Elizabeth BROWN

Female 1664 - 1740  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth BROWN was born on 19 Sep 1664 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Jonathan BROWNE and Mary SHATTUCK); died on 8 Aug 1740 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Elizabeth married Daniel BENJAMIN on 25 Mar 1687 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Daniel (son of John BENJAMIN and Lydia ALLEN) was born on 12 Jul 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Sep 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Daniel BENJAMIN was born on 27 Dec 1688 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Sep 1768 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jonathan BROWNE was born on 15 Sep 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Abraham BROWNE and Lydia UNKNOWN); died before Apr 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Jonathan's will dated Feb. 19, 1690/1, proved Apr. 7, 1691, and inventorydated Apr. 1, 1691, including 211 acres of land. His sons dropped thefinal 'e' on the surname.

    Jonathan married Mary SHATTUCK on 11 Feb 1661 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William SHATTUCK and Susanna HAYDEN) was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary SHATTUCK was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of William SHATTUCK and Susanna HAYDEN); died on 27 Oct 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 1. Elizabeth BROWN was born on 19 Sep 1664 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 8 Aug 1740 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Abraham BROWNE was born about 1581 in Hawkedon, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England; died in Sep 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Abraham Browne arrived with with wife Lydia in the Winthrop Fleet inApril or July of 1630. He is listed "of Hawkdon, Suffolk", and bound forWatertown, where he settled.

    Abraham is probably the son of Thomas of Hawkedon, County Suffolk nearBury St. Edmunds. He was admitted Freeman on Mar. 6, 1632.He wasselectman at Watertown for many years and was a surveyor.

    He died in 1650, and Lydia married on Nov. 27, 1659 to Andrew Hodges ofIpswich. After Andrew's death in Dec. 1665, she came back to Watertown,and died there Sept. 27, 1686. Abraham's pedigree back to 1330 iscontained in Bond's "History of Watertown Massachusetts".

    Abraham married Lydia UNKNOWN in 1625 in Hawkedon, Suffolk, England. Lydia was born about 1609 in Suffolk County, England; died on 27 Sep 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lydia UNKNOWN was born about 1609 in Suffolk County, England; died on 27 Sep 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 2. Jonathan BROWNE was born on 15 Sep 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died before Apr 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  William SHATTUCK was born about 1622 in Somerset, England (son of John SHATTUCK and Demaris UNKNOWN); died on 14 Aug 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Arlington St Lot, Watertown, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    William, a weaver by trade, was at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts by1639, but his origins and arrival in America are uncertain.

    He was in the First Inventory of land in Watertown. He had a homestead ofone acre bounded by John Clough and William Perry. He also had 3 acres ofupland bounded by the same and by Joseph Morse. He was chosen hog reeveand fence viewer in 1653 and 1659 and served in other posts as well. Histax assessment in 1652 was 1s, the smallest in Watertown.

    On Jul 4, 1654, he bought a house and 55 acres from John and SusanClough, including a parcel bounded by William Paine, Edward Goffe andJoseph Morse, plus a parcel bounded by Edmund Lewis and John Coolidge.

    Buried at Arlington Street Cemetery, his gravesite had a memorial tableterected in 1853 by Lemuel Shattuck, a descendant. William's gravestoneis barely legible, being marble and highly corroded. There are traces ofwhat might have been paint on some of the letterings, but only onWilliam's (the upper) half of the stone.

    William married Susanna HAYDEN about 1642 in Watertown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Susanna was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Susanna HAYDEN was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    She may have been a Sanderson. Robert Sanderson of Watertown mentioned akinsman William Shattuck in his will of 1693. Susanna - d. Dec. 11, 1686,Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Susanna was married second on Nov.18, 1673 at Watertown, Massachusetts to Richard Norcross (b. 1621; d.about 1709), as his second wife. Richard was schoolmaster at Watertown

    Susanna's granddaughter, Susanna Shattuck b 6 Aug 1675, married her stepson, Nathaniel Norcross b 18 Dec 1665, about 1693.

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary SHATTUCK was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John SHATTUCK was born about 1600 in England; died before 1641 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

    John married Demaris UNKNOWN before 1621. Demaris was born in England; died on 28 Nov 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Demaris UNKNOWN was born in England; died on 28 Nov 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 6. William SHATTUCK was born about 1622 in Somerset, England; died on 14 Aug 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Arlington St Lot, Watertown, Massachusetts.




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