Thomas Brown, of Westfield & Colchester

"Notes on Browns of Colchester", Conn, by Donald Lines Jacobus, April 1959, Vol. 35, #2, The American Genealogist, p. 127. Recorded NEHGS, Register, 6:269 give following informatioin:

"They lived first in Westfield, Mass., where they had five children recorded [New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 6:269].

The family moved to Colchester, where they had Kezia, b. 22 Sept. 1707.

Colchester Deeds show that the hme lot of Thomas Brown was recorded 18 Apr. 1707, also an additional grant made 30 Dec. 1705 [1:85]. Thomas conveyed to his son, Thomas Brown, 14 Sept. 1711 [1:452]. Thomas conveyed 27 Nov. 1716 to his son Samuel Brown of Colchester, husbandman, making mention of Samuels's eldest son Daniel [2:189].

Thomas Brown died 18 Apr. 1717. His will, dated 27 Nov. 1716, proved 31 May 1717, named his wife Hannah; son Thomas Brown; daughters Hannah Brown, Mary Brown, Sarah Brown and Keszia Brown, son Samuel, and grandson Daniel Brown, oldest son of son Samuel [Manwarings's Digest, 2:364].

Bruce C. Johnson Jr., Research notes 1985-1995, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-26572

Thomas Brown married Hannah Lee, daughter of Walter & Mary (Unknown) Lee, on 8 Mary 1686/7 at Springfield, Hampden, MA [1][2]

Thomas Brown had children Thomas (1688), Samuel (1692), Hannah (1694), Sarah (1700) and Keziah (1707). The first two children were recorded at Westfield (part of Springfield that became independent in 1689), the last one at Colchester.

Thomas's son Samuel, also of Colchester, Conn., was appointed guardian of Thomas's youngest daughter Keziah after Thomas's death in 1717.[3]

Research Notes

Date of Thomas birth is uncertain

born Oct 31 1655 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT IF he is child of Nathaniel Brown and Eleanor Watts born 1668 in Westfield, Hampden, MA

Parents of Thomas are uncertain. Marriage records do not state his parents.

Source attached to this profile [4] states that Nathaniel Browne and Eleanor Watts son 'Thomas Browne', b, the last of Oct 1655, Middletown, CT died young. It looks like he was baptized with siblings after his father died, but there are multiple later mentions of Eleanor's children after death of her father, as well as her 2nd husband, but they do not mention Thomas.

Following was included in this wiki profile, based on parents being the above Nathaniel and Eleanor

Thomas Brown, son of Nathaniel, was born in October 1655 in Middletown, Connecticut. He had elder siblings Hannah and Nathaniel, and younger brothers John and Benoni.

Thomas's father died in 1658, when Thomas was almost three years old. His mother remarried Jasper Clements, and in January 1668/9, when Thomas was 12, he and his four siblings, named and identified as the children of "sister Clements," were baptized, shortly after his mother joined the Middletown church [4]

Thomas's brothers and sister stayed in Middletown, where they appear together in various land records starting in 1689. But Thomas settled in Springfield, Mass., where Nathaniel Brown had lived briefly after marrying; perhaps Thomas inherited his father's rights as a Springfield townsman.

References

• The Great Migration Begins, Page 430. link
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 28 2016, 1:14:35 UTC