John Browne (1664 - 1732)

Born 27 Nov 1664 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Ingersoll) Browne — married about 1692 (to 24 Jun 1711) in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Robinson) Somes — married 3 Apr 1713 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1732 at age 67 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Disambiguation

Please note that this John Brown[e] of Marlborough and Gloucester is a different person from Capt. John Browne of Marblehead. This profile of the Gloucester man originally showed him as marrying, first, Elizabeth Legg; she was however the first and only wife of Capt. John Browne of Marblehead. The Marblehead marriage record clearly identifies Elizabeth Legg's spouse as the emigrant Capt. John Browne, originally "of Exeter, Eng."

This error crops up elsewhere on the Internet; for one influential example, see "Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy", listing for John Brown of Gloucester: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_8b4.htm#8 .

Biography

John Browne (aka Brown) was born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay on November 27, 1664, a son of John and Esther [aka Hester] (Makepeace) Browne.

John married a woman named Rebecca [Ingersoll?] about 1692. They resided in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay. John and Rebecca had the following children: John III, Joseph, Sarah, Rebecca, Elisha, Jonathan, Rachel, a second Jonathan & Joseph.

After Rebecca's death in Gloucester, John married 2nd Elizabeth (Robinson) Somes, widow of Timothy Somes, on 3 Apr 1713.

John passed away at about 70 years of age in Gloucester on March 13, 1731/2.

Sources

• Birth, at Marlborough MA (image of printed record): "BROWN... John [Browne. M.R.], s. John and Esteher [Hester. M.R.] Nov. 27, 1664." -- Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Marlborough/Images/Marlborough_B048.shtml

• Marriage (1) to Rebecca ____ (NEHGS; image of collected records): "BROWN, John (-1732) & 1/wf Rebecca ____ (-1711); by 1695; Gloucester {Essex Ant. 13:118, 141} " -- New England Marriages to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, Volume 1, p. 222. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/222/426878681 (by subscription). Also accessible via Ancestry.com (by subscription): U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. [Repository: Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (database on-line, frame #122 of 1022). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operation s Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.] (1st marriage registry; includes death dates)

• Marriage (2) to Elizabeth (Robinson) Somes, widow of Timothy Somes (intentions, at Gloucester): "BROWNE... John, and Elizabeth Somes, int. Apr. 3, 1713." -- Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/aMarriagesB.shtml

• Death: "BROWN... John, Mar. 13, 1731-2, a. abt. 70 y." -- Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/aDeathsB.shtml . Alt. transcript: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1B-B86 : 17 January 2020), John Brown, 1732.

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records (hand-scribed original), 1620-1988; Gloucester, Vital Record Transcripts; "Gloucester, Births, Marriages and Death. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, frame #333 of 1745). 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).] (death date and location)

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 22 September 2010 through the import of Crowell1_2010-09-21_01.ged.