Nicholas Brown

Other Events:

• History / Bio: 1914; Historical and Genealogical Miscellany v3 (New York: n.p., 1914), p128
• History / Bio: 1932; This Old Monmouth Of Ours (New Jersey: Moreau Brothers of Freehold, 1932), p206

Notes:

...Nicholas Brown and Sarah Rogers plead guilty to fornication and batardy in Monmouth County Court Sessions. pg. 133

History / Bio:

Brown of Monmouth County
Nicholas Brown, was an Englishman and a resident of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638, when he was admitted an inhabitant of the Island of Aquidneck.
1639, Apr. 30. He was one of twenty-nine who joined to create themselves into a "civill body politicke," at Portsmouth.
1639. "Nicholas Browne doth dismiss himself of the Government here.:
1640 to 1642. Nicholas Brown, of Aquidnecke, receipts for all money due him for sale of land to John Wickes, which was adjacent to Mr. Samuel Hutchinson's house lot. He signed by his mark.
1646, Feb. 4. He received twenty acres adjoining his other twenty.
1649, Mch. I, Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, R. I., sold to John Woode, Sr., of the same place, a parcell of land, "granted to me by the towne, in Portsmouth, near Newport line." He signed by his mark.
In 1655, he was a Freeman.
1656. Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, brought of George Parker, twenty acres, in Portsmouth.
1657, Dec. 10. Nicholas Brown was granted, with many others, six acres of land, in Portsmouth.
1659, May 14. Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth for a consideration, sold to Ellexander Enos, one acre of land, in Portsmouth.
1680. He was taxed 6s, 4d.
1693~4, Mch. 15. He paid the town treasurer 20s., for twelve acres of land, which he bought of the said town Feb. 23, 1693-4, lying in Portsmouth.
Nicholas Brown married Frances, widow of George Parker, who died 1656: she died after 1669. Whether she was the mother of his children, or whether they were by a former wife, is unknown.
1694, Nov. 16. Will of Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, husbandman; proved Dec. 27, 1694, mentioned:
Eldest son, Nicholas Brown, received 5 shillings.
Son, Abraham Brown, received 5 shillings.
Daughter, Jane Badcock, received £10.
Children of "my son William Brown," deceased, each, £10, and a bed and blankets:
Grand-daughter, Martha
Grand-daughter, Jane
To grandson, Tobias Brown, son of son William, deceased, the residue of his estate and creates him executor. He signed by his mark.

History / Bio:

Nicholas Brown was of Portsmouth, R. I., but removed to Monmouth county, where he died in in 1694. His wife is believed to have been Frances, widow of George Parker. In the early generations at least, his descendants contributed notably to the upbuilding of both Monmouth and Burlington. His children were: Nicholas, Abraham, Jane, who married James Badcock and William.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abraham Brown was born in 1642 in Worcestershire, England; died on 10 Jul 1714 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America.
2. Nicholas Brown was born before 1644; died on 2 Jun 1714 in Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America.
3. William Brown was born before 1659; died before 1694.
4. Jane Brown died in 1729.

Nicholas married Frances Darbye in 1658. Frances was born on 30 Jan 1612 in England; died on 3 Sep 1669 in Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
widow of George Parker