Mary (Browne) Cutler (1624 - abt. 1691)

Born 8 Feb 1624 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Lewis — married 10 Apr 1650 (to Sep 1657) in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John Cutler — married about Oct 1667 (to about 1678) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 22 May 1691 at about age 67 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Browne) Cutler immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Father Abraham Browne (1590 - 1650)

Mother Joan Shelton

Mary Brown was born in England about 1629. She was the daughter of Abraham and Joan Shelton. She came to New England with her father and stepmother in 1631. They settled in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

On April 10, 1650, in Malden, Middlesex, she married John Lewis of Malden as his second wife. He had six children. As was the custom in those days for men with families who needed another wife, she was much younger than him. She was about 21 and he was about 37. Mary and John had six children of their own, born in Malden. John died in Malden, probably in September of 1657.

Mary soon married John Cutler of Woburn, Middlesex. Mary and her new husband had one daughter, named Mary, born in 1663. John Cutler died in Woburn about 1678.

Mary then married her daughter Mary's father-in-law, Matthew Smith Sr.^{[citation needed]} Matthew lived until after 1694.

Research Notes

Beyond Christopher Brown are 4 generations of ancestors all named John Brown. John IV was a draper by trade in Stamford,married to Agnes_____who died in 1470. An alderman in 1448,53,62, he died between 1462-70 and is Burried by his wife's side in All Saints Church in Stamford, England. His father John III of stamford,draper, Merchant of the Staple of Calais and Alderman of Stamford in 1414,1422,1427, was married to Margery who died Nov. 22,140_. He died July 26,1442 and they are both buried in All Saints Church in ,wich was erected at his expense. This church is the principle ornament of Suffolk County.

John II held the same prominent position as his son and father John I of Stamford County. He was titled Esquire,Alderman , Chief Magistrate untill the time of King Charles I. He was also Mayor of Stamford in 1376.^[1]

Notes on Mary's Ancestors

Abraham, Mary's father, came to Watertown from Hawkedon, Bury St. Edmunds where his father THOMAS BROWNE owned a substantial country estate called "SWAN HALL" about a mile from town. This estate was then several hundred years old, built of oak, covered with plaster and elaborately carved. An elegant stained glass window adorned the grand hall where the coat of arms was displayed. Abraham Browne,was born here and his father,Thomas Browne was buried here Dec. 23,1590.

THOMAS BROWNE's father Christopher Brown III,also of Swan Hall died there on May 31,1574 at Hawkedon. His father Christopher Browne II ,also of Swan Hall,married Anne_____of Suffolk County,made his will and died at Bury St. Edmunds July 3,1538. His parents were Christopher Browne,Esquire of Stamford and Tolethrope County,Rutland, and Agnes of Beduingord County,Norfork. His will, dated 1516 was proved at London in Feb. 1518.

Sources

1. ↑ These then are the direct descendants of the Lewis family via Mary Browne Lewis and this research can be documented in the PEDIGREE OF BROWNE COMPILED FROM ENTRIES IN THE HERALD'S COLLEGE WILLS, PARISH REGISTERS AND ARMS FROM PRESTON'S GENEALOGIES and HISTORY OF WATERTOWN , MASS.