Elizabeth (Parker) Brown (abt. 1676 - abt. 1745)

Born about 1676 in Shrewbury, Mommouth, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Powell — married 4 Feb 1698 (to 1716) in Burlington, New Jersey

Wife of Richard Brown — married 1720 in Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1745 at about age 69 in Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

When Elizabeth Parker was born in 1676 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, her father, George, was 36, and her mother, Sarah, was 33. ^[1] She married John Powell and they had nine children together. ^{[2] [3]}After John died, Elizabeth then married Richard Brown in 1720 and had one son together. ^{[4] [5]} She died in 1745 in Burlington, New Jersey, at the age of 69. ^[6]

Elizabeth Brown is named in her mother Sarah Parker's will of 25 June 1720; Sarah was the widow of George Parker (senior).^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ * Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. {https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195384404}
2. ↑ Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey : a book of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910. page 489
3. ↑ Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1678-1737; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: K2.12
4. ↑ Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey : a book of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910. page 489
5. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1678-1737 (Film); Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 60
6. ↑ * Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. {https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195384404}
7. ↑ Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, [https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer00newj/page/354/mode/2up?view=theater pages 353-354