Mary (Gillett) Brown (1638 - 1719)

Born 18 Oct 1638 in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Brown — married 15 Jul 1656 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1719 at age 80 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary Gillett was born 18 Oct 1638 in Massachusetts, the daughter of Jonathan Gillett Sr. and Mary Dolbere.^[1][2] Mary married Peter Brown 15 Jul 1658 in Windsor, Connecticut.^[3] Mary died 27 Aug 1719 in Windsor and is buried there.^[4]

Mary and Peter had the following children: Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Hepzibah, Peter Jr., John, Jonathan, Cornelius, Hester, Isabel, Deborah, and Sarah.^[5]

Sources

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS3-WD69 : 21 September 2019), Mary Gillet in entry for Peter Brown, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272223.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-DPY : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Mary Brown, 1659.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-6XW : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Hanna Brown, 1660.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-D51 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Abigayl Brown, 1662.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-6MX : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Hepsiba Brown, 1664.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-R44 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Peter Brown, 1666.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-4MP : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for John Brown, 1668.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-4HN : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Jonathan Brown, 1670.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-4Q3 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Cornelus Brown, 1672.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-6SW : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Hester Brown, 1673.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-D42 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Ezabell Brown, 1676.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-DRQ : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Debora Brown, 1678.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WR-V74 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Sara Brown, 1681.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 52462356. [[1]]

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)

• Clemens, William Montgomery American Marriages Before 1699 (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA: Biblio Co., 1926)

• Stiles, Henry Reed The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford, CT., Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1892) Vol. 2: Genealogies and biographies)

• Genealogical data concerning the families of Gillet-Gillett-Gillette : chiefly pertaining to the descendants of Jonathan Gillet, who came from Chafcombe, Somersetshire, England to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630 and removed to Windsor, Connecticut in 1636 : also the descendants of his brothers, Nathan and Jeremiah, with mention of a number of intermarried families, by Esther Gillett Latham. [Appleton, Wis. : E.G. Latham], 1953.

• Aldridge, Bertha Bortle Beal Gillette Families (Gillet-Gillett-Gillette) (Victor, N.Y., 1955) Page 15

Footnotes

1. ↑ The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut: including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. by Henry Reed Stiles. 1892, 2 vol. (Volume 2: Genealogies and biographies)
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 52462356.
3. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 52462356.
5. ↑ The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut: including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. by Henry Reed Stiles. 1892, 2 vol. (Volume 2: Genealogies and biographies).