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Andrew Brown Sr. (bef. 1619 - abt. 1696)

Andrew Brown Sr.
Born before in Holberton, Devon, Englandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married about 1650 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Mainemap
Descendants descendants
Died about after about age 76 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

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Andrew Brown Sr. was born in England.
Alternate Name
Birth Name: Andrew Brown
Burial: January 1710 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Note: Andrew Brown Sr. in 1651 was in Scarborough, east of Dunston. When the adjacent 500 acres of Mr. Henry Watts, later the famous Vaughan or Storer farm, had come to Andrew Brown Jr, the father and son owned 1,000 acres. Each petitioned Andros for 500 acres.

Refugee first at Portsmouth where in 1694, he mortgaged his farm in 1696 and was in Boston living with his son William.

In 1663, Jonas Bailey's will remembered Andrew Brown's 5 sons. In Boston during Philip's War, in his petition for the release of his sons Andrew and John from garrison duty at Scarborough, the scriener had him plead for his wife and seven small children. The following Browns were all of Scarboroguh of whom Andrew, John, William, and Elizabeth are explicitly proven children. He was a planter by trade. He lived in Boston and conveyed to John and Samuel, sons of his son William, of Boston, a mariener,in March 1695/6, his tract of land in Scarborough, where he dwelt before the Indian War. Art Less Modified 3 January 2016 by D Ellis Clark

On 29 Sept 1651 Andrew received from the Lygonia government, along with William Smith, 500 acres at Black Point, Scarborough, east of Dunstan close by what was called Harmon's Landing.(1) When the adjacent 500 acres of Mr. Henry Watts' was given to Andrew Jr., Andrew Sr. & Jr. owned 1000 acres. Each of them petitioned Gov. Andros for 500 acres.(2) Andrew was on the jury in 1665, the grandjury in 1667, constable in 1670 and a selectman in 1682,1686, and 1687.(6) He took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts 13 July 1658 at Spurwink.(3)

“A Declaration of ye Townes of Scarborow & Ffalmouth Black Point & Casco to be Presented to ye Hond Court att York. Wee ye Subscribers according to a petition presented by some of us to ye Hond Generall Court of ye Massachusetts doe herby Declare that we are not willing to contend or Determine who shall be our Governours butt in that to submit to whom itt shall please ye Lord & our Soveraing to appoint over us Neither to resist any power whereby any man shall be legallie cast in any Civill action Capitall or Criminall.

Yett we are nott willing to subject or submit ourselves to ye claims of either Authorities in this province or Countie for fear of bringing our selves into further trouble till itt shall bee Determined by his Majestie our Soveraing Lord ye King to whom we properlie belong, but if itt shall so please ye Claimes of both Authorities to act according to ye agreement all wels wee shall willinglie and Chearfulli Submitt thereto Till wee have a definite resolution from our Soveringe Wee doe Likewise Declare our greife of Spiritt for ye heard and uncivill carriage & usage wch not Long since exercised upon an Antient officer amongst us who acted in his Majesties Name and for ought we know by Authoritie Derived from him and ye Daylie threatnings which are Daylie putt forth concerning them yt joined with him in acting & those yt obayed in submitting and as wee conceive in Confidence wee are bound to Doe the utmost of our endeavors for ye preservation of any from amongst us to be used in ye Like manner by reason wee are fullie perswaded yt ye Honrd Court nevr gave any order for such actings and yt some of us have often heard him & others declare yt if ye Hd General Court had ought to say against them they would be willing to goe if they sent but ye Least officer for them. Subscribed by us fourth day of Juli 1663…
Andrew Browne.” (7)

The 11th day of November 1663 : I Jonas Balie of blew point alias Scarborough… Item I give unto Andrew Browns five suns Tenn shillings…
The marke of
Jonas Baly E

Debts due him from… Andrew Browne… A protest against the allowance of the above will is filed by the Rev. Robert Jordan, who claimed ‘that since & ever since the 11th of March 42 : all the estate which might bee supposed to belong unto Jonas Baly, hath beene & is actually the right of the sayd Jordan, by deed, purchase & maintenance” and he files an alleged brief will by said Baly, of the last above date, in favor of Sarah Winter. (8) So much for the 10 shillings. On 30 Oct. 1675 Capt. Scottow wrote that Capt. John Wincoll and 60 men went up "to guard the house of Andrew Brown at Dunstan" and on 4 Nov. Scottow ordered Wincoll "to forthwith repair with all the town soldiers to the house of Andrew Brown there to give war to the Indians." Andrew was listed as "Living three muskett shot from garison" at Black Point on 12 Oct. 1676 his house having been destroyed by the Indians in 1675.(4)

To ye Honrd Governor & Counsell now Assembled at Bostone: The Humble Petition of Andrew Browne Sinr Sheweth That wheras yr Petitioner had all his houses Burned to Ashes; and his Catle Destroyed by ye Barbarrous Enimys soe that yor poore subplicant is in a very Low Condition having 9 Smale Children whereof 7: of them and himselfe is not any way Capable nor able this 2 years to procure A Livlihood: neither has he been any way Chargable to Towne nor Country; But yor poore petitionr and his wife and 7 smale Children was Mantayned and withoulden from perishing by two Sonns of yor Petitionr namly Andrew Browne and John Browne they both was Impressed here at Bostone in September Last to goe to Kenebecke under ye Command of Capt. Thomas Moore and ye Capt. Thomas Moore at his Returne then from Kenebecke ye abovesaid Andrew Browne and his Brother John Browne both then was Left at Black point Garrison where they ever since Continued. Therefore ye poore Petitionr Humbly Intreats yor worships seriously to Consider of his helplesse Condition by ordreing that his two Sonns be discharged from ye Garrison of Black point for there is 9 in yor Petitionrs family that hath there Dependence upon the Labours of ye said Andrew And John Browne/ 2d That yor Petitionr intreats yor worships to Consider yt 9: or 10 months is a Longe tim to Continue In Garrison; 3d That few of any hath Continued soe Long in Garrison: soe yor petitionr hopes that these Considerations will move yor worships to Grant yor petitionr an order for ye Discharging of his two Sonns, which wilbe a meane to preserve yor poore petitionr from Perishing, soe yor petitionr with his wife and Children shall have great Cause to pray for yor health and Happynesse,
Andrew Brown Sinr (5)

This request was granted in July 1677. In 1681 he was back in Scarborough and was assessed for 90 acres of marsh, 410 acres of land, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 2 two year olds, 2 steers, 3 yearlings and one horse. He was selected to collect the taxes in 1685/6 and on 26 July 1684 he was appointed one of the trustees by President Danforth to a trust of common lands.

Andrew was a refugee in New Castle where in 1694 he mortgaged his farm to Robert Eliot for £30. He also signed a petition to the king with other inhabitants of Great Island asking for a general Governor and military supplies. In 1696 he was in Boston living with his son William. In March 1695/6 he sold to his grandsons John & Samuel Brown his land in Scarborough where he had lived before the Indian War.

Sources


  • The Libby family in America,1602-1881, by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948 Published 1882 Publisher Portland, Me. : B. Thurston & Co. Libby Family in America
  • *(1) York Deeds- VII, 186-7
  • (2) Ibid- VI, 165
  • (3) Pioneers on Maine Rivers- Wilbur D. Spencer, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1973- p.232
  • (4) History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family- Everett S. Stackpole, 1920- p.76; Original at NEHGS
  • (5) The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Davis,p.51
  • (6) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.113-4
  • (7) A Declaration of the Inhabitants of Scarborough- NEHGR- Vol. 5, p. 264 (Apr. 1851)
  • (8) York County Wills 1640-1760- William Sargent, Brown Thurston & Co., Portland, 1887- p. 18 quoting Court Records- E, 37
  • Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England- Savage, Vol. I, p.264
  • The Libby Family in America: 1602-1880- Charles T. Libby, Thurston & Co., Portland, 1882- pp.25,30,32
  • Pioneers of Maine & New Hampshire- Charles H. Pope, Clearfield Co., Baltimore, 1965- pp.25-6




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Brown-55531 and Brown-43242 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same birth and place, same death place of Boston, same wife's maiden name, same list of children (who will also need to be merged). Notes in both profiles show father-in-law to be Jonas Bailey. The different death dates can be mentioned in the merged profile - with sources shown - it is not enough to stop this merge. Profiles clearly represent the same person and need to be merged.

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