2668–2669.  Francis Brown of New Haven; from Ratcliffe, county York, England. was born in England in—say—1610, and died in East Haven, Connecticut Colony, in 1668. Mary Edwards was born in England and died in East Haven, Connecticut, on December 7, 1693. They were married in England about 1636. She took the name Mary Brown. They had six children:

i. Lydia Brown was born about 1637. New Haven vital records show that on January 29, 1656, she married Henry Bristol. He was born in England.
ii. John Brown was baptized in New Haven Colony, America, on April 7, 1640. He married, on January 1, 1660, Mary Walker who divorced him in 1674 after four children: Mary, John, Hannah, and Grace.
iii. Eleazer Brown [#1334]: He was born in New Haven Colony on October 10, 1642, baptized on October 16, 1642, and died on October 23, 1714.
iv. Samuel Brown was baptized in New Haven Colony on August 7, 1645, and died in Wallingford, Connecticut Colony, America, on November 4, 1691. He married Mercy Tuttle; they had five children: Abigail, Sarah, Rachel, Francis, and Gideon.
v. Ebenezer Brown was baptized in New Haven Colony on June 21, 1646.
vi. Ebenezer Brown was baptized in New Haven Colony on July 21, 1647. On March 28, 1667, he married in New Haven Hannah Vincent; they had nine children: [daughter], Hannah, Samuel, Ebenezer, Rebecca, Mary, Elizabeth, Eunice, and James.

Her second marriage was to William Payne.

Per Genealogical Register ...:

Francis Brown came with the 50 men reported as passengers on the ship Hector and Consort who arrived at Boston on June 26, 1637. In September of that year, he came to Connecticut with the Eaton and Davenport colony, which settled New Haven, and was one of the seven men left there to pass the winter of 1637-8, the remainder of the party returning to Boston to return with their families the following spring. In the division of land, Francis Brown was on of the "Seven" who "dwelt on the bank side" (East Water street fronting the harbor). He was a tailor by trade, and for a time operated the ferry at Red Rock over the "East" River.

In 1997, the author of the genealogy and his next door neighbor, Jim Tilton, were discussing their respecitve genealogical efforts when it was discovered that they shared a common pair of ancestors: this couple. His lineage is given on the cousins page. They are 10th cousins once removed.

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