Richard Brown died in Newbury on 12 October 1716.[3] On 19 Nov 1716, Mary Brown refused administration of her husband's estate "in consideration of my age & unacquaintance with affairs of that nature," and requested that her son, the "barer hereof," be appointed. Richard Brown of Reading, with Stephen Jaques and Richard Knight of Newbury as sureties, was assigned administration on his father's estate the same day.[4]
↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)Essex County Probate records, file #3781, estate of Richard Browne, 1716 (Link by $ubscription.)
Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration," v. 1, A–B, 431–435.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-9R4F : 29 November 2018), Richard Brown, 18 Feb 1650; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZSWR : 29 November 2018), Richard Browne, 18 Feb 1650; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZDXL : 29 November 2018), Richard Browne, 18 Feb 1650; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-HJGL : 29 November 2018), Richard Browne, 18 Feb 1650; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-M89Y : 29 November 2018), Richard Brown and Mary Jaques, 7 May 1674; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-H1W8 : 29 November 2018), Richard Brown and Mary Jaques, 7 May 1674; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1L-3YW : 9 February 2018), Richard Browne and Mary Jaques, 07 May 1674; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GQ18 : 5 November 2017), Richard Browne and Mary Jaques, 07 May 1674; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-SWL4 : 29 November 2018), Richard Browne in entry for Richard Browne, 12 Sep 1675; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLG-TZG : 10 February 2018), Richard Browne in entry for Richard Browne, 12 Sep 1675; citing Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, 181; FHL microfilm 877,468.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-38W : 10 February 2018), Richard Browne in entry for Richard Browne, 12 Sep 1675; citing Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH12-GXS : 9 February 2018), Richard Browne and Mary Jaques, 07 May 1675; citing reference 31; FHL microfilm 877,468.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G74G : 5 November 2017), Richard Browne and Mary Jaques, 07 May 1675; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMH-FBG : 11 March 2018), Richd Brown in entry for Richard Brown, 13 Oct 1689; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 592,866.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMH-FBR : 11 March 2018), Richd Brown in entry for Mary Brown, 13 Oct 1689; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 592,866.
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