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FAMILY HISTORY OF MOSES BROWN. 



I 1 (F F), Edward Brown, died in 1737, aged 57. I 2 (F M), Sarah, died in 1737, aged 

 60 years. I 3 (M F), Timothy Pike, of Newbury, Massachusetts. 



II 1 (F), Edward Brown (1707-1775), followed the trade of cooper in Salisbury; later he 

 was deputy sheriff and had care of the prison in Newbury. During the French War he was a 

 captain. II 2 (M), Dorothy Pike (1710-1790). 



Fraternity of Propositus: III 1, Sarah Brown (1732-1817), was a pleasant, kind, amiable, 

 and religious woman. Ill 2, Dorothy Brown (1733-1770). Ill 3, Susanna Brown (1735-1805), 

 had a taste for reading; was of kindly disposition but somewhat depressed before her death. 

 Ill 4, Edward Brown (1737-1815), followed the sea as a cooper from early life. In the old 

 French War he was made a prisoner and confined on a prison-ship in the West Indies. From the 

 age of 20 he suffered from a sort of chorea. He also exhibited marked phobias and was very 

 punctilious as to certain trivial or senseless performances. He was regarded as "bewitched." 

 Ill 5, Esther Brown (1740-1824). Ill 6, Elizabeth Brown (1743-1791), a nurse. Ill 7, Mary 

 Brown (1745-1746). Ill 8, Anne Greenough, died 1774. Ill 9, Nicholas Brown (1747-1819). 

 Ill 10, Lucy Lamprey (born 1760). Ill 11, Mary Brown (1750-1834). Ill 12 (Propositus) 

 MOSES BROWN. Ill 13 (consort), Sarah Coffin, of Newburyport. 



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IV 1, Edward Brown (1771-1819), was a cooper and employed in the West India trade. 

 Later he was a ferryman; then, inspector of provisions. IV 2, Ann Greenough Brown (born 

 1773). IV 3, Moses Brown, born 1778 and lost at sea, 1818. IV 4, Anne Brown, born 1782. 

 IV 5, Alexander McCulloch, a sailing-master of the United States navy. IV 6, Abigail Brown 

 (born 1788). IV 7, Eliphalet Woodbury, a seaman. IV 8, Nathan Brown (born 1795), a ship- 

 master. IV 9, Lucy Brown, born 1792. IV 10, Lawrence Brown (1790-1824), a shipmaster who 

 died at sea. IV 11, Ruth Brown (1799-1807). IV 12, Dorothy Brown, born 1797. IV 13, John 

 Brown (1802-1825), a shipmaster, lost at sea. IV 14, Nicholas Brown (born 1784), a shipmaster. 

 Children of Propositus: IV 15, William Brown, became a shipmaster and was lost at sea in 1799. 

 IV 16, Moses Brown, a shipmaster who was drowned in 1797. IV 17, Joseph Brown (born 

 1774), went on his first voyage as a cooper, sailing with his father to South America in 1794. 

 IV 18, James Brown. IV 19, Sarah Brown. IV 20, David Reed. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



MACLAY, E. S. 1904. Moses Brown, captain United States navy. New York: The Baker and 



Taylor Co. 220 pp. 

 TENNEY, S. 1913. Genealogical Data concerning the family of Captain Edward Brown of 



Newbury, Massachusetts. Millis, Massachusetts: W. Tenney. 3 pp. 



