Mary (Brown) Woodward (1722 - 1764)

Born 20 Jan 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Woodward Jr — married 27 Jan 1743 in Watertown, MIddlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Mary Brown was born on January 20, 1722, in Watertown, MIddlesex, Massachusetts^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1894)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 68

• Source: S37 Author: Henry Bond M.D. Title: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants ot the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston Publication: Name: Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855; NOTESource Medium: Book CONT
• Findagrave memorial 7104152. Burial in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

Unsourced Notes

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~simonds/simonds32.htm ELIZABETH3 SIMONDS (Joseph2, William1) was baptized in Cambridge Farms, later Lexington, MA, 13 November 1698, and died at Waltham, MA, 6 Aug. 1765. She married Jonathan Brown, born ca. 1694 in Watertown and died at Waltham, 25 July 1758, the son of Capt. Abraham and Mary (Hyde) Brown. Jonathan Brown was a selectman of Watertown in 1739, 1740, and 1741. His epitaph reads: "He was a lover of steady, good men./ He remained steady in the Christian Duties through his life,/ And we trust he died the death."

Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Simonds) Brown, all born at Watertown, MA:

i. ELIZABETH BROWN, b. 8 Feb 1719/20, d. at Waltham, MA, 19 Nov 1803, m. at Watertown, 2 Jun 1743, Capt. William Coolidge of Waltham, b. at Watertown, Mar. 13, 1712/3, d. at Waltham, MA, Jan. 24, 1798, son of Deacon John and Margaret (Bond) Coolidge. ii. MARY BROWN, b. 20 Jan 1720/1, d. ca. 1764; m. at Watertown, 2 Jun 1743, Jonathan Woodward Jr of Newton, b. 7 July 1718. iii. JONATHAN BROWN, b. 24 Aug 1724, d. at Watertown, 25 Nov 1797; m. 25 Jan. 1749/50, Esther Mason, b. at Watertown, 4 Nov. 1725, d. at Watertown, 14 July 1802, daughter of Joseph MASON and Mary MONK; he was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, town clerk, and treasurer. iv. ABRAHAM BROWN, b. 23 Nov 1726, d. at a very advanced age; m. 25 Apr. 1753, Mary Livermore, b. 5 Sep. 1731, daughter of Oliver and Ruth (Bowman) Livermore of Watertown, MA. He moved to Grafton, MA in 1764, and then to Alstead, NH. v. LYDIA BROWN, b. 15 Aug 1729, m. 3 May 1753 Elias Mason. d. Jan. 24, 1817, Woodstock, CT. vi. ABIGAIL BROWN, b. 7 Dec 1731, m. at Watertown, 11 Apr 1754 Joseph Jackson, Jr of Newton, b. 2 Aug. 1729 at Newton, MA, d. at Newton, 9 Aug. 1803, son of Joseph and Patience (Hyde) Jackson. vii. LUCY BROWN, b. 8 Jun 1734, d. Jan 1815 at Gilsum, NH, m. at Watertown, 17 Feb 1757, Col. William Bond, b. at Watertown, 17 Feb. 1733/4, d. Jan. 1815 at Gilsum, NH, son of Jonas and Hannah (Bright) Bond. viii. ABIJAH BROWN, b. 27 Nov 1736, d. 25 May 1818 at Lincoln, MA; m. at Watertown, 24 May 1758, Sarah Stearns, b. 26 Oct. 1736, daughter of Lt. Samuel Stearns and Sarah Bowman. He was a colonel during the Revolution, 1774-1778.