Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Abraham Browne
and Joan (Shelton) Browne
Sister of
Hannah Browne, Mary (Browne) Cutler, Lydia (Browne) Lakin [half], Jonathan Browne [half], Hannah Browne [half] and Abraham Browne Jr. [half]
Wife of
George Parkhurst II
— married
16 Dec 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
John Parkhurst and Sarah Parkhurst
Died before
before about age 30
in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Sarah Brown or Browne
Spelling of the Name
Anderson uses the spelling "Brown" in his feature on Sarah's father, Abraham Brown.[1] Others (including Bond and Banks) have used the spelling "Browne."
Origin
Sary (Browne) Parkhurst immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Sarah was born "say" 1627, probably in England, a daughter of Abraham Browne and his wife, Lydia Unknown.[1] Her father was made freeman at Watertown on 6 March 1631/2.[1]
A more recent source than Anderson, shows her mother to be Abraham's first wife, Joan Shelton.[2]
A pedigree published by Bond reports that some of the early Browne immigrants to Massachusetts were closely related and originated at Hawkedon, Suffolk.[3] However, Anderson points out that the identification is supported by only two Hawkedon records, neither of which connects to New England.[1]
Some researchers have assumed that the Browne family immigrated aboard one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet. Since there are no extant passenger lists however, we do not know which voyage was Sarah's; it may or may not have been among the Winthrop Fleet.[4] Note: The Abraham Browne family is included by Banks in his compiled list of possible Winthrop Fleet passengers,[5] but there is no evidence.
Christening
- 30 JUL 1620 Childerditch, Essex, England
Marriage
Sarah married on 16 Dec 1643 at Watertown, to George Parkhurst, Jr..[6]
Uncertain Child(ren)
George Parkhurst, Jr had two children born at Watertown: John and Sarah. Both had a mother named Sary (or Sarah). Children:[6]
- John Parkhurst, b 10 June 1644 Watertown
- ? Sary (Sarah) Parkhurst, b 14 Sept 1649 Watertown
Robert C. Anderson in his article "English Origins of Edward Garfield ..." discusses the possibility that George Parkhurst married two different wives named Sarah. The will of Edward Garfield mentions granddaughter Sarah Parkhurst, although his daughter Abigail (thought to have married John Parkhurst) is clearly identified in the same will as unmarried. Therefore, another daughter must have also married a Parkhurst.
In addition, the settlement of the Abraham Browne estate mentions grandson, John Parkhurst, but does not mention granddaughter, Sarah Parkhurst. Therefore, Sarah (Browne) may not have been the mother of Sarah Parkhurst.
Possibly George Parkhurst married twice to wives named Sarah, 1st to Sarah Browne (mother of John), and 2nd to Sarah Parkhurst (mother of Sarah).[7]
Death and Legacy
Profile reports that Sarah died on 6 Oct 1691 at Watertown, but there is no evidence for this death date and place in the Watertown Records.[6]
Sarah died before 24 September 1650, the date of George's second marriage to Mary Pheza?
George Parkhurst married on 24 September 1650 at Watertown to Mary Pheza.[6]
Sarah was born in 1628. Sarah Browne ... She passed away in 1691.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III.AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS (Vol I-III, Page 244).
- ↑ Smith, Dean Crawford & Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996. Volume 1 pages 180, 184
- ↑ Bond, Henry, (1860) Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts ... Boston: NEHGS Archive.org (Pages 116-19).
- ↑ Winthrop Society, Settlers. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 14 Dec 2016, as page has been removed.)
- ↑ Banks, Charles Edward, (1930) Winthrop Fleet USGenWeb Archives (Page 62).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 (1894) Watertown Records ... Watertown: Fred G. Baker Pr. Archive.org (Vol 2: Supplement: Births, Deaths & Marriages, Pages 10, 11, 14, 15).
- ↑ Anderson, Robert C., "English Origin of Edward Garfield of Watertown, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1847- (Vol 156: Pages 327-32).
See also:
- Parkhurst, Peter G., (1995) George Parkhurst Increasings for Nine Generations, 2 Vols. Los Altos Hills, CA: P.G. Parkhurst.
- Watertown Records of BMD
- Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855) Page 119
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995)
Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts by Henry Bond and Horatio Gates Jones, pg. 389
- "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGB-F8KM : 6 November 2017), Sarah Browne, 30 Jul 1620; citing Christening, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Essex Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,472,109.
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edited by Richard Flanagin Jr.
As to the apparent last name "Pheza" -- that does indeed seem to be the spelling -- I have labored over that for quite some time, and cannot conceive what surname the recorder was attempting to sound out: something like "Pfister" would seem the most logical, but I find no record of any Pfisters/Fisters in Massachusetts for another 50-plus years.
Mary's LNAB, if profiled on WT, would have to be Unknown.
https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/aMarriagesP.shtml Parkhurst, George and Sary Browne, 16: 10m: 1643. p. 10
Parkhurst, George and Mary Pheza, Sept. 24, 1650. p. 15
It also seems clear, from the record noted above, that George had a subsequent marriage to Mary (Unknown) ?Veazy.
In between the two, however, Anderson makes an interesting case (see NEHGR Vol. 156; inline citation above) that George _may_ have had a marriage to Sarah Garfield. This marriage would have been fairly brief; son John, a child of George and Sarah Browne, was born in 1644, and George's marriage to Mary ?Veazy (evidently the widow of GM emigrant Robert, of Watertown) came in 1650.
At present, George's profile refers readers to this page for a discussion of his known/possible marriages. Said discussion really belongs on his profile. I will try to digest this comment thread, and add the digested version over there.