Born about in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Daughter of Thomas Brown Sr.
and Mary (Healy) Brown
Wife of
Peter Godfrey
— married
13 May 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Andrew Godfrey, Mary (Godfrey) Ordway, Margaret (Godfrey) Richardson, Peter Godfrey Jr., Joanna Godfrey and James Godfrey
Died
at about age 80
in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2014
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Biography
Mary was born in about 1635. She was the daughter of Thomas Brown and Mary Healy. She married Peter Godfrey May 13, 1656, at Newbury, Masssachusetts.[1][2]
She died Apr 16, 1716, in her 81st year. Peter pre-deceased her. [2][1]
Research Notes
- Birth, parentage, marriage, death: "The Family of Thomas and Mary (Healy) Brown of Newbury" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Reference Volume 152, page 350+
- Marriage source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (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. Reference Volume 1, page 626
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. Reference page 437
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845: Page 19 States Birth was 1635, 1st white child born in Newbury, Massachusetts.
- Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.,1912) Vol. 2: 1656-1662, Page 56: Vital records of Newbury, Mar. 25, 1656, to Mar. 25, 1657
- Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845 (S.G. Drake, Boston, 1845)
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