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Vernon Dudley, b. Laconia, Jan. 23, 1894.
ISAAC, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, b. Hawke May 24, 1761; d. Andover, March 30, 1812; m., Dec. 24, 1782, SARAH, dau. of John, Jr., and Sarah (-) AIKEN, b. Chester, Feb. 21, 1763. He settled on the Jacob Weare place at the top of the hill on the old road to Franklin, and built and operated a sawmill on Mill brook in "Hog Back." He was one of the original members of the Free Will Baptist Church. Mrs. Sarah Brown m. (2) En- sign Stephen Green, who lived on the William Weare farm near Cilley hill.
Elizabeth,
b. Sept. 23, 1783; m., Jan 31, 1809, Thomas Piper; res. Andover, Laconia, etc .; 6 ch.
Sally,
b. Dec. 5, 1785; d. Dec. 28, 1800.
Isaac, b. Jan. 29, 1788; m. (1) Polly Green; (2) Polly Tucker; rem. to Michigan; nothing further known.
Polly,
Joseph, Ruth, 3
b. May 21, 1790; m. Jonathan Fellows, who was a vocal music teacher; res. Gilman- ton and Peterborough; no ch.
b. May 23, 1792; d. June 23, 1795.
b., July 8, 1794; m., 1821, James Perley Glines (see).
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
HENRY,
b. Feb. 20, 1797; m. (1) Asenath M. (Dur- gin) Holcomb; (2) Hannah Bean.
JOHN,
b. May 29, 1799; m. Susan Fuller.
Hannah,
b. May 22, 1803; m., 1824, Ira Forbush of Peterborough; 9 ch .; res. Peterborough; she d. Aug. 9, 1885; her husband d. July 20, 1879.
Amos,
b. June 19, 1805; m. Esther -; he set- tled in Peterborough. He worked in Bos- ton several years. With the money he had saved in his pocket, he took the stage for his home in Peterborough, but was never heard from afterwards. His widow returned to her friends in Philadelphia. One dau., d. young.
HENRY, son of Isaac and Sarah (Aiken) BROWN, b. Andover, Feb. 20, 1797; d. Andover about 1850; m. (1), 1823, ASENATH M. (DURGIN) HOLCOMB, dau. of John and Lydia (Morrison) Durgin of Sanborn- ton; she d. Andover Nov. 8, 1841; m. (2) HANNAH, dau. of David and Betsey (Beckford) BEAN of Sanbornton. Mr. Brown was a blacksmith and res. at Sanbornton, Northfield and Andover.
Lydia Ann,
b. Northfield, Feb. 23, 1828; m., at Lowell, Mass., Feb. 13, 1846, Rev. William H. Yeoman, b. in England; pastor of Free Baptist churches in Me. and N. H .; he died Wilmot Flat May 1, 1894; she d. Biddeford Nov. 13, 1864; 4 ch.
Charles H.,
b. - -- -; m. Caroline Chamberlain of Vt .; he was a soldier in 6th Mich. Regt. and a lieut. in colored regt.
Arthur, b. Sanbornton about 1843; was living in Andover in 1850.
Dea. John, son of Isaac and Sarah (Aiken) Brown, b. Andover May 29, 1799; d. Belmont July 17, 1868; m., April 16, 1825, SUSAN, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Rollins) FULLER, b. Andover, Sept. 10, 1802; d. Belmont June 17, 1883. Mr. Brown settled at E. Andover on the John Leavitt place and planted the big elm near the house. He was a deacon in the Christian church at E. Andover and at Bel- mont.
Mary Jane,
b. Andover, May 5, 1827; d. July 20, 1828.
ALBERT HARLEIGH,
b. Andover, Oct. 21, 1829.
Susan Jeanette,
b. Belmont, Aug., 1840; d. Dec. 8, 1843.
Eveline Jeannette,
b. Belmont Jan. 27, 1844; m. (1) Andrew Hersey Smith; (2) William Stevens.
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GENEALOGIES.
ALBERT HARLEIGH, son of Dea. John and Susan (Fuller) BROWN, b. An- dover, Oct. 21, 1829; d. Tilton Oct. 30, 1900; m. (1), May 23, 1847, EVELINE M., dau. Rev. John and Sally GILLINGHAM, b. Bradford April 2, 1826; d. Dec. 3, 1869; m. (2) May 11, 1875, Mrs. HORATIA A. HILL of Tilton, b. Sidney, Me., Sept. 27, 1843. Mr. Brown was a railway employee for several years, afterwards a wood and coal merchant at Tilton.
Frank Albert, b. Belmont, April 20, 1848; m., July 24, 1875, Clara Ella Clark; 6 ch.
Florence Agnes, b. Belmont, May 22, 1851; m., Jan. 16, 1875, George W. Baker; d. April 25, 1907; no ch.
Charles Harleigh, b. Bradford, Jan. 7, 1853; m., Aug. 8, 1880, Sarah Thompson.
Hallie Elliott,
b. Tilton, Oct. 16, 1879.
BROWN-SMITH.
EVELINE JEANNETTE, dau. of Dea. John and Susan (Fuller) BROWN, b. Belmont Jan. 27, 1844; m. (1), Sept. 1, 1861, ANDREW HERSEY SMITII, who d. Belmont, Dec. 24, 1867; m. (2), Oct. 29, 1880, WIL- LIAM STEVENS of Hill, who d. Sept. 7, 1897. Mrs. Smith-Stevens res. Laconia.
Nora B. Smith, b. Nov. 1, 1862; m. Alonzo C. Randlett of Belmont; d. July 24, 1901; 1 ch.
Mabel F. Smith, b. Nov. 26, 1866; d. June 2, 1869.
BROWN.
Capt. MOSES, sou of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, baptized Hawke, Nov. 3, 1765; d. Andover, Oct. 30, 1812; m. (1), Feb. 23, 1786, MOLLY, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Molly (Baird) BLAKE of Andover; she d. Aug. 23, 1799. (Rev. Josiah Badcock records in his diary: "Mr. Moses Brown Jun. lost his wife by reason of death.") M. (2), NANCY, dau. of John and Dorothy Leavitt Row- ELL. Mr. Badcock's record of marriage was: "Nov. 13, 1800, being Thanksgiving, Mr. Moses Brown and Nancy Rowell." She d. in Franklin June, 1855. Mr. Brown res. nearly opposite the place of the late Silas M. Ellis.
SAMUEL, Moses,
b. Aug. 10, 1786; m. Rebecca Fellows. b. - -; m. twice, had two sons, Henry and William; res. Auburn, N. Y., and in Ohio.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Enoch,
b. May, 1805; m. Hannah Prescott; 1 ch., Electa Anna, m. Cyrus G. Currier, who d. July 2, 1892; 2 ch., both dead.
b. --; d. young.
ELIZA, ",
b. March 19, 1809; m. James Harvey Proc- tor.
NANCY,
b. Oct. 20, 1811; m. William Williams Han- cock.
SAMUEL, son of Moses and Molly (Blake) BROWN, b. Andover Aug. 10, 1786; d. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1857; m., July 1, 1803, REBECCA, dau. of Joseph and Molly (Huntoon) FELLOWS, b. Andover April 25, 1784: d. Auburn, N. Y., April 8, 1861. Mr. B. was known as "Squire" Brown, and was a prominent man of affairs at East Andover. In the writing of deeds, wills and other legal docu- ments, he occupied the place of a lawyer among his neighbors. He carried on an extensive business as a blacksmith, employing several assistants. He built the original house on the Weare D. Tuttle place and sold it to Thomas R. White. He afterwards lived on the "Weymouth" place, which he bought of Henry D. Hil- ton. On April 22, 1836, he moved with his family to Auburn, N. Y.
JACOB MOORE, Mary Blake, b. April 13, 1807; m. James C. Nelson of Ithaca, N. Y .; she d. Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1873; 5 ch.
Sally,
b. March 4, 1809; d. April 16, 1809.
SAMUEL BLAKE,
b. Oct. 6, 1811; m. Ann Gilman Leighton.
Moses,
b. Sept. 19, 1813; d. May 25, 1814.
Jane Tyler,
b. June 6, 1815; m. Horatio Gates Emery.
Isabel, Adaline,
b. Oct. 12, 1817; d. April 25, 1818.
b. Sept. 13, 1819; m., Oct. 10, 1841, Geo. W. Randlett of Laconia; res. Milton, Mass .; d. Milton, Oct. 9, 1905; 5 ch.
Joseph Fellows,
b. July 31, 1821; was a sailor in the East India trade; d. Milton, April 4, 1846; unm. b. Nov. 2, 1827; m. Alfred A. Cain; res. Auburn, N. Y .; d. Oct. 2, 1846; 1 ch.
Susan R.,
Moses Van Buren, b. Jan. 5, 1830; m. (1) Victoria Frieze; (2) -; res. Cal. and Nev .; d. June 16, 1885; 1 ch.
JACOB MOORE, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Fellows) BROWN, b. Andover, April 19, 1805; d. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1886; m., Dec. 9, 1829, SALLY, dau. Joshua Lane and Polly (Graves) WEARE, b. An-
b. April 19, 1805; m. - , Sally Weare.
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GENEALOGIES.
dover, Sept. 12, 1809; d. Auburn, N. Y., June 24, 1872. Mr. Brown moved to Auburn, N. Y., with his father in 1836.
George W., b. July 3, 1830; m. -; res. Auburn,
N. Y.
Mary R. J., b. July 21, 1832; d. Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1846.
Sarah Jane, b. May 22, 1836; d. Auburn, N. Y., June 4, 1846.
John Milton, b. Feb. 14, 1845; d. Auburn, N. Y., June 16, 1874; unm.
Edwin W.,
b. May 14, 1847; m., Franklin, N. H., May 12, 1869, Georgianna E. Weare, dau. of Joseph and Eliza A. (Bickford) Weare of Andover; 2 ch .; res. Auburn, N. Y.
SAMUEL BLAKE, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Fellows) BROWN, b. An- dover, Oct. 6, 1811; d. Brownton, Minn., Dec. 27, 1891; m., Milton, Mass., Oct. 6, 1835, ANN GILMAN, dan. of Paul LEIGHTON, b. Fal- mouth, Me., May 1, 1812; d. Brownton, Minn., May 9, 1885; res. Milton and Quincy, Mass., and Brownton, Minn.
Henrietta Bryant, Alonzo Leighton,
b. Milton, June 24, 1836. b. Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1838; m .; res. Brownton, Minn .; soldier, 4th Minn. Regt .; capt. 50 U. S. colored regt .; law- yer; d. Oct. 11, 1904; 1 ch.
Charles Henry, b. Falmouth, Me., Sept. 20, 1841; soldier 4th Minn .; d. Corinth, Miss., June 26, 1862. Alfred Augustus, b. Auburn, N. Y., May 27, 1844; served in army 1861-65.
Andrew Jackson, b. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1845; served in army 1861-65.
Emma Frances,
b. Auburn, N. Y., April 27, 1848.
Horace Eugene, b. Auburn, N. Y., April 12, 1853.
Martha Anna, b. Auburn, N. Y., April 29, 1854.
BROWN-PROCTOR.
ELIZA, dau. of Moses and Nancy (Rowell) BROWN, b. Andover, March 19, 1809; d. Lowell, Mass .. Feb. 26, 1892; m., June 6, 1833, JAMES HARVEY, son of James and Abigail (Ladd) PROCTOR, b. Claremont Nov. 23, 1806; d. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 19, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor are buried at Franklin. Mr. Proctor was a machinist. Eliza Anna Proctor, b. Dover, N. H., May 14, 1834; m., Sept. 4, 1856, Bradbury M. Morrill of Hill; she d. June 5, 1873; 3 ch.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
John Carroll Proctor, b. Manchester, Oct. 23, 1840; m., Dec. 7, 1870, Adaline E., dau. of Prof. Ira Young of Dartmouth College. Mr. Proctor was professor of Greek at Dartmouth Col- lege 1870-79. He d. at Hanover Oct. 29, 1879; 3 ch.
George Howard Proctor, b. Manchester, June 12, 1844; m., Jan. 6, 1867, Mary L. Wooster; he d. Lowell, Mass., Dec. 28, 1895; 4 ch.
Clara Ellen Proctor, b. Lowell, Mass., April 29, 1848; m., Nov. 22, 1882, George F. Colson; 2 ch.
BROWN-HANCOCK.
NANCY, dau. of Moses and Nancy (Rowell) BROWN, b. Andover Oct. 20, 1811; d. Franklin April 23, 1880; m., May 6, 1833, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, son of Lt. William and Polly (Cross) HANCOCK, b. Northfield July 12, 1807; d. Franklin Feb. 23, 1885; res. in Frank- lin 47 years.
MARY JANE Hancock, b. Dec. 10, 1834; m. William Francis Pear- son.
Caroline Hancock, b. April 26, 1836; m. James L. Keniston of Andover.
Arthur Hancock, b. March 27, 1838; d. Aug. 22, 1854. Enoch Brown Hancock, b. Oct. 20, 1839; m., about 1867, Jennie Locke of Franklin; res. Reno, Nev.
William Graves Han- cock, b. March 9, 1842; m. (1) Sarah A. Eaton of Concord; (2) Adelaide M. Hall of Pal- myra, N. Y .; d. 1907; 4 ch.
Parker Cross Hancock, b. Oct. 26, 1843; m., May 26, 1866, Jennie M. Burgess of Maine; res. Franklin; 8 ch. Nancy E. Hancock, b. Oct. 13, 1846; m. James L. Keniston of Andover.
Frank Knapp Hancock, b. Feb. 8, 1849; m. (1) Nellie Keasar; (2) Emmeline White; 2 ch.
Henry A. Hancock, b. Oct. 26, 1852; d. May 28, 1873.
Abbie Susan Hancock, b. Dec. 5, 1855; m., Jan. 2, 1889, Frank L. Morrison; res. Franklin; he d. Jan. 12, 1907; no ch.
BROWN-HANCOCK-PEARSON.
MARY JANE, dau. of William Williams and Nancy (Brown) HANCOCK, b. Dec. 10, 1834; m., Jan. 1, 1857, WILLIAM FRANCIS, son of Samuel
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GENEALOGIES.
and Hannah (Calef) PEARSON, b. Salisbury, N. H., April 2, 1828; res. Salisbury.
Mary Lizzie Pearson,
b. Nov. 18, 1857; d. Nov. 18, 1872.
Clara A. Pearson,
b. April 11, 1859; d. young.
Samuel Pearson,
b. Jan. 30, 1861; d. young.
Willie A. Pearson,
b. April 1, 1863; d. young.
Ned F. Pearson,
b. Oct. 26, 1864; d. young.
Alice Pearson,
b. Nov. 3, 1868; m. Silas Fifield of Andover; res. West Salisbury.
Carrie Grace Pearson, b. Aug. 11, 1870; m., Jan. 1, 1902, Roscoe Pearson Prince; res. Salisbury; 2 ch.
John B. Pearson,
b. Dec. 10, 1872; m., April 4, 1895, Mary Ayer of Glasgow, Scotland; res. Frank- lin; 2 ch.
Nancy Ella Pearson,
b. July 15, 1876.
Anna Pearson,
b. Sept. 23, 1881.
BROWN.
NATHANIEL, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, baptized Hawke, May 27, 1770; d. about 1850; m., Sept. 29, 1800, MEHITABLE SWEATT of Salisbury. Mr. Brown owned and resided on lot 65 in the 3d Range, which became a part of Franklin when Andover was divided. Mrs. Brown d. about 1848.
NATHANIEL, b. ---; m. (1), Clarissa Woodmansee;
William,
m. (2) Mary G. -. b. 1810; d. Andover, 1868; unm.
MOSES, b. -; m. (1) Mary Fellows; (2) Dolly (Mastin) Jehannett. b. - --; d. Franklin; unm.
Dolly,
Sally,
b. -; d. Franklin, unm.
NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Sweatt) BROWN, b. An- dover -; d. Lowell, Mass., about 1846; m. (1), CLARISSA WOOD- MANSEE of Greenboro, Vt., where Nathaniel res. till death of his wife; 1 ch .; m. (2) MARY G. -; 3 ch .; she m. (2) Abbott and res. Hill, N. H., in 1868.
Esther,
b. -; m. R. B. Anderson; d. Boxford, Mass., Feb. 2, 1864; no ch.
Harriet M., b. April, 1838; m. Charles H. Furnald; res. Medford, Mass., in 1868.
George H.,
b. Nov., 1840; res. Alexandria in 1868.
Hiram,
b. July, 1843; res. Hill and in Bloomington, Ill; a soldier in Co. C, 12th N. H. Regt .; served from Sept. 5, 1862, to May 31, 1865.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
MOSES, son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Sweatt) BROWN, b. Andover -; d. Franklin Jan. S, 1877; m. (1), about 1850, MARY, dau. of Ebenezer FELLOWS of Norwich, Vt .; she d. at Franklin about 1863; m. (2), Oct. 6, 1868, DOLLY (MASTIN) JEIIANNETT, dau. Jo- seph Mastin; she d. Jan. 18, 1892.
Mary,
b. about 1852; m. (1), - - O'Clair; 2
ch .; m. (2), Benj. Evans; d. June 15, 1888.
George H., b. -; res. Holliston, Mass.
Lucy, b. about 1860; res. Franklin.
HENRY, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawyer) BROWN, baptized Hawke, Feb. 14, 1773; d. Bridgewater Dec. 21, 1834; m., March 15, 1804, LOVEY LADD; she d. at New Hampton Feb. S, 1866, a. 88-9-26. Mr. Brown res. in several places in Andover, and in 1817 he moved to Bridgewater.
JAMES,
b. Andover, July 3, 1805; m. Judith Blais- dell Harran.
Hannah,
b. Andover -; m., Oct. 23, 1842, Wil- liam Bailey; d. Bridgewater, 1862.
- ,
b. Andover, -; d. Bridgewater, Sept. 29, 1818.
Mary Potter,
b. Andover, Sept. 12, 1816; m., 1832, Seth Spencer of Bridgewater; d. Jan. 14, 1892; 6 ch.
JAMES, son of Henry and Lovey (Ladd) BROWN, b. Andover July 3, 1805; d. at Plymouth Jan. 17, 1898; m., Nov. 18, 1830, JUDITH BLAISDELL, dau. of John and Nancy (Pressey) HARRAN, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 12, 1807; d. Bristol June 12, 1883. Mr. Brown res. New Hampton, Bridgewater, Bristol and Plymouth; was a deacon in the Second Baptist Church at Bridgewater.
Mary Elizabeth,
b. Bridgewater, Dec. 5, 1831; m., Nov. 30, 1852, Dudley Marshall.
JOSEPH HARRAN. b. New Hampton, Dec. 19, 1833; m. Har- riet Newell Huse.
Manson S.,
b. Bridgewater, Nov. 29, 1835; m. Ann Polly Elliot Whitney; no ch .; he adopted son of sister Lovinia G .; soldier in 13th Regt .; sheriff of Grafton Co., and state sen- ator 1886-87.
b. Bridgewater ; d. young.
John Henry, Hester Ann, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 25, 1839; m., March 1, 1865, Melvin Dame; d. Stafford, March 14, 1866.
Hannah Angeline,
b. Bridgewater, July 31, 1841; m., Oct. 5, 1875, John D. Harris; d. Ipswich, Mass., April 5, 1893.
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GENEALOGIES.
Josephine G., b. Bridgewater, Feb. 5, 1844; m., Dec. 16, 1865, Wm. H. Abel; d. June 20, 1869.
Lovinia G.,
b. Bridgewater, April 13, 1847; m., June 20, 1870, Wm. H. Abel; d. Aug. 7, 1870. Mr. Abel killed in railway accident May 8, 1882. One son, adopted by Manson S. - Brown.
JOIIN HENRY,
b. Bridgewater, May 20, 1850; m. Marietta Sanborn Lougee.
Rev. JOSEPH HARRAN, son James and Elizabeth Blaisdell (Harran) BROWN, b. New Hampton Dec. 19, 1833; d. Concord March 16, 1900; m., May 1, 1862, HARRIET NEWELL, dau. Joseph and Harriet N. (Frye) HUSE, b. Danville, Vt., Aug. 18, 1837; 1 ch. Mr. Brown was educated at New Hampton; was ordained as a Baptist min- ister and was a pastor at Bow Lake, Stafford, Epsom and Hill. In 1870 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Conference and held appointments at Rumney, Lisbon, Franklin Falls, Jefferson, Stark, Manchester First Church, North Haverhill, Sandwich Center and Marlborough and supplied at Lempster, South Acworth and Web- ster. He was a member of the legislature from Hill in 1870; and was a member of the board of education in nearly every town where he preached. One child res. in Lancaster, with whom Mrs. Brown made her home.
JOIN HENRY, son of James and Elizabeth Blaisdell (Harran ) BROWN, b. Bridgewater May 20, 1850; m., June 10, 1872, MARIETTA SAN- BORN, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Sarah C. (Cram) LOUGEE, b. San- bornton, Sept. 22, 1849; no ch. Mr. Brown was a merchant in Bristol and was engaged in the lumber business. He served as deputy sheriff and was a representative in the legislature. For several years he was claim agent for the Boston & Maine R. R., and a res. of Concord after 1895. He was commissary general on the staff of Gov. Busiel, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896, presidential elector in 1900 and is now postmaster at Concord. He has been a member of the Republi- can State Committee of N. H. for twenty-five years.
JOHN BROWN.
JOHN BROWN was b. in London, England, in 1589, of Scottish parent- age; left England on the vessel Elizabeth, April 17, 1635, for Bos- ton; resided in Watertown and Salem, Mass., and was in Hamp- ton in 1638, where he became a large landholder, farmer, stock raiser and shipbuilder. He was the third in wealth on the earliest known tax list. He m. SARAH WALKER, who came from England
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
on the same vessel; she d. at Hampton July 6, 1672, a. 54. He d. at Hampton Feb. 28, 1686.
Sarah,
b. about 1643; m. John Poor; d. Charles- town, Mass., Dec. 28, 1678.
John.
b. Aug. 29, 1645.
Benjamin, b. about 1647; m. Sarah Brown; d. about 1736.
Elizabeth,
b. -; m. Isaac Marston; d. Oct. 5, 1689.
JACOB,
b. 1653; m. Sarah Brookings.
Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1655; m., April 15, 1675, Nathan Parker.
Thomas, b. July 14, 1657; m. Abiah Shaw; d. June 29, 1744.
Stephen,
b. about 1659; killed by Indians at Black Point at Scarborough, Me., June 29, 1677.
JACOB, son of John and Sarah (Walker) BROWN, b. in Hampton 1653; d. Hampton Feb. 13, 1740; was a soldier in the Indian Wars; m., about 1682, SARAH. dau. of William and Mary (Walford) BROOKINGS of Portsmouth.
John, b. about 1684; m. Ruth Kelley; d. April, 1747.
Samuel, b. Sept., 1686; m. Elizabeth Maloon; d. Jan. 14, 1772.
Abraham,
b. - 1688; m., Feb. 6, 1718, Argentine, dan. of John Cram; res. Hampton Falls.
Joshua, b. April 1, 1691; m. (1) Rachel Sanborn;
(2) Sarah Leavitt; d. Dec. 10, 1783.
b. - - 1693; m. Philip Green.
Sarah, Jacob, b. - 1695; m., Nov. 16, 1721, Joanna Jones; res. Hampton Falls; d. about 1730.
Abigail, b. March 3, 1698; m. (1) John Dowst; (2) Amos Knowles; d. Nov. 3, 1776.
JONATIIAN, b. Feb. 24, 1700; m. (1) Joanna Abba; (2) Joanna (Morrill) Brown.
Jeremiah, b. June 28, 1702; m. Elizabeth Moody; d. Saco, Me., about 1780.
JONATHAN, son of Jacob and Sarah (Brookings) BROWN, b. in Hampton, Feb. 24, 1700; d. July 10, 1766; m. (1), Feb. 17, 1726, JOANNA, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Severance) ABBA of Salisbury, Mass., b. Nov. 15, 1706; d. Kensington Sept. 7, 1757; m. (2), Nov. 30, 1758, Mrs. JOANNA (MORRILL) BROWN, widow of Joshua Brown of Kingston.
Abigail, Miriam,
b. b.
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GENEALOGIES.
Sarah,
b.
Joanna,
b.
Jonathan,
b.
ABBA,
b. Kensington May 28, 1739; m. Elizabeth Leavitt.
JOSEPH,
b. ; m. Ann Brown.
Lydia,
b.
Moses,
b.
Judith,
b.
Lieut. ABBA, 6th child of Jonathan and Joanna (Abba) BROWN, b. in Kensington May 28, 1739; d. in Andover Jan. 1, 1831; m., Nov. 24, 1768, ELIZABETH, dau. of Amos and Elizabeth, (Verrell) LEAVITT of Hampton Falls. Lieut. B. came to Andover about 1778 and settled on Knowles hill, not far from where B. F. Scribner lived in 1880. Mrs. B. d. Sept. 24, 1803, a. 52.
Elizabeth,
b. in Kensington Nov. 20, 1769; d. in Frank- lin Feb. 10, 1861; unm.
Jonathan, b. in Kensington March 12, 1772; d. June 7, 1772.
Mercy,
b. in Kensington March 17, 1774; m., Nov. 2, 1797, John Sawyer (see).
JONATHAN, b. in Kensington Jan. 25, 1777; m. Sarah Blaisdell.
Lydia, b. in Andover May, 1779; d. June, 1779.
Joanna,
b. in Andover March 12, 1781; d. July 1, 1848; unm.
MOSES,
JOSEPH,
b. in Andover Nov. 27, 1783; m. Sarah Hil- ton. b. in Andover Sept. 9, 1786; m. (1), Sarah Colby; m. (2), Betsey Giles.
John,
b. in Andover Aug. 30, 1794; d. June 2, 1797.
JONATHAN, son of Lieut. Abba and Elizabeth (Leavitt) BROWN, b. in Kensington Jan. 25, 1777; d. Tamworth Iron Works, N. H., Oct. 5, 1851; m., July 10, 1800, SARAH, dau. of Henry and Hannah (Ross) BLAISDELL, b. Brentwood March 7, 1781; d. at Washington, Vt., 1829; res. Chelsea, Washington and Worcester, Vt., and Tam- worth Iron Works, N. H.
John, b. Chelsea, Vt., -; d. suddenly near Boston when about 20 years old.
Joanna, b. - 1803; m. Abner Hood; res. Chel-
sea, Vt.
Sally,
b. - -; d. young.
Hannah, b. -; d. young.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Amanda K.,
b. Washington. Vt., Nov. 9, 1810; m., 1833, Charles White; d. Cambridgeport, Mass., 1888.
Mercy W.,
b. Chelsea, Vt., Dec. 26, 1812; m. Abner Blaisdell.
Martha,
b. Chelsea, Vt., -; m. Consider Gan- nett.
Mark B.,
b. Chelsea, Vt.,
-; m. -; d. in Cal. 1902.
Mary N.,
b. Chelsea, Vt., Dec. 21, 1816; m. James Emery; d. Tamworth July 26, 1869; 3 ch.
Abby,
b. ; m. George Parmenter.
Henry B.,
b. ; m. Judith Hubbard.
Melissa,
b. -; d. a. 1 year.
MOSES, son of Lieut. Abba and Elizabeth (Leavitt) BROWN (called in town record Moses3), b. in Andover Nov. 27, 1783; d. in Andover July 5, 1852; m., Dec. 25, 1805, SARAH, dau. of Charles and Mary (Wadleigh) HILTON; she d. at Clinton, Mass., Dec. 17, 1865.
JOHN PIKE HILTON, b. Andover Jan. 17, 1807; m. Hannah San- born.
Nancy Hilton, b. Andover, -; m. Gilman Moody Palmer; no ch.
May Hilton, b. Andover Dec. 23, 1823; m. (1), John Warren Ware; (2), Alvah W. Lewis.
JOHN PIKE HILTON, son of Moses 3d and Sarah ( Hilton) BROWN, b. An- dover Jan. 17, 1807; d. E. Andover July 27, 1852; m., Feb. 22, 1828, HANNAH, dau. of Simon and Anna (Chase) SANBORN, b. Sanbornton, June 7, 1808; she m. (2), Aug. 21, 1853, Samuel Mer- rill of Bradford, Vt .; she d. Corinth, Vt., March 7, 1890. Mr. Brown res. Franklin, N. H., Lowell, Mass., and E. Andover; was an overseer in the Hamilton mills in Lowell.
Mary Jane, b. Franklin Feb. 16, 1830; m. (1), Edmund B. Hayward; m. (2), Albert S. McConnell.
Martha Lang, b. Franklin June 3, 1836; m. (1) James C. Ewer; m. (2), John Merrill.
Adaline Ann, b. Franklin Aug. 5, 1838; d. Nov. 27, 1839.
JOSEPH, son of Lieut. Abba and Elizabeth (Leavitt) BROWN, b. Andover Sept. 9, 1786; d. at Franklin May 19, 1848; m. (1) SARAH COLBY; m. (2) BETSEY, dau. of Benjamin and Jane (McCoy) GILES, b. Aug. 2, 1807, in Derry; d. Franklin Feb. 15, 1904. Mr. Brown res. in Chelsea, Washington and Barre, Vt., and Franklin, N. H. He was a soldier in war 1812-15.
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GENEALOGIES.
Oscar,
b. Chelsea, Vt., May 7, 1827; d. Chelsea, Mass., April 5, 1902.
Elizabeth, b. Chelsea, Vt., July 21, 1828; m. J. D. Kim- ball; res. Fitchburg, Mass.
Orlando,
b. Washington, Vt., March 11, 1830; d. Bos- ton, Mass., Sept. 5, 1883.
Orrin,
b. Washington, Vt. Dec. 18, 1832; d. Dan- bury, Conn., Oct. 2, 1885.
b. Barre, Vt., Sept. 21, 1834; res. Cal.
Benjamin, Caroline, b. Barre, Vt., June 22, 1836; m. William Rowell; res. Franklin, N. H.
Martha, b. Chelsea, Vt., June 12, 1839; d. Franklin Nov. 2, 1857.
John,
b. Franklin, N. H., July 1, 1842; d. N. Y. Aug. 12, 1892.
Capt. JOSEPH, son of Jonathan and Joanna (Abba) BROWN; m., Feb. 18, 1762, or April 12, 1763, ANN, dau. of Nehemiah BROWN of Kensing- ton; res. in Kensington and had thirteen children. Of these:
MOSES, b. Dec. 9, 1763; m. Abigail True; res. on Beech Hill in Andover.
JONATHAN, b. Feb. 4, 1768; m. Elizabeth Huntoon; res. Beech Hill in Andover.
Joseph,
William,
b. Nov. 21, 1769; m. -; d. Wilmot Oct. 22, 1844. b. March 22, 1782; m., Dec. 27, 1804, Esther Rolfe Burpee; res. Andover and Stanstead, Can.
Lt. MOSES, eldest son of Capt. Joseph and Ann (Brown) BROWN of Ken- sington, N. H., settled on Beech Hill in Andover before 1790; he was b. Dec. 9, 1763; d. in Andover Feb. 23, 1831; m., Dec. 1, 1788, ABIGAIL, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Clough) TRUE of Seabrook, b. Oct. 23, 1763; d. in Andover Oct. 28, 1842.
JOSEPH,
b. July 16, 1790; m. Mary W. Sweatt.
THOMAS,
b. Aug. 1, 1792; m. Mary Moore.
Joanna, b. Aug. 24, 1794; m. Jesse Graves.
Sally,
b. July 4, 1796; m. (1), Joseph S. Huntoon; (2), Feb. 12, 1839, Noah Rowe.
Moses, b. Sept. 13, 1798; d. Dec. 14, 1825.
Daniel,
b. Aug. 10, 1800; d. Nov. 4, 1818.
STEPHEN,
b. April 12, 1803; m. (1), Mary Reynolds; (2), Miriam F. Collins.
TRUE, ABIGAIL,
b. April 4, 1805; m. Lucinda Blake.
b. May 3, 1807; m. Benjamin F. Scribner.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Capt. JOSEPH, son of Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN, was b. in An- dover July 16, 1790; d. Feb. 6, 1833; m., Jan. 24, 1819, MARY W., dau. of Peter and Mary (Wadleigh) SWEATT of Andover; she d. Feb. 23, 1861.
Daniel Wadleigh, b. June 24, 1820; d. July 16, 1843, at Port Leon, Fla.
Peter Sweatt, b. July 12, 1822.
Alden Partridge, b. July 19, 1824; d. June 22, 1826.
Dr. THOMAS, son of Lt. Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN, was b. in An- dover, Aug. 1, 1792; d. in Manchester Aug. 15, 1849; m., Nov. 12, 1823, MARY or POLLY, dau. of Dr. Jacob Bailey and Mary (Eaton) MOORE of Andover. She was b. April 25, 1799; d. Nov. 8, 1871. Mr. Brown was a physician and practised in Deerfield, Concord and Manchester.
Lucretia Anne,
b. Deerfield Oct. 9, 1824; d. Manchester Feb. 3, 1873.
Moses True, b. Deerfield March 4, 1827; m. Cora Barney of Sandusky, Ohio; he d. Sept. 19, 1900; no ch.
Jacob B., b. Deerfield Aug. 15, 1829; d. Nevada, Cal- ifornia, March 25, 1859.
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