52 Ancestors - Week 462: #733 Sarah (Brown) Pray (1662-a1733) of Providence and Smithfield, Rhode Island

 Sarah Brown (a1662-a1733)  is #733 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #732 John Pray (a1653-1733) in 1678 in Providence, Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #366 Richard Pray (1683-1755), who married Rachel --?-- (a1685-b1755) in 1723.

*  their daughter, #183 Sarah Pray (1734-1820), who married #182 Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819) in 1753.

*  their daughter,  #91 Phebe Horton (1772-a1820), who married #90 Simon Wade (1767-1857) in about 1790.

*  their daughter #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850), who married #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1824.

*  their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.

*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                          Sarah Brown[1–3]

*  Alternate Name:          Sarah Pray[4]

*  Sex:                             Female

*  Father:                        John Brown 1629-1706

*  Mother:                      Mary Holmes 1632-1690

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                          about 1662, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[2]

*  Distribution:               5 February 1733/4 (about age 71), Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[4]

*  Death:                         after 5 February 1733/4 (after about age 71), husband's will proved, Sarah named as widow; Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[4]

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                   John Pray a1653-1733

*  Marriage 1:                14 November 1678 (about age 25), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1-3]

*  Child 1:                     John Pray 1679-1751

*  Child 2:                     Sarah Pray 1679-1728

*  Child 3:                     Richard Pray 1683-1755

*  Child 4:                     Mary Pray 1685-1725

*  Child 5:                     Hugh Pray 1687-1761

*  Child 6:                     Penelope Pray 1688-1752

*  Child 7:                     Katherine Pray 1689-1728

*  Child 8:                     Martha Pray 1693-1784

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Sarah Brown was born in about 1662 in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of John and Mary (Holmes) Brown of Providence[1-2].

She married John Pray (a1653-1733) on 14 November 1678 in Providence, Rhode Island[1-3], the son of Richard and Mary (--?--) Pray of Providence. They had eight children, but none of them were recorded in Providence records:

*  John Pray (1679-1751), married 1713 Sarah Downing (1685-????)

*  Sarah Pray (1681-1728), married 1703 Joseph Brown (1678-1764).

*  Richard Pray (1683-1755), married 1723 Rachel --?-- (a1685-b1755).

*  Mary Pray (1685-1725), married 1705 Richard Brown (1676-1774).

*  Hugh Pray (1687-1761), married 1716 Abgail Blake (1698-1775).

*  Penelope Pray (1688-1752), married 1710 John Aldrich (1688-1750).

*  Katherine Pray (1689-1728), married 1706 Hazadiah Comstock (1682-1764).

*  Martha Pray (1693-1784), married 1713 Joseph Wilkinson (1683-1740). 

John Pray wrote a will on 19 April 1726, and died 9 October 1733, testate in Smithfield, Rhode Island at age 80. The will was proved 5 February 1733/4 in Smithfield Town Council records.  In his will he provided for his wife Sarah:

"Imprimus - I give and bequeath to sarah My Dearly Beloved wife the one half of my home stad Farm all my Cattle Dwelling house and House hold goods During her Lifetime to be ???? and Clearly Enjoynedly her During the term of her ???? provided she Remain my widow but In Case she marries again than my son Richard his heirs or assigns shall ??? furtherworth Enter unto the possession of said half of my home sted all my Cattle household Goods and ???

Sarah was named as John Pray's relict and widow: 

 "At a town Council in Smithfield February the 1 1733/4 John Prays will being laid before the Council and this Council having advised with Sarah Pray widow and Relick to John Pray and she desiring to have said will proved, Wherefore it is voted that the said John Prays will be accepted to be a perfect will and Testament and ordered to be Received."

It is not known when Sarah Pray died after 5 February 1733/4.  There is no known extant death or burial record for her.

5.  SOURCES

1. Harold Leonard Pray, The Pray Family of Braintree, Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts, Including Later Generations Through the United States, 1643-2006 (Santa Maria, Calif.: Harold Pray, 2006), page 11, John and Sarah (Brown) Pray family sketch.

2. William Bradford Browne, "Chad Browne of Providence, R.I. and Four Generations of His Descendants," in Genealogies of Rhode Island families, Volume I, Alden-Mowry (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989), pages 64-94, page 67, John Brown family sketch, birth of Sarah Brown.

3. "New England Marriages to 1700," online database with digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008, page 600, John Pray and Sarah Brown marriage entry, 14 November 1678.

4. "Probate Records, 1733-1917 (Lincoln, Rhode Island)," on 14 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, FamilySearch Catalog, "Volume 1 (1733-1754)," pages 1-5, John Pray estate records, on FHL Microfilm US/CAN 0.959,528.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog in 2014.  I have extended this theme in 2022 to 468 Ancestors in 468 Weeks.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1678 Marriage of John Pray and Sarah Brown in Providence, Rhode Island

 It's time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings for Treasure Chest Thursday.

The treasure today is the 1678 marriage record of  John Pray and Sarah Brown in Providence, Rhode Island:

The marriage record is the 4th record of the Pray listing:

The transcription of this marriage record is:

"PRAY, John (-1730, 1733) & Sarah Brown (-1733+); 14 Nov 1678; Providence/Smithfield"

The source citation for this record is:

 "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," online database with digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008, page 600, John Pray and Sarah Brown marriage entry, 14 November 1678.

This record is a Derivative Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of John Pray and Sarah Brown.  The original record is probably in a Providence town record book that is not extant.

John Pray (1653-1733) was the son of Richard and Mary (--?--) Pray of Providence, Rhode Island.  He married Sarah Brown (1662-b1733), daughter of John and Mary (Holmes) Brown of Providence, on 14 November 1678 in Providence, Rhode Island. 

John and Sarah (Brown) Pray are my 7th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their son Richard Pray (1683-1755) who married in about 1723 to Rachel --?-- (a1685-b1755).

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52 Ancestors - Week 354: #565 Mehitable (Knowles) Brown (1653-after 1721) of Eastham, Massachusetts

 Mehitable Knowles (1653-after 1721) is number 565 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #564 George Brown (1652-1721)  in 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #282 Samuel Brown (1686-1749) who married  #283 Ruth Young (1688-1768) in 1708.

*  their daughter #141 Mehitable Brown (1714-1758) who married  #140 Thomas Dill (1708-1761) in 1733.

*  their son #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1839) who married #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) in 1782.

*  their daughter  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married  #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)  in 1826.

*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

   

*  Name:                    Mehitable Knowles[1-2]    

*  Alternate Name:    Mehetable Brown[3]  

*  Sex:                        Female    

*  Father:                   Richard Knowles (1614-1675)    

*  Mother:                 Ruth Bowers (1616-1686)  

 

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                    20 May 1653, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1-2]    

*  Distribution:         29 June 1721 (age 68), husband's will written; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Death:                   after 29 June 1721 (after age 68), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States    

   

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

 *  Spouse 1:             George Brown (1651-1721)    

*  Marriage 1:           about 1674 (about age 21), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1-2]  

*  Child 1:                   James Brown (1675-    )    

*  Child 2:                   William Brown (1677-    )    

*  Child 3:                   George Brown (1679-1734)    

*  Child 4:                   Mary Brown (1683-1716)    

*  Child 5:                   Mehitable Brown (1684-    )    

*  Child 6:                   Samuel Brown (1686-1749)    

*  Child 7:                   Mercy Brown (1690-1754)    

*  Child 8:                   Joshua Brown (1692-    )  

 

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 

The New England Historic Genealogical Record sketch for Mehitable Knowles says[1]:

"[KNOWLES] MEHITABLE, b., probably at Eastham, 20 May 1653; d. at Eastham after 1721; m. GEORGE BROWN of Eastham, who in his will, dated 29 June 1721 and proved 3 Aug. 1721, left his property to be divided 'among all my children,' without naming them, although incidentally he mentioned four of them.  Almost two-thirds of the inventory of his estate consisted of a debt due from Joshua Brown.  Three town grants, one to George Brown and two to Joshua Brown, were laid out adjacent to each other.  Joshua Brown had a son Knowles Brown.  These are the reasons for identifying Mehitable Knowles with the wife of George Brown, who was named in his will."

Mehitable was born 20 May 1653, probably in Eastham, the daughter of mariner Richard and Ruth (Bower) Knowles[1].  

Mehitable Knowles married George Brown (1652-1721), son of William and Mary (Moorecock) Brown of Eastham,  in about 1674, probably in Eastham, Massachusetts[1-2],  They had four known children, and probably four others:

*  James Brown (1675-????), married 1704 Ruth Snow (1679-????).

*  William Brown (1677-????), married 1699 Susannah Harding (1676-????).

*  George Brown (1679-1735), married 1700 Elizabeth Mulford (1677-1744).

*  Mary Brown (1683-1716), married 1703 Nathaniel Mayo (1667-1716).

*  Mehitable Brown (1684-????), married 1715 John Hallett (1688-????).

*  Samuel Brown (1686-1749), married 1708 Ruth Young (1688-1768).

*  Mercy Brown (1690-1754), married 1711 John Walker (1696-1760).

*  Joshua Brown (1692-????), married 1723 Rebecca Rich (1701-????).

In his will dated 29 June 1721, George Brown of Eastham, Massachusetts bequeathed to his wife[3]:

"Item I Give unto my Loveing wife Mehetable All the Reminder of my whole Estate for her Supporte as long as shee Lives, and after her decease to be Equally Divided among all my sons and Daughters be it more or Less..."

It is not known when Mehitable (Knowles) Brown died, but it was certainly after her husband's will was written.  There are no known death or burial records for Mehitable, and she has no probate records in the Barnstable County probate court records.

5)  SOURCES

 

1. Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 79, Number 3 (July 1925), pages 286-297; page 293, Mehitable Knowles sketch.

2. Frederick Johnson Simmons, A Few Descendants of William Brown of Eastham, Mass., Cape Cod (the author : n.p., 1883), 27 pages; accessed on FamilySearch Books (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/), page 4, #2 George Brown sketch.

3. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2016), Barnstable County, "Probate Records, Vol. 4-5, 1721-1741," Volume 4, pages 9-11 (images 12-13 of 660), George Brown probate papers, 1721.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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52 Ancestors - Week 353: #564 George Brown (1652-1721) of Eastham, Massachusetts

George Brown (1652-1721) is number 564 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #565 Mehitable Knowles (1653-after 1721)  in 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #282 Samuel Brown (1686-1749) who married  #283 Ruth Young (1688-1768) in 1708.

*  their daughter #141 Mehitable Brown (1714-1758) who married  #140 Thomas Dill (1708-1761) in 1733.

*  their son #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1839) who married #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) in 1782.

*  their daughter  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married  #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)  in 1826.

*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

  

*  Name:                          George Brown[1–5]    

*  Sex:                           Male    

*  Father:                          William Brown (1624-1694)    

*  Mother:                         Mary Moorecock (1625-1694)  

 

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                       16 January 1651/2, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,4]    

*  Distribution:            31 March 1694 (age 42), father's will proved, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Death:                      3 August 1721 (age 69), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4]*  

*  Burial:                     after 3 August 1721 (after age 69), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4]    

*  Probate:                   23 August 1721 (age 69), will proved ; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5] 

   

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Spouse 1:                Mehitable Knowles (1653-1721)    

*  Marriage 1:             about 1674 (about age 22), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]    

*  Child 1:                   James Brown (1675-    )    

*  Child 2:                   William Brown (1677-    )    

*  Child 3:                   George Brown (1679-1734)    

*  Child 4:                   Mary Brown (1683-1716)    

*  Child 5:                   Mehitable Brown (1684-    )    

*  Child 6:                   Samuel Brown (1686-1749)    

*  Child 7:                   Mercy Brown (1690-1754)    

*  Child 8:                   Joshua Brown (1692-    )  

 

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 

The book A Few Descendants of William Brown of Eastham, Mass, Cape Cod highlights George Brown and provides useful information[1].  For George, it says:

"(2) George Brown (1—William) the son of William and Mary (Murdock) Brown was born at Plymouth, Mass. 16 January 1651/2. He married Mehitable Knowles, b. May 20, 1653 (Eastham) the daughter of Richard and Ruth (Bower) Knowles and grand daughter of Rev. John and Elizabeth (Willis) Knowles who came from England 1639."  

This book lists only the four children that are named in the will of George Brown.

Similar information was published in the Knowles Family of Eastham book[2].

Later research indicates that George's mother was Mary Moorecock, daughter of Henry and Audria (Cork) Moorecock of Kent in England.

George Brown married Mehitable Knowles (1653-after 1721) in about 1674, probably in Eastham, Massachusetts[1-2].  They had four known children from the will, and probably four others:

*  James Brown (1675-????), married 1704 Ruth Snow (1679-????).

*  William Brown (1677-????), married 1699 Susannah Harding (1676-????).

*  George Brown (1679-1735), married 1700 Elizabeth Mulford (1677-1744).

*  Mary Brown (1683-1716), married 1703 Nathaniel Mayo (1667-1716).

*  Mehitable Brown (1684-????), married 1715 John Hallett (1688-????).

*  Samuel Brown (1686-1749), married 1708 Ruth Young (1688-1768).

*  Mercy Brown (1690-1754), married 1711 John Walker (1696-1760).

*  Joshua Brown (1692-????), married 1723 Rebecca Rich (1701-????).

William Brown wrote his will in 1685 which was proved on 31 March 1694 in Barnstable County Probate Court[3].  He bequeathed to his son, George Brown:

 

"I give my son George Browne my ten acres of upland and ye further side of Silver Spring River and all my marsh on that side of sd river."

George Brown died testate on 3 August 1721 in Eastham at age 70, and was probably buried at Cove Burying Ground in Eastham[4].  Although there is a Find A Grave memorial for him, there is no evidence of a burial for George Brown in Eastham, according to the publications of the Eastham Historical Society.

The will of George Brown was written on 29 June 1721, and proved on 3 August 1721 in Barnstable County Probate Court[5].

In the Name of God Amen. The 29th day of June, in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty one I George Brown of Eastham In The County of Barnstable In his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay In New England Yeoman being sick and weak In body but of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it appointed for all men to Dye, Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. That is to Principally and first of all I Give & Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gaive It and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried In decent & Christian manner at ye discretion of my Executor nothing Doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall Receive the same again by the almighty power of God, And as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me In this Life; I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and forms.

Imprimis I give and bequeath to my son William Brown my interest In a piece of Sedg ground being & Lying In Eastham at a place called the Town flatts to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give unto my son James Brown three or four acres of land w-ch his Dwelling house now standeth upon being In the Town of sd Eastham to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give unto my Daughter Mercy one feather bed and Bolster. 

Item. I give unto my Loving wife Mehitable all the Remainder of my whole Estate for her supporte as Long as shee Lives and after her decease to be Equally Divided among all of my sons and daughter boys more or less & I likewise Constitute make and ordain my well beloved son George Brown my soul Executor of this my Last will and testament. And I do hereby utterly disalow revoake and disannul all and ever other former Testaments Wills Legacys & bequests & Executors by me In any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal the day and year above written.

George Brown (seal)

Signed sealed Published Pronounced and Declared

by the said George Brown as his Last Will and Testament 

In the presence of us the subscribers

Rebecca Snow her mark

Sarah Walker her mark

Barnstable ss Aug^st 3^d 1721 Then Isaac Pepper Rebacah Snow & Sarah Walker made Oath that they heard George Brown Late of Eastham Now deceased Declear the Above written to be his Last Will & Testament & Saw him Sign Seal the same and that he was of sound Mind and ^Knowing^ Memory when he so did In their best Judgments and that they alset their hands thereunto as Wittnesses at the same Time.Sworn before John Otis Judge of Probate

To all people to whom these presents shall Come, Greeting Know ye that upon the day of the date hereof before me at Barn-Stable in ye County aforesd, the will of George Brown late of Eastham In said County of Barnstable now deceased, it these presents annexed was proved, appvd and allowed, who having while he Lived, and at the Time of his death goods Chattles Rights or Credits In ye County aforesd, and the Probate of ye sd will and power of Comitteing administration of all and Singular the goods, Chattles Rights and Credits of ye said Deceased, and his will In any Manner Concering is hereby Comitted unto George Brown of Eastham aforesd and Son of the sd Deceased Executor In the same will named well & faithfully to Execute the sd will and to administer the Estate of ye sd Deceased according thereunto, and to make a True and perfict Inventory of all & Singular the goods Chattles Rights and Credits of the sd Deceased, and to Exhibit ye same Into the Registry of the Court of Probate for ye County aforesd at, or before the Last day of July next Ensuing; and also to enter a plain and True Accompt of his sd administration upon Oath when Called thereunto.In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of yesd Court of Probate Dated at Barnstable the 23^d day of August Ano Domini 1721.Nathaniel Otis, Reg^r                                              John Otis

An Inventory of the Estate of George Brown Late of Eastham deceased taken by us whomse names are underwritten this 24^th day of July 1721.

By money due to him by a Morgage due from Joshua Brown the Sum of      100:00:00

To his waring apperril                                                                                               008:03:00

Money in his Chist                                                                                                     007:12:06

To one feather bed bolster & four Coverleads                                                     007:05:00

To one old feather bed and bolster                                                                        003:10:00

One Coverlead & 3 pillobears old & One pair of old sheets & two old Curtains                                                                                                                                                                                        001:15:00

One sheet 10s / one Sadle and Bridle 4s/                                                             000:14:00

One old bible and four other books all at                                                             000:04:00

To Carpenturs Tools a Saw a broad ax one narrow ax one chisel one old 

handsaw and Joynter one Cressing plain and plow for plank                           001:05:00

One pair of Tongs & fire slice at 6s/ one Tramell att 6s/                                   000:12:00

One Craine and ther hooks belonging to it                                                          000:10:00

Two old guns att                                                                                                        000:18:00

One old Rapier and belt                                                                                           000:02:00

3 old Iron potts att 20s/ one Iron Skellet & one Small Iron Kettle both 8/    001:08:00

One old frying pan 15d 2 putter plates 7/9                                                           000:09:00

4 putter Poringers one quart pott one small beason                                           000:07:00

To Earthen wear of sorts                                                                                           000:04:06

Three spoons 2s/ old pails 2/2d 7 Chairs at 8s/                                                   000:10:02

3 Small Chists and one box all at                                                                           001:00:00

Sheeps woole 15s/ and the Leanto he lived in 8:10:00                                        09:05:00

7 Sheep and 3 Lambs                                                                                                002:13:00

One Mair and yearlin Colt both at                                                                        010:00:00

Two small Swine both att                                                                                      000:10:00

Two Lotts of Land in the Last Division of Land in ye Town of Eastham      020:00:00

Three or four acres of Land given to James Brown                                          006:00:00

A parcell of Seground being one third part of a Lott given to William Brown  005:00:00

Isaac Pepper  Isaac Doane                                                                                       189:15:02

Barnstable ss August 3^d 1721 Then George Brown Son and Executor to the will of his father George Brown Late of Eastham now deceased made Oath to the Truth of ye abovewritten Inventory so far as he knew and yt if any thing further of the Estate of ye sd Deceased shall come to his knowlidge that is valuable that he will allso bring it to this Inventory.

                                                                         Coram me John Otis.

Almost one half of the inventory of his estate consisted of a debt due from Joshua Brown. Three town grants, one to George Brown and two to Joshua Brown were laid out adjacent to each other. Joshua Brown had a son Knowles Brown. These are the reasons for identifying Mehitable Knowles with the wife of George Brown, who was named in his will. 

The following were named in the will as children of George and Mehitable Knowles Brown: William, James, George, and Mercy.  Other Brown persons in Eastham born in the 1680 to 1720 time frame are probably  children of George and Mehitable (Knowles) Brown, including Mary, Mehitable, Samuel and Joshua Brown.

     

5)  SOURCES

1. Frederick Johnson Simmons, A Few Descendants of William Brown of Eastham, Mass., Cape Cod (the author : n.p., 1883), 27 pages; accessed on FamilySearch Books (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/), page 4, #2 George Brown sketch.

2. Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 79, Number 3 (July 1925), pages 286-297; page 293, Mehitable Knowles sketch.

3. "Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789," New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 22 January 2016), transcription, Volume 1, pages 107-109, William Brown of Eastham estate file, 1694.

4. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Mass., George Brown memorial #51540229.

5. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2016), Barnstable County, "Probate Records, Vol. 4-5, 1721-1741," Volume 4, pages 9-11 (images 12-13 of 660), George Brown probate papers, 1721.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - Sketch of the George and Mehitable (Knowles) Family of Eastham, Mass.

  It's Treasure Chest Tuesday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the entry for Mehitable Knowles in the article "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass."in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register:

The Mehitable Knowles sketch is:

The transcription of this record is:

"[KNOWLES] MEHITABLE, b., probably at Eastham, 20 May 1653; d. at Eastham after 1721; m. GEORGE BROWN of Eastham, who in his will, dated 29 June 1721 and proved 3 Aug. 1721, left his property to be divided 'among all my children,' without naming them, although incidentally he mentioned four of them.  Almost two-thirds of the inventory of his estate consisted of a debt due from Joshua Brown.  Three town grants, one to George Brown and two to Joshua Brown, were laid out adjacent to each other.  Joshua Brown had a son Knowles Brown.  These are the reasons for identifying Mehitable Knowles with the wife of George Brown, who was named in his will."

The source citation for this record is:

Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 79, Number 3 (July 1925), pages 286-297.

This is an Authored Work for the sketch of Mehitable Knowles and George Brown.  It is Secondary Information and Direct Evidence of the birth date, place, and the name of Mehitable Knowles, George Brown and her parents and children.  Some of the items mentioned are in the Eastham town records on Family History Library digital microfilm.  

Mehitable Knowles (1653-after 1721) was the daughter of Richard and Ruth (Bower) Knowles of Plymouth and Eastham.  She married George Brown (1651-1721) in about 1674 and they had 8 children, including Samuel Brown (1686-1749) who married Ruth Young (1688-1768) in 1708.  George and Mehitable (Knowles) Brown are my 7th great-grandparents.

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Surname Saturday -- CORK (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2259 who is Audrey CORK (1590-1638). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this CORK family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

70.  Thomas Dill (1755-1839)
71.  Hannah Horton (1761-1797)

140.  Thomas Dill (1708-1761)
141.  Mehitable Brown (1714-1758)

282.  Samuel Brown (1686-1749)
283.  Ruth Young (1688-1768)

564.  George Brown (1652-1721)
565.  Mehitable Knowles (1653-1721)

1128.  William Brown (1624-1694)
1129.  Mary Moorecock (1625-1694)
2258. Henry Moorecock, born about 1588 in Smarden, Kent, England; died before 1625 in Kent,
England. He married 04 June 1616 in St. Margaret's, Canterbury, Kent, England. 2259. Audrey Cork, born about 1590 in Egerton, Kent, England; died before December 1638 in
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Children of Henry Moorecock and Audrey Cork are:
*  Bennet Moorecock (1619-????).
*  Nicholas Moorecock (1621-????).
*  Mary Moorecock (1625-1694), married 1649 William Brown (1624-1694).

I have no other information on the Moorecock or Cork families.  Some derivative sources have Mary's maiden name as Murdock.  

However, in The Great Migration, Audrey (Cork) Moorecock, widow of Henry Moorecock, is named as the first wife of Thomas Whitton (1599-1664).  They married in 1625 in Kent, and Thomas died in Plymouth.  The sketch for Thomas Whitton names the children of Henry and Audrey (Cork) Moorecock.

*  Robert Charles Anderson, George E. Sanborn, Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,2000-2011), Volume VII, T-Y, pages 380-385, Thomas Whitton sketch.

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Amanuensis Monday - 1749 Guardianship of Isaac Brown and John Brown in Eastham, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1749 guardianship record in the probate court records for Isaac and John Brown, sons of Samuel Brown (1686-1749), late of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts:

[Volume 7, pages 138-139]

The transcription of the record for Isaac Brown is:

[page 137, bottom]

Province of the Massachusetts Bay Bt the

Honourable Silvanus Bourn Esq^r

[page 138]

Judge of the Probate of wills &c for and within

the County of Barnstable In the Province

aforesaid to Ruth Brown of Eastham, In the

County of Barnstable widow Greeting trusting

in your Care and fidelity I Do by these Presents

Pursuant to the Power and authority to me,

Granted In and by an act of the General

assembly of the Said Province Nominate

and appoint you to be Guardian unto

Isaac Brown a minor Son to Cap. Samuell Brown

late of Eastham aforesaid Deceased with full

Power and authority to ask Demand Sue for

Recover Receive and take Into your Custody

all and Singular Such Part and Portion

of Estate as accrues to him In Right of his

Said father or which by any other way or

means whatsoever Doth of Right appertain

or belong to him and to Manage Imploy and

Improve the Same for his Best Profit and

advantage and to Render a Plain and true

accompt of your Guardianship upon oath

as far as the Law will Charge you therewith

when you shall be Lawfully Required and Pay

and Deliver Such and So much of the said Estate

as Shall be Remaining upon your accompt

(the same Being first Examined and allowed

by the Judge or Judges for the time Being of

Probate &c) unto the said Minor when he

Shall arrive at full age or otherwise as the said

Judge or Judges by his or their Decre or Sentence

Pursuant to Law Shall Limit and appoint

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand

and the Seal of the Said Court of Probate

[page 139]

Dated at Barnstable the twenty third Day of

May anno Domini 1749.

                                         Silvanus Bourn

The record for John Brown, on pages 139-140,  is almost identical and won't be reproduced here.

The source citation for this record is:

Barnstable county, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1686-1894, digital images, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org : accessed 10 December 2017), "Probate Records, Vol. 6-7, 1740-1774," pages 137-139 (images 379-380 of 591), guardianship of Isaac Brown, 1749.

Isaac Brown and John Brown were minor children (estimated to be ages 19 and 17) at the time of the death of their father, Samuel Brown (1686-1749) of Eastham, Massachusetts.  In these documents, their mother, Ruth (Young) Brown, was appointed to be their guardian until they reached the age of 21.  

I transcribed the following for Samuel Brown's probate records:

*  Amanuensis Monday - 1748 Will and Court Records for Estate of Samuel Brown (1686-1749) of Eastham, Mass. (posted 12 December 2016)

*  Amanuensis Monday - 1773 Division of Land in Court Records for Estate of Samuel Brown (1686-1749) of Eastham, Mass. (posted 19 December 2016)

When I wrote the biography of Ruth (Young) Brown last Friday in 52 Ancestors - Week 204: #283 Ruth (Young) Brown (1688-1768) of Eastham, Massachusetts, I realized that I had not found any probate records for her, so I checked the Probate Index for her and found no listings, but when I checked the Probate Index for Samuel Brown, the Guardianship records were included.  

Samuel and Ruth (Young) Brown are my 6th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mehitable Brown who married Thomas Dill in 1733.  

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:" 

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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