Thomas Brown Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 435) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Anderson (Great Migration) designates Mary Healey as the wife of Thomas Brown. They were married at Christian Malford, Wiltshire, 20 August 1632. Her name has been indexed as Mary Zealy[1] Francis son of Thomas & Mary was bpt. 1 Jan. 1632/3.
Thomas Brown b. c. 1606. no known parents
Married at Christian Malford, Wiltshire 20 Aug 1632 Mary Healy. She died in Newbury, Massachusetts 2 June 1654.
Migration on the James 1635
First Residence Place Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Occupation: Weaver
Death 8 Jan 1687 Newbury. 22 Feb 1686/7 "an inventory of Thomas Browne Senior estate late deceased that part of his estate which was not given and formerly possessed the remainder of five acres of meadow in the Burchen Meadows and som old toos," #16.[2]
↑ 2.02.1 Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB114/i/7051/435/22074588
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New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 152 no. 3 (July 1998): 348-352.
"Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury, Massachusetts, and Their Family," by George Freeman Sanborn. AmericanAncestors.org Link
Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. At American Ancestors
According to the NEHGR article which conclusively identified his English origins, he should have no parents attached at all.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 152 no. 3 (July 1998): 348-352.
"Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury, Massachusetts, and Their Family," by George Freeman Sanborn. AmericanAncestors.org Link
According to both Anderson and NEHGR 152:347, Thomas Brown married Mary Healy. He can't have been married to both at the same time. It is likely that Mary Endoe married a different Thomas Browne.
For modern information about Mary (d. 2 June 1654) the wife of Thomas Brown (d. 1686/7), see George Freeman Sanborn, Jr., "Thomas^1 and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury, Massachusetts, and their Family," _New England Genealogical and Historical Register_ 152 (1998):347-352; digital images, _AmericanAncestors.org_ (accessed 2013).
Cites Christian Malford parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, FHL film 1279400, for marriage record of "Thomas Browne and Mary Healey," 20 August 1632 (Bishop's Transcripts); also for 2 January 1632[/3] baptism of son Francis. Yet additional sources cited; child list reports five children.
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image?pageName=435&volumeId=7051&rId=22074588
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 152 no. 3 (July 1998): 348-352. "Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury, Massachusetts, and Their Family," by George Freeman Sanborn. AmericanAncestors.org Link
Cites Christian Malford parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, FHL film 1279400, for marriage record of "Thomas Browne and Mary Healey," 20 August 1632 (Bishop's Transcripts); also for 2 January 1632[/3] baptism of son Francis. Yet additional sources cited; child list reports five children.