Individual Details
Francis Brown
(1610 - 1668)
Francis Brown was born in England and came to America where in 1636 he married Mary Edwards. Francis was on the expedition party to find a new settlement, and stayed behind in what would be New Haven to get the site ready for settlement. In New Haven, once it was settled he ran the ferry and farmed.
Events
| Birth | 1610 | England | |||
| Marriage | 1636 | England - Mary Edwards |  | ||
| Civil | 1638 | Exploring party |  | | |
| Civil | 1639 | Freeman - New Haven, British America | | ||
| Civil | August 6, 1640 | New Haven, British America | | | |
| Civil | March 10, 1643 | New Haven, British America | | | |
| Civil | June 16, 1645 | New Haven, British America | | | |
| Civil | June 15, 1663 | New Haven, British America | | ||
| Civil | December 20, 1665 | New Haven, British America | | ||
| Death | 1668 | East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Tailor | | |||
| Occupation | Ferryman | | |||
| Burial | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Edwards (1616 - 1693) |
| Child | Eleazer Brown (1642 - 1714) |
| Child | Ebenezer Brown (1647 - 1717) |
| Child | Samuel Brown (1645 - 1691) |
Webtags
Notes
Civil
Joshua Atwater, Francis Brown, John Beecher, Robert Pigg and Thomas Hogg were of the seven. We may imagine they spent their time hewing, cleaving and sawing, hunting, trapping and collecting by bartering with the natives beaver and other furs for the European market.Civil
ATT a court held att New Haven the 6th of the 8th m. 1640 Francis Browne fined 1S for late comeing to keep their watchCivil
At a general court held the 10th of March, 1642, the names of people as they were seated in the meeting-house were read in court, and it was ordered they should be recorded, which was as followeth: On the other side of the door, 5th Francis BrowneCivil
Francis proposes a ferry boat: Francis Browne moved if he may have a little house or shade att the water side to worke in and competent allowance for his paines, and some land in the Oyster-shell field to plant, he will keep a ferry boate to carry people over the East River, and thatt he will attend itt every day from the rising of the sun to the going downe of the same in an ordenary course till 12 moneths be expired, exceptinge Saboth dayes and other times of solemne publique word of God.Burial
There is no headstone photo, memorial has family links and a note, "Time and weather has erased the location of this grave".Francis offers ferry services in exchange for a bit of land
Endnotes
1. (2008). || Volume 1 page 218.
2. (1881). || Page 63.
3. (1857). || Page 10 Freeman list.
4. (1857). || Page 42.
5. (1881). || Page 545.
6. (1857). || Page 164, 165.
7. (1917–1962). || Volume 2 page 48.
8. (1917–1962). || Volume 2 page 162.
9. Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2006), East Haven Vital Records 1700-1852 page 133.
10. (1917–1962). || Volume 2 page 48.
13. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .