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Mary Brown (Lathrop)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Baptism date does not confirm precise birth date.
Death: December 23, 1713 (52)
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Lathrop and Martha Lathrop
Wife of William Brown
Sister of Martha Pierson; Hannah Lathrop; Benjamin Lathrop; Sarah Lathrop; Rebecca Lathrop and 1 other
Half sister of Mary Mellowes; Martha Mellowes Lee and Elizabeth Messenger

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About Mary Brown

Please review her father's (Benjamin Lathrop) Overview.

Did this Mary Lo-Lathrop live to marry, or did she die young?
Name: Mary Lanthrop – Sex: Female
Father's Name: Benjamin Lanthrop – Father's Sex: Male
Death: 31 Mar 1671, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2022).

Marriage Sources

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch; Mary Lathrop in entry for William Brown, 21 May 1679; citing Marriage.
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Ancestry.com Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Ancestry.com Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850: Ancestry.com:—
Name: Mary Brown – Maiden Name: Lathrop – Gender: Female – Birth: About 1660 – Death: 1713
Marriage Date: 21 May 1679 – Marriage Place: New England
Spouse: William Brown


Wikitree's profile for her hinges on a single source: (1884) A Genealogical Memoir of The Lo-Lathrop Family, p. 50, Mary (#45). Available at: Archive.org:—
"45. MARY, baptized June 9, 1601, and married, May 21, 1679, William Brown. She was his second wife, the first being Mary Goodwin. Mrs. Mary Brown died Dec. 83, 1713, and Mr. Brown, Oct. 19, 1724, aged 78."
Note: This book may have correct information However it all too often provides no source citations to buttress what it shows. The passage above is one of many non-sourced passages.

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Mary Brown's Timeline

1661
June 9, 1661
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Baptism date does not confirm precise birth date.
June 9, 1661
Charlestown, , Massachusetts
1713
December 23, 1713
Age 52
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America