John Brown III (1650 - 1709)

Born 27 Sep 1650 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Mason) Brown — married 8 Nov 1672 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1709 at age 59 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Brown, son of John Brown (1630-1662), was born the last Friday of Sept 1650, (27 Sep 1650) in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.^[1][2] His mother, _____ _____'s name was not mentioned in the birth record or in any other known record. John (1630-1662) is known to have had a first wife, because his brother James deposed 12 July 1682, "My mother Dorothy Brown died and left a will dated Dec. 7, 1668, in which she 'with consideration and discretion' left to my loving nephew John Brown, grandson and eldest son of my brother John Brown by his first wife.^[3]

John married at Swansea, 8 Nov 1672, Ann Mason of Norwich, d/o John and Anne (Peck) Mason.^[4][5][6][3] They had 12 children.^[6][7][8]

"Swansea HR 1691, 92; JP 1692q; town clerk 1693, 94; lieut. 1673, capt. 1675; M Ann Mason (1650-a1709) in 1672, 12 ch; farmer. "He was a man of positive nature, unflinching in the discharge of everything he deemed a duty." When his son became a Baptist, he tried to disinherit him. " ^[9]

Capt. John Brown died 24 Nov 1709, at Swansea, Bristol Co., MA. ^[10][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Rehoboth. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
2. ↑ Source: #S149 pg 44
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/56539/3/1425839969
4. ↑ Swansea. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13932/23/251743405
5. ↑ Source: #S86
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1}
7. ↑ Source: #S128
8. ↑ Source: #S149 pg 44
9. ↑ Massachusetts: Legislators of the General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB142/rd/5848839
10. ↑ Source: #S149 pg 44

• GTBrown: George Tilden Brown, John Browne, gentleman, of Plymouth, (and one branch of descendants to the 12th generation) assistant, commissioner, magistrate, pioneer in New England colonial life (Providence: Remington Press, 1919), pp. 34, 37-38, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/johnbrownegentle00brow#page/34/mode/2up. Open Library (http://archive.org : accessed 2 January 2015).
• Source: S255 Title: Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, Genealogical and Family History of Jefferson County New York Volume II, Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, Custodian of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Genealogical and Family History of Jefferson County New York Volume II. 1905. PDF. Internet Archive. http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalfami02oake : 1996.
• Source: S149 A Tale of John Mason, Including One Line of Descent, Compiler Address:Omaha, Nebraska Compiler: Martha Stuart Helligso, CPS, MA Publication: self published, 1982 Repository: #R6 Call Number: US/Can 929.273 A1 #3783
• Source: S86 New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Volume 2, Volume: Volume 2,Bibble-Byram Clarence Almon Torrey, Sponsor: Colonel Le Baron C. Colt Publication: NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1971 Note: Alphabetical listing of marriages in New England prior to 1700. MrTorrey compiled marriage records in alphabetical order of grooms withnotations on sources. Repository: #R14 Call Number: REF F3 T6
• John Brown Birth Date 1650 Birth Place Rehoboth SAR Membership 38625 Role Ancestor Application Date 20 Oct 1923

Spouse Anne Mason Children Joseph Brown. Volume: 194; SAR Membership Number: 38625