Francis Brown (1738 - 1800)

Born 22 Jan 1738 in Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 21 Apr 1800 at age 62 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Captain Francis Brown served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Francis Brown is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015427.

Francis Brown is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 122456
Rank: Captain

Francis Brown was born 22 Jan 1738 in Lexington, Massachusetts.^[1]. He was a member of Captain John Parker's Company of Minute Men.

“Francis Brown m. Feb. 16 1764, Mary Buckman, dau. of John and Mary (Fiske) Buckman, of Lex. b. Dec. 27, 1749. They were ad. to the ch. Nov. 24, 1765. He was one of that gallant band which boldly stood before the British troops on the memorable 19th of April, 1775. He met the enemy in the morning, and on their flight from Concord they were again met by Capt. Parker’s co. in Lincoln, where Brown received a very severe wound,---a ball entering his cheek, passed under his ear, and lodged in the back part of his neck, from which it was extracted the year following. But notwithstanding this severe casualty, he commanded the Lex. co. in 1776, and lived about twenty-five years after the event.”^[2]

He died 21 Apr 1800 and is buried in the Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Lexington (Genealogical Register, page 28);
   Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths (Record of Births, page 11): Note that in the Lexington Record of Births the first name is spelled “Frances,” and birth and baptism dates are reversed.
2. ↑ History of the Town of Lexington (Genealogical Register, page 29).
3. ↑ Capt. FRANCIS BROWN at Find A Grave: Memorial #16639415;
   Lexington Epigraphs (page 13).

• Clapp, R. P., Staples, C. A. and Smith, G. O., editors. Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1898)
• Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1868, with a Genealogical Register of Lexington Families (Wiggin & Lunt, Boston, 1868)
• Brown, Francis. Lexington Epigraphs: A Copy of Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Grounds of Lexington, Massachusetts. The Lexington Historical Society, 1905.
• Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play)
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2020-10-06), "Record of Francis Brown", Ancestor # A015427.