William Brown
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1625 - England Baptism: Death: Abt 1694 - Eastham, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
Alt Death, , Eastham, Massachusetts in Eastham, Massachusetts
Will 1, , Eastham, Massachusetts in Eastham, Massachusetts
probated 31 Mar 1694 mentions his wife Mary and sons George, John, James and Samuel, and a daughter named Mercy.
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Moorcocke (Abt 1625 - After 1694) Marriage: 16 Jul 1649 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony 2 Status: Children: 1. Mary Brown (1650- ) 2. George Brown (1651-1721) 3. William Brown (1654- ) 4. Samuel Brown (1656-1691) 5. John Brown (Est 1665-1730) 6. James Brown (Est 1675- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary Moorcocke)
A daughter named Mercy is mentioned in William's will. This could be a daughter-in-law.
Genealogy book: Frederick Johnson Simmons, "A Few Descendants of William Brown of Eastham, Mass., Cape Cod" (I have no further publication info)
William Brown
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1675 - Eastham, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: After 29 Jun 1721 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: George Brown (1651-1721) Mother: Mehitable Knowles (1653-After 1721) 3
Spouses and Children
1. Susanna (Harding) (Est 1676 - Bef Dec 1716) Marriage: 27 Oct 1699 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4 Status: Children: 1. Susannah Brown (1700- ) 2. Lydia Brown (1702-Bef 1758) 2. *Anne Palmer (Est 1695 - ) Marriage: 17 Dec 1716 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5 Status: Children: 1. Anne Brown (Est 1717-1749)
Notes
General:
The NEHG Register 79:193 Knowles family of Eastham places him in this family. William is also mentioned in George Brown's will in 1721."I give and bequeth to my son William Brown my Interest in a peice of Sedge ground being &lying in Eastham at a place called the Town flatts to him and his heirs forever."
William Brown
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1715 - Provincetown, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Bickford (3 Dec 1718 - ) Marriage: 31 Oct 1733 - Truro, Massachusetts 6 Status:William B Brown
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Jan 1863 Baptism: Death: 13 Jun 1907 Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Brown (1827-1908) Mother: Mary Witherell Covell (1833- ) 8Captain William Felix Brown
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Sep 1806 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 9 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Brown (1764- ) Mother: Elizabeth Coffin (Est 1766- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Cushman (Est 1808 - ) Marriage: 24 May 1832 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 10 Status:William Harrison Brown
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Jul 1841 - Hallowell, Maine Baptism: Death: 16 Feb 1901 - Boston, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Major John Brown (1794-1870) 12 Mother: Hannah Cottle West (Est 1798- )
Notes
General:
Married Fannie Wharff, May J Campbell.
William J Brown
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Jan 1828 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 13 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Brown (1805- ) Mother: Sophia A Raymond (Est 1807- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah P Gardner (1822 - ) Marriage: 2 Nov 1848 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 10 Status:William Thomas Brown
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Baptism: 18 Nov 1764 - Rutland, Massachusetts 14 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Brown (1741-1819) Mother: Mary Bacon (1740-1795)Zebulon Brown
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Mar 1696 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Brown (Est 1665-1730) Mother: Sarah (Est 1670- )
Spouses and Children
Children: 1. Abigail Brown (1727- )Zephaniah T Brown
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1829 Baptism: Death: 22 Jan 1837 - Truro, Massachusetts 16 Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Brown (Est 1790- ) Mother: Elizabeth Paine (Est 1800- )Zilpah Brown
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Sex: FAKA: Zilpha Brown
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1708 - Eastham, Massachusetts 17 Baptism: Death: 14 Apr 1783 - Guilford, Connecticut Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Brown (1679-After 1721) Mother: Ruth Snow (1679-After 1720)
Spouses and Children
1. *Joshua Cook (23 Mar 1709 - 13 Mar 1801) Marriage: 8 Oct 1730 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18 Status: Children: 1. James Cook (1731-1759) 19 2. Marcy Cook (1733-1733) 19 3. Isaiah Cook (1735-Bef 1737) 4. Isaiah Cook (1737- ) 19 5. Joshua Cook (1740- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Joshua Cook)
Some time afer 31 July 1737, Joshua and Zilpah left Eastham. They were probably in Mansfield, Conn. in 1745, when son Joshua was baptized there. Land records place them in Guilford in 1751.
Zilpah Brown
Sex: FAKA: Zilpha Brown
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Feb 1748 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20 Baptism: Death: 29 Mar 1822 - Eastham, Massachusetts Burial: in Bridge Road cemetery, Eastham Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: George Brown (1716-1767) 21 Mother: Alice Freeman (1720-1790) 22
Spouses and Children
1. *Deacon Joseph Pepper (1 Jul 1744 - 16 Feb 1810) 23 Marriage: 16 Jul 1776 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 24 Status: Children: 1. Hannah Pepper (1779-1849) 25 2. Alice Pepper (1781-1820) 26 3. Mercy Pepper (Abt 1780- ) 4. Zilpha Pepper (1783-1835) 25
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
Mrs ZILPHA
widow of
Dea. Joseph Pepper
who died March 29, 1822
Æt. 75 27
Zilpah Pepper Brown
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Feb 1846 - Eastham, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 7 Mar 1875 - Monson, Massachusetts 28 Burial: Cause of Death: erysipelas
Parents
Father: Captain Charles Brown (1817-1853) 25 Mother: Louisa Doane (1818-1898) 25
Spouses and Children
1. *Sylvanus Collins Hatch (19 Aug 1841 - 3 Nov 1888) Marriage: 12 Nov 1863 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29 Status: Children: 1. Rebecca A Hatch (1868-1936)Zilpha Brown
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Sex: FAKA: Zelphe Brown
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jun 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 30 Baptism: 18 Jul 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 31 Death: 26 May 1856 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Brown (1748-1827) Mother: Temperance Hinckley (Abt 1751- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Whorf (29 Apr 1772 - Bef 1850) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Mary Whorf (Abt 1793- ) 2. Samuel Whorf (1797-1880) 32 3. George Whorf (1812-1893) 4. James Whorf (1815-1886) 5. Temperance Whorf (1810-1865) 33Emily M Brown*
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Apr 1919 Baptism: Death: 11 Mar 2010 - North Eastham, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Abigail Browne
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Mar 1675 - Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay 34 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
Double Date, Mar. 9, 1674-75, Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay
Parents
Father: John Browne (1631-1697) 35 Mother: Hester Makepeace (1634-1685) 35Alice Browne
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1906 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Gabriel R Holmes (7 Sep 1904 - 6 Dec 1991) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Mary Ellen Holmes (1929-2006)Daniel Browne
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1671 - Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay Baptism: Death: Jun 1693 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Browne (1631-1697) 35 Mother: Hester Makepeace (1634-1685) 35Deborah Browne
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Apr 1673 - Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay 34 Baptism: Death: 20 Dec 1731 - Windham, Connecticut Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Browne (1631-1697) 35 Mother: Hester Makepeace (1634-1685) 35
Notes
General:
m Jeremiah Meacham, 25 may 1693 Salem Ma
Elizabeth Browne
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Mar 1657 - Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay 36 Baptism: Death: 3 Jul 1720 - Falmouth, Maine Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Browne (1631-1697) 35 Mother: Hester Makepeace (1634-1685) 35
Sources
1. Nancy Wallace Tidrick, A Brown Family History: The Story of a Maritime Family (2006. Poland, Ohio: Nancy Wallace Tidrick. self-published CD), 5.
2. Nancy Wallace Tidrick, A Brown Family History: The Story of a Maritime Family (2006. Poland, Ohio: Nancy Wallace Tidrick. self-published CD), 3.
3. Rootsweb.com, justknappy. Shannon Knapp.
4. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 44. Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. .... Nancy Wallace Tidrick, A Brown Family History: The Story of a Maritime Family (2006. Poland, Ohio: Nancy Wallace Tidrick. self-published CD), 5.5. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 55 (MD15:67).
6. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 8.
7. Kenneth Cole, South Wellfleet Cemetery (Wellfleet, Mass. Rich Family Association).
8. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:152. The daughter of Freeman & Hope Covell.
9. Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 1:134. vol. 1, births A-F; vol. 2, births G-Z; vol. 3, marriages A-F; vol. 4, marriages G-Z; vol. 5, deaths
10. Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 3:130.
11. penbru, John Brown & Hannah Cottle West family notes (2006. email.)
12. Adelos Gorton, The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton: the founders and the founding of the Republic... (Philadelphia, unknown publisher. 1907), p 418.
13. Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 1:134.
14. Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1905. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice), 21.
15. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 50.
16. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).
17. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 8 (MD3:181).
18. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 90 (MD17:32).
19. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 91 (MD17:34).
20. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 117.
21. Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12). .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 8 (MD3:181).
22. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 24 (MD6:204).
23. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:143).
24. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:530. Marriages.
25. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).
26. Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles family of Eastham" (1927-1928. NEHGR in 5 parts: vol. 79: 286-297, 379-392; vol. 80: 6-24, 119-130, 265-279.), 80:23.
27. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
28. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Monson.
29. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.
30. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 103.
31. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 7. has transcription errors
32. Raymond T. Wing, Wing Family of America (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mewingnut).
33. Marcia Briggs, Rootsweb file, unsourced.
34. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 48.
35. FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org [asserted, usually unreferenced, often wrong]).
36. Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1914. Boston: NEHGS
http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Cambridge/), 1:94.
1 Nancy Wallace Tidrick, A Brown Family History: The Story of a Maritime Family (2006. Poland, Ohio: Nancy Wallace Tidrick. self-published CD), 5.
2 Nancy Wallace Tidrick, A Brown Family History: The Story of a Maritime Family (2006. Poland, Ohio: Nancy Wallace Tidrick. self-published CD), 3.
3 Rootsweb.com, justknappy. Shannon Knapp.
4
Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 44. Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. .... Nancy Wallace Tidrick, A Brown Family History: The Story of a Maritime Family (2006. Poland, Ohio: Nancy Wallace Tidrick. self-published CD), 5.
5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 55 (MD15:67).
6 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 8.
7 Kenneth Cole, South Wellfleet Cemetery (Wellfleet, Mass. Rich Family Association).
8 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:152. The daughter of Freeman & Hope Covell.
9 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 1:134. vol. 1, births A-F; vol. 2, births G-Z; vol. 3, marriages A-F; vol. 4, marriages G-Z; vol. 5, deaths
10 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 3:130.
11 penbru, John Brown & Hannah Cottle West family notes (2006. email.)
12 Adelos Gorton, The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton: the founders and the founding of the Republic... (Philadelphia, unknown publisher. 1907), p 418.
13 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 1:134.
14 Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1905. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice), 21.
15 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 50.
16 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).
17 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 8 (MD3:181).
18 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 90 (MD17:32).
19 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 91 (MD17:34).
20 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 117.
21 Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12). .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 8 (MD3:181).
22 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 24 (MD6:204).
23 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:143).
24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:530. Marriages.
25 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).
26 Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles family of Eastham" (1927-1928. NEHGR in 5 parts: vol. 79: 286-297, 379-392; vol. 80: 6-24, 119-130, 265-279.), 80:23.
27 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
28 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Monson.
29 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.
30 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 103.
31 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 7. has transcription errors
32 Raymond T. Wing, Wing Family of America (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mewingnut).
33 Marcia Briggs, Rootsweb file, unsourced.
34 Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 48.
35 FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org [asserted, usually unreferenced, often wrong]).
36
Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1914. Boston: NEHGS
http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Cambridge/), 1:94.
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