Benjamin Brown (1713 - 1773)

Born 1 Sep 1713 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Cleveland) Adams — married [date unknown] in Never Married

Husband of Mary (Shurtleff) Brown — married 24 Mar 1735 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1773 at age 60 in New London, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Benjamin Brown was born 1 SEP 1713 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, to Thomas & Rachel.^[1] He married 24 MAR 1735 Mary Shirtley /Shurtleff at Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut.^[2] Benjamin died 7 NOV 1773 in New London, Connecticut.^[3]

The Brown farms in Canterbury were located adjacent to those of Josiah Cleveland, as described in Benjamin's grandfather's Last Will & Testament^[4] when defining the lands bequeathed to his son & executor, Deliverance. And as the Brown & Cleveland families were close neighbors, their children were no doubt close friends. It develops that Thomas's son Benjamin (of this profile) had an affair with Abigail, the daughter of their neighbor, Josiah Cleveland. That affair produced a child/son born in Canterbury, out-of wedlock in 1732. And the couple did not marry. Benjamin and his father both put up a surety bond with the Windham County Court for support of the child (see attachments). The boy was named in his mother's father's 1750 Will (Josiah), bequeathing him a horse, a saddle, a gun, clothing and a paying job on the Cleveland farms for as long as he wished^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection of Vital Records. 1; 74. [1]
2. ↑ Barbour Collection 1; 69.
3. ↑ Woldf, Grace Shaw. New London Town Records, Book 2, online transcription, p. 36. [2]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Probate: "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999"
   Windham > Probate Records, Vol 1-2, 1719-1744
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 January 2024)
   Thomas Brown.

See Also:

• Deborah Mangen Genealogy, Revised Saturday 3_10_2018, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), TID 439, Page Phebe Brown.

• Parsons, Gerald J. The Wilson Family Descendants of John Wilson, Mariner Together With an Account of The Brown Family, F.A.S.G.

• Probate District Records Vol. 2 (1734-1744), pp. 165-170 "Will and Inventory of Deacon Thomas Brown of Canterbury".