BROWN Richard

Abt 1613 - 1661  (~ 48 years)

• Name	BROWN Richard
  Birth	Abt 1613	England   [1]
  	(based on estimated date of marriage (adult when he took the oath of allegiance at Southampton in early 1634).
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1634	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	(came on the "Mary & John".)
  Church Member	6 May 1635	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  	Ipswich Church (implied by freemanship)
  Death	26 Apr 1661	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Will (proved)	24 Jun 1661  [4]
  	(In his undated will "Richard Browne of Newbury" desired to be buried in the burying place in Newbury and bequeathed to "my son Joshua Browne when he shall be of the age of one and twenty years, all that parcel of my upland and meadow that lyeth near the little river as it is now enclosed, and my five acres of upland adjoining to Goodman Smith's land, and my share of meadow, which I have equally with George Little, upon the little river" and livestock "and my own freehold for encouragement to live with his mother until he be of the aforesaid age"; to "my son Richard Browne the house and lot I now dwell upon with the lot adjoining to Robert Long's land and that parcel of land adjoining to Richard Pettingall's" and my eight acres of salt marsh lying in the great marsh" and "my parcel of meadow adjoining to the land that Benjamin Roafe hath now in possession and the freehold which was Gyles Badger's which belongs to me, and he my son Richard shall pay out of his share ten pounds to each of his three sisters within three years"; to "my son Edmund Browne all my share of land that belongs to me which was formerly Joseph Carter's that is to say half the plowland, pasture and meadow, with the house and barn that hath been built by me and half the priviledge of freeload", both Richard and Edmund to have their legacies at their mother's decease, or if she marry again, at age 21; to "my three daughters Elizabeth, Sara, and Mary" £10 in stock at marriage; and "whereas I am bound to leave my wife worth threescore pounds, in lieu of it I give unto her the thirds of my lands during her natural life"; wife sole executrix, she to pay John Badger his portion; "my son Joshua" to have only what was bequeathed in this will "so that he never desire any more in relation of any thing given to his brother Joseph deceased by his uncle George Browne deceased"; if a son dies before he comes of age, land falls to the other two and if either daughter die before marriage, then her portion to fall to "my other two daughters"; "loving friends" Richard Kente, Nicolas Noyes, Robert Long and "Josef Noyce" overseers [EPR 1:339-40]. The inventory of the estate of "Richard Browne of Newbury," who "deceased April 26, 1661," taken 5 June 1661, totalled £634 3s., of which £400 was real estate: "six and twenty acres of upland & meadow with house & barn and eight and twenty acres of upland and meadow and a house, 1/2 a barn & six and twenty acres of upland & meadow" [EPR 1:340-42]. On 4 March 1677/8, "John Bager of the one part and Richard Browne, Sarah Browne and Mary Browne, all of Newbury, on the other part with the consent of Elizabeth Browne mother to them all" settled the estates of Giles Badger and Richard Browne on the occasion of the death of Richard's son, Edmund, at Nevis; John Badger recovered the lands that had been his father's and paid his half-siblings a sum to be agreed upon [ILR 4:161; EPR 3:220-21].
  _UID	279C612DF47ED6118A06E3707F9BEC750810
  Person ID	I49154	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	BROWN   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F26377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HOLT Edith   d. 2 Apr 1647, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Marriage	Bef 1638  [3, 5]
  Children	1. BROWN Joseph,   b. Abt 1638   d. Bef 1661 (Age ~ 22 years)   2. BROWN Margery,   b. Abt 1640   d. 26 May 1651, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 11 years)   3. Deacon BROWNE Joshua,   b. 10 Apr 1642, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Mar 1719/20, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years)   4. BROWN Caleb,   b. 7 May 1645, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Bef 1661 (Age < 15 years)
  Family ID	F19402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family 2	GREENLEAF Elizabeth,   c. 16 Jan 1621/2, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Feb 1647/8  [3, 6]
  	("Old Families" says 16 Feb 1648/9.)
  Children	1. BROWN Elizabeth,   b. 29 May 1649, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 10 Oct 1668, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 19 years)   2. BROWN Richard,   b. 18 Feb 1650, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. BROWN Edmund,   b. 17 Jul 1654, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1677/8 (Age 23 years)   4. BROWN Sarah,   b. 7 Sep 1657, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   5. BROWN Mary,   b. 10 Apr 1660, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1593] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I 1634-35, I:433. [S1593] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I 1634-35, I:432. [S744] Periodical-The Essex Antiquarian. Vol. XIII, p.168 "Descendants of Richard Brown of Newbury" [S1593] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I 1634-35, pp.432-33. [S1593] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I 1634-35, I:434. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.382.