Hannah Brown

F, b. 9 September 1634
     Hannah was born on Saturday, 9 September 1634 in Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut. She was the daughter of John Brown & Dorothy. After her father's death, her mother remarried and she was raised by William Potter.1 Hannah married John Mead, son of William Mead and Philipa (?), on 4 December 1654 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.2 John & Hannah had children: John, Joseph, Hannah, Ebenezer, Jonathan, David, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Samuel, Abigail & Mary.

Citations

  1. [S457] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 Volume I -III, John Brown - baptized: Sawbridgeworth, Herefordshire, England 23 April 1598; parents: Edmund & Mary [Cramphorne] Brown; married: before 1634 Dorothy ___; children: Hannah [9/09/1634 at Watertown] & Mary [3/24/1636 at Watertown]; buried: at Watertown 20 June 1636 "age 36 years";
    Dorthy - married: 2nd William Potter orecord of the marriage but William Potter acquired proprietary rights to the land owned by John Brown and he mentions in his will dated 1685 his son-in-law, John Mead and his 11 childred;
    Hannah - married: circa 1656 John Potter;.
  2. [S2448] George L. Remington, The English Origins of William Mead of Stamford, Connecticut, page 9.