Shelton Family - Ourfolk
Joan Shelton (Browne) ABT 1599 - 1628
Joan was born on ABT 1599 and died on 1628 .
Joan was married to Abraham Browne .
Abraham died on 1645/1648 in Watertown, MA .
He was the son of Edmund Browne (ABT 1547 - 1638/1639) and Mary Cramphorne (Browne) .
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Admitted as freeman at Watertown, MA Mar. 6, 1631/2. He appears in the town records
in various public positions from 1634 to 1647, notably those associated with survey
work and land distribution. His lands inventory (1694) amounted to 191 acres in 5
parcels. The home lot of Abraham BROWNE passed to his grandson Capt. Abraham
BROWN, and the home as rebuilt by the latter remained in the family for over 200 years,
and is currently owned and operated by the Society for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities. Will filed Oct. 1, 1650, Middlesex Co., MA. His estate was not settled until
Jan. 22, 1693/4 when it was divided between five claimants, with a double portion going
to the estate of Jonathan, eldest son of Abraham. The original will has not been located,
but the settlement provisions were apparently in disregard to its terms as summarized in
an abstract found in the County Court (1670).
Abraham: email July 2008
in various public positions from 1634 to 1647, notably those associated with survey
work and land distribution. His lands inventory (1694) amounted to 191 acres in 5
parcels. The home lot of Abraham BROWNE passed to his grandson Capt. Abraham
BROWN, and the home as rebuilt by the latter remained in the family for over 200 years,
and is currently owned and operated by the Society for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities. Will filed Oct. 1, 1650, Middlesex Co., MA. His estate was not settled until
Jan. 22, 1693/4 when it was divided between five claimants, with a double portion going
to the estate of Jonathan, eldest son of Abraham. The original will has not been located,
but the settlement provisions were apparently in disregard to its terms as summarized in
an abstract found in the County Court (1670).
The Mary (Browne) who married John Lewis in 1650 is the daughter of Abraham Browne, Sr. and Lydia/Lidea ( ? ) Browne Hodges. Abraham & Lydia Browne came from England on Winthrop's Fleet in 1630-1. Abraham Browne Sr. born 1585 in England, died in 1650 in Watertown, MA. His will & settlement pleas appears in Middlesex Co. Probate Records, Vol. 1, pgs. 21 - 24. It includes wife Lydia and daughter Mary Browne in the 1650 will and the heirs of Isaac Lewis in the 1691 land settlement. Abraham Browne's wife Lydia Browne later married Andrew Hodges.
Their son Abraham Browne, Jr., born 1639-40 died 1667 Watertown, MA, m. 1663 Mary (Dix). She remarried ca. 1670 to Samuel Rice of Marlborough, MA.
I am a descendant of Mary (Dix) Browne, daughter of Edward Dix, through her second marriage to Samuel Rice.
Cindy
Their son Abraham Browne, Jr., born 1639-40 died 1667 Watertown, MA, m. 1663 Mary (Dix). She remarried ca. 1670 to Samuel Rice of Marlborough, MA.
I am a descendant of Mary (Dix) Browne, daughter of Edward Dix, through her second marriage to Samuel Rice.
Cindy
Last change (on this page): 15 OCT 2018