George Brown (abt. 1684 - abt. 1735)

Born about 1684 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA

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Died about 18 Jan 1735 at about age 51 in Eastham, Barnstable Co MA

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GEORGE BROWN, born ca. 1680, Eastham, Massachusetts; died there ca. 1735; buried Cove Burying Ground, Eastham (“Here lies the body of George Eastham Dec’d ye 18th of January 173? in the 51st year of his age”);^[1] married ELIZABETH (MULFORD?), born ca. 1682, Eastham, died December 1744, in her 63rd year, Eastham, also buried in Cove Burying Ground. Elizabeth’s surname may be inaccurate, but one researcher (David Kew) declares that if she was a Mulford, her only possible parents were THOMAS MULFORD and ELIZABETH BARNES.^[2] Elizabeth Brown married (2) [intention] 23 November 1739, Eastham, Elisha Higgins (born 11 February 1677 in Eastham). George and Elizabeth may be parents of: Ebenezer Brown. Established(?) children: Elizabeth Brown, born 1703 (source?) in Eastham (married 21 September 1727, Eastham, John Smith, born 17 April 1703, Eastham, son of John Smith and Bethia Snow) and Bathshua [Bathsheba/Bershebe] Brown, born ca. 1710 in Eastham (married 9 April 1729, Eastham, Stephen Smith, son of John Smith and Bethia Snow; Stephen’s first wife was Hannah Collins, a daughter of John Collins and Hannah Doane, and granddaughter of Joseph Collins and Ruth Knowles; a daughter of Joseph and Ruth—Sarah Collins—married John Smith and became the mother of Rebecca Smith, who married Ebenezer Brown).

Elisha Higgins’ first wife was Jane Collins, another daughter of Joseph Collins & Ruth Knowles; his second was Elizabeth (Mulford?) Brown; his third was Rachel (______) Hopkins of Harwich.

CHILDREN

Children of George and Elizabeth (Mulford?) BROWN, these and probably others, since (apparently) a portion of the Eastham VR that might have listed the children of George Brown is missing:

i. ELIZABETH BROWN, b. 1703, Eastham; d. 25 Sept. 1762, Chatham, Mass.; m. by Benjamin Webb, 21 Sept. 1727, Eastham, as his first wife, to JOHN SMITH, b. 17 Apr. 1703, Eastham, d. 2 Apr. 1767, Eastham, son of John Smith & Bethia Snow. In his father’s will of 11 Jan. 1722, John was declared to be a minor aged 19 years, and guardianship was assigned to Richard Knowles of Chatham. John m. (2) 7 Apr. 1763, Eastham, Lydia (Smith) Snow, b. 13 Oct. 1702, Eastham, dau. of William and Hepzibah (_____) Smith, and widow of Ebenezer Snow. The children of Elizabeth Brown and John Smith (all born in Chatham) were: Nathaniel (b. 22 July 1728), Elkanah (b. 6 Dec. 1729), Elizabeth (b. 11 Apr. 1732), Mehetable (b. 30 Oct. 1735), John (b. 30 Dec. 1737), Rhoda (b. 12 Oct. 1740), Thomas (b. 26 Jan. 1744), Reuben (b. 20 Mar. 1747), Benjamin (b. 26 Dec. 1749) & Henry Smith (b. 3 Feb. 1751).^[3] iii. possibly EBENEZER BROWN, b. ca. 1707, probably Eastham; m. REBECCA SMITH. ii. BATHSHUA BROWN, b. ca. 1710 [9 April 1709], Eastham [or Chatham];^[4] d. 16 Jan. 1766, Chatham, Mass., of smallpox; m. by Benjamin Webb, 9 Apr. 1729, Eastham, STEPHEN SMITH, (son of John Smith & Bethia Snow; he m. 1st Hannah Collins), b. ca. 1706, Monomoit (Chatham), also died of smallpox in Jan. 1766. Their children (all born in Chatham): James (bapt. 18 Dec. 1729), George (b. 16 Dec. 1731), Archelaus (bapt. 23 Apr. 1734), Obediah (b. 1735), Elijah (bapt. 24 Feb. 1737), Hannah (bapt. 5 Jan. 1739), Bershebe (b. 5 Jan. 1744), and Betty Smith (b. 1750).^[5]

Here Lies buried Mrs Bershebe Smith Widow to Mr Stephen Smith who Dec'd in ye 57th year of her Age with the Small pox She Dec'd Jan'ry 16th 1766^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Tombstone of George Brown, www.findagrave.com, memorial #49940503. But a transcription in MD had George Brown of Eastham, died 18 Jan. 175[worn] in his 51st year [“Gravestone Records at Eastham, Mass.,” MD 8: 2]. It clearly should have read 18 Jan. 173[worn].
2. ↑ David Kew, “Nauset and Vicinity” (2013) on RootWeb’s WorldConnect Project at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=oldmankew&id=I14806
3. ↑ David Kew, “Nauset and Vicinity” (2013) on RootWeb’s WorldConnect Project, citing Chatham VR, 93.
4. ↑ I cannot find this birth record in Eastham or Chatham, although I searched both of them. There is also no birth record for Elizabeth Brown (who married John Smith). No birth record for Elizabeth, Ebenezer, or Bathshua, whose birth date can be calculated, however, from her tombstone.
5. ↑ David Kew, “Nauset and Vicinity” (2013) on RootWeb’s WorldConnect Project.
6. ↑ Cape Cod Gravestones by Robert Paine Carlson

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