James (Brown) Browne (1675 - abt. 1733)

Born 23 May 1675 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay ,

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Died about Feb 1733 at about age 57 in Salem, Essex County, MA

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Biography

James was born on 23 May 1675 in Salem, MA. He was the son of James Browne and Hannah (Bartholomew) Swinerton.

Lived in that part of Salem which is now South Peabody; mariner and husbandman; family tradition says that he was taken captive by Robert Kidd, the pirate, but made his escape by swimming; he and his wife died between 1728 and 1739.

In 1717 he purchased from George Trask, blacksmith for forty pounds land near Brown's pond in Salem (which is now part of South Peabody) and became a husbandman. He and his wife Elizabeth lived near Brown's pond for most of their lives as did many descendants. Don Anger has carefully examined the deeds of the time and feels that this family homestead was directly across the road from what is today the Samuel Brown School in Peabody (named for a descendant who died in the battle of Antietam).

He was the grantee on a deed dated June 14, 1723, conveying 11 acres of land in the North Field portion of Salem, MA from James and Benjamin Swinnerton. On November 4, 1728, he and his wife Elizabeth sold 20 acres of land in Salem to their son Samuel Browne. This deed was recorded February 22, 1733. Another deed selling the land in the Northfield to their son James Browne was recorded February 23, 1733.

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• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for James Browne, Salem Births, p. 130. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #129 of 2879). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).] (birth record including birth date, location, and parents' names)
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 for James Brown/e, p. 106. [Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (database on-line, Frame #121 of 1022). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.] (marriage record, date & location; includes birth year of spouse)* Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-WR5J : 29 November 2018), James Browne, 23 May 1675; citing Birth, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011200
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G73H-5TK/james-browne-1675-1728