A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW-ENGLAND;
CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE 
Govenours, Deputy-Governours, Ministers of the Gospel in the several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692;
Representatives of the General Court of Massachusetts, from 1634 to 1692;
Graduates of Harvard College to 1662;
Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662;
Freemen admitted to the Massachusetts Colony form 1630 to 1662; with many other of the early inhabitants of New-England and Long-Island, N. Y., from 1620 to the year 1675;
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
VARIOUS GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES,
COLLECTED FRO MANCIENT RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS,
AND PRINTED WORKS.

BY JOHN FARMER

ISBN 0-8063-0108-2

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EXPLANATIONS.

  Those having this mark § wher Governours; those with a † were Deputy Governours; with a ‡ Assistants; with a * Representatives of the General Court of Massachusetts; with a ‖ Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company. Ministers of the Gospel are in italick capitals. The year following the town denotes the time when first residence (so far as has been ascertained) commenced. The year when first elected Representative, or Assistant, is given, and in most cases, the whole term of service is mentioned. The abbreviations are ar. co for the member of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company; H. C. for Harvard College; D. C. for Dartmouth College; Y. C. for Yale College; b. for born; m. for married; d. for died, &c.

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  BROWN, ABRAHAM, Watertown, freeman 1632, had sons, Jonathan and Abraham, b. in 1635 and 1639.His wife was Lydia. The name of Brown is frequently written in ancient records with the addition of the /e/, and several families, as those in Salem, have ever retained this orthography. Ther number of graduates at the colleges of N. E., N. J., and Union in N. Y. of this name, in 1828, was more than 100, of whom 22 had been clergymen.
         CHAD, went from MAssachusetts to Rhode-Island, in 1636, and was ordained over the Baptist church as successor or Rev. Roger Williams in 1642. His grandson, James Brown, was born in Providence, and was minister of the same church. From him are descended the respectable families of Browns in R. I. Four of the grandsons of James have been distinguished patrons of Brown University, viz. Nicholas, who d. 1791, æ. 62; Joseph LL. D., who d. Dec. 1785; John, and Moses. Benedict, i. Hist. Baptists, 477.
         CHARLES, Rowley, before 1652.
         EDMUND, the first minister of Sudbury, came over in 1637, was admitted freeman 1640, was ordained in August, 1640, and d. 22 June, 1677.
         EDMUND, Dorchester, freeman 1650, had a son Samuel b. 1661. 
         EDWARD, Salem, perhaps the freeman of 1635, died a. 1659.
         EDWARD, Ipswitch, freman 1641. Joseph Brown was of Ipswitch in 1665. 
         FRANCIS, New-Hacen 1639, had sons, Eleazar, Samuel, Ebenezer and John.
         FRANCIS, Newbury 1665.
         GEORGE, a carpenter of Newbury 1638, was admitted freeman 1640, d. 1 April, 1642. 
        *GEORGE, Haverhill, a lietenant, was a representative in 1672, 1675 and 1680.
         HENRY, a proprietor of Salisbury, was b. 1615. 
         HUGH, Salem 1637, perhaps afterwards, of Boston, where several sons of Hugh Brown were b. before 1653. Isaac, Newbury, d. 3 Jan. 1675, æ. 36, 
         JACOB, was one of the proprietors of Bill erica 1659. There was subsequently a Geroge Brown there, the ancestor of the present families of that name in Billerica. 
         JAMES, the son of Joseph Brown, came from Southampton in England, and was one of the first settlers of Newbury. Coffin.
         JAMES, Boston, freeman 1636, was member of the ar. co. 1643. His son James was b. 1635
        ‖JAMES, Charlestown, freeman 1634, member of the ar. co. 1639, had sons, John, b 1637; James; James, 2d, b. 1647; Nathaniel, b. 1648. 
         JAMES, Swanzy, son of John Brown, of Plymouth, was elected assistant 1665. Davis, Morton's Mem. 297. 
        /JAMES/, one of Mather's /third/ classes of ministers, was the miniter of Swanzey after 1662.
         JOHN, Salem, one of the patentees of Massachusetts, and one of the first assistants of the company, came over in 1629, but returned the next year to England, from whence he again came to this country. Morton. Mather. Prince. Bentley. 
         JOHN, an assistant of Plymouth colony, to which office he was elected 17 years from 1636, d. (probably at Rehoboth) in 1668. Davis, Morton's Memo. 163, 164.
         JOHN, an elder of the church in Salem, was probably the freeman of 16t38. He d. 1685. John and James, his sons, were baptized in 1638 and 1640. 
         JOHN, Watertown, freeman 1634, had a son John, b. 1636.
         JOHN, Ipswitch, 1648.
        *JOHN, Reading, was b. 1634, a captain, freeman 1679, representative in 1679, 1680, 1682, and 1683, m. for his 2d wife, Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Mendon.
        *NATHANIEL, Salisbury, freeman 1685, representative 1691. 
        *NICHOLAS, Lynn, freeman 1638, representative 1641, afterwards removed to Reading. His son Thomas of Lynn 1650, d. 28 Aug. 1693, leaving sons, Thomas and Joseph. 
         OBADIAH, perhaps /Bruen/ of Gloucester, was admitted freeman in 1642. (See Brewer and Bruen.)
         PETER, one of the first pilgrims at Plymouth 1620
        *RICHARD, a ruling elder of the church of Watertown, came over 1630, freman 1631, representative at the first general court, May, 1634, and from 1635 to 1639, and 1647 to 1655, excepting 1653. Savage, i. Winthrop, 58. 
         RICHARD, Newbury 1635, brother of GFeorge Brown, died a. 1661. He had sons, Joshua, b. 10 April, 1642; Caleb, b. 1645; Richard had an only son, Rev. Richard Brown, H. C. 1697, the minister of Reading, who d. 29 Oct. 1732, æ. 57/
         ROBERT, Cambridge, freeman. 
        ‡SAMUEL, brother of John Browne, of Salem, was one of the patentees of Massachusetts, and came over in 1629. He was elected 30 April, 1629, by the Mass. company in London, one of Gov. Endicott's council. Morton, 76. Prince, i. Annals, 185.
        *SAMUEL, Salem, representative 1675. 
         THOMAS, one of the proprietors of Newbury, 1638, freeman 1639, d. 1686. 
         THOMAS, Concord 1640, removed to Cambgridge. He had sons Thomas, town clerk of Concord, who d. 4 April 1718, æ. 67; and Boaz, b. 1640, who removed from Concord to Stow, 1690. Shattuck, MS Hist. Concord. 
         WILLIAM, Sudbury 1643. His son Thomas was b. 1644.
       ‡*WILLIAM, Salem, son of the preceding, born 14 April, 1639; freeman 1665; representative 1680; one of the council of safety, 1689; counsellor under the charter of William and Mary; d. 14 Feb., 1716, æ. 77. His grandson, Hon. William Browne, grad. at H. C. 1727, and d. 27 April, 1763, æ. 54. Hon. William Browne, a great-grandson, grad. at H. C. 1755; was judge of the sup. court of Mass., left the country in 1775--6, and was afterwards governour of Bermuda. 
         WILLIAM, freeman 1649, perhaps of Salisbury. 
         WILLIAM, freeman 1660.
         WILLIAM, Gloucester, was one of the selectmen in 1647.
         

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