Christian Brown

'George Brown's widow, Christian (Hibbert) Brown came to America about 1640 with their three sons and received land in Salisbury, MA in the "first division" in 1640 and 1641.

George and his wife Christian (Hibbert) Brown had at least three sons, all born in England.

Biography

Christian was the daughter of ___. She married George Brown on September 30, 1611 in St. Edmunds Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire County, England.[1] They were the parents of:

1. Henry (1613-1701)
2. William (1615-1706)
3. George (1622-1699)
4. Abraham (1626-unknown)

The george Browns family were the ones responsible for giving the name Sa lisbury to that Massachussetts town in memory of Salisbury England. George Brown died just bedfore his wife & sons left for New England as a result of this CHRISTIAN HIBBERT Brown was given lots in the 1st division in Salisbury Mass the 1st & only woman in New England history to do so.

Marriage to George Browne: (1) Christian Browne, widow, in Salisbury, MA, 1640. (1a) George Browne d. in Salisbury, England, 1633, leaving a widow Christian. (2) 30 Sep 1611, parish church of St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. They made an offering of 3 shillings at the time. Death: (1) 28 Dec 1641, Salisbury, MA.

(2) 1633: Her husband made her executor of his will, and gave her half of "all my goodes and ymplements of household stuff with the lease of the tenemts which I hold from the Chabr (Chamber) of the Cittye."

(2) 1638: One of the overseers of her husband's will, Mr. Francis Dove, was twice mayor of Salisbury, England and one of the wardens of the St. Edmund's church. Under his advice and protection, Christian and her family joined the group of their fellow parishioners who went from old Salisbury to found a new Salisbury in New England, where the persecution of Archbishop Laud could not follow them. She appears on an undated list of the first settlers of Salisbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, among whom the common lands of the new town were first divided.

(1,2) 1640: Received land in Salisbury, MA in the "first division." (3) Christian Brown, a widow with four sons, was one of the first settlers of Salisbury, MA.

(1,2) 1641: Received land in Salisbury.

(1) "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," by David W. Hoyt (New England History Press, Somersworth, NH, 1981) p.72,84. Cites: (a) A.W. Browne.

(2) "Ancestry of Lydia Harmon," (Essex Inst.) p.69-70.

(3) "Early Salisbury, Massachusetts," ed. by Noreen C. Pramberg (Reprint 1896-1900. Parker River Researchers, Newburyport, MA, 1989). Papers read at the Town Improvement Society 1869-1900. (a) "Salisbury's Earliest Settlers," by John Q. Evans, read 17 Jun 1896, p.7.