Martha Brown Hampton

• BIRTH 1666 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
• DEATH 1697 (aged 30–31) Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 220549556

Martha Brown daughter of Abraham Brown & Mary Potter... Martha was married to John Hampton overseer of Monmouth County N. J. Abraham Brown was the son of Nicholas Browne who had followed Anne Hutchinson from Massachusetts Bay Colony to Rhode Island and signed the Portsmouth combination in 1638

John Browne a dissenter removed to Gravesend with Lady Moody then settled in Flushing Long Island, Joining Society of Friends became a devout Quaker. Browne and his associates were able to secure a patent for land in Monmouth N.J. a relative of the Brownes in Rhode Island he was instrumental in the settlement of Quaker families coming from Rhode Island in 1665 to settle in Shrewsbury New Jersey one of the first Quaker settlements in New Jersey.

Lady Deborah Moody was the widow of Sir Henry Moody , of Garsden, in Wilshire and of one of the baronets created by King James in 1622. She was the daughter of of Walter Dunch, a member of Parliament in Queen Elizabeths time.

In 1640 she emigrated from London to Massachusetts and in April she was united with the Church of Salem and purchased a farm called Swampscott near Lynn Massachusetts, having followed the belief that infant baptism was not a divine ordinance she was voted by the quarterly court in 1643 to be admonished and excommunicated by the church of Salem.

In 1643 Lady Moody with her son Sir Henry, and a few close friends Thomas and Mary Tilton, William Thorne, Edward Browne, and Richard Stout immigrated to the colony of New Amsterdam, after arrival they fled for safety during an Indian raid under the walls of fort from where they were invited by Director General to select from unappropriated lands of the West India Company a location for a new settlement and were granted a tract of 7000 acres of land near Eastern part of Manhattan they called Gravesend in present day Brooklyn NY

Lady Moody was pleased to learn that on the eastern shore of Manhattan located on the opposite side of Blackwell's Island and at the place known as "Deutil Bay" had large settlements of English, Nicholas Stillwell had secured a large tobacco plantation in eastern Manhattan.

John Browne 1627-1695 a Quaker removed to Flushing Long Island he was merchant/lawyer and married Hannah Feake the daughter of Lt Robert Feake & Elizabeth Fones.. Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallet divorced her second husband to marry William Hallet. They had escaped from New Haven Colony (Connecticut) to Long Island in New Amsterdam because the divorce was not approved by the church officials.. Elizabeth Fones first marriage was to her cousin the son of John Winthrop the second governor of Massachusetts Bay colony. Her second was Lt. Robert Feak, and third William Hallet who was granted a large tract of land that encompasses present day Astoria Queens New York.

In New Jersey Governor Nicolls granted patent of land in Navesink tract (Monmouth) to William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Stout, James Grover, JOHN BROWNE, John Tilton, Nathaniel Sylvester, William Reape Walter Clark, Nicolas Davis Obadiah Holmes from Long Island this area became Shrewsbury, Monmouth New Jersey and became the first settlement of Quakers in New Jersey in 1665

Abraham son of Nicholas Browne owned a tract of land in the Monmouth Tract in 1667.

Peter Tilton sold to Abraham Brown one share at Potapeck 1670..

Abraham Browne married Mary Potter. The Potters were Quakers from Rhode Island.. there daughter Martha Browne married John Hampton a Quaker who was hired to be overseer in Monmouth by the East Jersey proprietors.

Colonial History
Puritan leaders began the thought of planting a colony in New England after Charles I ascended to the throne with his Queena Catholic. The King was an Arminian, a Protestant who believed in high church ritual, Episcopal succession, social hierarchy and royal prerogative.He interfered with the religious affairs of the Church imposed taxes with out the act in Parliament and eventually ruled without Parliament for eleven years before his execution.. He was regarded as an absolute monarch and a tyrant.

Puritan leaders who were London merchants members of government belonging to the landed gentry class in England formed the Massachusetts Company in 1628 a joint profit making endeavour in New England. There were a total of twenty six named as patentees, after receiving the royal seal seven ships set sail through out the year of 1630 and delivered a total of seven hundred Puritan settlers who established towns around the Massachusetts Bay

In 1636 a religious conflict began in the Colony over the interpretation of free grace, a theology ministered by Anne Hutchinson and her brother-in-law Rev John Wheelwright. It pitted the colony's ministers and magistrates against each other. Anne Hutchinson and her brother in law Rev. John Wheelwright were banished. In 1637 several colonists decided to move from the Bay Colony some to New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Hartford Colony in Connecticut.

On June 26, 1637 a group of London Merchants and their families arrived on two ships at Boston Harbour. They had formed a Company called New Haven Company. The leaders included Theophilus Eaton Esq., Edward Hopkins, Rev. John Davenport , Samuel Eaton and Rev. Peter Prudden. Many of this company were were wealthy and highly respectable,Rev. John Davenport had been a parish minister at St Lawrence Jewry of London then and Vicar of St Stephens Church in London.

A group belonging to the New Haven Company made the Journey to Connecticut in 1637 to explore the harbours and rivers and chose the area called Quinnipaick to settle a colony.

The site seemed ideal for trade, with a good port lying between Boston and the Dutch city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan and good access to the furs of the Connecticut River valley settlements of Hartford and Springfield.

A Fundamental Agreement was signed in the New Haven Colony by freemen of the colony that established a government free from the government of Massachusetts Bay colony.. they later became part of Colonial governance.

John Ogden 1609-1682 who came to New England with London tradesmen/merchants in 1637 to establish Stanford Ct. Colony, a skilled stonemason he was contacted by governor of New Amsterdam to build a Dutch Church. In 1644 Ogden & associates secured from the Dutch a patent in 1744 to settle 100 families in Hempstead L. I. & then 1647 was granted to plant a colony in Northampton L. I.

In 1664 the territory of Jersey was surrendered by New Netherland colony, lands west of Long Island and Manhattan Island were awarded to two Lord Proprietors John Berkeley and George Carteret his cousin Phillip Carteret was the first governor of New Jersey 1665-1673 & East Jersey 1674 to 1682

In 1666 after the English drove out the Dutch John Ogden & Associates petitioned and were granted permission to settle a planation and buy land. JOHN BAILEY Daniel Denton and Luke Watson of East Long Island had purchased a tract of land from the Indians on part of which Elizabeth Town now stands. John Bailey sold his share to Governor Carteret, Daniel Denton sol his share to John Ogden.

After Elizabeth Town was granted Patents, a Patent was granted in triangular area called the Monmouth or Navesink Tract by Gov. Richard Nicolas to William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Stout, James Grover, JOHN BROWNE, John Tilton, Nathaniel Sylvester, William Reape Walter Clark, Nicolas Davis Obadiah Holmes & Associates from Long Island.

These Twelve men, most of whom were Quakers from Long Island purchased a tract that extended from Sandy Hook to the mouth of the Raritan River, upstream approximately 25 miles and ten southeast to Barnegal Bay. It was first known as Navesink and established into settlements of Freehold Middletown and Shrewsbury and later Monmouth County.

The First Quakers to reach New Jersey settled in Shrewsbury Monmouth New Jersey in 1665 some came from Rhode Island. The Green family & the Potter family came from Rhode Island. The Baptists from Newtown followed Thomas Cox who and were neighbours and were mixed marriages between the faiths.

In 1680 Sir George Carteret died and his part of New Jersey was sold to the Quakers, one of whom being William Penn ..

In 1682 New Jersey opened up to new migration. The proprietors of East Jersey wanted to create a safe haven for Quakers and Presbyterians who were both facing persecution in Great Britain.

John Hampton & John Reid from Scotland were enlisted by East Jersey proprietors as Overseers. As such Hampton and Reid helped provide leadership to colonists and were granted extensive lands in both Middlesex and Monmouth counties for their services

A widower, John Hampton married Martha Brown in Shrewsbury in 1686. The marriage was recorded in the records of the public meeting house of Friends in Shrewsbury. Hampton resided for several years in Shrewsbury after this marriage. While residing there his eldest daughter Janette married Robert Rheas (Ray)guests included William Penn.

1684 John Hampton, among others, was imported to New Jersey and was indentured for 4 years, sold to Robert Hamilton of Middletown. [1]

Spouse
John Hampton 1643–1702 (m. 1687)

Children
Jonathan Hampton 1690–1745
Noah Hampton 1700 – unknown

Reference

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220549556/martha-hampton

[2] FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 6 2019, 5:32:47 UTC

Sources

[3] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 61, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

1686 John Hampton and Martha Brown did lay their intent of marriage before friends at a meeting on 7 of month 10, at Frances Burden's house. [2]

[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

1687 John Hampton of Middleton, married Martha Brown, of Shrewsbury, 1686/87 on 3 of month 1 [March], at the public meeting house of friends. Witnessed by Abraham and Cattron Brown, Jedidiah Allen, Judah Allen, and many others. [3] [4]

4] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 1 (1903), 242, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

1693 George Keith of Philadelphia sold, to John Hamton, land in Monmouth County, New Jersey, near lands of Jebediah Allen and Robert Barclay. Dated October 25.

[5] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 245, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

1696 John Reid sold, to John Hamton, land in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Dated July 3. [6]

[6] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 245, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

1702/03 John Hamton, of Freehold, dated his will on January 23, 1702/03 with probate date February 26, 1702/03. [7]

[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 204, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive]