Thomas Brown (abt. 1651 - 1718)

Born about 1651 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Wheeler) Prescott — married 12 Nov 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1718 at about age 67 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas Brown was born about 1651 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ^[1] He was the son of Thomas Browne and Bridget (Unknown) Browne

He was married in Concord on November 12, 1677 to Ruth (Wheeler) Jones, widow of Ephraim Jones,^[2] Ruth was the daughter of Thomas Wheeler and Ruth Wood Wheeler. After his death, Ruth married (3rd) Jonathan Prescott.^[3]

In Dec 1675, after the King Philip wars, the United Colonies of Massachusetts (Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut) committed 1,000 men in a campaign for the prevention of further uprisings against the colonists. Thomas Brown was included in the names of the Concord men who were "fitted for arms".^[4]

Thomas Brown passed away in Concord on April 4, 1718, aged 66-67. He was buried in the Old South Burying Place in Concord..^[5][6]

Research Note

Thomas Brown was born in 1651 according to several record compilations that can be found at Ancestry.com, although no actual birth record appears to exist and the place of his birth is not noted. He married Ruth Wheeler, a widow, in Concord, Massachusetts in 1677.^[7]

This information is included on Thomas's FindAGrave memorial as of 15 June 2021^[8]:

Husband of Ruth (Wheeler) Jones Brown. She was the widow of Ephraim Jones, and a daughter of Thomas Wheeler and Ruth (Wood) Wheeler. She later married Jonathan Prescott as his fourth wife.

Son of Thomas Browne and Bridget (?Bateman?) Browne of Cambridge,MA.

Children: Ruth Brown Jones, Mary Brown Hunt, Rebecca Brown Hubbard, Thomas Brown III, Ephraim Brown, and Elizabeth Brown Hartwell.

Sources

1. ↑ Gerald J. Parsons, F.A.S.G., "The Wilson Family Descendants of John Wilson, Mariner Together With an Account of The Brown Family," 61.
2. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0125?pId=42138.
3. ↑ NEHGS Register; Volume 163 (2009), page 107.
4. ↑ Hudson, Alfred Sereno (1839-1907) "The History of Concord, Massachusetts" pg. 393-395; pub.1904, Concord, Mass., Erudite Press. E-book available in the public domain at: https://archive.org/details/historyofconcord01huds/page/n427/mode/1up/search/Brown?q=early+Concord%2C+Massachusetts
5. ↑ Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index; 1718 Will, Document #3214.
6. ↑ Thomas Brown, Jr (1651-1718) on Find A Grave: Memorial #24295519 Retrieved Burns-5616 22:50, 23 January 2018 (EST).
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, image 124 of 1022
8. ↑

• Genealogical Column of the "Boston Evening Transcript". 1906-1941:

5 Dec 1906, 8977; 10 Dec 1906, 8977; 29 May 1907, 9229; 20 Oct 1909, 598; 6 Apr 1910, 598; 28 Aug 1911, 1388; 17 Apr 1912, 1388; 22 Jun 1914, 4077; 15 Feb 1915, 4474; 1 Mar 1915, 4474; 10 Mar 1915, 4474;

• Find A Grave: Memorial #54844918 for daughter Rebecca Brown Hubbard