Mary Hicks Brown of Salem, Mass.

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John Brandon

Mary Hicks Brown of Salem, Mass.

Legg inn av John Brandon » 20 okt 2005 21:39:51

I believe that RCA, in one of the Great Migration volumes, provides a
sketch of the family of William1 Brown of Salem, Mass. As I remember,
he lists a son Benjamin, but does not name Benjamin's wife. Savage's
_Genealogical Dictionary_ says the following about Benjamin2 Brown:

B[ROWN], BENJAMIN, Salem, s. of first Hon. William, m. it is said,
Mary, d. of Rev. John Hicks, a noncomform. min. in Eng. wh. d. 26 Aug.
1703, had only two ds. Sarah, and Mary. He was rep. of his nat. town
1693 and 9, of the Exec. counc. 1702-5, a liberal benefact. of Harv.
Coll. d. 7 Dec. 1708.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newen ... 63-274.htm

It seems there is good authority for the statement that Benjamin Brown
of Salem married Mary Hicks: the writings of John Dunton, a traveller
in America in the 1680s --

John Dunton, _The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London_
(reprint, Burt Franklin), vol. 1, p. 124:

In the same ship with Mr. [Charles1] Morton [later of Charlestown,
Mass.] came over one Mrs. _Hicks_, with the valuable _Venture_ of her
beautiful person, which went off at an extraordinary rate; she marrying
a Merchant in Salem worth thirty thousand pounds; and therefore I do
not wonder that so many pretty women venture themselves to the
West-Indies, since they succeed so well, and are a commodity that makes
such vast returns.

John Brandon

Re: Mary Hicks Brown of Salem, Mass.

Legg inn av John Brandon » 21 okt 2005 14:49:33

See Perley's _History of Salem_, 1:366:

CAPT. BENJAMIN BROWNE; merchant and esquire; married Mary Hicks of
Charlestown in 1686; she came from England, and died before himself; he
died Dec. 7, 1708, leaving an estate of thirty thousand pounds ...

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/wit ... 1-366.html

Wonder how Dunton knew Browne's exact worth?

John Brandon

Re: Mary Hicks Brown of Salem, Mass.

Legg inn av John Brandon » 21 okt 2005 17:11:38

There is a sketch for a non-conformist minister named Rev. John Hickes
in the old DNB (haven't been able to check new DNB, maybe someone who
still has internet access could check?).

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