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Amos Brown (1738 - 1812)

Amos Brown
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 21 Jan 1762 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 73 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Lieutenant Amos Brown served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Amos Brown is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015255.
SAR insignia
Amos Brown is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 122207
Rank: Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant in Capt. Isaac Gleason's 6th (Waltham) company, Col. Samuel Thatcher's (1st Middlesex County) regiment of Massachusetts militia, commissioned April 29, 1776. [1] [2]

Amos Brown was born on September 18, 1738 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Ebenezer Brown and Abigail (Adams) Brown.

Amos married Anna Sanderson on January 21, 1762 in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [3] [4]

Their children were born in Waltham: [3]

  1. Ebenezer Brown, b. 1762,[4] d. 1776.[3]
  2. Amos Brown, b. 1764,[4] m. Esther Cutler.[3]
  3. Thomas Brown, b. 1766,[4] m. Susanna Kendall.[3]
  4. Lydia Brown, b. 1768.[4]
  5. Nathaniel Brown, b. 1771,[4] m. Sarah Steams.[3]
  6. Eunice Brown, b. 1773, m. Jonas Pierce.[3]
  7. Daniel Brown, b. 1775,[4] m. Sally Flagg.[3]
  8. Anna Brown, b. 1777,[4] d. 1781.[3][4]
  9. Ebenezer Brown, b. 1780.[4]
  10. Anna Brown, b. 1784.

Amos died on February 3, 1812 in Waltham, aged 73. [3]

His widow Anna died Sept 19, 1823. [3]

Research Notes

Is the Lt. in 1776 the same as the Minuteman in MSSRW?

Sources

  1. ↑ DAR
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of Amos Brown", Ancestor # A015255.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44720446/amos-brown: accessed 28 March 2023), memorial page for Deacon Amos Brown (18 Sep 1738–3 Feb 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44720446, citing Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol.2, p. 596
    • "Brown, AMOS, Waltham. Private, Capt. Abraham Peirce's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord and Lexington ; service, 3 days ; company called out by Col. Thomas Gardner."
    • "BROWN, AMOS. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Isaac Gleason's 6th (Waltham) co., Col. Samuel Thatcher's (1st Middlesex Co.) regt.; list of officers of Mass, militia; commissioned April 29, 1776."
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7Z-RMS : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown, 21 Jan 1762; citing Marriage, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSZ-3Y5 : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown, 21 Jan 1762; citing Marriage, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-G22 : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Ebenezer Brown, 3 Nov 1762; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-TNG : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Amos Brown, 26 Jul 1764; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-TNR : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Thomas Brown, 18 Nov 1766; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-TNB : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Lydia Brown, 12 Sep 1768; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-TJ9 : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Nathll Brown, 6 Mar 1771; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-TJQ : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Samuel Brown, 1 Jan 1773; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-TJ4 : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Daniel Brown, 29 May 1775; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD6-8LJ : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Ebenezer Brown, 26 Mar 1776; citing Death, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SK9 : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Anna Brown, 19 May 1777; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SKQ : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Ebenezer Brown, 5 Jan 1780; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD6-6ZR : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Anna Brown, 3 Dec 1781; citing Death, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-S5W : 20 May 2022), Amos Brown in entry for Anna Brown, 31 Jul 1784; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904);
    • p. 19-21 "Births", "Brown"
      • "Amos, ch. Amos and Anna, July 26, 1764."
      • "Anna, ch. Amos and Anna, May 19, 1777."
      • "Anna, ch. Amos and Anna, July 31, 1784."
      • "Daniel, ch. Amos and Anna, May 29, 1775."
      • "Ebenezer, s. Amos and Anna, Nov. 3, 1762."
      • "Ebenezer, ch. Amos and Anna, Jan. 5, 1780."
      • "Eunice, ch. Amos and Anna, Jan. i [dup. Jan. 5], 1773."
      • "Lydia, ch. Amos and Anna, Sept 12, 1768."
      • "Nath[anie]ll, ch. Amos and Anna, Mar. 6, 1771."
      • "Thomas, ch. Amos and Anna, Nov. 18, 1766."
    • p. 123-5 "Marriages", "Brown"
      • "Amos and Anna Sanderson, Jan. 21, 1762."
      • "Amos Jr. and Esther Cutler, May 3, 1795."
      • "Daniel and Sally Flagg, int. Mar. 11, 1810."
      • "Eunice and Jonas Pierce [int Peirce], Mar. 23, 1797."
      • "Nathaniel and Sarah Steams, Jan. 1, 1799."
      • "Thomas and Susanna Kendall, June 30, 1793, in Cambridge."
    • p. 256 "Deaths", "Brown"
      • "Brown, Amos, Dea., Feb. 3, 1812, a. 73."
      • "Anna, ch. Amos and Anna, Dec. 3, 1781. [ch. Dea. Amos and Anna, a. 4, G.R.]"
      • "Anna, w. Dea. Amos, Sept 19, 1823, a. 84."
      • "Ebenezer, s. Amos and Anna, Mar. 26, 1776. [ch. Dea. Amos and Anna, a. 14, G.R.]"
      • "£ben[eze]r, ch. Dea. Amos and Anna, Aug. 3, 1791 a. 20."




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