JOHN BROWN[1,17]

(1595-1686) - London, Middlesex, England & Hampton, Rockingham co., NH

(SEcond Generation - Brown Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
Angus BROWN
[NOT KNOWN]


BIRTH & DEATH John was born circa 1595 in London, Middlesex, England[1,4]. One source gave 1589 as his birth year, but John's age is given as "40" on the 1635 passenger list for the Elizabeth. John died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH on 27 February 1686; he was 91[1].
MIGRATION "John Browne 40" as well as "William Walker, 15; James Walker 15 and Sarra Walker 17, servants to John Browne, baker, and William Brasey, linen draper in Cheapside" embarked upon the Elizabeth, Mr. William Stagg, master, leaving London on 17 April 1635 and arriving in Boston, Suffolk co., MA in June 1635[4]. Sarah Walker later became John's wife. William & James are apparently her twin brothers.
OCCUPATION In London, Middlesex, England, John was a Baker and was listed as such on the manifest of the Elizabeth[1,4]. Once in New Hampshire, John built the first bark in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH at the river near Perkins Mill. This ship was mentioned in John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The Wreck of River Mouth"[1].
RESIDENCES & TOWN SERVICE John lived in London, Middlesex co., England until 1635. From 1635 until 1638, he lived in Salem, Essex co., MA. After that, he lived in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH. He received a grant of 4 acres for a house lot on Brown's River. He eventually became the third wealthiest man and the largest landowner in Hampton, owning a full four farms. John served as Selectman in 1651 and 1656[1].
LEGAL MENTIONS John sued Thomas Swetman for a debt due "for two fat oxen" in 1654. He also brought suit against the "prudential men" and the Town of Hampton for not building a road to his farm, which was near the Falls River toward the part of Salisbury, Essex co., MA that became Seabrook, Rockingham co., NH. The court decided in his favor and the road he wanted was built[1].
MARRIAGE Circa 1638/1642 when John was 43, he married Sarah WALKER, in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]. She was born circa 1618 in England[1,5] and died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH on 6 June 1672; she was 54[1,5].

CHILDREN 3. i. Sarah BROWN Sarah was born in 1643 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 28 December 1677 as one of 40 victims in a smallpox epidemic; she was 34[1,15]. Sarah married mariner John POOR. John was from Hampton, Rockingham co., NH, but was admitted as a resident of Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 15d:2m:1662[15]. John bought a house in Charlestown "to have the privilege of landing goods on his wharf bounded south by Charleston harbor"[1].
4. ii. John BROWN John was born in 1644 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH on 29 August 1683; he was 39[1]. John was a resident of Hampton, Rockingham co., NH but in 1669 he became violently ill and his sister Sarah POOR cared for him in her home in Charlestown, MA "for several years"[1].

On 2d:6m:1658 when John was 14, he married Hannah HOBART, in Nantucket or Salem, Essex co., MA[16]. Their marriage, interestingly enough, apparently took place in Salem, Essex co., MA but was recorded at Nantucket, MA and read: "John, s. John and Sarah Walker, and Hannah Hobart, d. Rev. Peter, 2d, 6 mo. 1658 [?in Salem], * P.R. 38"[16]. No intention was recorded.

5. iii. Benjamin BROWN Benjamin was born in 1647 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in New Hampshire in 1736; he was 89[1]. He lived in Seabrook, Rockingham co., NH and married Sarah BROWN[1].
6. iv. Elizabeth BROWN Elizabeth was born in 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH on 5 October 1689; she was 39[1]. She married Isaac MARSTON and lived in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1].
7. v. Jacob BROWN Please see his own page.
8. vi. Mary BROWN Mary was born on 13 September 1655 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1]. She married Nathan PARKER and lived in Andover, Essex co., MA[1].
9. vii. Thomas BROWN Thomas was born on 14 July 1657 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH on 29 June 1744; he was 86[1]. Thomas married Abial SHAW and lived in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1]. Carolyn Depp's research notes that Thomas' age at death is 77 years[1]. However, for that to be so either his birth or death record is off by ten years.
10. viii. Stephen BROWN Stephen was born in 1659 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH on 29 June 1677; he was 18[1].




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 2152
SOURCES 1. Amazeen.ged, received from Carolyn Depp in July 2002.

2. Brown, Marguerite Willette, Genealogy of John Brown of Hampton, New Hampshire, (Hillside Publishing Co, Amesbury, MA: 1977), [BrownNH].

3. Ibid. 1-3.

4. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], 134.

5. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

6. Dow, Joseph, History of the Town of Hampton, N.H. from its First Settlement in 1638 to the Autumn of 1892, 2 vols., (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press Publ. & Print, 1893) (The original has been reprinted as Joseph Dow's History of the Town of Hampton, Hampton, N.H.: The Town, 1988), [Hampton NH], 616.

7. Nantucket Vital Records, [NantucketVR], 3:125 (marriage record of their son John).

8. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), [GDMNH], 115.

9. Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some Ancestral Lines; Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford: Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers, Collected by Their Son, Raymon Meyers Tingley, (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935), [Tingley-Meyers], 220.

10. Sanborn, Frederick Rockwell, The Ancestry of Frederick Rockwell Gladstone Sanborn, (n.p., 1928), [Sanborn Anc.], 59.

11. Marston, Nathan Washington, The Marston Genealogy, in 2 parts, (South Lubec, Me., 1888), [Marston], 16.

12. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:270.

13. Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Sarah Stone, Wife of James Patten of Arundel [Kennebunkport] Maine, (Portland, Me.: The Southworth Press, 1930), [Stone Anc. (1930)], 133,143.

14. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 6:232; 9:219.

15. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 766.

16. [NantucketVR], 3:125.

17. [BrownNH], 6,18.

18. [Hampton NH], 617.

19. Stackpole, Everett S., Old Kittery and Her Families, (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Press, 1903), [Kittery], 87.

20. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:268

21. [Stone Anc. (1930)], 143.

22. [NEHGR], 6:232; 9:220.

23. Abbey, Cleveland, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants, (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1916), [Abbe-Abbey], 27.

24. Direct Descendants of John AMAZEEN, Research collected by Norma Karram [imtuhan@yahoo.com], received by Carolyn Depp in Apr 2002. [alternate address = imtuhan@cox.net].

25. Research of Charlie Gale [cgale@hartcom.net], received by Carolyn Depp in April 2002. (Much of his early data is based on the research of Dana B. Cobb, a descendant of Ephraim AMAZEEN and Hannah TARLTON.)

26. [BrownNH], 6,48.

27. [GDMNH], 114-115 (Brown); 475 (Meloon).

28. [BrownNH], 48.

29. [NEHGR], 9:221.

30. Brown, Warren, History of the Town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire - From the Time of the First Settlement Within Its Borders 1640 until 1900., (Manchester, NH: 1900), [HamptonFalls], "Record of Marriages Consummated Before Joseph Whipple".

31. [GDMNH], 64 (Amazeen).

32. New Hampshire Genealogical Register, [NHGR], vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1903), p. 21.

33. [NEHGR], 9:221.

34. [HamptonFalls], "Record of Marriages Consummated Before Joseph Whipple".

35. [NEHGR], 9:221.

36. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], vol. 4 (1750-1753), volume 34, p. 212.

37. "New Hampshire Mercury", volume 2, number 106, dated 20 December 1786. Genealogical Abstracts from the New Hampshire Mercury 1784 to 1788, by Robert Scobie. (Heritage Books, Inc., 1997), p. 83.


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