Remembrance (Brooks) Brown (1654 - aft. 1713)

Born 1654 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Brown — married 7 Jan 1674 in Hatfield, Colchester, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 3 Mar 1713 after age 59 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Remembrance Brooks was born about 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, the illegitimate child of Mary Burt [daughter of Henry Burt and Ulalia Marche] and Sgt Samuel Wright Jr.

Her mother Mary Burt married 18 Oct 1654 to William Brooks. William Brooks first appears in New England on 6 Feb 1648/49 at Springfield, Massachusetts, when he took the oath of fidelity (meaning that he was then at least 21 years of age). There he married, 18 Oct 1654, Mary Burt, daughter of Henry Burt and Ulalia Marche, with whom he had 16 children. She was at the time recently delivered of an illegitimate child by Sgt. Samuel Wright Jr. (who would be raised as Remembrance Brooks).

Remembrance married 7 January 1674/75 in Hatfield, Massachusetts, James Brown^[1][2] by whom she had ten known children (1-3 b. in Hatfield, the rest in Deerfield):

1. Mary, b. 26 May 1677, d. 4 July 1696; m. John Kibbe.
2. Abigail, b. 8 September 1678; m. John Smead.
3. Thankful, b. 1 June 1682; m. Richard Carrier.
4. Sarah, b. 14 December 1683; m. John Clothier.
5. James, b. 9 April 1685; m. Ann Wickwire.
6. Mindwell, b. 20 November 1686; m. Joseph Atherton.
7. Hannah, b. 1 June 1688; m. Shubael Rowley.
8. Mercy, b. 04 January 1689/90.
9. Elizabeth, b. 3 August 1693; d. 3 May 1698.
10. John, b. 10 February 1694/95; m. Hannah Janes.

Remembrance died sometime after 3 March 1712/13 when she, with son James, both of Colchester, sold to Ebenezer Smead of Deerfield several parcel of land in Deerfield: one home lot in Wapping containing four acres; a second home lot in Wapping containing four acres; a piece of meadow in Stebbins's meadow containing an acre and a half; a lot in old fort containing four acres; a lot in new fort containing twenty-four acres; and a piece of land in the first division of plow land lying upon second division hill containing five acres. Ack. same day by James and 12 May 1713 by Remembrance.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRMS-TP?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DL-L29%3A353350301%2C353372901%2C353372902 : 13 July 2016), Hampshire > Hatfield > Births, marriages, deaths 1655-1843 > image 75 of 94; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ MacGunnigle, Bruce, Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth Mass., December 1620, Vol. 4. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 3rd Ed., 2006.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986". Catalog: Land deeds, 1628-1867; grantee and grantor indexes, 1636-1869 Land deeds, C-D, 1715-1726. Image path: Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986 > Hampden > Deeds 1715-1726 vol C-D > image 86 of 743. FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89ZH-GPV6 (accessed 18 April 2023).

• BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BROOKS COMPILED BY CHRISTOPHER BROOKS:
• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1913) Vol. 3, Page 1548

Research Notes

While Family Search may not be wholly accurate with the information, there are several sources which contradict the current profile information. See https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97XY-YTJ