Thomas Brown (bef. 1658 - 1717)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Lee) Brown — married about 5 Mar 1687 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1717 after age 59 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas Brown married Hannah Lee, daughter of Walter & Mary (Unknown) Lee, on 8 Mary 1686/7 at Springfield, Hampden, MA ^[1][2]

Thomas Brown had children Thomas (1688), Samuel (1692), Hannah (1694), Sarah (1700) and Keziah (1707). The first two children were recorded at Westfield (part of Springfield that became independent in 1689), the last one at Colchester.

Thomas's son Samuel, also of Colchester, Conn., was appointed guardian of Thomas's youngest daughter Keziah after Thomas's death in 1717.^[3]

Research Notes

Date of Thomas birth is uncertain

• born Oct 31 1655 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT IF he is child of Nathaniel Brown and Eleanor Watts
• born 1668 in Westfield, Hampden, MA

Parents of Thomas are uncertain. Marriage records do not state his parents.

• Source attached to this profile ^[4] states that Nathaniel Browne and Eleanor Watts son 'Thomas Browne', b, the last of Oct 1655, Middletown, CT died young. It looks like he was baptized with siblings after his father died, but there are multiple later mentions of Eleanor's children after death of her father, as well as her 2nd husband, but they do not mention Thomas.

• Following was included in this wiki profile, based on parents being the above Nathaniel and Eleanor

Thomas Brown, son of Nathaniel, was born in October 1655 in Middletown, Connecticut. He had elder siblings Hannah and Nathaniel, and younger brothers John and Benoni.

Thomas's father died in 1658, when Thomas was almost three years old. His mother remarried Jasper Clements, and in January 1668/9, when Thomas was 12, he and his four siblings, named and identified as the children of "sister Clements," were baptized, shortly after his mother joined the Middletown church ^[4]

Thomas's brothers and sister stayed in Middletown, where they appear together in various land records starting in 1689. But Thomas settled in Springfield, Mass., where Nathaniel Brown had lived briefly after marrying; perhaps Thomas inherited his father's rights as a Springfield townsman.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH9-DXM : 9 February 2018), Thomas Brown and Hannah Lee, 08 Mar 1687; citing reference p 61; FHL microfilm 14,766.
2. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (1985 index), p. 109.
3. ↑ Darla J. Battle, Genealogy Report for Thomas Brown. This website mixes up Thomas Brown of Westfield and Colchester with another Thomas Brown, of Stonington, Connecticut, who married Hannah Collins.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1st Settler profile of Nathaniel Browne and Eleanor Watts, compilation by The Society of Middletown, CT First Settlers Descendants

• MA Town & Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• www.genealogyofnewengland.com

Acknowledgements

• Brown-26572 was created by Scott Blodgett through the import of alotofblodgetts.ged on Feb 19, 2014.