Thomas Brown b. 1601 Lavenham, Suffolk, England d. 3 Nov 1688 Cambridge, Ma: Ancestry of Paul Wattenberger

1601 - 1688 (87 years)

Name	Thomas Brown [1, 2]
Born	1601	Lavenham, Suffolk, England [3]
Gender	Male
Died	3 Nov 1688	Cambridge, Ma
Person ID	I3495	Paul's Tree
Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

Family Bridget, d. 5 Feb 1681, Concord, MA

Children

	1. Boaz Brown, b. 14 Feb 1642, Concord, MA , d. 7 Apr 1724, Concord, MA (Age 82 years) [natural]
	2. Jabez Brown, b. 1644, Concord, MA , d. 1692 (Age 48 years) [natural]
	3. Mary Brown, b. 26 Mar 1646, Concord, MA [natural]
	4. Eleazer Brown, b. 6 Jul 1649, Concord, MA , d. 22 Jan 1720, Canterbury, Conn. (Age 70 years) [natural]
	5. Thomas Brown, b. 1651, Concord, MA , d. 4 Apr 1718, Concord, MA (Age 67 years) [natural]

Last Modified 2 Jul 2018

Family ID F1826 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Born - 1601 - Lavenham, Suffolk, England

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Notes

From "The Wives of Boaz Brown" NEHGR V140 Brown:

"Thomas Browne, husbandman and planter, was one of the founders of Sudbury, MA in 1638. He removed to Concord in 1640 and resided there until his wife Bridget died in 1680, at which time he removed to Cambridge, MA where he d. in 1688."

From "From Concord, MA to the Wilderness: The Brown Family Letters, 1792-1852" Brown-Groover, NEHGR V131 1977:

"The founding father of this family was Thomas Browne (1601-1688), a native of Lavenham, Suffolk Co., England, who had settled, with his wife Bridget, in Concord by the year 1640. Thomas was not the first of his family to emigrate to America, having been preceeded by two uncles, Abraham and Richard Browne, who crossed with the Winthrop fleet in 1630, and by a cousin, John Browne, who came c. 1632 on the Lion. They were all from Lavenham, and all settled in Watertown. The exact circumstances of Thomas's emigration are not known, but it is probably that he, accompanied by the Reverend Edmund Browne, 5 years his junior, arrived in 1637, joining their relatives in Watertown. In 1638, the settled in the newly established town of Sudbury, where Edmund, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, became the first pastor and both were assigned land. Although generally reguarded as brothers, they were more likely cousins. It is known that they had different fathers, each bearing the same name as his father. (???), Since Thomas's mother Sara died in childbirth, it is not unreasonable to assume that he and his cousin Edmund, grew up as "brothers." In 1640 Thomas decided to make his permanent home in the nearby town of Concord."

Most rootsweb trees have Thomas' parents as Edmund Brown(e) and Anne Woder. I haven't found any source for this.

Sources

[S13] "Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, MA" Potter 1887.
[S57] "The Wives of Boaz Brown" NEHGR V140 Brown.
[S10] "From Concord, MA to the Wilderness: The Brown Family Letters, 1792-1852" Brown-Groover, NEHGR V131 1977.