Phebe Brown

Multiple John Browns

3. John Brown of Duxbury

John arrived in the Plymouth Colony in 1632. He is on the tax rolls in 1633 and 1624. He was a weaver by trade. His wife was Phebe, and they had one child, a daughter, named Remember. His brother was Peter Brown of Mayflower fame.

From A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. (2017). Google Books. Retrieved 18 January 2017, from page 352

... "Peter Brown, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower, in 1620. The latter had no family in 1620; in the division of lands at Salem in 1623, he had one acre of land assigned him, and had neither wife or children; but in 1627, in the division of cattle, his name with that of Martha and Mary Brown, was named, each one share in the lot. He died in 1633, and his inventory, presented Oct. 4, 1633. The order of the court in the settlement of his estate, speaks of his having had "divers children by divers wives." Martha was probably his first wife at Salem, though he might have been married in England. His wife Mary administered upon the estate. He settled £15 on two of his daughters, Mary and Priscilla, and Mary was placed in the care of John Dene and Priscilla in the care of William Gibson. The remainder of the estate was given to his widow, for the support of her young family. In 1644, Mary and Priscilla, one aged 17 years, were placed by the court with their uncle John Brown, of Duxbury. John Brown m. Phebe Harding, March 26, 1633; he d. and his will was proved in 1682. His daughter Remember had m. Josiah Wormell,and had grandchildren John, Phebe and Lydia. ... "

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Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harding-560

Parentage

Phebe's parentage is unknown. There is no reason to believe that she was the daughter of John Harding who, according to Wilbur H. Harding's 1925 Hardings in America, died in Northampton, England in 1637. There is no evidence that that John Harding had a daughter named Phebe. In addition, as described in John Harding's profile, there is no reliable evidence that any of his children emigrated to New England, and Wilbur J. Harding's claims to the contrary appear to have been speculative fabrications.

Date and Place of Birth

Phebe's date and place of birth are uncertain. Based on her date of marriage, she was probably born sometime in 1608-1616, with about 1612 being a reasonable midpoint estimate. Based on her date of birth, she was almost certainly born somewhere in England.

Marriage

Phebe married John Browne on March 26, 1634.[1][2][3][4]

Children

Phebe and John had the following child:

Remember, b. about 1648 in Duxbury, m. about 1668 Josiah Wormall[2][5]
There is no evidence that Phebe and John had any other children.[2][5] However, they were guardian's for Priscilla Brown, the daughter of John's brother Peter Brown, for several years before her marriage.[5]

Death

Phebe's date and place of death are uncertain. Since she is mentioned as a living person in her husband's will dated April 15, 1672,[2] she died sometime after that date, most likely in Duxbury.

References

1. http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/03/john-brown-of-new-england.html
2. WikiTree contributors, "Phebe (Harding) Brown (abt.1612-aft.1672)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harding-560 : accessed 22 April 2024). Cites
   1. Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. Court Orders: Vol. I. 1633-1640. 1855. p. 26. Link to page at archive.org.
   2. Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Volume I A-F. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. pp. 257-259. Link to pages at ancestry.com.
   3. Royal Ralph Hinman, A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford: Tiffany and Company, 1852), p. 352, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=KTkBAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA352. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 1 January 2016).
   4. “Plymouth Colony records, court orders, 1633-1690”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3S3-4QXJ-Z : 3 April 2023), , FHL microfilm 008492483, image 41, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Vol 1-3, 166-1640, Page 59.
   5. "A genealogical profile of John Brown," plimoth.org