Descendants of Andrew Brown Sr: Second Generation

9. Elizabeth² Brown (Andrew¹) (#6385) was born in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 1666.⁽⁷⁸⁾ IGI: FHL Film No. 1260950 Batch 8122606 No. 49; AF says 1667 Elizabeth died 1743 in Eliot, York, ME, at 77 years of age.⁽⁷⁹⁾ Her body was interred 1743/4 in Kittery, York, ME.⁽⁸⁰⁾

She married Matthew Libby Sr in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, 1688.⁽⁸¹⁾ AF says 1675/1689 at Scarborough, Cumberland, ME; poss m c1687 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH (Matthew Libby Sr is #6390.)

Matthew was born 1663 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME.⁽⁸²⁾ Matthew was the son of John Libby and Mary (Libby). Matthew died Mar 1740/1 in Kittery, York, ME, at 77 years of age.⁽⁸³⁾ Jeff Martin says d Eliot, York, ME

His body was interred 1740/1 in Kittery, York, ME.⁽⁸⁴⁾ Occupation: sawmill operator; farmer.⁽⁸⁵⁾ He resided in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH 1699.⁽⁸⁶⁾ He resided in Kittery, York, ME 1699-1700.⁽⁸⁷⁾ He made a will in Kittery, York, ME, 13 Jan 1734/5.⁽⁸⁸⁾ Abstract from MMF by W.G. Davis, 2:474-475:

Matthew Libbey of Kittery, yeoman, made his will January 13,1734(5). It was proved March 11, 1740(1). To his wife Elizabeth he gave one-half the improvement of his homestead in Kittery, except what was given to his son Matthew, the eastern half of his dwelling-house for her life, and her third of his personal estate at her disposing. To his son Matthew the twenty-four acres where he dwells, on the country road and running the breadth of the lot back therefrom, except a cart way adjoining Solomon Libby's land. to his son William, one-third part of his interest in a sawmill which he and his brothers John and Andrew now improve in Scarborough, besides the land in Scarborough already given him. To his sons John and Andrew, all the lands and meadows held or claimed in Scarborough, except that given to William, and two-thirds of the mill, to be equally divided between them, and all his rights of commonage in Scarborough. To his son Nathaniel, 5 pounds in cattle or other specie beside what has already been given him. to his daughter Mary Libbey, one acre of land in Kittery where her husband Samuel Libbey formerly built and dwelt, provided it not be sold to any person except his (the testator's) son Samuel Libbey, the price not to exceed 20 pounds. To his daughters Hannah Hanscom and Sarah Libbey, 15 pounds each. To his daughters Dorcas Staples and Lydia Stacie, 8 pounds each. To his daughter Mehitable Knight, 10 pounds. To his daughter Elizabeth Libbey, 10s. To his son Samuel Libbey, executor, his land where he (the testator) now dwells, with houses, orchards, etc. thereon in Kittery, and all his other lands and common rights. Witnesses: Jos: Hammond, Jos: Hammond Jur, Geo: Hammond. In a codicil made February 28, 1740/1, he left to his wife Elizabeth the whole of his personal estate within doors and a third of his personal estate without doors. Witnesses: Jos: Hammond, Ephraim Libbey,James Fogg. An inventory of 543pounds:6:9 was returned by Abraham Townsend, Batchelor Hussey, and Humphrey Scammon on July 11, 1741 (Maine Wills, p 431).

AF says will probated Eliot, York, ME

Matthew's will was probated in Kittery, York, ME, Mar 1740/1. Libby No. 11

Abstract from The Libby Family in America 1602-1881, by Charles T. Libby, 1:32-33:

Matthew Libby, born in Scarborough, in the year 1663; married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Andrew Brown, one of the principal inhabitants of Black Point. As has already been told, he went to Portsmouth in 1699, and thence to Kittery, in the winter of 1699-1700. He built his house close by the one now occupied by Thomas Adlington. It was built with hewn timber, and the upper story projected over the lower one for protection against the Indians. In that house he lived until his death. It was taken down in the early part of this century, and the present one built. Some time before the second organization of the town of Scarborough, he, with Roger Deering, John Libby, 1-1, and Roger Hunnewell, went down to Black Point and built a sawmill on Nonesuch River, a short distance above the present Congregational church. His interest in that mill he afterward gave to his three sons, William, John and Andrew, and it is doubtful if he ran the mill himself longer than a very short time. He died in March 1740-1, leaving his homestead to his son Samuel. Hiw widow died two or three years later. In the family burying-ground lie Matthew Libby and his wife and five generations of their descendants, with nothing but rough stones to mark their graves.

Their children - the first six born in Scarborough and Portsmouth,and the rest in Kittery - were: (1) William m Sarah Brown (7-2); (2) Matthew m Mary Nason; (3) Mary m Samuel Libby (10-2); (4) Rebecca m 21 Jan 1723 Thomas Musset; (5) Hannah m Jan 1722 Samuel Hanscom; (6) John b 1698, m Keziah Hubbard; (7) Andrew b 1 Dec. 1700, m1 Esther Furber, m2 Eleanor (LIbby) Trickey (10-8); (8) Sarah b 7 Sep 1702, m John Libby (10-5); (9) Nathaniel b 2 Nov 1704, m Miriam Knight; (10) Dorcas b 2 Feb 1706, m 24 Jun 1729 James Staples; (11) Samuel b 5 Jun 1709, m Margaret Rogers; (12) Mehitable b 14 Mar 1711, m 2 Aug 1733, Daniel Knight; (13) Lydia b 27 Apr 1713, m 17 Oct 1730 Benjamin Stacey; (14) Elizabeth m 20 Nov 1734 John Smith, jr of Berwick

Abstract from MMF by Davis, 2:474-475:

"Matthew Libbey of Kittery, yeoman, made his will January 13, 1734(5). It was proved March 11, 1740(1). To his wife Elizabeth he gave one-half the improvement of his homestead in Kittery, except what was given to his son Matthew, the eastern half of his dwelling-house for her life, and her third of his personal estate at her disposing. To his son Matthew the twenty-four acres where he dwells, on the country road and running the breadth of the lot back therefrom, except a cart way adjoining Solomon Libby's land. To his son William, one-third part of his interest in a sawmill which he and his brothers John and Andrew now improve in Scarborough, besides the land in Scarborough already given him. To his sons John and Andrew, all the lands and meadows held or claimed in Scarborough, except that given to William, and two-thirds of the mill, to be equally divided between them, and all his rights of commonage in Scarborough. To his son Nathaniel, 5 pounds in cattle or other specie besides what has already been given him. To his daughter Mary Libbey, one acre of land in Kittery where her husband Samuel Libbey formerly built and dwelt, provided it not be sold to any person except his (the testator's) son Samuel Libbey, the price not to exceed 20 pounds. To his daughters Hannah Hanscom and Sarah Libbey, 15 pounds each. To his daughters Dorcas Staples and Lydia Stacie, 8 pounds each. To his daughter Mehitable Knight, 10 pounds. To his daughter Elizabeth Libbey, 10s. To his son Samuel Libbey, executor, his land where he (the testator) now dwells, with houses, orchards, etc. thereon in Kittery, and all his other lands and common rights. Witnesses: Jos: Hammond, Jos: Hammond Jr, Geo: Hammon. In a codicil made February 28, 1740/1, he left to his wife Elizabeth the whole of his personal estate within doors and a third of his personal estate without doors. Witnesses: Jos: Hammond, Ephraim Libbey, James Fogg. An inventory of 543 pounds:6:9 was returned by Abraham Townsend, Batchelor Hussey,and Humphrey Scammon on July 11, 1741 ( Maine Wills, p 431)."

Abstract from MMF by Davis, 2:474-476:

"3. MATTHEW(2) LIBBY (John(1)) was born in Scarborough about 1663 and was a boy of about thirteen or fourteen during the exciting days which preceded his family's flight to Boston during King Philip's War. His young manhood was spent in Scarborough between wars and there he married Elizabeth Brown whose family, like the Libbys, lived on a neck of land jutting out into the Scarborough marshes. All of the five Libby brothers wanted more land than they originally held in Scarborough and an opportunity to obtain it seemed at hand in 1687. Sir Edmund andros, the highly unpopular governor of New England, claimed all of the land in the king's name and demanded from those who occupied it the payment of a quit-rent to secure a survey and grant to confirm all former titles. This procedure outraged the owners of land whose titles under the old patents had never been questioned and few of them knuckled under to Sir Edmund. Some of the inhabitants of Scarborough, including the Libbys, did so, however. They stated that they had not more than six or eight acres of upland apiece and no meadow, that there were great quantities of land vacant and unimproved in the town, and they asked for new grants of fifty or sixty acres of upland and ten acres of meadow each. sir Edmund signed an order for a survey in Boston on January 19, 1687. Probably these hopes did not bear fruit in view of the popular uprising which resulted in Andros's expulsion (Colonial Society of Massachusetts, XXI:292-326). When Scarborough was abandoned in 1690, Matthew Libby took his family to the thickly settled town of Portsmouth where he hired a farm from the Cutts family. Here he lived for ten years until, as more fully set forth in the account of his brother David, he bought a large tract on the Piscataqua River at Long Reach in the town of Kittery, now Eliot. Six years before this purchase, Matthew was fined, on May 19, 1693, with other careless townsmen of Portsmouth, for neglecting his duty to turn out for musters, the necessity for which his past experiences should have taught him. Matthew Libby was on trial juries in 1703 and 1711, his only recorded public service."

Abstract from Early Families of Eliot and Kittery, Maine by William Fogg, pp 112-121:

"LIBBEY: -- David and Matthew Libbey, said to be half brothers, came, with their families, from Scarborough to Kittery, about the year 1700. In company with Maj. Joseph Hammond, Daniel Fogg, Stephen Tobey, they purchased estate, called upon our records The Bay Land. This tract extended along the river bank from Franks' Fort to Watts' (now Leighton's) Fort; and run back to Marsh Hill. David and Matthew Libbey received as their shares the grounds between Daniel Fogg and Stephen Tobey, - extending from the Piscataqua to the north-east end of the Bay Land. David built his house on his lot, where Moses Libbey's house now stands, - on Libbey's Hill; Matthew built him a home near the present Samuel Libbey house. These ancient homes were standing forty years ago, - built of hewn timber, in the jet-over style of architecture; or, as some call it, the block-house pattern. They located a lane or cart-way between their homesteads, easily traced and partly in use to-day.

Abstract from Matthew Libbey and his Descendants:

Matthew Libbey came to Eliot in company with his brother David. He built a house, as we have stated, on Libbey Hill, near the present home of Samuel Libbey. His children:

Benjamin, married Sarah Stone, Dec. 20, 1707 William, married Mary Brown, Nov. 11, 1722; it is thought that he removed from town Matthew, married Mary Nason, Sept. 3, 1730 Mary, married Samuel Libbey, May 31, 1713 Rebekah, married Thomas Massett, Jan. 1, 1723 Hannah, married Samuel Hanscom, Jan. 1, 1722 Andrew, born Dec. 9, 1700 Sarah, born Sept. 7, 1702, married John Libbey, November 14, 1724 Nathaniel, born Nov. 2, 1704, m. Miriam Knight Oct. 11, 1730 Dorcas, born Feb. 2, 1706, married James Staples June 24, 1729 Samuel, born June 5, 1709, married Margaret Rogers, Feb. 12, 1736 Mehitable, born March 14, 1711, married Daniel Knight, August 12, 1733 Lydia, born April 27, 1713, married Benjamin Stacey, Oct. 17,1730

Although he joined his nephew John Libby and others in building the first sawmill on the Nonesuch River when Scarborough was again inhabited, Matthew did not himself return to the old town, but conveyed to his son William Libby, "late of Kittery now of Scarborough," all his rights to lands and marshes in the latter place on Mary 17,1720 (York Deeds, XIV:143). In the last years of his life Matthew Libby's age was estimated as seventy-two in December 1735, and seventy-five in August 1738. Four of the children of Matthew and Elizabeth (Brown) Libby married their first cousins."

Abstract from MMF by W. G. Davis, 1:230, 242; 2:476:

Two years after her husband's death Elizabeth Libby, old and ill, quitclaimed her interest in the estate (of her husband) to her youngest son Samuel, he having had the whole care of attending her in her hapless condition, the deed being dated March 5, 1742/3.

Elizabeth Brown and Matthew Libby Sr had the following children:

child + 35 i. William³ Libby was born 1688.

child + 36 ii. Matthew Libby Jr was born 1690.

child + 37 iii. Mary Libby was born 1693.

child 38 iv. Rebecca (Rebekah) Libby (#11842) was born in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH 1694.⁽⁸⁹⁾ She married Thomas Mussett in Kittery, York, ME, 21 Jan 1723.⁽⁹⁰⁾ Fogg says 1 Jan 1723, but I'm more inclined to believe Charles Libby's date of 21 Jan 1723.

(Thomas Mussett is #11843.) Libby No. 11-4

child + 39 v. Hannah Libby was born 1696.

child + 40 vi. John Libby was born 1698.

child + 41 vii. Lt Andrew Libby was born 1 Dec 1700.

child + 42 viii. Sarah Libby was born 7 Sep 1702.

child + 43 ix. Nathaniel Libby was born 2 Nov 1704.

child + 44 x. Dorcas Libby was born 2 Feb 1706.

child + 45 xi. Samuel Libby was born 5 Jun 1709.

child + 46 xii. Mehitable Libby was born 14 Mar 1711.

child + 47 xiii. Lydia Libby was born 27 Apr 1713.

child + 48 xiv. Elizabeth Libby was born 1714.