John Brown (abt. 1674 - 1767)

Born about 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Safford) Brown — married about 1696 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1767 at about age 93 in Preston, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

John Brown, son of Nathaniel and Judith (Perkins) Brown, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, in about 1674. He married first Elizabeth Safford, in about 1696; the couple removed from Ipswich to Wenham, and thence to Preston, on the Thames River in southern Connecticut. Elizabeth died in 1739; John remarried Rebecca (Unknown).

Cordwainer of Wenham, MA; 1720 - Preston, CT

Married: Elizabeth [Ipswich record shows Elizabeth Safford]

Children:

# Nathaniel Brown b: 22 JAN 1703/04

# John Brown b: 19 JUL 1706

# Elizabeth Brown b: 7 NOV 1708 [Preston record has b. 7 Feb 1708/9; bp.?]

# Jacob Brown b: 6 JUL 1711

# History of Stonington, CT, Richard Wheeler. Page: 256

Burial

Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, USA

Sources

• Marriage (1) to Elizabeth Safford, ca. 1696: New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/222/426878682 (subscription required)

• Death 17 Feb 1767/burial: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2019), memorial page for John Brown (1674–17 Feb 1767), Find A Grave Memorial no. 35655252, citing Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Phillips (contributor 47015490); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35655252/john-brown

• History of Stonington, CT, Richard Wheeler. Page: 256