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BROWNE.
1. CHARLES BROWNE, emigrant ancestor, was an early resident of Rowley, Mass., where he m. Oct. 4, 1647, Mary Acie, dau. of William and Margaret Acie, of Rowley. He d. 1687, and was buried Dec. 16. His wife d. 1683, and was buried Dec. 12. His will mentions sons Beriah, Gershom, deceased, William, John, Samuel, Ebenezer, Na- thaniel, and Joseph. His dau. Mary d. 1683.
2. JOHN BROWNE, son of Charles 1, b. Feb. 5, 1653/4. m. August 31, 1685, Abigail Browne, b. Newbury, Mass., Oct. 24, 1665, dau. of James and Sarah Browne. He lived in Rowley, near the line of New- bury. In 1706 he was dismissed, at his request, from the first church in Rowley and became one of the foundation members of the church in Byfield Parish, which included a part of the territory of Rowley and Newbury. In 1690 he was executor of the will of his grand- father, William Acie. His will is dated in 1721, and was probated 1722. Eleven children.
3. SAMUEL BROWN, eldest son of John 2, b. Rowley, July 20, 1686. Purchased, 1722, of his sister Hannah and of his brother Joseph, then
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of Boston, their right in the estate of their father, John Browne, deceased. He m. May 17, 1716, Elizabeth Wheeler, b. July 12, 1695, dau. of Josiah and Elizabeth Wheeler, of Salisbury, Mass. He lived several years in Byfield Parish and in the town of Rowley. He was a collector of the parish and a prominent citizen of the town of Rowley. Feb. 11, 1711, he was excused from military service on account of a lame hand, and July 17, 1724, he was again excused " provided he keeps arms and amunition to show when required." He removed, 1729, from Rowley, to Littleton, Mass., and with his wife was admitted to the church in Littleton by letter from the Byfield church. He was a constable of Littleton, 1736. He removed from Littleton to West Dunstable, now Hollis, 1743, and was prominent in town and church affairs and was one of the committee to arrange for the ordination of Rev. Daniel Emerson. He d. Feb. 25, 1755. His son Josiah was executor of his will, which was probated June 18, 1755. The registry of deeds represents that he bought many valuable parcels of real estate. His widow, Elizabeth, was living 1758. Nine children.
i. JOHN, b. Rowley, April 5, 1717. d. young.
ii. MARY, b. Rowley, May 15, 1718.
4. iii. JOSIAH, b. Rowley, May 3, 1720.
5. iv. JOHN, b. Rowley, 1724, no record of birth on Rowley records. He was baptized at Byfield, by Rev. Moses Hale, March 29, 1724.
v. HANNAH, b. Rowley, bapt. Nov. 26, 1727. m. Oct. 9, 1744; Samuel Farley, of Hollis.
vi. SARAH, b. Littleton, Oct. 18, 1730.
vii. SUSANNAH, b. Littleton, Jan. 10, 1734/5.
viii. MARTHA, b. Littleton, June 25, 1736. m. April 1, 1753, Eleazer Cummings, b. Nottingham West, Dec. 15, 1730, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Proctor) Cummings; removed after 1760 to Maine.
6. ix. SAMUEL, b. Littleton, Oct. 31, 1737.
4. LIEUT. JOSIAH BROWN, son of Samuel 3, b. Rowley, Mass., May 3, 1720, and was less than ten years of age when his father removed from Rowley to Littleton. In a conveyance of land in 1741 he is styled " of Littleton," and soon after that date he removed to Hollis. April 9, 1758, he was commissioned by Gov. Benning Wentworth, an ensign in Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell's Company, Col. John Hart's regiment. This regiment, a part on the northern frontiers under Lieut. Col. Goffe, and a part at Louisburg, was in the service from April to late in October, 1758. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the militia, May 24, 1765.
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He was one of the grantees of Plymouth and he came hither with the first settlers in 1764 and about this date he purchased the full interest of four other grantees, and several allotted tracts of land in the township. At the organization of the 11th Regiment, he was com- missioned by Gov. John Wentworth, an ensign of the Plymouth Com- pany under Col. John Fenton. The commission is dated August 16, 1774. He was one of the founders of Plymouth, and the story of his life is a part of the history of the town. See sketch in Vol. I. He m. in Groton, Nov. 11, 1741, Anna Farwell, b. Jan. 27, 1722/3, dau. of Lieut. Josiah and Hannah (Lovewell) Farwell. Her father was killed in the fight at Pegwacket, May 8, 1725, and her mother was a sister of Capt. John Lovewell, who fell in the same memorable engagement. The wife of Capt. Joseph Baker was a dau. and not a sister of Capt. John Lovewell, as stated in Fox's " Dunstable." Lieut. Josiah Brown d. in Plymouth, 1787 or 1788. Nine children b. in Hollis.
i. ELIZABETHI, b. Oct. 14, 1742. m. Zachariah Parker (see) ; m. second, Judge Samuel Emerson (see).
ii. ANNA, b. Oct. 23, 1744. m. Capt. Jotham Cummings (see).
iii. JOSIAH, b. Sept. 24, 1746. d. April 14, 1753.
iv. MOLLY, b. Sept. 4, 174S. m. in Plymouth, Sept. 24, 1767, Charles Clark. They lived and died in Rumney. Three children : (1) Jon- athan, was a captain in the militia, lived in Rumney. (2) Michael, lived in Rumney. unm. (3) Charles, probably the oldest son, m. Dec. 30, 1794, Sarah Greenough, dau. of William and Hannah (Wells) Greenough (see). He d. in Rumney, May 11, 1798; she d. Feb. 19, 1861 ; their children were Asenath and Sarah. Of these, Asenath m. Richard Smart. Their dau. Harriet Smart m. Francis Cushman (see). Their son Charles Clark Smart m. Jennie M. Q. Merrill (see George Register).
7. v. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 8, 1750.
vi. OLIVE, b. Nov. 1, 1752. m. Samuel Marsh (see).
vii. SUSANNAH, b. August 20, 1754, m. March 31, 1774, Joseph Hicks.
viii. SARAH, b. Jan. 3, 1757, m. JJoshua Fletcher (see).
8. ix. JOSIAH, b. Jan. 31, 1759.
5. JOHN BROWN, son of Samuel 3, b. about 1724. m. Oct. 9, 1744, Keziah Wheeler, b. Concord, Mass., March 10, 1726/7, dau. of James Wheeler. She d. Oct. 31, 1760. He m. second, Feb. 18, 1761, Martha Jewett, dau. of Ezekiel and Martha (Thurston) Jewett, of Rowley, and a sister of Rev. David Jewett, of Candia. She d. March 5, 1797, and is called in the will of her father, dated March 31, 1775, " my daughter, Martha Brown, wife of John Brown, of Monson, N. H." He was a
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doctor and removed from Hollis to Monson about 1750, and was selectman of Monson three years. He was one of the grantees of Plymouth and one of a committee of arrangements for the ordination of Rev. Nathan Ward. He removed to Plymouth, 1766, and was here taxed until 1774 and was taxed a non-resident, 1775. He d. May 6, 1776. Ten children, nine b. in Hollis and in Monson, and one b. in Plymouth.
i. SILAS, b. August 11, 1745. m. Oct. 8, 1765, Lucy Wheeler, b. June 1, 1744, dau. of Peter Wheeler, of Hollis. He lived in Plymouth from about 1765 until his death. In the Revolution he served in Capt. Osgood's Company of Rangers from July 10 to Dec. 2, 1775. In April, 1777, he enlisted into the Continental service and was assigned to Col. Scammell's regiment. Ile d. in the service, Dec. 31, 1777. He had three or more children. A record is not avail- able.
ii. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1747. m. in Plymouth, March 1, 1773, Abigail Phillips, dau. of Amos Phillips (see). Ile was an honored and a prominent citizen of Thornton, where he d. Feb. 7, 1807 ; she m. second, Nathaniel Tupper, and d. Jan. 19, 1839, aged 83.
iii. KEZIAH, b. Dec. 23, 1749, m. Nov. 10, 1768, William Hobart, of Campton.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. June 10, 1754. m. June 24, 1774, Samuel Shaw.
v. PHINEAS, b. Nov. 14, 1756.
vi. REBECCA, b. Sept. 21, 1758.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 10, 1760. m. Nehemiah Phillips (see).
viii. MARTHA, b. April 18, 1762.
ix. SARAH, b. March 24, 1761.
9. x. STEPHEN THURSTON, b. Plymouth, April 18, 1766.
6. SAMUEL BROWN, son of Samuel 3, and brother of Lieut. Josiah 4 and Dr. John, of Plymouth, lived in Hollis. m. March 26, 1756, Mary Glene ; m. second, Jan. 22, 1761, Mary Wheeler. Of his six children :
10. i. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 4, 1766.
7. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Lieut. Josiah 4, b. Hollis, Nov. 8, 1750. m. in Plymouth, Nov. 2, 1773, Susannah Dearborn, b. Chester, 1749, dau. Benjamin and Susannah (Colcord) Dearborn (see). He was commissioned by Gov. John Wentworth, August 16, 1774, an ensign, 1st Company, 11th Regiment, commanded by Col. John Fenton. A career of promise was suddenly ended. He d. in Plymouth, March 15, 1775. She d. April 5, 1775, leaving one child.
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i. SARAH, b. Sept. 22, 1774. In 1776, her grandfather, Josiah Brown, was appointed her guardian, and two years later, Col. Joseph Senter was appointed. She m. 1796, her cousin, Joshua Fletcher, son of Joshua and Sarah (Brown) Fletcher (see).
8. JOSIAH BROWN, son of Lieut. Josiah 4, b. Hollis, Jan. 31, 1759. m. Nov. 4, 1779, Rachel Fellows. He was administrator of the estate of his father. He was a selectman of Plymouth, 1790, 1795, 1798, 1800 ; representative, 1799, 1800, 1801 ; commissioned ensign, 1790, and captain, 1793; appointed coroner, 1797, and a justice of the peace, 1799, and while he remained he was a man of influence in town affairs. Associated with several others from Plymouth and vicinity in 1801, he removed to Windsor township, P. Q. He was the first settler of the town, and about six years later he removed to Conneaut, Ohio, where he d .; his widow d. in Windsor, P. Q., 1834. Eight children b. in Plymouth.
i. POLLY, b. Oct. 5, 1780. m. Stephen Rogers (see).
13. ii. JOSEPH, b. May 1, 1782.
14. iii. JOSIAH, b. June 27, 1784.
iv. OLIVE, b. Feb. 15, 1787. m. William Rankin, son of James and Margaret (Witherspoon) Rankin, of Thornton. They lived at Brompton, P. Q. She d. Oct. 5, 1869; he d. Sept. 8, 1838 ..
v. NANCY, b. April 14, 1789. m. Job Whitney, of the province of Quebec; prob. a son of Capt. Benjamin Whitney, of Petersham, Mass.
vi. RUTH, b. May 26, 1791. m. June 27, 1812, Simon Stevens, b. June 17, 1784, of Ulverton, P. Q. He d. Nov. 9, 1865.
vii. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 19, 1793. d. young.
viii. SALLY, b. March 16, 1796. m. Arnold Lindsey, of Brompton, P. Q .; she d. 1876; he d. May 20, 1862. Their dau. Catherine m. Jonathan Brown, son of Joseph 13 (see).
9. STEPHEN THURSTON BROWN, son of Dr. John, b. Plymouth, April 18, 1766. m. Dec. 18, 1788, Anna Davis, of Goffstown. He settled in Bristol, and his land is now a part of the Damon Y. Emmons farm, in the Locke neighborhood. He was a capable, respected man. In religion he was a Quaker, and strictly adhered to the forms of the faith. He d. at the home of his dau. Martha, May 4, 1839. She d. at the home of her son Samuel, May 23, 1851.
i. JOHN, b. Sept. 15, 1789. m. Sally Ingalls, b. July 17, 1793, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Cleveland) Ingalls, of Bristol (see). He was a soldier in War of 1812, removing to Vermont, and in 1839 to Michigan. He d. Portland, Mich., Feb. 11, 1885. She d. June 14, 1867. Five children.
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ii. ANNE, b. May 27, 1791. m. 1817, Isaac Swett (see).
iii. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 28, 1793. m. Nov. 9, 1820, Susanna Sanborn Dolloff, b. Bridgewater, Dec. 9, 1800, dau. of Abraham and Rachel (Locke) Dolloff. He was a farmer of Bridgewater, where he d. 1868. She d. March 14, 1879. Four children.
iv. JOSEPH, b. March 3, 1796. m. 1825, Relief Ordway, b. 1803, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Brown) Ordway. He was prominent in business affairs, owning mills, and manufacturing lumber in Bristol, Campton, and Whitefield. He d. in Whitefield, March 26, 1884. She d. in Campton, 1867. They had nine children, and of these were Alson L. and Warren G. Brown, of the Brown Lumber Co. of Whitefield ; also a dau., Mary Ann Brown, b. Bristol, Nov. 10, 1830. m. Hanson S. Chase (see).
v. ENos, b. March 3, 1798. m. Dec. 10, 1831, Lavina Heath, dau. of James Heath, of Stewartstown. He was a farmer of Bridgewater, of whom many anecdotes are preserved.
vi. MARTHA, b. May 15, 1800. m. Daniel Simonds.
vii. SALLY, b. 1802. m. Jacob Colby, son of Ichabod Colby, of Weare. They lived in Weare, where their seven children were born.
viii. HANNAH LOCKE, b. Sept. 24, 1803. m. Dec. 25, 1826, William Colby, b. July 31, 1803, son of Jonathan and Martha (Alexander) Colby, of Bow. They lived in Bow several years, and in other towns in New Hampshire, removing about 1850 to Michigan. He d. Feb. 26, 1875; she d. August 10, 1863. Seven children.
ix. STEPHEN, b. 1806. d. 1824.
x. MARY ANN, m. Oct. 2, 1836, Jeremiah B. Warner, who d. 1874.
xi. MICHAEL. d. young.
xii. ASENATH, b. May 20, 1814. m. March 15, 1838, Calvin Fuller, b. March 1, 1812. d. New Boston, Jan. 11, 1869; she d. in Alexan- dria. Five children.
10. WILLIAM BROWN, son of Samuel 6 and Mary (Wheeler) Brown, b. Hollis, Jan. 4, 1766. m. Elizabeth Nevins, dau. of William Nevins, Sr. He lived also in Hollis.
11. WILLIAM BROWN, son of William 10, b. March 11, 1790. m. April 13, 1815, Hannah Farley. They lived in Hollis.
12. DEA. WILLIAM GILBERT BROWN, son of William 11, b. Hollis, July 15, 1815. He lived in Campton, and was a deacon of the Con- gregational Church twenty-five years. Over forty years he was the faithful and devoted agent of the American Bible Society, and visited from time to time all parts of the State. He m. Abigail Gilman, of Thornton ; m. second, Sarah Robie, of Campton ; m. third, Hannah Bartlett Pulsifer (see). He d. April 6, 1892. His widow now res. in Plymouth. Three children.
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i. WILLIAM EDWARD, b. June 15, 1845, a soldier in the Civil War.
ii. JOSEPH HENRY, b. August, 1848. m. Marcia Cobb; m. second, Effie Sweetser. He d. Sept. 19, 1896.
iii. ABIGAIL. d. aged 3 months.
13. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Josiah 8 and Rachel (Fellows) Brown, b. Plymouth, May 1, 1782. He removed with his father, 1801, to Windsor, P. Q. He m. in Plymouth, Jan. 31, 1805, Susannah Simonds. He was a man of force and character, and a good representative of an excellent family. He d. at Windsor, P. Q., June 21, 1862; she d. June 15, 1840. Seven children.
i. EMILY, b. Sept. 1, 1807. unm. d. March 28, 1867.
ii. JOSIAH SIMONDS, b. June 10, 1812. m. 1842, Hannah Percival, b. April 11, 1826. IIe d. April 12, 1898. Seven children : (1) Henry Josiah ; (2) Francis J., d. unm. ; (3) Catharine, m. Frederick Stevens ; (4) John Calvin ; (5) Mary Emily, m. Sheperd Foster ; (6) Jonathan George, d. unm. ; (7) Frederick William.
iii. MARTHA, b. Dec. 25, 1815. m. Jan., 1812, Joseph Loring. IIe d. 1895; she d. Oct. 19, 1892.
iv. GEORGE, b. 1817. d. 1819.
15. V. SHEPERD JOSEPH, b. March 11, 1822.
vi. ANDREW, b. May 20, 1824. unm. d. June 6, 1866.
vii. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 7, 1828. m. June 13, 1855, Catherine M. Lind- say, dau. of Arnold and Sally (Brown) Lindsay (see). She d. 1882. He m. second, July 17, 1884, Sarah Martin. He has been actively engaged in the lumber trade, and vice-president many years of the Shearer & Brown Company. He has retired from business and res. in Montreal. No children.
14. JOSIAH BROWN, son of Josiah8 and Rachel (Fellows) Brown, b. Plymouth, June 27, 1784. He removed in early manhood to Conneaut, Ohio. He had eight children, and among them sons, Josiah, Joseph, and Albert. His son Joseph was a grad. of Yale College.
15. SHEPERD JOSEPH BROWN, son of Joseph 13 and Susannah (Simonds) Brown, b. March 11, 1822. m. March 10, 1858, Jennet Shanks, b. Scotland, Jan. 26, 1841. She d. Oct. 5, 1901. He res. at Windsor, P. Q.
i. ALBERT JOSEPHI, b. July 8, 1861. McGill University, Montreal, 1883, with first rank standing. B.C.L. 1886, winning the Elizabeth Torrance gold medal and the prize for the best thesis. He was admitted to the bar of the province, July, 1886, and in same year, with L. N. Benjamin, a leading commercial lawyer, formed the
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law firm of Benjamin & Brown. Mr. Benjamin d. 1887, and he joined the firm of Chapleau, Hall, Nicolls & Brown, which five years later became Hall, Cross, Brown & Sharp, which continues an active and prominent firm in the province. He has refused political preferment and has pursued his profession with success and devo- tion. He m. Dec. 27, 1888, Josephine Home, of Quebec.
ii. ISABELLA MARGARET, b. Dec. 3, 1864. m. Sept. 10, 1890, John Gow, of Montreal. She d. sine prole, June 12, 1902.
iii. ANNIE LUCINDA, b. Feb. 26, 1868. m. June 5, 1889, Rev. James Fergusson, of Windsor, P. Q., and now of Hickson, P. O. One chile, Olive Brown, b. April 29, 1891.
BROWN.
1. THOMAS BROWN, emigrant ancestor, b. about 1607. Came from Malford, England, to Massachusetts in the "James," arriving in Bos- ton, June 3, 1635. He settled in Newbury, Mass. He was by occu- pation a weaver. His wife, Mary, d. June 2, 1655. He d. June 8, 1687. Three children : Mary, Isaac, Francis.
2. FRANCIS BROWN, son of Thomas 1, b. about 1632. m. Nov. 21, 1653, Mary Johnson. He lived in Newbury, Mass., where he d. 1691. Seven children.
3. JOHN BROWN, son of Francis 2, b. May 13, 1665. m. August 20, 1683, Ruth Huse, b. Feb. 25, 1664, dau. of Abel and Mary (Sears) Huse. He lived in Newbury, Mass.
4. JOHN BROWN, son of John 3, b. Oct. 27, 1683. m. Jan. 20, 1713, Elizabeth Dole, b. August 16, 1692, dau. of Dr. John and Mary (Gerrish) Dole.
5. MOSES BROWN, son of John 4, b. Oct. 20, 1723. m. 1748, Eliza- beth Brown, b. Nov. 8, 1728, dan. of Thomas and Deborah Brown. The intentions of marriage recorded in Newbury, Oct. 15, 1748. Five children were born in Newbury. There is a tradition in the families of his descendants that he came to Plymouth or Campton about 1768 or 1769, and soon died. His widow, Elizabeth, m. in Plymouth, Nov. 4, 1771, Elder Francis Worcester (see).
i. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 4, 1749. m. David Perkins, b. Hampton, Jan. 15, 1739, son of Moses and Mary (Marston) Perkins. He settled in Campton, 1769, and about 1790 removed to Thornton, where he was a deacon of the church, over which his brother-in-law, Rev. Noah Worcester, was the pastor. He d. March 14, 1805.
ii. MARY, b. June 26, 1751. m. Joseph Pulsifer, and settled in Camp- ton. (See Pulsifer register.)
iii. SARAH, b. Sept. 4, 1755. m. Ezekiel Hardy.
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iv. JOHN, twin, b. Sept. 4, 1755. m. Susannah Ingalls.
v. HANNAII, b. May 6, 1760. m. Nov. 25, 1779, Rev. Noah Worcester (see).
BROWN.
1. RICHARD BROWN, emigrant ancestor of a prominent branch of the Brown 'family, was of Newbury, Mass., as early as 1635, and probably was the Richard Brown who came in the "Mary and John," 1633. His wife, Edith, d. 1647 ; he m. second, Feb. 16, 1648, Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Badger, dau. of Edmund Greenleaf, and widow of Giles Badger. He d. April 16, 1661.
2. JOSHUA BROWN, son of Richard 1 and Edith Brown, b. Newbury, April 10, 1642. m. Jan. 15, 1668/9, Sarah Sawyer, b. Newbury, Nov. 20, 1651, dau. of William and Ruth Sawyer. He lived in Newbury, where he d. 1720. Seven children.
3. DEA. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Joshua2, b. Newbury, Oct. 11, 1669. About 1700 he removed from Newbury to Amesbury, Mass. He was a deacon of the First Church of Amesbury, and in his will he provided for a legacy to the church. He was a trader. He d. 1732, leaving a widow, Sarah, and five surviving children. His youngest son was Dr. Simeon Brown, who married Hannah Young, dau. of Henry Young, and lived in Kingston, and subsequently in Haverhill, Mass. Among the children of Dr. Simeon Brown was Henry Young Brown, a captain in the French and Indian Wars, who received a grant of land in recognition of conspicuous service, and was the founder of Brownfield, Me.
4. JOSHUA BROWN, son of Dea. Joseph 3, b. Amesbury, about 1702. m. in Salisbury, Mass., Dec. 8, 1726, Joanna Morrill, b. Salisbury, Feb. 17, 1707/8, dau. Jacob and Elizabeth (Stevens) Morrill. He was a tailor in Salisbury twenty years. In 1745 he bought the homestead in Kingston of his brother, Dr. Simeon Brown, and removed to that town. After his removal to Kingston he was a merchant, and ac- cumulated a good estate. He d. in Kingston, April 23, 1756. His widow m. second, before 1762, Jonathan Brown, of Kensington. A record of the birth of six children of Joshua and Joanna (Morrill) Brown is found in Salisbury, and a record of the baptism of three appears in church records of Kingston.
5. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Joshua 4, b. April 28, 1733, bapt. Salisbury, Second Church, May 13, 1733. The family removed from Salisbury, Mass., to Kingston, 1745. He was a resident of Kingston
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until 1760, and was one of the petitioners for the division of King- ston, and the incorporation of Hawke, now Danville. His homestead was in the north part of the new town. He was active in business, and a worthy citizen. He signed the association test in 1776, and was a soldier in the Revolution. In 1781, he removed from Hawke to Andover, where he d. April 6, 1812. He m. in Kingston, Dec. 29, 1757, Elizabeth Sawyer, bapt. 1738, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy (Brown) Sawyer .* She d. July 13, 1813. Seven children.
i. JOSEPH, b. Kingston, March 31, 1759. m. in South Hampton, Sept. 5, 1780, Abigail Towle, b. March 24, 1761, dau. of Caleb and Ruth (Page) Towle; res. in Andover, where he d. July 29, 1843 ; she d. Oct. 28, 1831. Four children : (1) Ruth, b. April 14, 1781, m. Nov. 7, 1802, William Emery; (2) Dorothy, b. July 28, 1783, m. April 29, 1810, Caleb Marston ; (3) Reuben, b. June 24, 1785, m. 1807, Lydia Simonds; (4) Lois, b. Oct. 15, 1792, unm. d. Jan. 28, 1861.
ii. ISAAC, b. Hawke, May 24, 1761. m. Dec. 24, 1782, Sarah Aiken ; lived in Andover, where he d. March 31, 1812.
iii. MOSES, bapt. Hawke, Nov. 3, 1765. m. Feb. 23, 1786, Molly Blake, who d. August 23, 1799; he m. second Nov. 19, 1800, Nancy Rowell, dau. of John Rowell; lived in Andover.
iv. NATHANIEL, bapt. Hawke, May 27, 1770. m. Melitable Green; lived in Franklin.
6. v. HENRY, bapt. Hawke, Feb. 14, 1773.
* JOSEPH SAWYER, son of Joshua and Elizabeth Sawyer, b. Newbury, Mass., Nov. 19, 1706. m. 1729, intentions Nov. 15, Dorothy Brown, b. Newbury, August 10, 1712, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Berry) Brown. Dorothy (4), Thomas (3), Isaac (2), Thomas (1). Joseph Sawyer and wife, Dorothy, were admitted to Second Church of Salisbury, Mass., March 5, 1732, and in 1739 removed from Salisbury to Kingston, where he d. July 15, 1748. His will dated May 28, 1748, was probated August 31, 1748. He names wife, Dorothy, and children, Miriam, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Judith, and child unborn. The town records of Kingston record that Joseph Sawyer d. July 13, 1749, and church records, July 15, 1747. Dorothy (Brown) Sawyer m. second, May 25, 1749, John Young, who d. Kingston, August 22, 1758. She m. third, Feb. 12, 1760, Thomas Thompson, of Salisbury, Mass., and later of Hawke. Six children by her first and three by her second marriage.
i. MIRIAM, bapt. Salisbury, Nov. 9, 1735. m. 1752, John Young, Jr., of Kingston.
ii. ELIZABETH, bapt. Salisbury, August 27, 1738. m. Joseph Brown (see above).
iii. DOROTHY, b. Kingston, Dec. 14, 1740.
iv. JOSEPH, bapt. June 5, 1843. d. Oct. 31, 1745.
v. JUDITH, b. Oct. 6, 1745. m. David Jones.
vi. SARAH, b. Oct. 13, 1748, posthumous.
vii. RUTH YOUNG, b. August 18, 1752.
viii. HEZEKIAH YOUNG, b. March 3, 1754.
ix. MARTHA YOUNG, b. May 29, 1756.
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vi. ELIZABETH, bapt. Hawke, Feb. 16, 1777. unm. d. Andover, Nov. 15, 1862.
vii. HANNAH, bapt. Hawke, Jan. 24, 1779. unm. d. Andover, March 26, 1806.
6. HENRY BROWN, son of Joseph 5, bapt. Feb. 14, 1773. m. Lovie Ladd, sister of Theophilus Ladd, of Augusta, Me. He was a farmer in Bridgewater, occupying the Woodman farm on the river road. He d. 1834. Henry and Lovie (Ladd) Brown had four children.
i. HANNAH, b. about 1800. m. Oct. 23, 1842, William Bailey, of Stewartstown. They were divorced, on her petition, Jan. 9, 1845. She assumed her maiden name and d. in Bridgewater, 1862. In her will she remembered the older children of her brother, James, and sister, Mary.
7. ii. JAMES, b. July 3, 1805.
iii. CHILD, d. Sept. 29, 1818. .
iv. MARY POTTER, b. Sept. 12, 1816. m. Seth Spencer (see):
7. JAMES BROWN, son of Henry 6, b. July 3, 1805. m. Nov. 18, 1830, Judith Blaisdell Harron, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 12, 1807, dau. of John and Nancy (Pressey) Harron. He was a farmer and a respected citizen of New Hampton, and later of Bridgewater, and a deacon of the Second Baptist Church of Bridgewater. In 1867, he removed to Bristol. His wife d. June 12, 1883, and he had a home several years with his son, Gen. John H. Brown. He d. in Plymouth at the home of his son, Manson S. Brown, Jan. 17, 1898.
i. MARY ELIZABETHI, b. Bridgewater, Dec. 5, 1831. m. Nov. 30, 1852, Dudley Marshall.
ii. JOSEPH HARRON, b. New Hampton, Dec. 19, 1833, was an ordained elder of the Free Will Baptist Church, and was a pastor at Bow Lake, Strafford, at Epsom, and at Hill. In 1870 he joined the M. E. conference and received appointments: Rumney, 1870-1871 ; Lis- bon, 1872-1873; Franklin Falls, 1874; Jefferson, 1875-1877 ; Stark, 1879-1881; Manchester First Church, 1882; North Haverhill, 1883- 1885; Sandwich Centre, 1886-1887 ; Marlborough, 1888; superan- nuated, 1889 ; supplied Lempster and South Acworth, 1891, and Webster, 1892. Ile was educated at New Hampton Institution. He was an able preacher and a successful pastor, and was officially connected with several religious and benevolent organizations of the church. He was a representative from Hill, 1870, and a member of the board of education of Bridgewater, Hill, Lisbon, Jefferson, and Stark. He m. May 1, 1862, Harriet Newell Huse, b. Danville, Vt., August 18, 1837, dau. of Joseph and Harriet Newell (Frye) Huse. He d. in Concord, March 16, 1900. One
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