Mary (Brownson) Disborough (1623 - abt. 1669)

Born 6 Mar 1623 in Chelmsford, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Disborough Jr — married before 2 Apr 1640 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 22 Sep 1669 at about age 46 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Mary (Brownson) Disborough migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 46) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Mary Brownson, the youngest child of Roger and Mary (Underwood) Brownson was born possibly in March 1622-3, shortly before her mother's death. Mary's baptism was not recorded in the baptism records of Earl's Colne, Essex.^[1]

Mary was raised by her stepmother Margaret, and was an extremely rebellious and "high-spirited girl - to the point of being a juvenile delinquent. She accompanied her older brothers, John and Richard, to the New World when still a very young girl. Once there, she apparently lacked adequate adult supervision. In the Spring of 1640, four boys (John Olmstead, Jonathan Rudd, John Pierce, and Nicholas Olmstead) got into trouble with the authorities for "wanton dalliances, lacivious caridge, and fowle mysdemeanors at sundry times with Mary Brunson." Mary and the first three boys were "corrected;" Nicholas Olmsted was fined and pilloried.^[1] Another reference: "Mary Brunson, now the wiefe of Nicolas Disborough, Jno. Olmstead, Jonathan Rudd and Jno. Peerce were corrected for wanton dallaince and selfe pollution".^[2]

Birth

Mary Bronson was born 6 Mar 1623 Chelmsford, Essex, England. Her christening was Mar 1623 Earl's Colne, Essex, England^{[citation needed]}

Siblings

• John Bronson; Mary Brunson, prob. sister of John Bronson of Hartford, another Hartford founder.^[3]

• Richard Bronson

Marriage

Mary Brownson married: Nicholas Disbrough before April 2, 1640, at Hartford, Connecticut.^[1] Their precise marriage date is unknown.^[4] Uncited sources state that they married on March 01, 1639/40

Children

Their known children are:^[5]

• Mary Spencer, b. July 1, 1641 (Mary was Age 19) at Hartford, Hartford , Connecticut; m. Obadiah Spencer, of Hartford, Connecticut

• Sarah Eggleston b. 1642 (Mary was Age 20) in Hartford, Connecticut Colony; m. Samuel Eggleston, of Middletown; d. 1683, aged 71. (or 41 ?)

• Hannah Kelsey b. June 19, 1645 (Mary was Age 23) in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; married John Kelsey, removed to Killingworth.

• Phoebe Disborough bp. Dec 20, 1646 (Mary was Age 24); not mentioned in her father's probate of 1683.

• Abigail Disborough b. February 1, 1648-9 (Mary was Age 25); m. (1) Robert Flood, of Wethersfield; (2) Matthew Barry.

Death

Mary Brownson Disborough died probably at Hartford, by 1670; her death date was not recorded. and her widower Nicholas remarried thereafter. ^[1][4] Uncited sources state that she died about 22 Sep 1669,

Surname notes

The third generation down from the first documented Brunson progenitor (Cornelius Brownson, b. 1525) was Roger Brownson (1576-1635). He was born at Earl’s Colne, England. He was a tailor. He married at Lamarsh, Essex in 1600 Mary Lamarsh, Essex, England

Research Notes

At one point, Mary Brunson/Brownson the wife of early immigrant Nicholas DIsborough Jr was mistakenly shown as Mary Disborough who married William Prindle (also seen as Pringle) in 1655 at New Haven, Connecticut. Likely the belief was that William's wife was widow of Nicholas. However, Nicholas outlived Mary Brownson, so the wife of Walter Prindle was a different woman. Whether her last name at birth was "Disborough" is not known, as her origins are not known.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Reference volume 38 (1962), pages 208-9 via $American Ancestors
2. ↑ The public records of the Colony of Connecticut .. by Connecticut; Connecticut. Council; Council of Safety (Conn.); Connecticut. Laws, etc; Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897; Hoadly, Charles J. (Charles Jeremy), 1828-1900 Publication date 1850 Publisher Hartford, Brown & Parsons p. 45
3. ↑ Society of the Descendents of the Founders of Hartford
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Starr, Frank Farnsworth; Goodwin, James Junius, Various ancestral lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut, published 1915. Reference pages 204-10
5. ↑ Society of the Descendents of the Founders of Hartford website: http://www.foundersofhartford.org/index.htm

See also:

• New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 456. DISBROW, Nicholas (1612-1683) & 2/wf? Mary [BRONSON]; by 1640, by 1648?; Hartford/Killingworth,CT

• About Mary Disbrowe (Brunson), http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Disbrowe/6000000001121984739 NOTE: no sources other than shown in this profile already

Acknowledgements

• Bronson-781 was adopted by Tom Quick, Quick-803 14:50, 8 August 2017 (EDT).

Cleanup Needed

About Mary Disbrowe (Brunson) http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Disbrowe/6000000001121984739

Birth: Mar 6 1622 - in Earl's Colne, Essex, England

Baptism: Mary's baptism was not recorded at Earls's Colne. Codding indicated perhaps she was born in Mar 1622/3 just before her mother's death.

Death: 1670 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Parents: Roger Bronson, Mary Underwood

Husband: Nicholas Disborough

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?

Mary Disbrowe's Timeline

March 6, 1622 Birth of Mary Earle's Colne, Essex, England^{[citation needed]}

March, 1622 christened on March 1622 Earl's Colne, Essex, England^{[citation needed]}

April 2, 1640 ^{[citation needed]} Age 18 Marriage of Mary Disbrowe to Nicholas Desborough Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

July 1, 1641 Age 19 Birth of dau Mary Spencer Hartford, Hartford , Connecticut

1642 Age 20 Birth of dau Sarah Eggleston in Hartford, Connecticut Colony,

June 19, 1645 Age 23 Birth of dau Hannah Kelsey, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

December 20, 1646 Age 24 Birth of Phoebe Disborough

February 1, 1648 Age 25 Birth of Abigail Disborough

February 12, 1658 Age 35 christened on 12 Feb 1658, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut