John Brown

Abt 1591 - 1662

• Name	John Brown  [1]
  Born	Abt 1591	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	07 Apr 1662	Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  	Mr. John Brown Senr of Rehoboth. To dau. Mary, wife of Thomas Willet. To grand child Martha, wife of John Saffin. To grand child John Brown, the house his father died in, 700 acres in the Narranganset country, 350 of which is on Great Neck. To grand children Joseph and Nathaniel Brown, 500 acres in the same place. To grand children Lydia and Hannah Brown, the same quantity, their uncle James to dispose of it. His son James and wife Dorothy, executors. Witnesses: John Allin, Richd Bullock, Sampson Mason Inventory (¹655. 1. 2.) by Stephen Paine, Thomas Cooper, Peter Hunt
  Died	10 Apr 1662	Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts   [1, 4]
  Probate	03 Oct 1662  [2]
  Notes	John Brown (father of James) was long one of the Assistants at Plymouth Colony; a Commissioner of the United Colonies; and a large proprietor of Wannamoiset, an Indian Country bordering on the Southwesterly part of ancient Rehoboth, and now consistuting the Northwesterly part of Barrington and Swansey. Before the incorporation of Swansey, Wannamoiset was regarded as a part of Rehoboth, and John Brown, with his son-in-law, Thomas Willet, resided there.
  Person ID	I42388	Bryant
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2005

  
  

  Family	Dorothy,   b. 1580,   d. 27 Jan 1673/74, Swansea, Bristol Co, Massachusetts
  Married	Abt 1616	England   [1]
  Children	1. Mary Brown,   b. Est 1616, England ,   d. 08 Jan 1669/70   2. John Brown,   b. 1621, England ,   d. Bef 07 Apr 1662, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts   3. James Brown,   b. Abt 1623, Rockwell, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 29 Oct 1710, Swansea, Bristol Co, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F2936	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1591 - England Married - Abt 1616 - England Will - 07 Apr 1662 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts Died - 10 Apr 1662 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S312] The Great Migration, Anderson, Robert Charles & George F. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999), p. 426. [S312] The Great Migration, Anderson, Robert Charles & George F. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999), p. 421-429. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 6:94. [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Rehoboth: 804.