Joseph
Brown
Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Browne
and Ruhamah (Wellington) Brown
Brother of
Ruhamah (Brown) Comee, Daniel Brown, John Brown, Jonas Brown, James Brown, Josiah Brown, Benjamin Wellington Brown and William Brown
Husband of
Katherine (Mason) Brown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Hephzibah (Leland) Brown
— married
11 Oct 1733 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Brown and Katherine (Brown) Messinger
Died
at age 83
in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
Joseph Brown was born 2 Sep 1708 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, son of Joseph Brown and Ruhamah (Wellington) Brown.[1]
Joseph married (1) Katherine Mason. Katherine died at Holliston 7 Mar 1732/33.[2] Joseph and Katherine had one son, Joseph, born 23 Feb 1733 in Holliston.[3]
Joseph married (2) Hephzibah Lealand of Sherbourn on 11 Oct 1733 at Holliston, Massachusetts.[4] Joseph and Hephzibah had two daughters, both born in Holliston:[5] Lydia (born 29 Aug 1734) and Katherine (born 9 Apr 1737).
According to C. Pitch in View of Holliston in its First Century, Joseph Brown was elected deacon in Holliston in June 1748.[6]
Joseph and Hephzibah were living by themselves in Holliston at the time of the 1790 U.S. Census.[7]
Deacon Joseph Brown died 18 Oct 1791 in Holliston.[8] In his will, dated 13 Dec 1783,[9] Joseph (“I Joseph Brown of Holliston”) mentions “my well Beloved wife Hephzibah”, “my Son Joseph Brown”, “my Daughter Lydia Biglo” and “my Son in Law Samuel Messenger & Daughter Katherine his wife”. The will was presented for probate 24 Mar 1792 and approved 4 Apr 1792.
Research Notes
Hudson states in the History of the Town of Lexington that Joseph married Lydia Twitchel(l) after moving to Holliston.[10] It would appear, however, that Lydia Twitchel married Joseph's son, Joseph Brown Jr. In the 1913 edition this was corrected.[11]
Sources
- ↑ Watertown Records (Volume 2, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Second Book, page 37);
Hudson (Genealogical Register, page 27). - ↑ Vital Records of Holliston (page 298).
- ↑ Vital Records of Holliston (page 29, under BROWNE);
Morse (page 19)
Note: This must mean 23 Feb 1732/33 (not 23 Feb 1733/34), since Katherine died 7 Mar 1732/33. - ↑ Vital Records of Holliston (page 179); Morse (page 19)
- ↑ Vital Records of Holliston (page 29); Morse (page 19)
- ↑ Pitch (page 30)
- ↑ 1790 U.S. Census, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- ↑ Vital Records of Holliston (page 298)
- ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14460/3106-co6/38191029
- ↑ Hudson (1868 edition, page 28)
- ↑ Hudson (1913 edition, page 64)
- Watertown Records (Fred G. Barker, Watertown, Mass. Historical Society, 1894-)
- 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; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York, 1913)
- Pitch, C. View of Holliston in its First Century. A Century Sermon, delivered in Holliston, Mass. December 4, 1826 (H. & W. H. Mann, Printers, 1827) https://archive.org/stream/viewofhollistoni1827fitc
- Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1908)
- Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants and History of the Towns of Sherborn and Holliston (Damrell & Moore, Boston, Mass., 1856)
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1. Dea. Joseph Brown & Hepsibah (Leland) of Sherborn m. 11 Oct 1733, Sherborn.
2. Jotham Brown & Hepsibeth (Unknown) Brown of Sudbury who had their children in Sudbury and where the VR's named both parents. Marriage record not found.