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ABRAHAM, the 4th son of John Sen'r, m. Hannah Griswold of Lyme, Sep. 2, 1674, daughter of Matthew, to which place he removed ; his daughters Mary, m. Ellis, Dorcus, m. Hopkins, Sa- rah, m. John Kilbourn. (Sce Lyme Records.) Ab'in signed the articles for settling Waterbury, but failed to go ; he represented Lyme at the Gen'l Court.
Although I have much more of this family, it is too numerous to afford to publish it in this work, where only a bird's-eye view is taken of each family. This family has produced its share of important men in the country. There are few if any of the name in Conn., who are not descendants of either Richard or John, of Farmington in 1643. Hon. Alvin Bronson, of Oswego, N. York, Dr. Isaac, de- ceased formerly of Greenfield Hill, in Fairfield ; Hon. Green C. Bronson was b. at Simsbury, Conn. His father removed to the State of N. Y. more than 40 years since, when his son was quite young ; Hon. Green C. became a lawyer of distinction in Onida County, and had the appointment of Attorney Gen'l in that state, the duties of which he discharged with satisfaction to the State. He afterwards became an associate Judge and finally chief justice of the Supreme Court of his adopted State. There have also been several Divines and Physicians of this family ; as a family, it has been noted for good judgment and great common sense. Many of the de- scendants are found at Hartford, Farmington, Windsor, Waterbury, Woodbury, Berlin, N. Haven and other towns in Conn., in the city of N. Y., and in different parts of the State of New York, the de- scendants are numerous.
MOSES BRONSON removed from Berlin, Conn., to Hillsdale in Columbia County, N. Y., about 1755, with his sons Abel and Eph'm, and a daughter Susan, and left a son Silas and two daughters at Berlin ; one of the daughters m. Gladding of Berlin, the other m. Timothy Humiston of Waterbury, Ct. ; after the death of the wife of Moses, he returned to Conn., and continued with his son-in-law T. Humiston at Waterbury. Mr. Gladding had a son John, and per- haps others ; Humiston had a son Zenas, perhaps others ; Abel, son of Moses d. at Hillsdale ; Eph'm, son of Moses was about 10 years
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old when his father removed to Ilillsdale ; Eph'm m. Bethia Virgil, of Hillsdale ; Eph'm removed to Kinderhook, afterwards returned to Hinsdale, and then removed to Delhi, Del. Co .; they had 14 child'n born in the 3 last towns, after which they removed to Groton, N. Y., where Eph'm died. His first child d. an infant ; Irene the 2d child m. Tho's Swift of Hillsdale, he removed to Cooperstown where she d. and left issue ; Parmela, 3d daughter of Ephi'm, d. in Kinder- hook aged 11; Ira V. 4th child of Eph'm, b. Octo. 18, 1778, went to Simsbury, Con., when young, where he read medicine with Dr. Everest. In 1804, he remeved to Washington, Ct., and settled there as a Physician, and is now living aged 75 years. Dr. Ira V., m. Sarah Ann Moseley of s'd Washington, and had issue; Elenor, 5th child of Eph'm, m. Barber Carpenter of Delhi, and removed to Groton, N. Y .- after the death of her father, they removed to Potter Co., Penn., and took her mother with them, who in 1847, was living aged 91, years. Sophia, 6th child of Eph'm, m. and lived at one time at Semphronius, N. Y., and had a large family ; Dorcas, 7th child of Eph'm, m. ; Aurelia, 8th child d. at Hinsdale, aged 5 years ; Artimesia, 9th child, m. Parker ; Almy, 10th child, m. Dexter Barnes, and removed to Potter County, Penn. ; Jacob, 11th child, m. and d. about 50 years old, at Cayuga ; Amanda, 12th child, m. Mr. Mal- lery, he d. and she m. a 2d husband, and removed to Erie County, Penn. ; Calista, 13th child, m. Joseph Harris for her 2d husband and lived for a time in the town of Elba, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; Ed- win, 14th child, graduated at Union College, Schenectady, studied divinity, and about one year since, was preaching at Rome in Brad- ford, Co., Penn., he m. and has children Mary and Edwin. There was a Mary Brunson at Hartford, afterwards the wife of Nicholas Disbroe, who was punished by the Court in Hartford, 1639, for improper con- duct ; no evidence appears to prove she was a relative of John or Richard.
BRONSON, RICHARD, an original settler at Farmington, joined the church there 1654, and his wife joined in 1653 ; probably a broth- er of John Brunson, another original settler at Hartford and Farm- ington. Richard's wife was Eliz'th. He d. an old man in 1634, and his will proved 1687; only two sons are named in his will, Sam'l and John. Had he not a son Richard who d. at Southbury, and his relict Marcy d. there June 8, 1786, aged 92 ? Eliz'th, rel- ict of Rich'd, had been several times married, before she married Rich'd. She had sons Sam'l and Roger Orvis, son David Carpen- ter, &c. Estate appraised 1685, £405, 8s. His widow d. 1694;
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they had children, viz., Abigail, b. 1643, m. Samuel Orvis ; John, b. 1645, m. Hannah Scott ; Cornelius, b. 1648; Hannah, b. 1650, m. David Carpenter ; Elizabeth, b. 1652, m. - Hill ; Eede, b. 1655; Mary, b. 1658, m. Sam'l Scott and 2d Hinman ; SAMUEL, b. - d. in 1741-2, the 8th child of Richard, m. Sarah Gibbs, of Windsor, in 1687, who d. 1740 ; he lived in Kensington, where he owned a mill ; his father was the original mill owner in Farming- ton. SAMUEL'S and SARAH'S children were-
1. Eliz'tlı, b. 1688, d. 1767, m. Tho's Gridley, Aug. 3, in 1710.
2. SAMUEL, b. 1692, d. 1752, m. Abigail Ventris, who d. 1779, aged 84 ; he had a family in Kensington.
3. Sarah, b. 1695, m. Daniel Thomson in Sept. 21, 1727.
4. BENJAMIN, b. 1697, m. Martha Barnes, Dec. 15, 1725, and had six children b. in Kensington, and removed to Kent in 1742.
5. HEZEKIAH, b. 1699, d. 1752, m. Mary Deming, of Wethf'd, in 1723-4, who d. 1726, and he m. for his 2d wife, Abiah Baldwin, of Durham, in 1727; he owned the mills in Kensington ; had a numerous family.
6. TIMOTHY, b. Sept. 19, 1701, d. 1781, m. Dorcas Hopkins, of Hartford, 1724, who d. 1747, and he m. Deborah Talmage, of New Haven, for his 2d wife; posterity numerous in Kensington ; his 2d wife d , and he m. Susannah for his 3d wife.
. 7. DANIEL, b. 1703, m. Mary Peete, of Stratford, in Nov. 9, 1727; had five children and removed to Danbury in 1748.
8. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 1, 1705, d. 1713.
9. MICHAEL, b. 1707, m. Eliz'th Squire, of Woodbury, in 1735, and had six children b. in Kensington.
10. Anna, b. Nov. 2S, 1709.
11. AARON, b. Nov. 10, 1712, d. 1774, m. Abigail Parker, Oct. 26, 1737; also lived in Kensington, and had four sons and one daughter.
JOHN the eldest son of Rich'd, Sen., is called on the record John, Jr., in distinction of his uncle John ; wife Hannah, m. Oct., 1664. This John removed to Wethersfield and had children.
1. John, b. Aug. 25, 1665, m. Rachel Buck, in 1697, who d. in 1708, and in 1709, he m. widow Mary Chatterton, of N. Haven; this family supposed re- moved to S. Carolina.
2. Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1668.
3. Isaac, m. Thankful, from whom he was divorced, and he then m. Mar- garet.
4. Joseph.
The above JOHN, son of John, removed from Wethersfield with his family to South Carolina, (where the name is yet found ; ) his children were John, b. 1698; Mary, b. - m. Ford ; Sarah, b. 1708, m. McGregor ; Rachel, b. 1710, probably d. young ; the oth- ers all lived in South Carolina.
ISAAC, son of John, removed from Wethersfield to S. Carolina ;
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his oldest son Joseph, settled at Suffield, in Conn. ; his other sons, Geo., Isaac, James, Wm. and David, in South Carolina.
BRONSON, JOSEPH, also removed from Wethersfield to S. Carolina, with all his children, viz., John, Joseph, Ebenezer, Thom- as, Hannah, m. Wrixham, and Rebeckah, who m. Bradwell.
BRONSON, CAPT. RICHARD, (whose son he was, or where from, is not certain ; ) he early settled at Woodbury, (Southbury Society,) and married Marcy Bronson of Waterbury, daughter of Isaac ; he d. at Woodbury, and his relict d. there June 8, 1786, aged 92 years. He was a man of great wealth, and had an only child Marcy, whom he left with his large estate. The daughter m. Thomas Bennet of Newtown, who settled and died at Southbury, in his old age. Tho's and Marcy had no sons, but two daughters Rhoda and Ann. Rhoda m. Rev. Noah Benedict of Woodbury, and became the mother of Hon. Noah Benedict deceased, an eminent lawyer at Woodbury __ of Gen. Tho's B. Benedict, so favorably known in the war of 1812, and a daughter Ruth, who m. Hon. Nath'l Smith, who had been a Member of Congress, Judge of the Superior Court of Conn., one of the most able Jurists the state has produced. He left an only son Nath. B. Judge Smith, (Nath'l, Sen.,) d. at Woodbury, as did his wife, since 1810. Ann, the other daughter of Tho's Bennet, m. Lieut. Wm. French of Southbury, and had children-
1. Marcy, m. Oliver Barrit, and both d. at Williamstown, Mass.
2. Avis, m. Joel Pierce of Southbury, and has children. Yet living.
3. Sylvania, m. Gen. E. Hinman of Southbury.
4. Hannah, m. Asahel Bacon of Woodbury.
5. Ann, d. young.
6. Bronson, ni. Mary Ann Burrit ; he is now living at Poughkeepsie, aged 86.
7. Bennet, m. two wives, and had issue by the first.
8. Benjamin, d. when a member of Williams College.
9. Col. Wm., m. first, Tomlinson ; she d. and he m. Miss Woodhouse, from Wethersfield, for 2d wife ; has no issue ; he is living in Ohio, aged about 80 years.
Moses Bronson, son of John of Waterbury, was absent many years unheard from by his friends, and supposed deceased. In 1712, the Court ordered his brother Wm., to take all needful care of the es- tate of Moses. In 1673, John Bronson, Sen. and Jr., Jacob, Isaac, Richard and Abraham, were listed in Farmington.
BROOKER, JOHN and Sarah, had a son John b. at Saybrook, July 21, 1718.
BROOKER, MR. JOHN, of Killingworth, d. Oct. 8, 1742. Abraham Brooker d. April 14, 1739.
BROOKER, GEORGE, Henrie Baylie, W'm " Baldin and others
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transported to Virginia ; "imbarqued in ye Merchants Hope, Hugh Weston master,' per examinacon by the minister of Gravesend," &c., (in 1635.)
BROOKS, JOHN, of Windsor, was the first of the name at Wind- sor-removed to East Windsor ; he m. Susannah Hanmer, May 25, 1652; children, John b. March 16, 1660, died ; Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1662; Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1664; Mary, b. March 21, 1665 ; Jo- anna, b. Feb. 2, 1668; Marcy, b. Nov. 25, 1670 ; Lydia, b. Aug. 7, 1673 ; Susannah, b. Sept. 22, 1675 : Susannah his wife, d. Nov. 7, 1676. (Rec. Windsor.) Inventory of his estate offered in Court in 1682, being £199, 8s. 9d. ; he left five children then living.
WILLIAM BROOKS, of Milford in 1646, purchased land there of Tho's Bagley. Bridget liis wife, d. June 23, 1666.
BROOKS, DEACON THOMAS, an original proprietor of Haddam in 1662; made free May, 1658-had but one son, Thomas, who was a Deacon. This only son Thomas, d. 1781, aged 82 ; also he had a son Thomas who was a Deacon ; also Abraham, Jabez and Joseph ; the last a Justice of Peace.
DEACON THOMAS, Jr., had sons Charles, Thomas and David. Tho's Ist of Haddam, d. Oct. 18, 1668. His widow made oath to the inventory of his estate, April 1st, 1670, £109, 9s. His daughters were Sarah, b. 1662, in Dec .; Marah, b. June 1666 ; Alice, b. Dec. 1668.
JOHN BROOKS of Stratford, had a son Benj'n born there, Oct. 17, 1685.
WILLIAM BROOKS had allotted to him in Suffield fifty acres of land, and Ebenezer Brooks forty acres in 1680; also fifty acres in 1684.
BROOKS, JOHN, of New Haven, had issue recorded there, viz., Abigail, b. March 10, 1649; Mary b. Sept. 5, 1654; Elizabeth, b. 7° 29, 1656 ; Sarah, b. April 9, 1661; Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1663; Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1665 ; daughter Ruth, b. Dec. 1668.
BENJAMIN BROOKS of Colchester, had a son John baptized there, March 2, 1762.
LEMUEL BROOKS, of Norwalk, m. Hannah Raymond, Sept. 19, 1764, and had ten children.
BROOKS, REV. THOMAS, settled 2d society of Danbury, Sept. 28, 1758.
Twenty-one have graduated at Harvard College before 1848, and seven at Yale College of this name.
SARAH BROOKS of Milford, who was born in Eng'd, d. at Mil- ford, June 5th, 1709, in her 88th year ; perhaps wid., of W'm Brooks.
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who had land at Milford in 1646 ; he d. there in 1684. William Brooke had a settlement at Milford in 1639, but was not a free plan- ter there in 1639 to elect officers. He had three acres there before 1646.
BROOKS, CHARLES, b. and d. in Durham ; he m. Mahetibel, daughter of Joseph Norton of Durham. The relict of Charles d. a widow at Goshen, Jan. 1, 1767, aged 36, and left children at Gosh- en. Joseph m. Amanda Collins. Asa m. Betsy, daughter of Sam- uel Francis. Phebe m. Augustus Hills. The mother and child- ren moved to Goshen with her father Norton.
Joseph Brooks, son of Charles, b. at Durham about 1753; m. Amanda, daughter of Cyprian Collins. Their children were Har- vey, b. Oct. 26, 1779, m. Polly Taylor; Leman, b. 1781, d. at East Bloomfield, New York, 1839; Birdseye, b. Jan. 3, 1783, m. Huldah Boughton of East Bloomfield; John, b. Aug. 31, 1784 ; Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1786, m. Heman Parmalee, of Litchfield ; Hi- ram, b. Nov. 4, 1788, m. Harriet Taylor, of Bloomfield ; Collins, b. Feb. 8, 1791, died unmarried in Penn. ; Philo, b. April 15, 1793, died on the Mississippi River ; Ira, b. Feb. 21, 1795, died in State of New York, 1839, single ; Homer, b. Sept. 11, 1799, died single in Texas, Jan. 30, 1836; Tobias, b. Aug. 23, 1802; d. young at Sharon.
John and Henry Brooks from Cheshire, England, settled at Wal- lingford in the New Haven Colony about the time New Cheshire (now Cheshire) began to settle, and have left a numerous posterity of the name.
BROOKE, THOMAS, freeman in Mass., Dec. 1636. Henry Brooke free in Mass., 1638-9.
BROOKES, HENRY, of Concord, Mass .; had a son Joseph, b. in 1641.
BROOKES, JOHN, free in Mass, 1651. Joshua of Concord, Mass., 1652. Caleb Brooke, 1654.
Brook's, Hepzeba, wife of Jabez, Jabez Brooks, Sarah, wife of Nathan, Benjamin and Nathan, were all buried at Woburn before 1752.
BROOKS, ISAAC, of Woburn, freeman 1672. Gershom Brooks of Concord, freeman 1672. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Susan- na Brooks, of Woburn, died 1753, aged 3.
BROOKE, WILLIA, took the oath of allegiance at Springfield, 1678.
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Brook has two, Brooke has forty-three coats of arms; and Brookes or Brooks (Scotland) has one.
BROOKE, WILLIAM, an early settler at Milford, but not a free planter there in 1639 ; he d. 1684.
William Brooke aged 20, and Gilbert Brooke aged 14 years, em- barked for New England in the Blessing, Jo Lecester, Master.
Walter Brooks, George Brookes and Wm. Brookes, received their certificate to embark for Virginia, in the America, June 23, 1635.
Richard Brooke, a carpenter aged 31 years, embarked April 27, in the Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper master, for New England.
Richard Brooke aged 24, Tho's Brooke aged 19 or 20, embarked in the Susan and Ellen, Edward Payne master, from England for New England.
William Brook or Brooks of Springfield, and Mary his wife had children recorded there : viz., William, b. the 18th of the 6th mon., 1655; John, b. the 10th of the 12th mon. 1656; Sarah, b. the 4th of the 3d mon. 1658; Mary, b. the 21st of the 10th mon. 1659; Pa- tience, b. June 5, 1661; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 21, 1662 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 25, 1665 ; Joseph, b. Oct. 17, 1667; Mercy, b. Aug. 25, 1669 ; Benjamin, b. July 25, 1671 ; Deliverance, (a son,) and Thankful, b. Feb. 28, 1672; Jonathan, b. Oct. 13, 1674, and others.
Robert Brian, Jo. Browne, Margerie Baker, Hundgate Baker, Jo. Baker, Richard Barnes, Jo. Butler, Richard Bruster, Jo. Billings, Lawrence Barker, Jo. Bowes, Elizabeth Bateman, Rodger Burley, Tho's Burd, Henry Butler, Jo. Budd, Rich'd Ball, James and his wife Alice Brookes, &c., embarked in the Assurance de Lo., Isaac Bromwell and Geo. Pewsie Masters, for Virginia.
Brooks, James, and Alice his wife embarked for Virginia in the Assurance. one aged 28, the other 18 years. Walter Brooks, George Brookes, William Brookes, embarked for Virginia in the America, William Barker master, June 23, 1635.
Robert Brooke, an English lord, who defended the Puritans-a commander of the parliament army, was killed in battle, 1643.
BROOKES, ROBERT, was from Cape Cod, and removed and set- tled at Pequet in the early settlement of the town, where he had a grant of land and forfeited it.
HENRY, of Nahantick, about 1700.
Thomas Brooke, aged 20, Richard Brooke, 24, embarked for N. England in the Susan and Ellin, Edw'd Payne, Master, about 1635.
Richard Brooke, 24 years old ; Richard Brooke, carpenter, aged 31, came to N. England in the Elizabeth, Wm. Stagg, master.
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Tho's Brooks, 20, and Richard, 24, embarked in the Elizabeth and Ann. Wm. Brooke, 20, Gilbert Brooke, 14, embarked in the Blessing.
Seven persons by the name of Brooks, have graduated at Yale College ; one Brooke and two Brooks at Brown University, and twenty-one at Harvard College.
BROTHERTON, MARTIN, and Betty Bartlitt, m. Oct. 2, 1746, by Jacob Eliot, in Goshen, Lebanon. Also, in Goshen in Lebanon, Abner Hills and Mary Comstock, m. April 10, 1760, by Jacob El- iot, Pastor.
BROUGHTON, JOHN and HANNAH, of Windham, had Mary, b. June 19, 1697, d. 1707; Esther, b. Feb. 10, 1700; Mehitabel, b. March 8, 1703; Abigail, b. April 15, 1705 ; Thos., b. Aug. 8, 1707. John, the father, d. Jan. 5, 1731, aged 77.
BROUGHTON, SAMUEL, of Windham, m. Martha Lilly, May 2, 1711. Issue, Samuel, Jr., b. Dec. 15, 1711 ; Martha, b. June 15, 1715; John, b. June 16, 1717; Atkinson, b. Aug. 24, 1719 ; Sa- rah, b. Jan. 27, 1722 ; Margaret, b. Oct. 6, 1724; Wm., b. March 20, 1727 ; Zeruiah, b. July 5, 1729. Martha, the mother, d. Oct. 24, 1750.
BROUGHTON, JOHN, of Windham, m. Tabitha Kingsley, May 10, 1709, and had issue, Mary, b. June 12, 1710; Tabitha, b. Jan. 9, 1712; Amos, b. May 23, 1718; Elizabeth, b. March 9, 1720; Phebe, b. March 15, 1722.
BROUGHTON, THOMAS, son of John, m. Adrie Crane, Nov. 15, 1738, and had issue, Eunice, b. 1739 ; Lydia, b. 1742 ; Johan- nah, b. 1741, d. 1741 ; Keziah, b. July 20, 1744 ; Delight, b. 1747 ; Prudence, b. 1749; Jemima, b. 1751 ; Allice, b. Jan. 27, 1753.
BROWTON, JOHN, was an original settler at Windsor ; he pur- chased of Simon Mills, of Windsor, his dwelling-house, out-house and orchard, with his house-lot and swamp adjoining at the west end ; also five and three-fourths acres ; also ten acres in the woods ; also four acres by Mill Brook, and twenty acres by the same brook. He sold his five acre lot to Samuel Marshall-no dates, but it was early, as is known by the bounds of the lots-perhaps removed to Windham.
BROUGHTON, EDWARD, of Farmington, a merchant, purchas- ed land of William Corbet, Dec. 7, 1729.
Farmer mentions Thomas Broughton, at Watertown, Mass., in 1643, and Boston, 1652, where his sons Nathaniel and Thomas were born ; d. Nov. 12, 1700, aged 87; Thomas, d. at Boston, Dec. 4,
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1702. Hubbard notices John, of Northampton, in 1653, and George, of Salmon-falls river, in 1675.
Thomas Broughton embarked in the America, certificate from Gravesend, June 23, 1635, Wm. Barker, master, for Virginia.
BRAY, ASA, of Farmington, aged 17, son of John Bray, of Bran- ford, dec'sed, chose Jonathan Woodruff, of Farmington, for his guard- ian, at Hartford, April, 1757.
Sept. 4, 1753, Thomas Bray, a minor son (at Farmington) of Thomas Bray, dec'd, of Branford, chose Lieut. David Woodruff, for his guardian. Two of this name have graduated at Yale College.
BROWN, PETER, of Windsor, (by tradition) was a son of 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 prob- ably 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 Re- member had m. Josiah Wormell, and had grandchildren John, Phebe and Lydia. If Peter Brown, of Wi., was a son of Peter, who came to Salem in the Mayflower, he must have been a, small child, and his name not mentioned, as none of his younger children were men- tioned by name in the settlement of his estate. (Facts from W. R. Russell, Reg. Deeds, and Old Col. Rec.) Peter, of Salem, d. 1633 ; Peter, of Wi., was b. 1632 ; his monument at Wi., says he d. 1692, aged 60. The record of deeds at Wi., notes him as the owner of tracts of land at Wi., from 1658 to 1664. Peter, of Wi., m. Mary Gillet, of Wi., July 15, 1658, and died 1692 ; had children, Mary, b. May 2, 1659 ; Hanna, b. Sept. 29, 1660 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1662; Hepzibah, b. Nov. 19, 1664 ; Peter, Jr., b. March 12, 1664; John, b. Jan. 8, 1668 ; Jonathan, b. March 30, 1670 ; Cornelius, b. July
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30, 1672; Hester, b. May 22, 1673; Esabell, b. June 9, 1676 ; Debora, b. Feb. 12, 1678; Sara, b. Aug. 20, 1681. (Wi. Rec.) He had two other daughters who were married. Estate, £408.
JOHN, second son of Peter of Wi., m. Elizabeth Loomis, 1692, and had three sons and eight daughters ; four of the daughters were older than any of his sons. The sons of John were John, b. March 20, 1700, Isaac and Daniel. The mother died 1723. JOHN, the son of John Brown, b. March, 1700, m Mary Egleston, March 24, 1725, and had two sons, John and Ezra, and seven daughters ; Mary, the eldest of these children, lived single, and died nearly 100 years old ; her sister m. David Filly, and d. without issue in 1775, aged about 45 years ; the other daughters died in childhood.
John Brown, son of John, Jr., was b. Nov. 4, 1728; in 1758 he m. Hannah Owen, daughter of Elijah and Hannah. (Her grand- father, Isaac Owen, was one of the first settlers of Turkey Hills ; his widow d. 1763, aged over 90 years.) John and Hannah Brown's children were Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1758 ; Azubah, b. May 7, 1760 ; Esther, b. March 4, 1762; Margery, b. Jan. 25, 1764; Lucinda, b. Nov. 18, 1765 ; John, b. Aug. 31, 1767 ; Frederick, b. Aug. 16, 1769 ; Owen, b. Feb. 16, 1771 ; Thede, b. Jan. 5, 1773 ; Roxy, b. May 29, 1775 ; Abiel, b. Nov. 18, 1776. John, the father, d. Sept. 3, 1776, aged 48 ; his wife Hannah died May 18, 1831, aged 91 years. The descendants of Peter, through his son John only, are followed here.
BROWN, ELIZER, was in the list of freemen in New Haven, in October, 1669.
BROWN, JOHN, of Killingworth, before 1700, had a son John. John, the father, died April 29, 1708.
BROWN, RICHARD, had at an early period, twelve lots of land at Watertown, Mass., and Ab'm Brown eleven lots.
BROWN, JAMES, of Norwalk, had lands there in 1687, and was settled there as early as 1684.
BROWN, SAMUEL and MARY, of Colchester, had Eunice, b. April 17, 1743, at Colchester.
BROWN, SAMUEL, of Colchester, m. Priscilla Kent, of Suffield, 1714-15.
BROWN, NATH'L, of Middletown, made free 1654. Peter Brown, of Wi., made free 1658. Francis Brown, in 1660, lost prop- erty burned by the Indians at Farmington, for which he was remu- nerated by the Indians. He was appointed constable at Stamford in 1663. ELLEN BROWN, of Middletown, was about to be married
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to Jasper Clemons, while he had a wife in England ; the court or- dered them separated until his marriage with his wife was nullified ; and the townsmen of Middletown directed to put the order in execu- tion, 1660. Richard Brown, of Southold, L. I., was made free at Hartford in 1662.
BROWN, PETER and JONATHAN, both early settlers at Windsor.
John Brown, of Middletown-children, Nathaniel, Lydia, Mary, Dorothy Hurlbut; Mary m. Jonathan Cole, Jr., of Stratford.
BROWN, BENONI, m. Eliza, and had Wm., b. Dec. 24, 1716 ; Sarah, b. May 23, 1718; Benoni, b. Feb. 27, 1719-20. These children were born at Hartford.
BROWN, SARAH, of Middletown, relict of Nathaniel Bacon, deceased.
BROWN, NATHANIEL, of Middletown, d. 1712. Estate, £437, 7s. 1d.
BROWN, ELLEN, of Middletown, d. 1713. Estate £424, 2s. 8d., - settled by Mary, probably her sister. NATH'L, of Springfield, had a son Nath'1, b. the 15th of second month, 1649.
Peter Brown's will dated Aug. 17, 1689. Estate, £408, 15s. 6d. Inventory offered 1691. (Of Windsor.)
BROWN, JOHN, of Milford ; son John b. July 12, 1655, and others.
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