Nicholas Brown, of Haverhill

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Nicolas Brown formerly Browne aka Nicholas

Born 7 Feb 1645 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Son of Thomas Brown Sr. and Mary (Healy) Brown

Brother of Francis (Browne) Brown, Isaac Brown [half] and Mary (Brown) Godfrey

Husband of Mary (Linforth) Brown — married 27 Jan 1669 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Father of Mary (Brown) Merrill, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Abiah Brown, John (Browne) Brown, Sarah Brown, Mercy Brown, Ruth Brown and Ebenezer Brown

Died 5 Jun 1705 in Haverhill, Essex, MA

Profile last modified 22 Jun 2018 | Created 8 Jul 2011

Biography

Nicholas was born about 1645, if aged 25 at marriage, but perhaps as early as 1637. [1]

Parents were Thomas Brown and Mary Healy.

Nicholas Brown(e) and Mary Linforth had children born in Haverhill:

• Mary, b. 31 May 1671
• Thomas, b. 9 Oct 1673
• John, b. 16 Jan 1675[/6], d. 4 Jul 1677
• Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1678
• Abiah, 24 Dec 1680
• John, b. 16 Nov 1683
• Sarah, b. 3 Mar 1685/6
• Mercy, b. 18 Feb 1688/9
• Ruth, b. Feb 1691/2
• Ebenezer, b. 28 Oct 1695[2]

Nicholas Browne ... He passed away in 1705

Sources

↑ Anderson, Great Migration, I:437-8. ↑ Sanborn, NEHGR, 152:352.

WikiTree profile Browne-565 created through the import of Terrass Family Tree.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Richard Terrass. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others. Anderson, Robert Charles, et al. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. 7 Volumes. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2011. Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr. "Thomas1 and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury, Massachusetts, and their Family," in NEHGR, July 1998, 152:347-352. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Page Number: 351 Volume Number: 152

Nicholas Brown (or Browne) was born about 1645, if aged 25 at marriage, but perhaps as early as 1637; lived at Haverhill, and died there 5 Jun 1706.

His parents were Thomas Brown and Mary Healy, and his wife was Mary Linfurth (also seen as Linforth), daughter of Thomas Linfurth and Elizabeth Emerson. Mary, widow of Nicholas Brown, died after 1726 at Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay.

Family

Brown (Browne) marriages at Haverhill:

From http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/cMarriagesB.shtml

Nicolas [Browne], and Mary Linfurth, Jan. 27, 1669.

Brown (Browne) children born at Haverhill:

From http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/cBirthsB.shtml

1. Mary, d. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), May 3, 1671. Married Jonathan Merrill.
2. Thomas, s. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Oct. 9, 1673. Married Mary Pillsbury.
3. John, s. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Jan. 12, 1675. Died July 4, 1677.
4. Elizabeth, d. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), May 5, 1678. Married Joseph Norton.
5. Abiah [Mary. CTR], d. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Dec. 24, 1680. Married Richard Marshall.
6. John, s. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Nov. 16, 1683. Married Susannah Dutton.
7. Sarah, d. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Mar. 3, 1685-6. Married Joseph Foster.
8. Mercy, d. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Feb. 18, 1688-9.
9. Ruth, d. Nicolas and Mary (Linfurth), Feb. ––, 1691-92
10. Ebenezer, Oct 28, 1695. Married Sobriety Molton.
11. Joshua. Married Judith Starwood.
12. Martha. Unmarried in 1730.

Origins

From https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Nicholas_Brown_%2824%29

Sanborn, in his 1998 NEHGR article on Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown, identifies Nicholas Brown as the son of this couple. Besides observing that the first children of Nicholas were named Mary and Thomas, he notes that the will of Ruth Brown, a great granddaughter of Thomas Brown, provides the clue necessary to make this identification. Ruth Brown (John3, Francis2, Thomas1) died in 1744, and in her will, she bequeathed her "grate bible" to Ruth Brown, "Daughter of my cousen Joshua Brown of Haverhill." Sanborn identifies Joshua4, as the son of Thomas3 (Nicholas2, Thomas1), making these two Ruth's second cousins once removed. "We are grateful as well to Ruth Brown for mentioning that her cousin Joshua was 'of Haverhill.' There were at least three contemporary Joshua Browns in Essex County in the mid-1700s, but fortunately only one was 'of Haverhill.'"S1
Anderson did not fully accept this analysis, for in the Thomas Brown sketch (published 1999), Nicholas is listed as a possible son of Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown.

References

• Perley, Sidney, editor. Descendants of Nicholas Brown of Haverhill. Essex Antiquarian (Essex Antiquarian). (The Essex Institute, 1909). Page 24. GoogleBooks
• Nicholas Brown, in Sanborn, George Freeman. Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury, and Their Family. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1998), 152: 351, Secondary quality. “Nicholas Brown, b. say 1645, d. in Haverhill 5 June 1705; m. in Haverhill, 27 Jan 1669/70, Mary Linforth, who was still living in Haverhill when she acknowledged a deed on "04" June 1707.”
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Browne-565 cites Anderson, Great Migration, I:437-8.