browne's wife Lydia Browne later married Andrew Hodges'. Their son Abraham Browne, Jr., born 1639-40 died 1667 Watertown, MA, m. 1663 Mary (Dix). She remarried ca. 1670 to Samuel Rice of Marlborough, MA. I am a descendant of Mary (Dix) Browne, daughter of Edward Dix, through her second marriage to Samuel Rice. Cindy
• Children:
  • i. Sarah Browne was chr. on 30 Jul 1620 and died before Sep 1650 in Watertown, MA . Sarah - married George Parkhurst, Jr.
  • ii. Hannah Browne was chr. on 25 Aug 1622. Hannah - died young.
  • iii. Mary Browne was chr. on 8 Feb 1623/1624. Mary married John Lewis on 10 Apr 1650 in Malden, MA. John was born in 1603. He was the son of Edward Lewis. He died on 16 Sep 1657 in Malden, MA.
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• http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/winthrop.htm
• 'The Winthrop Fleet consisted of eleven ships sailing from Yarmouth, Isle of Wright to Salem. Some sailed April 8, arriving June 13, 1630 and the followng days, the others to sail in May, arriving in July. The total count of passengers is believed to be about seven hundred, and presumed to have included the following people. Financing was by the Mass. Bay Company.
• The ships were the Arbella flagship with Capt Peter Milburne, the Ambrose, the Charles, the Mayflower, the Jewel, the Hopewell, The Success, the Trial, the Whale, the Talbot and the William and Francis.
• Sailed April 8 1630: Ambrose, Arbella, Hopewell, Talbot,
• Sailed May 1630: Charles, Jewel, Mayflower, Success, Trial, Whale, William and Francis
• Winthrop wrote to his wife just before they set sail that there were seven hundred passengers. Six months after their arrival, Thomas Dudley wrote to Bridget Fiennes, Countess of Lincoln and mother of Lady Arbella and Charles Fiennes, that over two hundred passengers had died between their landing April 30 and the following December, 1630. That letter traveled via the Lyon April 1, 1631 and reached England four week later.
• 'Browne, Abraham of Hawkdon, Suffolk Watertown
• 'Browne, Mrs. Lydia
• Browne, James Boston
• Browne, Richard of Hawkdon, Suffolk Watertown
• Browne, Mrs. Elizabeth
• Browne, George
• Browne, Richard Jr.
• Brown, John and Samuel Listed in Banks Topo: From London and Roxwell, Essex, aboard the Talbot, bound for Salem. Ref: Savage and Mass Bay Record. 36 pg 51 &107
• 'Browne, Abraham, Lydia
• Browne, James
• Browne, Richard, Elizabeth, George, Richard Jr.
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Lydia was born in England about 1595. Her family name is not known. She married Abraham Browne in England about 1629. They had two children in England, then emigrated from Childerditch, Essex, to New England in 1631, settling in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. They had four more children in Watertown: Lydia Lakin, Jonathan, Hannah, & Abraham. Abraham died there in 1650. After Abraham died, Lydia married Andrew Hodges in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1659. Lydia died as Lidia Hodges- a widow, in Watertown on September 27, 1686.