Ebenezer Brown (1647 - 1739)

Born 4 Jul 1647 in New Haven, New Haven Colony, New England

Husband of Hannah (Vincent) Brown — married 28 Mar 1667 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1739 at age 91 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

• Tolles in America page 136 states: Ebenezer Brown[9, 37]; b. Jul 1647[37]; Sp: Hannah Vincent[9, 37]; m. 28 Mar 1667[9]; Ch: Rebecca: Eunice.
• Genealogical Dictionary Vol 1, page 265 under Brown states: Ebenezer, New haven, s. of Francis, m. 28 Mar. 1667, Hannah, d. of John Vincent of the same, had Hannah, b. 1 Feb. 1668; s. without name, 4 Oct. 1669; Ebenezer, 12 Nov. 1670; Rebecca, 20 Apr. 1672; Mary, 6 Aug. 1674; Eliz. 13 May 1679; Eunice, 26 Oct. 1681; and James, 22 Feb. 1684; perhaps more.

Birth

4 JUL 1647 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^[1][2]

Marriage

28 MAR 1667 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^[3][4][5][6]

1 JUL 1636^[7][8]

In the town records

Source: Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919. Index beginning at page 445.

p. 254 1669. Widow Vincent brought suit against Ebenezer for slander or defamation, but withdrew the suit before it got to court.

p. 260 1669. 1670 The court found Ebenezer and his wife Hannah guilty of "sinful and wicked carriages towards each other." He was sentenced to be whipped, she to stand bare beside him while the sentence was carried out. In addition he gave 40 pounds of his estate to the town should this behavior continue.

p. 290 July 1671 charged with drunkeness.

See also pp 213, 221, 282, 407.

Sources

• Vital Records
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862)
• Tolles, William Marshall & Morow, Alyce Jane (Tolles). Tolles in America (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1997)
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Volumes 1-9
• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7179083&pid=90702445

Footnotes

1. ↑ Tolles: page 136-137
2. ↑ Savage: Vol 1, page 266
3. ↑ Tolles: page 136
4. ↑ Savage: Vol 1, page 265
5. ↑ Jacobus: Vol 1, page 347
6. ↑ Vital Records
7. ↑ Savage: Vol 1, page 266
8. ↑ Jacobus: Vol 1, page 346