John
BROWN (BROWNE)
(b.
16 September 1638
,
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
d.
9 April 1727
,
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
)
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John BROWN (BROWNE) was born 16 September 1638 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
John BROWN (BROWNE) was the child of John BROWN (BROWNE) and Mary Alice UNKNOWNSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
John married Hannah DENISON 27 January 1668 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Hannah DENISON was born 10 September 1655 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*. Hannah died 17 November 1727 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was the child of Edward DENISON and Elizabeth WELD.
John BROWN (BROWNE) died 9 April 1727 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
"He was probably the John Brown of Ipswich who saw service in King Philip's War. He remained with his parents until his father's death, when he married a girl [Hannah] to whom his father had been opposed. In 1679 his brother Nathaniel said that his father had talked to him about that woman who was now John's wife, that he had told his father that she was a very suitable person but that his father said he was not willing John should marry her. He inherited the parental farm and was a house-carpenter. In 1684 he bought the Bishop farm and conveyed 1 third of it to his son William in 1714 and 2 thirds to his son James in 1721... John Browne died April 9, 1727, in his 88th year (gravestone) but aged 84 (town record). Hannah Browne, widow of 'farmer John Browne' died Nov. 19, 1727 (town record), but March 17, 1727, in her 76th year (gravestone).
Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Brown, John of Ipswich p.223.
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Hannah DENISON-- Date: 27 January 1668 Place: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Hannah DENISON was the child of Edward DENISON and Elizabeth WELD
Children of John BROWN (BROWNE) and Hannah DENISON:
Hannah BROWNE (b.22 July 1678, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )
James BROWN (b.abt. 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )
Mary BROWN (BROWNE) (b.3 July 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 25 October 1686, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England)
Mary BROWN (BROWNE) (b.3 July 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. 9 April 1728, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Elizabeth BROWN (b.4 January 1690, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 7 May 1716, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Nathaniel BROWNE (b.abt. 1691, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 18 July 1719, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Hannah DENISON-- Date: 27 January 1668 Place: Salem, Massachusetts Bay ColonyHannah DENISON was the child of Edward DENISON and Elizabeth WELD
Children of John BROWN (BROWNE) and Hannah DENISON:
Hannah BROWNE (b.22 July 1678, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , ) James BROWN (b.abt. 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , ) Mary BROWN (BROWNE) (b.3 July 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 25 October 1686, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England) Mary BROWN (BROWNE) (b.3 July 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. 9 April 1728, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay) Elizabeth BROWN (b.4 January 1690, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 7 May 1716, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay) Nathaniel BROWNE (b.abt. 1691, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 18 July 1719, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
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1638 Birth 16 September 1638
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1668 Marriage / PartnerJohn BROWN (BROWNE) and Hannah DENISON 27 January 1668, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
He was 29 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildHannah BROWNE was born 22 July 1678, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
John was 39 years old.
1685 Birth of ChildMary BROWN (BROWNE) was born 3 July 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John was 46 years old.
1686 Death of ChildMary BROWN (BROWNE) died 25 October 1686, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John was 48 years old.
1689 Birth of ChildMary BROWN (BROWNE) was born 3 July 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John was 50 years old.
1690 Birth of ChildElizabeth BROWN was born 4 January 1690, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
John was 51 years old.
1716 Death of ChildElizabeth BROWN died 7 May 1716, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John was 77 years old.
1719 Death of ChildNathaniel BROWNE died 18 July 1719, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John was 80 years old.
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1727 Death 9 April 1727
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 88.
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