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BROWN, NATH'L, and ELENOR his wife, were early settlers at Middletown. Children-Hannah, b. April 15, 1651 ; Nathan'l, b. July 15, 1654 ; Tho's, b. the last of October, 1655; John, b. April 15, 1657; Benony, b. March 15, 1659. Elenor, the mother, d. Sept. 28, 1703, and Mr. Nath'l, the father, d. 1659.
BROWN, JOHN, (son of Nath'l Sen. and Elenor, m. Anna Por- ter, April 1, 1685-children, Thomas, b. March 3, 1686 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1688 __ d. 1717; John, Jr., b. Dec. 2, 1690 ; Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1693-d. Jan., 1717; Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 1701. John Brown, of Middletown, d. 1744-5. Estate, £900.
BROWN, NATHAN'L, (son of Nathan'l, Sen., and Elenor, ) m. Martha Hughes, July 2, 1677, and had children-Mary, b. March 2, 1678; Martha, b. Feb. 3, 1680-d. 1698; Elenor, b. June 30, 1681-d. 1713; Nath'l, b. Sept. 18, 1683. Nath'l, the father, d. May 9, 1712, and Martha, his widow, d. 1729.
BROWN, NATH'L, (son of Nath'l, Jun., and Martha,) m. Sarah Bacon, June 17, 1708, and had an only child, Sarah, b. March 14, 1710. (Stearns. )
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BROWN, REV. AARON, graduated at Yale Col., 1749, and was ordained over the Ist church at Killingly in 1754.
BROWN, PETER, a planter in New Haven colony in 1643. BROWNE, THOMAS, of Concord, had a son Boaz, b. in 1641.
BROWNE, JOHN and JAMES. Mr. John Browne, John Bar- ratt, of Taunton, were enrolled in 1643, as able to bear arms.
BROWN, SAM'L, of Colchester, m. Priscilla Kent, 1714-15.
Peter Brown, of New Haven, with a family of three in 1643, was allowed to bake and sell at N. Haven, in 1639.
BROWN, JOHN, of Milford, one of the first settlers of Newark from Conn., with Mr. Burwell, Joseph Riggs and John Baldwin, in 1670-1, was appointed to lay half the floore of the meeting house at Newark, N. J. John Browne, Jun., was one of the committee to seat the meeting-house at Newark " according to office, age, estate, "infirmity, and descent or parentage." John, the elder, signed a treaty with the Indians. John Brown, Jun., was chosen recorder in court, at Newark, in 1672. John Brown succeeded Robert Treat as recorder at Newark, and held the office until Capt. John Curtis was elected recorder at N. in 1692. In an early list of sixty-six persons and their estates at Newark, are found John Brown and John, Jr., John Bostick, (perhaps from Stratford, Ct.,) John Baldwin, · Sen. and Jun., Edw. Ball, Zachariah Burwell, (from Milford,) and Eph'm Burwell, (from Milford,) John Brooks, Obadiah Bruen, Aaron Blatchley, Stephen Bond, Benjamin Baldwin, &c.
BROWN has 21 coats of arms, and BROWNE 131 coats of arms. BROWN, WM'S wife, d. at Colchester 1760, aged 80 years.
George Brown d. at Colchester, 1761, aged 64.
Hannah Brown d. at Colchester, 1763, aged 69.
Mary Brown, widow, d. at Colchester in 1770, aged 64 or 69. Wm. Brown's wife d. at Colchester in 1774, aged 86 years.
BROWNE, JO, a baker, and Wm. Brascy, Linen draper, in Cheapside, London, had servants, James Walker, 15, and Sarra Walker, 17, came in the Elizabeth from London to New England, 1635.
BROWNE, THOMAS, of Malford, weaver, Gyles Butler, Wm. Andrewes, of Hampsworth, a carpenter, James Browne, of Hamp- ton, about 17 years old, Thomas Browne, servant of Thos. Antram, weaver, late of New Sarum, shipped as passengers at the town of Hampton, (Southampton,) in the James, of London, Wm. Cooper, master, for N. England, about April 6, 1635.
BROWN, HENRY, was one of the first settlers of Hampton, Ct.,
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in the early part of the year 1723, from Salem, Mass., and located about one-half mile from the centre of the town ; he purchased 150 acres of wild wood land. He m. Sarah, daughter of Geo. Martin, May 5, 1762, and had children,
Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1764; Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1768; Abigail, b. 1769 ; Henry, b. April 26, 1772, now lives in Randolph, Vt.
John, b. June 14, 1774-m. Polly Walcot, July 11, 1806, and lives on the old farm ; has issue, Wm., born Nov. 9, 1806 ; post- master at Hampton, &c.
Grace, b. July 15, 1776.
Thomas, b. Oct. 24, 1778.
Anna, b. Dec. 1, 1780.
Henry, the father, d. Oct. 23, 1806, aged 79 ; his widow d. March 7, 1820, aged 80 years.
BROWN, CAPT. JOHN, Daniel and Joseph Brown, and Samuel Brown, of Rehoboth, in Bristol county, in Mass., quit-claimed to their brother Stephen Brown, of Windham, Ct., yeoman, all their right in a thousand acre tract of land in Windham, which had be- longed to their father, Capt. John Brown, deceased, of Swanzey, Ms. 1715 .- ( Windham Rec.)
BROWN, STEPHEN, of Windham, m. Mary Risley, June, 1729, and had no issue by the first wife ; she d. April, 1730 ; he m. Abigail, for second wife, and had a daughter Abigail, b. Nov. 2, 1731, and his wife Abigail d. the same month and year. He m. Mary Jacobs for his third wife, Nov., 1734, and had issue, Stephen, Jun., b. Aug. 27, 1735 ; Mary, b. April 18, 1738 ; John, b. June 18, 1742. Tho's Brown and wife Eliz'th, were at Windham, probably before 1740, as his d'r Abigail was b. there Feb. 7, 1740, and d. there the 13th of Feb., 1740 ; Eliz'th, b. Nov. 20, 1741. His wife Eliz'th d. Dec. 12, 1742, and he m. for his second wife, Sarah Bishop, Oct. 20, 1748, and had issue, Daniel, Susannah, 2d Abigail and Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1757. The father d. Jan. 10, 1773.
BROWN, EDWARD, of Windham, m. Jerusha Ripley, Sept. 19, 1744, and had a son Hubbard, b. Dec. 11, 1745 ; this son was lost at sea in 1779. The father d. July 28, 1791, and the mother d. Oct. 8, 1792, aged 88 years.
BROWNE, PETER. It was voted " Jan. 8, 1658, that Peter Browne that keeps the mill (at Wi.) should take but single towle, or the sixteenth part of all grayne for his gryding, only of Indian corn. It was voted" " he should take towle, and half from this time, untill the 25th of March nixt insuing, but no longer."
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BROWN, FRANCIS, was a sworn constable at Stanford in Court, Oct., 1663 ; deputy to Gen. Court, under the charter of Conn., May, 1665 ; also May, 1667 and Oct. 1668 ; he was a man of high reputation in Stamford, and in the list of freemen at Stamford, 1669.
BROWN, HACKALIAH, of Rye, was propounded to the Gen'l Court of Conn. for freeman, May, 1670 ; also, Joseph Horton, Geo. Snuffene and Jonathan Fowles.
BROWN, EBENEZER, lost a daughter by death at N. Haven, Dec., 1668 ; his son Eliazer, b. Jan. 6, 1663; Gersham, b. Oct. 9, 1665 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 16, 1668. JOHN BROWNE, of N. H .; daughter Mary, b. May 2, 1664 ; John, b. 1666 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 7, 1669. Ebenezer Browne d. at N. Haven, Dec., 1668.
BROWNE, WM., Robert Benton, Jo. Baldwin, &c., embarked in the Primrose, for Virginia, Capt. Douglass, master, July 27, 1635. Wm. Browne, Ab'm Bentley, &c., embarked in the Globe, of Lon- don, for Virginia, Jeremy Blackman, master, Aug. 7, 1635.
This name has been numerous in New England, from Peter of the Mayflower, to the present time.
BROWN, EBENEZER, removed from Rehoboth, Mass., to Cov- entry, Conn., at an early period, and had children, Ebenezer, Sarah, Timothy, and perhaps others.
* Farmer notices ABRAHAM, of Watertown, Mass , freeman, 1632-sons Jonathan and Ab'm, b. in 1635 and 1639. CHAD, from Mass. to R. I. in 1636, successor of Rev. Roger Williams in 1642. James, his grandson, b. in Providence, and minister of the same church-(these were the ancestors of the important families of the name in R. I.) REV. JAMES had four grandsons, distinguished patrons of Brown University, viz., Nicholas, d. 1791, aged 62; Joseph, LL. D, d. 1785, John and Moses. CHARLES, of Rowley, before 1652. EDMOND came over in 1637 ; first minister of Sudbury, ordained and freeman, 1640 ; d. 1677. EDMOND, Dorchester, free 1650. EDWARD, of Salem, d. 1659. EDWARD, of Ipswich, free 1641. FRANCIS, of New Haven, 1639-sons, Eleazer, Samuel, Ebenezer and John. FRANCIS, of Newbury, 1665. GEORGE, of Newbury, a carpenter, free 1640, d. 1642. GEORGE. of Haverhill, Lieut., Rep- resentative in 1672, 1675 and '80. HENRY, b. 1615, proprietor of Salisbury. HUGH, of Sa- lem, 1637 ; perhaps afterward of Boston, where several sons of Hugh were b. before 1653. ISAAC, of Newbury, d. 1675. JACOB, proprietor of Billerica, 1659. Afterward GEORGE, of Billerica. JAMES, of Boston, son of Joseph, from Southampton, Eng., one of the first settlers of Newbury. JAMES, Boston, free 1636; son James b. 1635. JAMES, of Charlestown, free 1634 ; son John b. 1637. JAMES, 2d James b. 1647, and Nath'l, b. 1648. JOHN, of Salem, one of the patentees of Mass., and one of the first Assistants of the Company, came over in 1629 ; returned in 1630, and again came back to Mass. JOHN, of Salem, 1638. JOHN, of Watertown, free 1634. JOHN, of Ipswich, 1648. JOHN, of Reading, b. 1634. NICHOLAS, of Lynn, 1638. PETER, Plymouth, 1620, (of Mayflower.) RICHARD, came over 1630, of Watertown. RICHARD, of Newbury, brother of George, 1635, d. 1661-and many others of the name came to New England in the early settlement, too numerous now to be traced .- (See Farmer and the Genealogical Register. The name has produced many eminent men in this country, and is as numerous as any other name, except Smith, and perhaps Jones and Clark.
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Mr. - JO. BROWNE, aged 27, embarked in the Defence , de Lond, Edward Boswell, master, for N. England, per certificate from Sir Henry Mildmay, and minister of Baddow, in Essex, Eng.
BROWNE, RICHARD, 19, Eliz'th Biggs, 10, Phillip Biggs, six months, &c., embarked for Virginia in the Speedwell, of London, Jo. Chappell, master, May 28, 1635 ; examined at Gravesend, &c. MICHELL BROWNE, 35, embarked for Virginia in the Merchant's bona venture, James Ricroft, master, in 1635. WM. BROWNE, 19, embarked in the Primrose, Douglass, master, for Virginia, July 27,1635.
BROWN, WM., 20, Ab'm Bently, Matthew Bateman, 20, Wm. Barloe, 19, Nicholas Bate, 24, Wm. Bate, 35, embarked in the Globe, of London, for Virginia, Aug. 7, 1635-Jeremy Blackman, master.
BROWNE, JOHN, and John, Jun., who signed the contract in 1665, at Branford, up to 1667, to settle the town of Milford, after- ward called Newark, in the Province of New Jersey, were from Milford, Conn., with many others from Stratford, New Haven, Bran. ford, Guilford, &c. These two John Browns were men of distinc. tion at their new settlement. There were others of this name in Connecticut and upon Long Island, not here named.
Thirty-four by the name of Brown, and two by the name of Browne, have graduated at Yale College ; and thirty-nine by the name of Brown and seven by the name of Browne, at Harvard Col- lege, and fourteen at Brown University.
BROWNING, HENRY, in 1639, of Hartford, was indebted to the estate of John Oldman, £11. Henry Browning was in the N. Haven Colony, with a family of eight, in 1643, and an estate of £340.
Farmer mentions Thomas Browning, Salem, freeman, 1637 ; b. 1587, d. 1671-(Felt,) and Malach, who d. at Boston, Nov. 27, 1658. Browning has five coats of arms; Brownell has two coats of arms.
BROWNINGE, MR., was a signer to the first fundamental agree- ment of the free planters of the N. Haven col'y, stipulating with each other, that church-members only should be free burgesses, and they only should elect among themselves, magistrates and officers to have the power of transacting all " publique civill affayres of this planta- tion," &c., with Mathew Camfield, Robert Pigg and many others. (See note, p. 76, ante.) Henry Browning, with eight persons in his family, at N. Haven, and £340, resided there in 1643.
BRUMFIELD, (Bramfield,) WM., of Wethersfield, in 1645, was
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fined 50s. for striking the watch and for drunkenness ; and John Westall was fined ten shillings for entertaining Wm. Brumfield in 1645.
Bromfield has eight coats of arms ; Brumfield has two coats of arms ; Brimfield, 1.
There was a William Blumfield, who was an early settler in Hartford, on Bliss Street ; was a freeman in Mass. in 1635. See Blumfield.
BRUNDIGE, JOHN, Dep. for the town of Rye, May, 1677.
Abner Brundage, (perhaps same name, ) grad. at Y. C. 1826.
BRUNDISH, JOHN, of Wethersfield ; Nov. 7, 1639, his widow was appointed administratrix on his estate. April 2, 1640, Rachel Brundish, adm'x, presented an inventory of his estate of £90, 5s. 4d., and the house and land at £130. She was allowed for her own use £90, 5s. 4d., and the house and land to go to the children, viz., £30 to the son and £25 to each of his four daughters. The widow, by another order, had fourteen acres, and her house lot, three acres, and upland, &c. One by the name of Brundage, graduated at Y. C. in 1826.
BRUSH, THOMAS, of Southold,* Long Island, in October, 1662. made free by Conn't; also, Thomas Brush, of Huntington, L. I., accepted to be made a freeman with others of Huntington, by Conn't, and sworn by the Commissioners of that town in May, 1664.+ This has been an old name in Greenwich, Conn., of the Long Island fam- ily. David Brush, Esq., an Attorney and Counsellor at Law in the city of N. York, was of the Greenwich family. This name perhaps, the Norman name De Brus or De Brewes. GEORGE, of Woburn, Mass., freeman, 1690.
BRYAN, BRIAN or BRYANT, MR. ALEXANDER, was from Armah, in Ireland ; he was one of the first, important and wealthy
* Inhabitants of Southold, L. I., accepted by the Gen. Court of Conn. to be made free, &c. Mr. Wels, Thomas Terry, Philemon Dickerson, Goodm. Purrier, Goodm. Windes, Barnabas Hor- ton, Joseph Horton, Lt. Glouer, (Glover,) Thomas Moor, sen., Goodm. Conclin, Goodm. Cory, Goodm. Reeues, (Reeves,) Goodm. Mapes, John Conclin, Jr., Jo. Paine, Rich'd Browne, Joseph Yongs, sen., Joseph Yongs, Jr., Jer. Vayle, Jo. Curwin, Richard Terry, Mr. Elton, Thomas Brush, John Bud, and Mr. Tucker .- (Col. Rec. p. 388.)
¡ John Teed, Edward Hornett, Samuel Titus, Thomas Jones, William Williams, Samuel Ketch- am, Joseph Whitman, Thomas Brush, Caleb Carwithee, Joseph Bayley, John Rogers, Samuel Wood, Thomas Workes, Henry Whisson, James Chichester, Henry Ludlow, Thos. Scuddor, John Samwayes, Thos. Powell, Jonathan Rogers and Isaac Platt, accepted to be made free by Conn. in May, 1664, and sworn by the Commissioners of Huntington, Long Island .- (Col. Rec. p. 428.)
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settlers in Milford, Conn., and a free planter there Nov. 29, 1639. He appears to have been a lawyer, from the fact that he was coun- sel for Lieut. Gov. Ludlow, where he defended him in an action of slander, for charging Goody Staples, of Fairfield, of being a witch. He died at Milford in 1679. Alexander and Richard Bryan, in 1660, purchased nearly all the Neck, in Milford, for £25. On the 12th day of Dec., 1661, Alexander purchased of the Indians the last twenty acres of land they owned upon the Neck, for six coats, three blankets and three pair of breeches, which he sold to Thos. Welch, at auction, for the sum of £21, 6s. in cash. Alexander was nomina- ted by the Gen. Court of Conn. for an assistant, in 1665. He held several lots of land in Fairfield, and in 1654 purchased a house and lot of Hon. Nathan Gold, in Fairfield, which had been the house and lot of Mr. Newton.
His son, MR. ALEXANDER, JR. had a daughter Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1674; Alexander, b. June 15, 1677 ; John, b. July 12, 1680 ; second Alexander, b. Nov. 24, 1682; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 17, 1690 ; Augustin, b. April 25, 1694, d. Aug., 1705 or 1701.
BRYAN, RICHARD, son of Mr. Alexander, Sen., of Milford, a merchant, had issue, Hannah, b. Aug. 31, 1654; Sarah, b. April 24, 1657-m. Mr. Samuel Fitch, Oct. 23, 1678 ; Samuel, b. April 2d, 1660; Abigail, b. Nov. 22, 1663; Richard, Jun., b. Oct. 8, 1666; Frances, dr., b. Feb. 13, 1668 ; second Abigail, b. Jan. 12, 1671-2. His wife d., and he m. for his second wife, Mary Wilmot, July 15, 1679, and had Joseph, b. July 15, 1682. His daughter Hannah, m. Mr. John Herriman, of New Haven, Nov. 20, 1672. Richard, Jun., or 3d, m. Mehitabel Clark, Oct. 20, 1720.
MR. ALEXANDER, son of Mr. Richard Bryan, of Milford, as administrator on his father's estate, deeded to his sister Mary Howell, of Southampton, L. I., as a part of her portion, £38, 15s. from the estate of said Richard, dec'd, it being land he purchased of Thos. Hurlbut, of Woodbury, on Grassy Hill, in 1698.
BRYAN, MR. ALEXANDER, JUN., had Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1674 ; Alexander, b. June 15, 1677; John, b. July 12, 1680; second Al- exander, b. Nov. 24, 1682 ; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 17, 1690; Augustin, b. April 25, 1694. He d. Aug. 19, 1701. His son Augustin, d. 1705.
BRYAN, MR. SAMUEL, son of Mr. Richard, m. Martha, daugh- ter of Mr. John Whiting, of Hartford, Dec. 25, 1683. Mary Bryan, daughter of Mr. Richard, m. John Maltbe, Feb. 28, 1666.
Richard, b. 1666, son of Richard, had a daughter, Francis, b.
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Sept. 22, 1704; Augustin, b. Jan. 28, 1706-7 ; Alexander. b. Oct. 13, 1709 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 21, 1711-12; Nathan, b. Dec. 11, 1714.
BRYAN, ALEXANDER, in a deed of land he gave to George Allen, of Milford, is thus described in said deed, dated 1706: "I, Alexander Bryan, of the Mannor of Eaton, in the Province of New York, eldest son of Alexander Bryan, late of Milford, in the Colony of Connecticut, deceased." Deed is witnessed by William Roberd and Hugh Gray-acknowledged before Samuel Eells, Esq., Justice of Peace, June 4, 1706.
BRYANT, EBENEZER, found at Hartford, m. Mehetibel -, and had children b. at Hartford, viz., Sarah, b. May 11, 1739; Eliz'h, b. Aug. 26, 1741; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 19, 1744; Samuel, b. April 25, 1747 ; Timothy, b. Aug. 15, 1750; Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1753 ; Daniel D., b. Nov. 24, 1755. This Ebenezer is proba- bly son of Alexander, Jr., of Milford. Four of this name had grad- uated at Harvard Col. in 1848, and five at Yale.
BRIAN, ROBERT, Jo. Brown, Margerie Baker, Jo. Bowton, Hundgate Baker, Jo. Baker, Richard Barnes, Jo. Buttler, Richard Bruster, Jo. Billings, Lawrence Barker, Jo. Bowes, Eliz'h Bateman, Rodger Burley, Thos. Burd, Henry Butler, John Budd, Rich'd Ball, James Brooks and wife Alice, Eliz'h Baker, and others, were trans- ported to Virginia, and embarked July, 1635, in the Alice, Richard Orchard, master, after they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy.
BRYAN, RICHARD, the merchant, was a man of wealth; he owned lands in Milford, Stratford and Fairfield, and loaned money in many of the towns in Fairfield County. Most of the name had the title of Mr. attached to their names on the Milford records, and were connected by marriage to several of the best families in the two Colonies.
Hon. John Alexander Bryan, of Ohio, late Second Assistant Post- master of Washington, D. C., and Charge D'Affaires at South Amer- ica, is a descendant of this family. He was born in Mass .; his father removed there when young.
BRYANT, JOHN, (supposed of Plymouth,) d. at Cohannack, April 28, 1683 ; gave all his goods and chattels to his son John, ex- cept a platter and a bottle he gave R. Paul. (See Will, His. Gen. Reg., No. 13, p. 36.)
BRYANT, ALEX'R, of Redding, freeman 1673.
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There was a Robert Brian embarked from England in the Assur- ance de Lo .; Isaac Bromwell and Geo. Pewsie, masters, in 1635, to be transported to Virginia.
BRYAN has nineteen coats of arms ; BRYANT, 1.
BRYAN, RICHARD, was a merchant at Milford, and a gentleman of wealth, and purchased large lots of land beyond the bounds of Milford ; he purchased Eaton's Neck, east of Oyster Bay, in Hun- tington, L. I., Nov. 13, 1684, and his sons Alexander, Ebenezer and John, removed and settled on L. I., where the name is yet found. Alexander Bryan owned a large tract of land in Southington. (See Southington Records.) He owned a large estate in England, undis- posed of, as did several others of the Milford settlers. Alexander was a man of education, and much employed in public business.
MR. ALEXANDER, SEN., was well known in both Colonies ; nominated for an Assistant May, 1666; Commissioner in 1666 ; Deputy to Gen. Court May, 1667, and Commissioner ; Assistant in 1668, and in May and Oct. 1669; also in May, 1670 and '71; in May, 1672, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, &c.
Mr. Alexander, of Milford, was ordered by the Gov. and Gen. Court to be read for nomination at the election for an Assistant, Ap'l, 1665. Mr. Alexander and Mr. Richard Bryant, were in the list of freemen at Milford, in 1669.
Jo. Bryan, 25; Wm. Burch, 19; Thos. Bolton, 18 ; and others, embarked for Virginia in the Merchant bona venture, James Ricroft, master, in 1635. (Somerby.)
One by the name of Bryan, and four of Bryant, have graduated at Harvard College ; and eight by the name of Bryant graduated at Yale College.
BUD, BUDD, JOHN, embarked for Virginia from England in the ship Alice, Richard Orchard, master, July, 1635. Also, is found John Bud, in the list of passengers embarked in the Assurance de Lo., Isaac Bromwell, master ; examined by the minister of the town of Gravesend, of their conformetie in o religion, for Virginia, July, 1635. The name of JOHN BUD is next found in Mass. JOHN BUD is next found, one of the first settlers at New Haven, and one of the signers of the " foundamental" agreement made there in 1639, where he appears to have remained a few years. Lieut. BUD was the holder of land at New London in 1651; his house-lot was for- feited to Amos Richardson for his post-lot. He could not have been long at N. London ; his name is also found at Saybrook, though he
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did not reside there. John Budd is next found at Southold, L. I., in 1662, where he probably went from New Haven. He with thirty- one other inhabitants of Southold, Oct. 4, 1662, by the desire of Mr. Wyllys, of Hartford, by letter stating to the people of Southold, that the people of Long Island were included in the Patent, (Charter, ) and desired them to send Deputies from the towns on L. I. to attend the Gen. Court at Hartford. John Bud and thirty-one others of South- old, signed a letter of the above date, showing they had appointed Capt. John Youngs, as Deputy for Southold, to attend the Gen. Court in Conn. John Bud, with many others of Southold, were offered to be made freemen in Conn., Oct., 1662.
He is found in 1660-1 and 2, in company with Peter Disbrow, Studwell and John Coe, purchasing the town of Rye of the Indians, which was conveyed by Bud, &c., to Richard Lowe and Samuel Allen, &c. In Bolton's History of Westchester Co., it is said, the town of Hastings was settled in 1660 or 61, by planters from Middleborough, L. I., &c. In May, 1665, the Gen. Court of Conn. ordered the villages of Rye and Hastings to be united in one planta- tion, and be called Rye, which continued a part of Conn. until 1683, when the state line was established, including the town of Rye in the N. Y. Colony. Lieut. Bud was an important and active man wherever he went. In October, 1663, Connecticut appointed him a Commissioner for the town of Hastings, with the power of a magis- trate. He was Deputy to the General Court in Connecticut, in Oct. 1664, and the same session the Gen. Court ordered Lieut. Budd to continue Commissioner for Hastings and Rye, until the Court should otherwise order, &c. In Oct., 1663, the Gen. Court appointed Rich- ard Fowles a Constable for Hastings, and ordered Mr. Bud to admin- ister the oath of office to him. Mr. Bud was a Deputy to the Gen. Court of Conn. in 1665, in May, 1667, and in Oct., 1668. He ap- propriated a place called the Neck, for himself and his children to settle upon, which afterward caused much controversy between Lieut. Bud and other settlers of Rye. John Bud, of New Haven, with Mr. Lamberton and Wm. Preston, were ordered by the Court at New Haven, Dec. 7, 1642, to make satisfaction to John Owen for neglecting to make his fence in season, damages eight day's work and two pecks of corn, &c.
There was also a Jonathan Bud at New Haven, with a family of six persons, in 1643, and an estate of £450. (This was probably John Bud.)
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The name of Budd has three coats of arms; Budd, (Ireland,) 1; and Budds, 1. Few, if any, of the name are now found in Conn. Joseph H. Budd graduated at Brown Univ., 1844.
BUCK. There was an Enoch Buck in Court at Hartford in 1648, and made free there in 1657; he might have been the father or brother of Emanuel, Henry and Thomas Buck, who were all at Wethersfield about the same time-and not the first settlers. Eman- uel's eldest child was b. there in 1650. Thomas m. in 1665, and Henry m. in 1660. Ezekiel Buck, son of Emanuel, had a son Enoch, b. April 5, 1683. There is no other Enoch Buck found, except Enoch, found in Court in 1648, whose death or marriage is not found at Wethersfield. The four Bucks might have been broth- . ers, yet the record gives no proof of it.
BUCK, ENOCH, was fined 10s. for irregular speeches in Court against Rob't Rose, when under oath in March, 1648, and appears to have been the first of the name in Wethersfield. WM. BUCK, aged 50, ROGER BUCK, 18, embarked in the ship Increase, Rob- ert Lea, master, April 15, 1635, for New England. CHRISTIAN BUCK, aged 26, embarked in the Blessing, John Lester, master, for N. England. EMANUEL BUCK was a freeman, and Constable at Wethersfield in 1669, and frequently a Selectman. He was proba- bly born in 1623, as he testified in Court in 1684, he was then aged 61 years. The name Buck has thirteen coats of arms.
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