Capt. Abraham Browne

1671 - 1729  (58 years)

• Name	Abraham Browne
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	26 Aug 1671	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1729	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Burial	Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Elizabeth Browne ,   b. 19 Sep 1664, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 8 Aug 1740, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years) ▻ Daniel Benjamin ,  m. 25 Mar 1687 + 2. Capt. Abraham Browne ,   b. 26 Aug 1671, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 27 Nov 1729, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years) ▻ Mary Hyde ,  m. Abt 1691
  Person ID	I33654	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Browne,   b. 15 Oct 1635, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Between 19 Feb 1691 and 1 Apr 1691, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Shattuck,   b. 25 Aug 1645, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 23 Oct 1732, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1662	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F19847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hyde,   b. 21 Jun 1673, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 29 Nov 1723, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1691  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Lydia Browne,   b. 30 Dec 1697, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Feb 1768, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F19838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "The home the Browns used as a residence and inn is located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, MA--adjacent on the east is the Abraham Brown School. Known as the Abraham Brown Jr. House to distinguish the owner from his immigrant grandfather Abraham Browne, the house was built by 1690, and possibly as early as 1663, and an addition made to it in 1729. It remained in the Brown family until 1897, and is currently on the register of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Gothic in construction, the restored house has a pilastered chimney believed to be similar to the original. The original house, the current North Hall, features a very large fireplace with a massive oak lintel, floors and walls of white pine, and ceiling beams of hewn oak. The Hall, used as residence and inn, is currently furnished with a canopied bed, a trestle table, bannister back chairs, and other 17th century furniture and utensils. A unique feature of the house is the use of three part casement window frames duplicated from a frame found during restoration--the earliest example of such a window found in New England." [America's Historic Houses and Restorations by Irvin Haas (New York, 1966)]\

  
  

• Sources

  [S5376] Find a Grave page for Capt Abraham Brown. [S5369] The Hastings Memorial: A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Thomas Hastings of Watertown, Massachusetts by Lydia Nelson Hastings Buckminster. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1866., place only. [S595] The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part I: The Ancestry of Warren Frances Kempton 1817-1879 by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England,1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.