Born about in England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Browning
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Browning) Towne, Elizabeth (Browning) Symonds, Sarah (Browning) Williams and Deborah (Browning) Meacham
Died after
after about age 64
in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
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Biography
Name
- Mary is thought to have been born Mary Hindes, based on the will of Anne Scarlet, a contemporary woman of Salem, Massachusetts who died in 1639. [1]
Birth
- Mary was probably born in England, about 1618 based on the date of her marriage. (She wasn't born in Massachusetts -- see Research Notes.)
Death
- Mary is mentioned in her husband's will of 1670, and in court papers when it was proved in June 1671 - she was executrix. [2] She is known to have been still living in June 1682, when a beneficiary of that will, her son-in-law Joseph Williams, died without claiming the house in Salem, because she was still living in it.[2]
Marriage
- Mary Hindes married Thomas Browning by 1636, based on their first child born 7 Jan 1637.[3] [2] Mary and Thomas had four daughters and no sons, as shown in the records of Salem and Topsfield, Massachusetts. [4][2].
Children
- Mary Browning, baptized 7 Jan 1637/8, married Edmund Towne, son of William and Joan (Blessing) Towne, of Salem and Topsfield.[2]
- Elizabeth Browning, married James Symonds[2]
- Sarah Browning, married Joseph Williams[2]
- Deborah Browning, baptized 31 Jan 1646/7, married (1) on 28 Nov 1666, John Perkins, son of Thomas and Phebe (Gould) Perkins of Topsfield. John died 19 May 1668. She married (2) on 28 Dec 1669, Capt. Isaac Meacham, son of Jeremiah and Deborah (Brown) Meacham of Salem.[2]
Research Notes
- Note about Mary's place of birth:
- She was not born in Plymouth, Salem, Topsfield or anywhere in Massachusetts, but most likely in England. She was probably about (or at least) eighteen at her marriage in 1636, which would make her too old to have been born in any of the towns of Massachusetts. (The earliest town was Plymouth founded 1620 -- but all residents are identified and she was not there. Salem, founded 1622, was too late for her birth, which had to be by 1618 or so.)
Sources
- ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Vol 1: Will of Anne Scarlet, pages 54-55, footnote
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, pages 17 - 22
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Salem Births, page 132
- ↑ Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk, NEHGR Vol 6 (1852)
See also
- Ancestry.com. The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Davis, Walter Goodwin,. The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine. Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1927. pages 17 - 22
- Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Salem Births, page 132, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Baptism of Mary daughter of Thomas Browning, 7 day of 11th month of 1637 [7 Jan 1637 by modern calendars]
- Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Vol 1: Will of Anne Scarlet, database online, Google Books, compiler: George Francis Dow, pages 54-55, footnote
- Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk, by Joshua Coffin, et al, NEHGR Vol 6 (1852), pages 163, 245
- Repository: 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.)
- Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
- "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of the Farmer's Register"; by James Savage; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland;1981 (929.274 S264 LAPL)(NE Sec. SR) (974.0 NEa SCGS
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UPDATE Thanks to Roger Travis, there remains only Hindes-3 to merge into Hindes-1. I don't think this merge should be delayed because of any doubts about the mother being Elizabeth Goodwin, since there are no other proposed parents. Once the merge is completed, all the interested PMs and members will see the data and be able to collaborate on verifying the mother. The birth date is an estimate, and the location needs verifying. All other facts are confirmed by wills, deeds, vital records, etc., except the existence of Meacham Browning as her son. Could the PMs please provide a source for him?
thank you, April