Family of Nicholas + BROWN and Elizabeth + LIDE

Husband:	Nicholas + BROWN (1601-1673)
Wife:	Elizabeth + LIDE (c. 1603-1674)
Children:	Edward BROWN (1640- )
	Elizabeth + BROWN (1647-1697)
	Joseph BROWN (1647- )
	Sarah BROWN (1650- )

Husband: Nicholas + BROWN

Name:	Nicholas + BROWN
Sex:	Male
Father:	Edward + BROWN (1586-1610)
Mother:	Jane + LEIDS (1578-1610)
Birth	Apr 1601	Inkburrow Parish, Worcestershire, England
Immigration	1638 (age 36-37)	to Lynn, Essex, MA, US
Will	9 Jan 1673 (age 71)
Occupation		Mariner
Death	5 Apr 1673 (age 71-72)	Reading, Middlesex, MA, US
Probate	17 Apr 16731
	beq to ch John, Josiah, Edward, Joseph, Cornelius and Elizabeth, and wife Elizabeth

Wife: Elizabeth + LIDE

Name:	Elizabeth + LIDE
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1603 (est)
Death	1 Nov 1674 (age 70-71)	Reading, Middlesex, MA, US

Child 1: Edward BROWN

Name:	Edward BROWN
Sex:	Male
Birth	15 Aug 1640

Child 2: Elizabeth + BROWN

Child 3: Joseph BROWN

Name:	Joseph BROWN
Sex:	Male
Birth	10 Dec 1647

Child 4: Sarah BROWN

Name:	Sarah BROWN
Sex:	Female
Birth	6 Jun 1650

Note on Husband: Nicholas + BROWN

Father: Edward Brown, 9 Sep 1586 - 1610. Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England

 

Mother: Jane (Leids) Brown, 1578 - 1610. Inkberrow

 

Nicholas was born in Inkberrow, Worcester, England, about 1601. His parents were Edward Browne and Jane Leids. Around 1630, Nicholas married Elizabeth Leids. Possibly, Elizabeth was in some way related to Jane. They were probably married in Worcestershire, England. Nicholas first appears in New England in March, 1638, when he is one of the 100 planters who received grants of land in the "Six-mile Grant", of Lynn, Massachusetts. Nicholas received 210 acres, one of the largest grants. Many of the grantees did not occupy the land, but sold it to others. Nicholas did live on his land however, and he was active in the affairs of Lynn until 1649. He served as Lynn's representative to the General Court, on various juries, and on the Essex County Grand Jury from 1641 to 1649.

 

Sometime during those years, he moved his family to Reading, where he had also received several grants of land. His last two children are recorded in Reading, in 1640 and 1647, although Nicholas and his wife belonged to the church in Lynn until 1663. From 1651 on, Nicholas also took an active roll in Reading. He was chosen to fill various rolls such as selectman, commisioner "to try small causes", and tax collector. Nicholas and Elizabeth had six children, the first four probably born in England, or possibly Elizabeth, thought to have been born about 1639, was born in Lynn, but not recorded there. The last two children are recorded as having been born in Reading.

 

In 1660, Nicholas granted his son John power of attorney, as John was traveling to England. John was to attempt to recover whatever he could of the estate that his mother inherited from her father, Thomas Lide. Nicholas made his will on March 29, 1673 and died on April 5th. His estate was probated on April 17, 1673, it was valued at over 1200 pounds, a large estate in those days. Elizabeth died in Reading on November 1, 1674. (Bio provided by Ken Smith)

Sources

1	Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998).

2	"MA Town Death Records".