Ebenezer Brown

Great Great Great Great Grandfather of General Tom Thumb

Family

Ebenezer Brown (Francis 1) was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT July 1647. Ebenezer Brown. Born ca 1647 in New Haven, CT. Ebenezer was baptized in First Congregational Society, New Haven, in Jul 1647.55 Ebenezer died bef 1709.

He married Hannah Vincent 28 March 1667 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. Hannah was born 17 November 1639 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. Hannah was the daughter of John Vincent and Rebecca.

Ebenezer Brown and Hannah Vincent had the following children:

• i. Hannah12 Brown was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT 1 February 1667. She married twice. She married Benjamin Jones 30 November 1687 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. Benjamin was born about 1665 in CT. She married Benjamin Wooding 1694. Benjamin was born about 1665 in CT.
• ii. Samuel Brown was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT 4 October 1669. Samuel died 1751 in West Haven, New Haven, CT, at 81 years of age. He married Sarah. Sarah was born about 1670 in CT.child
• iii. Ebenezer Brown was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT 12 November 1670. Ebenezer died 1707 at 36 years of age. He married Eleanor Lane 11 February 1695/1696 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. Eleanor was born about 1670 in CT. Eleanor was the daughter of Isaac Lane.
• iv. Rebecca Brown was born 20 April 1672.
• v. Mary Brown was born 6 August 1674.
• vi. Elizabeth Brown was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT 13 May 1679. She married William Beardsley 5 July 1699 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. William was born about 1675.
• vii. Eunice Brown was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT 26 October 1681. She married Daniel Thomas 10 December 1702 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. Daniel was born about 1680.
• viii. James Brown was born in New Haven, New Haven, CT 22 February 1684. James died 15 May 1760 in Watertown, CT, at 76 years of age.
• ix. (infant daughter) Brown (-Dec 1668)

References

• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_275.html#P27132

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Ebenezer Brown (1647 - 1739)

Ebenezer Brown aka Browne

Born 4 Jul 1647 in New Haven, New Haven Colony, New England

Son of Francis Brown and Mary (Edwards) Payne

Brother of Lydia (Brown) Bristow, John Brown, Eleazer Brown, Samuel Brown and Ebenezer Brown
Husband of Hannah (Vincent) Brown — married 28 Mar 1667 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Hannah (Brown) Wooding, Samuel Brown, Ebenezer Brown, Rebecca (Brown) Clark, Mary (Brown) Clark, Elizabeth (Brown) Beardsley, Eunice (Brown) Thomas and James Brown
Died 3 Mar 1739 at age 91 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutmap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 Marriage
1.3 In the town records
2 Sources
2.1 Footnotes
Biography

Tolles in America page 136 states: Ebenezer Brown[9, 37]; b. Jul 1647[37]; Sp: Hannah Vincent[9, 37]; m. 28 Mar 1667[9]; Ch: Rebecca: Eunice.
Genealogical Dictionary Vol 1, page 265 under Brown states: Ebenezer, New haven, s. of Francis, m. 28 Mar. 1667, Hannah, d. of John Vincent of the same, had Hannah, b. 1 Feb. 1668; s. without name, 4 Oct. 1669; Ebenezer, 12 Nov. 1670; Rebecca, 20 Apr. 1672; Mary, 6 Aug. 1674; Eliz. 13 May 1679; Eunice, 26 Oct. 1681; and James, 22 Feb. 1684; perhaps more.
Birth

4 JUL 1647 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut[1][2]
Marriage

28 MAR 1667 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut[3][4][5][6]
1 JUL 1636[7][8]
In the town records

Source: Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919. Index beginning at page 445.

p. 254 1669. Widow Vincent brought suit against Ebenezer for slander or defamation, but withdrew the suit before it got to court.

p. 260 1669. 1670 The court found Ebenezer and his wife Hannah guilty of "sinful and wicked carriages towards each other." He was sentenced to be whipped, she to stand bare beside him while the sentence was carried out. In addition he gave 40 pounds of his estate to the town should this behavior continue.

p. 290 July 1671 charged with drunkeness.

See also pp 213, 221, 282, 407.

Sources

Vital Records
Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862)
Tolles, William Marshall & Morow, Alyce Jane (Tolles). Tolles in America (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1997)
Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Volumes 1-9
Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7179083&pid=...
Footnotes

↑ Tolles: page 136-137
↑ Savage: Vol 1, page 266
↑ Tolles: page 136
↑ Savage: Vol 1, page 265
↑ Jacobus: Vol 1, page 347
↑ Vital Records
↑ Savage: Vol 1, page 266
↑ Jacobus: Vol 1, page 346