21. Lt. Allison³ Brown (Lt Andrew², Andrew¹) (#9296) was born in Arundel, York, ME 1697/8.⁽¹⁶⁹⁾ SLC FHL Film 1126162, Batch 7732615, Sheet 42

AF says born 1687 Kittery, York, ME; however gravestone says he died 16 Apr 1728 at 29 years of age, making him b 1697/8/9.... Individual flags: KP War. Allison died 16 Apr 1728 in Arundel, York, ME, at 29 years of age.⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ age 71; gravestone His body was interred aft 16 Apr 1728 Kennebunkport, York, ME, Arundel Cemetery.⁽¹⁷¹⁾ Andrew buried in Arundel Cemetery, section 5; York County ME Cemetery Inscpritions page 100

He married Hannah Scammon in Arundel, York, ME, 1720/25.⁽¹⁷²⁾ Philip Gray (Penobscot Pioneers 1:92) says married c1725 (Hannah Scammon is #9297.)

Hannah was born 1709 in Kittery, York, ME.⁽¹⁷³⁾ poss b 1698 Kittery, York, ME; Philip Gray (Penobscot Pioneers 1:92) says b 1709.... Hannah was the daughter of Capt Humphrey Scammon and Elizabeth Jordan.

Hannah died by 9 Apr 1731 at 21 years of age.⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ Charles Freeman says d 16 Apr 1726

Abstract from P.H. Gray Penobscot Pioneers 1:92:

Hannah3 Scammon was born c 1709 to fit the opinion, with which I concur, of W.G. Davis that she was indeed the daughter of Elizabeth Jordan (Anc of Sarah Miller by Davis, p 58). Her death is unrecorded and the ME/NH Gen Dict p 692 shows the error of the belief that she married secondly John Treworgye. She married Allison3 Brown of Arundel (Putnam's Monthly, 1892-1893, p 120).

He made a will 29 Mar 1728.⁽¹⁷⁵⁾ Transcript from Maine Wills 1640-1760 by Sargent, pp 293-295:

Probate No. 3:274

"In the Name of God amen the Twenty Ninth Day of March 1728. I Allison Brown of Arrundel in ye County of York Yeoman being uery Sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and Memory Thanks be given unto God therefore Caling unto mind ye Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executrix and Executors Nothing Doubting but at ye Generall Resurrection I Shall Receive ye Same again by ye Mighty Power of God and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me in this Life I give Demise and Dispose of ye Same in ye following Manner and form.

Item I Do give unto my three Sisters viz Eliza Stagpole Mary Carr & Katharine Lassell four pounds a Peice to be paid to them out of my Estate at ye Discretion of my Executrix & Executors and I do also give unto my three Sisters Children that are now born to Each of them four pounds a Peice as they Come to the age of one & Twenty years to be paid unto them out of my estate at the Discretion of my Executrix and Executors.

Item I do give to my brother Andrew Browns Daughter Brown four pound Money to be paid out of my Estate when She Comes of age if She lives to that time.

Item I do give to my Dearly beloved wife Hannah the whole Improvement of all my lands mills moveables of any kind or Sort whatsoever within doares & without to be Improved to the best advantage as Shall be thought fitt by her & my Executors for her Comfortable Maintainance and ye bringing up my Children Andrew Brown and Eliza Brown untill they Come of ye age of one & Twenty years and my will is that my son Andrew Should be brought up to ye Colledge if it Can Possiably be Done by ye InCome of my Estate without wronging my wife & my Daughter.

Item I do Give unto my son Andrew Brown and to my Daughter Eliza Brown all my housing & Lands & other building to be Equally Divided between them when my som Cometh to ye age of one and Twnety Years Provided my Son be brought up to ye Colladge as aforesaid but if not then my will is that my Son Andrew Shall have two thirds of my land and buildings aforesaid & my Daughter one third part & no more and my will is and I do give to my wife Hannah and to my two Children all my moveable Estate to be Equally Divided between them three when my Son Cometh to ye age of one & twenty Years unto which Time my wife is to have the improvement of ye whole for ye End as aforesaid I do Also give to my Dear Wife Hannah after my son Andrew Comes to ye age of one and Twenty Years one third part of the Income of my Estate During her Natural life to be paid her by my two Children according to what they or Either of them Injoy of it and I do appoint my wife to be Executrix with my father in law Mr Humphrey Scammon & Ensigr Thomas Perkins whom I do appoint to be Executors to See that this my last will and testament be Performed and I do hereby Desalow Revoke and Disanul all and Every other former Testament will Legacies & bequest and Executors by me in any ways before named Willed & Bequested Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will & Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year before Mentioned.

Signed Sealed Published Allison Brown (Seal) Pronovnced & Declared by ye sd Allison Brown as his last will & Testament in ye Presence of us. Marston Cabot John Trewogy Joseph Adams"

Probated 1 May 1728; inventory returned 27 Mar 1729 at oel 241: 7: 0 by James March, Jabez Dorman, and Jesse Town, appraisers.

Transcribed from MMF by W.G. Davis, Vol. 1, p 235:

The will of Allison Brown of Arundel, yeoman, was made March 29 and proved May 1, 1728.

"To my three sisters Elizabeth Stackpole, Mary Carr, and Katherine Lassell, 4 pounds apiece, and to each of their children that are now born, 4 pounds apiece at the age of twenty-one. To my brother Andrew Brown's daughter Brown, 4 pounds when she comes of age. To my dearly beloved wife Hannah, the whole improvement of all my lands, mills, etc. for her comfortable maintenance and the brining up of my children Andrew Brown and Elizabeth Brown until they come of the age of one and twenty years, and my will is that my son Andrew should be brought up to the College if it can possibly be done by the income of the estate without wronging my wife and my daughter. To my son Andrew and my daughter Elizabeth all my lands and houses, etc., to be equally divided between them when my son comes of age, provided my son be brought up to the college as aforesaid, but, if not, my son is to have two-thirds and my daughter one-third. My movable property is to be divided equally between my wife, my son and my daughter. Executors: my wife, my father-in-law Mr. Humphrey Scamman and Ensign Thomas Perkins. Witnesses: Marston Cabot, John Treworgy, Joseph Adams. The inventory, made March 27, 1729, produced 1241 pounds.

In the account, presented July 2, 1753, payments are entered of 4 pounds each to the following: Job Averill (for his wife Sarah), John Leavitt (for his wife Anna), Andrew Lassell, Allison Lassell, John Smith (for his wife Sarah), Andrew Stagpole, Mary Fletcher, Elizabeth Kincket, Thomas Green, Matthew Lassell, Elizabeth Miller, Mary Carr, Mary Lassell, John Lassell, Hannah Lassell, Joshua Lassell, Jeremiah Lassell, and 3 pounds:10 to James Tyler." (York Probate #1990).

Allison's will was probated in Arundel, York, ME, 1 May 1728.⁽¹⁷⁶⁾ Will dated 29 Mar 1728; Executors: father-in-law, Humphrey Scamman and Ensign Thomas Perkins; probated 1 May 1728; Inventory returned at 1241:70 pounds. Abstract from ME/NH Gen Dict, LND, p 114:

Sarah (Smith) Stackpole dep. that her grandmo. d. soon aft. her uncle Allison's birth, and he was suckled by his aunt Libby. The first deputy (Allison) from Arundel to the General Court, 1723. Interest. will 29 Mar 1728. M. Hannah Scammon (Humphrey), who mar. 2d by 28 Mar. 1729 John Treworgy. 2 ch.

Abstract from MA/ME Families by W.G. Davis, 1:234-237:

4. LIEUT. ALLISON(3) BROWN (Andrew2, Andrew1) was born in York in the year 1697. His mother died when he was about two weeks old and he was taken to nurse by his aunt Elizabeth (Brown) Libby, who kept him until he was six months old, after which he was placed in charge ofhis oldest sister, Elizabeth. He married about 1720 Hannah Scamman, daughter of Capt. Humphrey and Elizabeth (Jordan) Scamman of Saco.

Of his military service several records survive: a muster roll of "Sergt Allison Browne & Company," Nov. 1723-June 1724; his authorization as lieutenant under Capt. Wheelwright, Nov. 17, 1724; a return of his command, Nov. 26, 1725 (NEHGS Reg, 48:440; 46:142; 49:188).

The wealthiest man in the town of Arundel, he began his land purchases in 1720 with four acres of marsh from John baston. In 1723 he bought from James Mussey Trott's Island and Cape Island at Cape Porpoise and one hundred acres "at ye deserts," which had been granted to Mussey's father in 1681. In 1724 and 1725 John Baston and James March sold to Brown one hundred acres which had been originally granted to William Baston, and in 1726 he purchased from Thomas Perkins his half of the land which Perkins and Andrew Brown, Lieut. Brown's father, had bought from Tyler, Watson, and Dorman (YD XI:179, 184; XII:14, 15, 71). Brown, at the age of twenty-six became Arundel's first representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1723.

He died April 16, 1728, and his gravestone, still standing, bears the inscription "Here lyes Buried ye Body of Lieut Alison Brown who Died April 16th 1728 Aged 31 years." ...

Hannah (Scamman) Brown married secondly John Treworgy, who had been one of Lieut. Brown's servants and who became a prominent citizen of the town (History of Kennebunkport by Bradbury, 1837, p 281). He was drowned at Mount Desert in 1747.

Abstract from History of Kennebunkport by Bradbury, p 229:

1. Allison married Hannah, the daughter of Humphrey Scamman of Saco. He was styled Lieut. and was chosen to represent the town in General Court in 1723, beign the first representative from the town. He died April 16,1628, aged 71 years. His grave stones are still standing. Mr. Brown was the wealthiest citizen of the town. His widow, who was nearly thirty years younger than himself, married John Treeworgy, who had for some time been a hired man in Mr. Brown's service, much against the wishes of her friends. Mr. Brown's children were, Andrew, and four daughters. The daughters married, Carr, John Stackpole, Smith, and Joshua Lassel, jr. Andrew, son of Allison, married Elizabeth Harding, Nov. 5, 1747. He erected a house at the Mills, June 27, 1751, but subsequently resided on Neck Island. His children were Louisa, m. Adam McCulloch; Allison, who m. Elizabeth Tyler, and removed to Scarborough; Hannah, who m. Joshua Alley; Andrew, m. Mary Webber and removed to Kennebec; Mary, who was married five times - to John Wakefield, Thomas Washburne, Joseph Parsons, Mr. Crosby, and Eliakim Bickford; Elizabeth, who m. Abner Huff; and four that died young."

Abstract from Documentary History of the State of Maine, by Baxter (ed), V X:182:

Letter Col. Westbrook to Lt. Gov. Dummer Fort Mary Febr. 16, 1724/5 May it please/Yr Honour

I Believe Captt Heath Marched Exact to yeTime hr Honour Ordered on his Return I shall Emply the men on This side of Cannebick River persuant to yr Honrs Orders, Lieut Brown Marched for pigwoket the 13th off this instant with twenty nine men - Recd the inclosed the 15th of this month About nine a Clock at night. I am Yr Honrs most Dutifull Servtt.

Thos Westbrook

post I have advised the front, teer's to be on their gaurds, untill yr Return off Those Indians. The place where the indian stop'd That Did not Come into the Fort is about seven miles Distant I am Dispatching Captt Slocum immediately Captt Bean for georges Their Being an interpreter wanting.

Letter Allison Brown to Col. T. Westbrook March 23, 1724. Arundal Mch 23d 1724 Sir This day being up at Mr. Perkins Sawmill and returning back five men together a Scout of Indians fired on them and wounded Sarjt. Samll. Smith very badly. I being Informd went directly out and could not meet with them but brought the wounded man home. from Sr

Your Humbl. Servt. Allison Brown

To Collo Thomas Westbrook A Tue Copy - Town Clerk Falmouth Mch. 24, 1724 Sir You are to see yt the Soldiers under your Command keep a very strict watch & ward lest the Enemy should Surprise any of our people wch is to be feard.

Given under my hand Thos. Westbrook A true Coppy

Letter Col T. Westbrook to Lieut. Gov. Dummer Falmouth March 29, 1724 May it please your Honr My last Inform'd of my Arrival here and my makeing the best of my way to visit all the Frontiers but I have been stopt by a long and Tedious storme, notwithstanding I wrote Orders to all the Officers on the 24th Inst about eleven a Clock, and about three a Clock in the Afternoon, wee heard an Alarm from the Westward, but could not hear the Occasion of it till the 27th Currant, whereof I Enclose a Coppy. they have taken a great deal of pains to get a Doctor for the wounded man, they went to Portsmouth and brought one as far as York, and there he was taken sick, so they returnd and went as far as Greenland but could get none from thence, they came to ffalmouth for Docter Negus, who was taken sick the 27th Inst and died the 29th between Eight & nine a Clock in the Morning. wee have had an Instance of the like Sudden death in the past week, a Stout man about twenty five years of Age was taken sick and died in about forty hours - we stand in Absolute necessity of two Docters to visit the sundry sick among us and likewise to Dress the wounded man Docter Bullman haveing his hands full at Richmond & Arrowsick. I doubt not but your Honr will take speedy care to send them. I wait with patience as his habbit & gun away & shot at a Boy who Escaped, and directly I alarumed The Town & adjacent places who all Took itt. at Saco falls we heard one great gun fired who cannot hear us. but Can't Learn The meaning, as yet Their is mr parker up Their Loading, & I fear This Scout surprized Them. Corrl Harman some Dayes since, passed This Harbour, westward, with other officers. Corrl Westbrook is Expected Every Day & in The Sloop this Comes is Capt Born with his indians, we have Lost no man in This march but are Disappointed

Your Honours humble Servant Samuel Hincks Fort Mary: Winter Harbour Octr 9th 1724 [Superscribed] To His Honour William Dummer Esqr Lieutt Govr Commandr & Cheife/ / In Boston

Letter Lt. Gov. Dummer to Capt Wheelwright Bost 17th Novbr 1724

I received your Letter by Express this Morning & you are hereby directly Immediately to draw out of the Souldiers Posted at York & Wells 50 good Men Well armed & Supplyed with Sutable proviss. for 5 Dayes or more if need bee & with them to March forthwith to Piggwacot in Search of the Indians Liveing there According to the relation you have from the Captive Peter Tallcott who made his Escape from them & is arived with you whome likewise Stephen Harden [NOTE: This is Stephen Harding] or such other person or psons as shall be knowing of the place & the Way to it & the Officer Commanding at Yorke is hereby Order'd without delay to furnish his part for this Service which 25. Men. & inasmuch as the Success in this Expedition will in a great Measure depend under God on your dilligent dispatch & I expect from you that the uttmost care bee taken therein. So wishing you good Success I am Yr

P.S. You are to take with you Mr Allison Brown of Cape porpus who is hereby Authorized to Act as Your Lieut, & inasmuch as You may probably not be Able to Muster the whole Complement of fifty good & able Men fit for the Service out of the Two towns aforemention'd Lt Brown is hereby Directed to bring with him 10 or 12 good Men from his Detachment to make up your Number. Capt. Wheelwright.

Abstract from Penobscot Pioneers by Gray, pp 36-38:

Allison3 Brown was born in 1697; but his mother dying when he was two weeks old, he was nursed by an aunt until at about six months of age he was taken over by his oldest sister (The Ancestry of Sarah Miller by Davis, p 58). Wealthiest landowner in the town of Arundel. At the age of 26 he became the first representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Arundel, in 1723 (ibid). Sergeant and then lieutenant of militia by 1725 (ibid). His gravestone in Kennebunkport bore the inscription "Here lyes Buried ye Body of Lieut Alison Brown who Died April 16th 1728 Aged 31 years" (ibid p 59). His will was written 29 Mar 1728 and probated 1 May 1728; the inventory was returned at L1241:7:0 (Maine Wills 1640-1760 by Sargent, 1887, pp 293-295). Married about 1725 to Hannah3 Scammon, who was born about 1709 to fit the opinion, with which I concur, of Walter Goodwin Davis that she was the daughter of Elizabeth Jordan (Anc of Sarah Miller, p 58). Her death is unrecorded and the ME/NH Gen Dict p 692 corrects the error on p 114 that she married next John Treworgye. Children of Allison and Hannah (Scammon) Brown were Andrew4 and Elizabeth4 (Anc of Sarah Miller, p 59-60).

Abstract from ME Probate Abstracts by Frost, 1:389:

8/398. Allison Brown, of Arundel. Accts (8.241). F1990. Thomas Perkins' acct of costs & disbs as svg exor of the will of Allison Brown, late of Arundel, decd, totalling L146/8/4, & with credits added of L92/12/0; ext att York, 2 Jul 1753, by Thomas Perkins, Esq., exor. Acct incl legacy pd Job Averill for his w Sarah, L4, legacy pd John Leavitt for his w Anne, L4, legacy pd Andrew Lassell, L4, legacy pd Allison Lassell, L4, legacy pd John Smith for his w Sarah, L4, etc, 6 days mending the upper mill, 10/, and in Feb, pd George Butler for bringing the grave stones, 10/.

Abstract from History of Litchfield - Centenniel by Anonymous, pp 62-63:

"... Allison Brown who married Hannah Scamman and was the first representative from kennebunkport to the Massachusetts legislature in 1723. ..."

Ancestral File lists the following two submitters for Elizabeth Brown, dtr of Lt. Allison and Hannah (Scammon) Brown:

1. Maxine Tyler Constable 5505 Ralston Way Placerville, CA 95667 f#1512632 AF89-006587

2. Marilyn K. Lane 6776 Lewis Road Vacaville, CA 95687 f#None AF92-105255

Lt. Allison Brown and Hannah Scammon had the following children:

+ 72 i. Elizabeth⁴ Brown was born aft 1720.

+ 73 ii. Andrew Brown Sr was born 1721.

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