Charles Brown

Abt 1620 - Abt 1687  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Charles Brown
  Birth	Abt 1620	, , Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	07221D54604F431AAB6D823F822933086540
  Death	Abt 16 Dec 1687  [1]
  Person ID	I16580	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Frances Lambert   d. 21 Sep 1647
  Children	1. Gershom Brown,   b. Abt 1647   d. 5 Dec 1683, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 36 years)
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Acy,   b. 1623   d. 12 Dec 1683 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1647  [1]
  Children	1. Beriah Brown,   b. 8 Jul 1648, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 1717, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 68 years)   2. William Brown,   b. 11 Oct 1651, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1690, "in the Canada voyage" (Age 38 years)   3. John Brown,   b. 5 Dec 1653, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1729, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)   4. Samuel Brown,   b. 5 Feb 1655, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1660 (Age 4 years)   5. Ebenezer Brown,   b. 14 Sep 1658, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Apr 1733, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)   6. Nathaniel Brown,   b. 20 May 1660, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. May 1731, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years)   7. Samuel Brown,   b. 20 May 1660   d. 1693 (Age 32 years)   8. Joseph Brown,   b. 29 Jun 1668, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1690 (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F6077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  The following are notes received from Corrine Diller of Houston in e-mail sent to Larry Wilson on 11/29/99. (Don't know if Corrine did the research or someone else in her family). LDW Most info. from Rowley V.S., which gives this obscure entry: "____ s/o Charles Browne, bur. 16 Dec. 1687." Note that some entries in the Rowley town records are undated. I have typed them in the order I found them. 1638, Dec., Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and a group from Rowley, England, landed in Mass.; in spring they established Rowley, Mass. Rowley: Third division of Salt Marsh: "To Charles Browne two Acres of the salt Marsh lying on ye North side Isaac Cousins Meadow the East end abutting on a great Creeke the West end on the Comon." Rowley: Certain parcels of meadow laid out…1st division of Fresh Marsh: "To Charles Browne ___ Acres of Rough Marsh lying on the West side of Richard Swans marsh the North end abutting on the vpland the South end on Richard Thorlay his meadow…" Rowley: Vplands laid out at the plaine Called the Great Plaine: "To Charles Browne two Acres & an halfe of the land lying on the north side of Thomas Millers land." Rowley: Young Cattell: Charles Browne 0.1.8. 1647, Sep. 21, death of Francis Lambert. 1648, 11m (Jan) 20, Town meeting: "from Charles brown to and with John Smith which bulls are to be provided before the sixteenth of march next…" 1649, Feb. 14, "Estats for the Counstable" (taxables?) Charles Browne 52.09.02. 1650, the names of those that has Calues (calves), Chs Broune-1. 1651, 11m (Jan) 26, "vnto Charles Browne was graunted by the towne a peece of sale marsh about an acre…at the shadd Creek… where the lot of richard Swan and John Scaels…" 1653, Dec. 16, Town Meeting: "Couper-ffor pinder Charles Browne." 1654, paid Charles Browne for a foxe, 0.2.0. 1655, 2m (April) 11, division of the bulls: Charles Brownes. 1656, 12m (Feb.) 3, the 40 shillings the Deacon pays for Teaching is thus Distributed… "to Charles Browne 0.1.5.0." (he was 1 of 4.) 1659, June 7, burial of Jane (Barker) Lambert. 1661, Feb. 4, survey of landholders: "To Charles Browne as to an acre and a half lot given by the towne to be at cost to beate the drum for the benefit of the town two Gates purchased of the Town one Gate." (Gates aka commonages.) 1662, Nov. 26, "To Charles Browne one acre and a halfe be it more or Lese lieing on the west side of Marke Primes land the south end abuting on Marke Primes second division of land and part of the east side bounded by severall marked trees in the Swampe the north end abuting Simonds Brooke." also, "To John Lambert 4 acres lying on west side of Charles Browne's land." Rowley: 2nd division of east end of town, mentions Charles browne bounding Marke Prime's 2 ½ acres. Rowley: laying out meadow: "Vnto Charles Browne bounds 10 acres laid out for John Hesseltine." 1663/4, March 16, date of will of Gershom Lambert (b. 1643): names (among others), Charles Browne and Cousin Mary Browne… (some have interpreted this to mean she was the daughter of Charles, but she could just as easily have been his wife.) mentions "Aunt Rogers"… (Rev. Ezekiel Rogers' 3rd wife was widow of Thomas Barker, uncle of Gershom Lambert.) 1665, Town Meeting: "Bargained with Charles Browne to keepe the young Catle Heard…and the said Charls is to keepe the Catle one weeke of the time and his two sons Beriah and John another week…" 1665, paid to Charls Browne for burning younge Cattle walkes, 0.5.0. 1666, town paid to Charls Browne 0.4.0. and 0.3.6. 1667, May 20, Charles Broone rec'd lot in laying out of hog Iland. 1667, May 20, "To Charles browne for Three Gates lying on the easterly side of John Lamberts marsh a percel of marsh on all parts else incompased with a creeke." 1667, "Item Charles Broune for hay, 0.1.0." "Defective fence comeinge to the Towne, Charles Browne 0.0.4., and 0.0.4." (fines) 1668, April 16, laid out 400 acres for Thomas Dorman, John Commins, Robert Stilles, bounded by the South ends of John Jonson, Charles Browne and others… 1668, April 16, "To Charles Browne Sixty Seven acres be it more or less lying on the west side of John Jonsons land the South end being fifty three Rod wide buting against the foresaid dorman Commins and stilles there land the north end buting on the foresaid John Hezeltines meadow.) 1672/3, March 14, division of the Nebery fence, Charles Browne, 0 rods, 7 foots, 0 inches; Marks XVI…list of the fence of the Common field… Charles Browne 1 rods, 1 foots, IIII Number. 1683, Dec. 1, date of will of Gershom Browne, names brother Nathaniel and his "mother"; cousin Sarah (d/o Beriah) to be brought up by his mother; brothers John, Samuel, Ebenezer, William, Joseph, sister Mary; Uncle John Acy; father Brown and brother John to be executors. (Gershom Browne is thought to be older than the other children, supposed son of a first wife. "Mother" would be Mary Acye, actually his step-mother, but if she raised him, she would be the only mother he knew. Apparently he had taken responsibility for the daughter of his brother.) 1687, Dec. 20, Rowley, date of will of Charles Browne, "father Acy then alive" brother John Acy, eldest son Beriah, granddaughter Sarah Brown a minor who had a legacy left her by son Gershom, dec'd, sons William, John, Samuel, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, and Joseph under age; executors, John, Nathaniel, Ebenezer; witnesses, Richard Dummer, Jonathan Wheeler, John Sterlin; (will rec. with Essex deeds, 5 Ipswich, 303.) 1687, Sep. 14, Rowley, proved will of Charles Browne. 1687/8, March 12, inventory of estate of Charles Brown, by Richard Dummer, John Wheeler; total L.47.15.0.

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Jeffrey Paul Fuller, Ancestors of Jeffrey Paul Fuller (Family Treemaker Website).