Thomas BROWN

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10 January 1604 , England

Died

3 November 1688 , Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England

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Born: 10 January 1604 in England

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1642.

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Thomas married Bridget UNKNOWN abt. 1642 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bridget UNKNOWN was born abt. 1615 in England (United Kingdom). Bridget died 1 March 1681 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.

Thomas BROWN died 3 November 1688 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England.
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Thomas BROWN married

Bridget UNKNOWN
Marriage date: abt. 1642
Marriage place: Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

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BROWN Thomas Thomas (-1688) & Bridget _____ by 1642 Concord - Cambridge {Brown (,3) 6 Sv. 1:276 Brown (1931) (ms) 7 Fallass 106 Davis-Everett 44 Chandler (1949) 27 Morton (1947) 43}

Children of Thomas BROWN and Bridget UNKNOWN

Thomas BROWN

Born: abt. 1651, Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 4 April 1718, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Ruth WHEELER 12 November 1677 Place: Concord, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1604
10 January 1604
England

1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1677 Marriage of Child
Thomas BROWN married 12 November 1677, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Ruth WHEELER

1681 Death of Spouse/Partner
Bridget UNKNOWN died 1 March 1681, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Will
1691 Brown, Browne Thomas Cambridge Will 3212
Source:
Index to the Probate Records of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Orig. pub. City of Cambridge, Mass. Index to the Probate records of the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1912–14)

Death — 1688
3 November 1688
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
He died at the age of 84.

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