Brown, Peter

Birth Name Brown, Peter 1a
Gramps ID I1707
Gender male
Age at Death 43 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E2247] 1590 Hawkedon, Suffolk, England  
 
Death [E2248] 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth, MA  
 
Death [E2249] 1633 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA  
1b
Emigration [E2250] 1620-11-21 On Mayflower  
 

Relation to the center person (Strong, Living) : ninth great grandson

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Brown, Thomas [I1712]15571589/90-01-26 (Julian)
Mother Sayer, Joan [I2269]1552after 1610
         Brown, Peter [I1707] 1590 1633
    Brother     Brown, John [I10222] 1662

Families

    Family of Brown, Peter and (Ford), Martha [F0686]
Married Wife (Ford), Martha [I1708] ( * 1580 + 1628 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E52672] 1623/4-01-01 (Julian) Plymouth, Plymouth, MA  
 
Marriage [E52673] 1624 Plymouth Colony, MA  
1c
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Brown, Priscilla [I1711]16271691
Brown, Mary [I1709]1627-06-011689
    Family of Brown, Peter and Unknown, Mary [F3498]
Married Wife Unknown, Mary [I8626] ( * + before 1647 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E54331] 1630 Plymouth Colony, MA  
1d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Brown, Martha [I2128]about 1630
Brown, John [I2129]about 1631
Brown, Rebecca [I8627]16311698
Brown, Peter [I1706]16321691/2-03-09 (Julian)
Brown, Rebecca [I2130]16321707/8-01-31 (Julian)
Brown, Isabel [I2132]16341698-10-02

Narrative

WFT Vol. 11, No. 2630

PETER BROWN of Plymouth and Dorchester, Mass., born in England about 1600; died in Plymouth, Mass., 1633; was one of the Signers of the Compact on board the Mayflower, 1620, was one of the seven which remained of all the Company of the Mayflower, able either to nurse the sick or to bury the dead, took charge of digging the graves and burying the dead of the Mayflower. Married (first) about 1623, Martha Ford, a widow and had 2 children, viz.: Mary and Priscilla; married (second) about 1628, Mary, and had 2 children, viz.: Peter and John.

He was admitted a freeman in 1633. Mary and Martha Brown, probably his wife and elder daughter, had divisions of cattle with him in 1627. It is supposed that his first wife was Martha, and that Mary and Priscilla were her daughters and the two mentioned by Governor Bradford as married in 1650. In 1644, the daughters were placed in the care of their uncle, John Brown, a leading citizen of Duxbury. Peter Brown died in 1633, before October 10, and his estate was settled by the court, Nov. 11, 1633. Administration was granted to the widow Mary. He had several children, among whom was Peter mentioned below:

Pedigree

  1. Brown, Thomas [I1712]
    1. Sayer, Joan [I2269]
      1. Brown, Peter
        1. (Ford), Martha [I1708]
          1. Brown, Priscilla [I1711]
          2. Brown, Mary [I1709]
        2. Unknown, Mary [I8626]
          1. Brown, Martha [I2128]
          2. Brown, John [I2129]
          3. Brown, Rebecca [I8627]
          4. Brown, Peter [I1706]
          5. Brown, Rebecca [I2130]
          6. Brown, Isabel [I2132]
      2. Brown, John [I10222]

Ancestors

Source References

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