James Brown (bef. 1713 - 1768)

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Bowman) Brown — married about 21 Jan 1734 in Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA

Husband of Elizabeth (Wellington) Brown — married 18 May 1762 in Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1768 after age 54 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

James Brown was baptized 26 July 1713 in Lexington, MA, son of Joseph Brown and Ruhamah (Wellington) Brown.^[1]

James married Jane Bowman 21 Jan 1733/4 or 1734/5 in Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA.^[2] James and Jane had four children, all born in Lexington.

After his first wife died he married 18 May 1762 his cousin (and his son Joseph's mother-in-law) Elizabeth (Wellington) Smith, widow of Hezekiah Smith.^[3]

He died 11 June 1768 in Lexington and is buried in the Old Burying Grounds, Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Record of Births, page 10;
   History of the Town of Lexington Genealogical Register, page 27.
2. ↑ Bond gives the date 21 Jan 1733/4 on page 89, but 21 Jan 1734/5 on page 146;
   Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths (Record of Marriages, page 100, page 102) has the date of marriage as 21 Jan 1733;
   in History of the Town of Lexington (Genealogical Register, page 28) the date is given as 21 Jan 1735;
   Cutter (Vol. VI, page 1809) lists 21 Jan 1734/5.
3. ↑ Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Record of Marriages, page 102, page 149;
   History of the Town of Lexington page 28;
   Cutter (Vol. IV, page 1809) has the same date, but states that Elizabeth Smith was the daughter of Hezekiah Smith.
4. ↑ Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Record of Deaths, page 168;
   James Brown at Find A Grave: Memorial #16639417;
   Lexington Epigraphs page 14.

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• Brown, Francis H. Lexington Epigraphs: A Copy of Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Grounds of Lexington, Massachusetts. Boston: The Lexington Historical Society, 1905.
• Cutter, William Richard, A. M., editor. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlsesex County Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908.
• Clapp, R. P., Staples, C. A. and Smith, G. O., editors. Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1898.
• Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1868, with a Genealogical Register of Lexington Families. Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868.