Brown Family Line

Brown/Browne

Name origin: A name derived from complexion, color of hair or garments. Among the English ancestors are Gamel fil Brun and and John Broune of Stamford, Eng., 1377.

  • John Brown (1504-1562)
  • Henry Brown (1520-1590)
  • Edmunde Brown
  • Michael Brown (1590- )
  • Andrew Brown (1618-1710)

    John Brown

    b.1504 Witham, Essex, England, parents ukn
    d.1562/63 Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
    m.Elizabeth ______

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Thomas Browne b.abt.1510
    2. Elizabeth Browne b.abt.1512
    3. Henry Browne b.1520/1521 Edwardstone, Suffolk, England d.Jan. 27, 1596 Edwardstone, Suffolk, England

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    Henry Brown

    b.1520/21 Edwardstone, Suffolk, England; s/o John and Elizabeth Brown
    d.Jan. 27, 1596 Edwardstone, Suffolk England
    m.bef.1553 Suffolk, England, Agnes ______
    b.1530
    d.Dec. 17, 1590 Suffolk, England

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Margaret Browne b.abt.1540
    2. Anne Browne b.abt.1542
    3. Jeane Browne b.abt.1553 Holton, England
    4. Joane/Johane Browne b.abt.1555 Holton, England d.Sept. 8, 1597
    5. Margerie Browne b.abt.1557
    6. Anne Browne b.1558 Edwardstone, London, England d. April 19, 1629 Groton, Suffolk, England m.Feb. 20, 1579 Suffolk, England Adam Winthrop

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    Edmunde Brown

    b.parents ukn
    m.Elleyne _______

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Susanna Brown b.Oct. 25, 1579 Filby, Norfolk, England d.bef.Aug. 23, 1627 m.June 1603 Filby, Norfolk, England Francis Warde

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    Michael Brown

    b.abt.1590/1595 Holberton, Devon, England; parents ukn
    m.ca.1616 ukn

    CHILDREN included (all bapt. at Holberton, Devon, England):

    1. John
    2. Andrew Brown bapt.1619 in Holberton
    3. Charles Brown bapt.April 25, 1623
    4. Mary [Marie] Brown bapt.Feb. 26, 1625
    5. Louis [Lewis][Lewys] Brown bapt.Apr. 27, 1628

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    Andrew Brown

    b.March 1618/1619 Holberton, Devon, England; s/o Michael Brown
    d.Jan. 10, 1710 Boston, MA
    m.ukn

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Joseph b.ca.1654-60
    2. Charles b.ca.1656 d.ca.1708
    3. Andrew b. 1658 d.July 4, 1723 Arundel, ME m.(1)Ann Allison m.(2)Sarah Hill
        CHILDREN of Andrew included:
      • Elizabeth m.Lieut. John Stackpole
      • Mary m.Samuel Carr of Arundel
      • Katherine m.Joshua Lassell
      • Andrew d.March 14, 1722 aged 31
      • Matthew d.aft.1720
      • Allison b.1697 d.April 16, 1728 m.ca.1720 Hannah Scamman d/o Capt. Humphrey and Elizabeth (Jordan) Scamman of Saco.
    4. John b.ca.1652 d.ca.1695 m.Rebecca Boaden d/o Ambrose Boaden of Scarborough
        CHILDREN of John and Rebecca included:
      • John Brown m.Nov. 6, 1718 Rebecca Frost
      • Elizabeth Brown m.Nov. 27, 1712 John Neal
      • Rebecca Brown m.James Andrews
      • Samuel Brown m.Oct. 18, 1726 Deborah Main
      • Sarah Brown m.Dec. 5, 1715 William Dagworthy
      • Benjamin Brown m.Nov. 17, 1719 Sarah Dennis
    5. Joshua b.1662 d.bef.1722 m.Rebecca Libby d/o John Libby of Scarborough
        CHILDREN of Joshua and Rebecca included:
      • Andrew Brown m.Susanna _______
      • Charles Brown m.Nov. 14, 1711 Mary Mitchell
      • Samuel Brown m.Sept. 9, 1716 Bethia Libby
      • Mary Brown
      • Hannah Brown m.June 18, 1724 John Benson
      • Sarah Brown m.Nov. 11, 1722 William Libby
      • Ephraim Brown
    6. William b.ca.1660 d.1710 m.prob.Mary _____
        CHILDREN of William and Mary (all b. Boston, MA):
      • Mary Brown b.Dec. 30, 1688
      • William Brown b.Dec. 30, 1688
    7. Samuel b.abt.1662-1671
    8. Allison
    9. Elizabeth Brown b.1666 d.1743 Scarborough, Cumberland, ME m.Matthew Libby s/o John Libby of Scarborough

    From Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700 by Holmes: BROWN Andrew, resident of Scarborough, Maine, 1658.

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