Mary Paine

Evidence needed to support as daughter of John Ill Edwards

Mary Edwards

• Born about 1615 in (seen as Sussex, or Radcliffe, Yorkshire, England)
• Died 7 Dec 1693 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Wife of Francis Brown — married 1636 (to 13 Apr 1668) in England
• Wife of William Paine — married about 1679 in New Haven, New Haven, CT

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwards-245

Origins / Parents (Unproven)

Birth Estimate 1610 - 1615 Stamford, England [4] 1 JUL 1615[5] 1600 Stamford, England[6

%E2%80%9C Mary Edwards daughter of John Edwards and Elizabeth Whitfield (aka Mary Brownes, Browne) [2] [3]”

There are no records or legitimate sources showing Mary Edwards, daughter of John Edwards and Elizabeth Whitfield as the same woman who was the wife of immigrant Francis Brown.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwards-3189

The children of John Edwards and Elizebeth Whitfell according to the Visitation of Sussex were John, Elizebeth, Mary, Jane, Frances and Martha.[1]link No further information on that Mary Edwards.

Mary married Francis Brown in 1636 in England. Marriage Estimate 1630 -1636 n1st Brown-1304| Francis Brown 1635 [8] 1 JUL 1636[9][10] 1619 Stamford, England[11]

Married 2nd (after 1668-1669) William Paine (1615 - 1683)) (aka Payne). Married William Paine about 1679 in New Haven, New Haven, CT [uncertain]

Children[1]

1. Child: Lydia Brown b. c 1637; m. Henry Bristol.
2. Child: John Browne bpt. 7 Apr 1640 in New Haven; left New Haven; m. Mary Walker
3. Child: Eleazer Brown bpt. 16 Oct 1642, New Haven; d. 1714; m. Sarah Bulkeley
4. Child: Samuel Brown bpt 7 Aug 1645; d 1691;m Mercy Tuttle
5. Child: Ebenezer Brown bpt 21 Jun 1646 Jacobus note: [? error for next child]
6. Child: Ebenezer Brown bp July 1647 New Haven; m. Hannah Vincent

Notes

Articles of agreement between Wm. Payne and Mary Browne, widow. "Whereas there is an intendment of marriage between the said Wm Payne and Mary Browne widdow, and (by the will of God) shortly to be consumated; for the preventing of future trouble respecting their estates, and the promoting of love and peace both with respect to themselves and their children, they have mutually agreed as followeth." Agreement divides estate after death of Wm. and Mary among children John Payne, Eleazer and Ebenezer Browne, and daughter Bristow. Dated Nov. 18, 1679.[12] Notes

22 feb 1669 Widow Brown said her husband had given land to Eleazer and she too had given him some. / land boudary[13]

"Abraham Dickerman propounded on ye behalfe of Widdow Brownes: homelott, ye water foe breakeing ye banke downe ſhee was not able to maintaine a high way: It was Left to y" Townes men to Conſider of her propoſition & make returne to the towne." The pages footnote says. "Mary (Edwards), widow of Francis Browne, lived on East Water Street; see N. H. Records, iii, 195"[13]

Seats in the meeting house: Feb 1655/6 Goodw. in the seat before the short seat. Jan 1661/2 Sister 4th short seat at the upper end.[14]

Death

"The Widow Paine Died ye 7thth of Decembr1693"[10][1]

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwards-245 cites
• 1. Families of Ancient New Haven, Donald Lines Jacobus, Volumes 1-9, printed by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1923; originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine - reprinted by Genealogical Printing Company, Inc. Baltimore in 1974, 1981, 1997. Vol 1 p. 346
• 2. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (compiler). Historical catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center church) A. D. 1639-1914. (New Haven, 1914.) #130 p. 9. Text: Member 1646? "130. Mary Edwards (Francis) Brown Wife of 16; next married William Payne (113) *Dec., 1693"
• 3. Checked all the sources listed by Anderson and Torrey {New Haven Gen. Mag. 309, 346; Fairfield Fam. 1:105; TAG 10:113; Sv. 1:266; Humphreville Anc. 32; Smith-Hale 319; Mack 1319; Reg. 59:117, 81:122, Tuttle 540, Pardee 59; Hale (1952) 775;} Surname Edwards is listed without sources or evidence, no parents were mentioned in any of these works. There doesn't seem to be new research.
• 4. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919. seats p 220; land p 256; highway problem p. 287/8
• 5. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol 1. New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917. seats 273, 512, Watson dtr 522
• 6. Feb 1655/6 Goodw. in the seat before the short seat. Jan 1661/2 Sister 4th short seat at the upper end
• 7. "Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book I, Part I, 1647-1687." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 81:122/3. Boston: NEHGS, 1927.
• 8. Francis Browne will date April 13, 1668. Named sons Samuel, Ebenzer, John and Eliezur, and daughter Lydia. ; and Guardian to Grace Watson ; wife and executrix, Mary.
• 9. "Early Probate Records of New Haven. New England Historical and Genealogical Record. 81:130 (under PAYNE)
• 10. Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. (Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917.) p. 79
• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981. James Savage
• NO STONE/SOURCE TO SUPPORT DATA Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 February 2021), memorial page for Mary Edwards Brown (1615–7 Dec 1693), Find A Grave: Memorial #167845030, citing Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129) .
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167845030/mary-brown
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linda50&i...
  
• GEDCOM Source Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=105394700&pi...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwards-245 Last significant change: 16 Apr 2019

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Mary (Edwards) Payne (abt. 1615 - 1693)

Mary Payne formerly Edwards aka Brown
Born about 1615 in Radcliffe, Yorkshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Wife of Francis Brown — married 1636 (to 13 Apr 1668) in Englandmap
Wife of William Paine — married about 1679 in New Haven, New Haven, CTmap [uncertain]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Lydia (Brown) Bristow, John Brown, Eleazer Brown, Samuel Brown, Ebenezer Brown and Ebenezer Brown
Died 7 Dec 1693 at about age 78 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticutmap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Origins / Parents (Unproven)
1.2 Birth
1.3 Marriage to Francis / Immigration
1.4 New Haven
1.5 2nd marriage, William Paine
1.6 Death
1.7 Children
2 Sources
Biography

Mary Edwards.[1][2]

Origins / Parents (Unproven)

There are no records or legitimate sources showing Mary Edwards, daughter of John Edwards and Elizabeth Whitfield as the same woman who was the wife of immigrant Francis Brown.[3]

Birth

The birth of Mary Edwards is estimated about 1615, England, based on the estimated birth of her first child.

Marriage to Francis / Immigration

Mary Edwards and Francis Brown were probably married in England before coming to New England and New Haven before 1637, but no record of this marriage has been found.

New Haven

Sister Browne and Francis had assigned seats in the meeting house.[4][5][6]

When Grace Watson died in 1662, she asked that Sister Brown take her daughter and raise her. Francis and Mary also agreed to take Grace's son.[5]

Mary was named as wife and executrix of her husband's 1668 will. [7][8]

Putting affairs in order, on 22 Feb 1669, Widow Brown reported her husband had given eleven acres of meadow to Eleazer and she had given him 20 acres of upland. She also recorded five acres of meadow which Francis "had in way of exchange from Thomas Barnes for some which her sd husband had of Thomas Meekes."[4]

25 April 1671. "Abraham Dickerman propounded on ye behalfe of Widdow Brownes: homelott, ye water foe breakeing ye banke downe ſhee was not able to maintaine a high way: It was Left to y" Townes men to Conſider of her propoſition & make returne to the towne." The pages footnote says. "Mary (Edwards), widow of Francis Browne, lived on East Water Street; see N. H. Records, iii, 195" [4]

2nd marriage, William Paine

Mary Brown married shortly after 18 Nov 1679 William Payne/Paine (1615 - 1683))

Articles of agreement between Wm. Payne and Mary Browne, widow. "Whereas there is an intendment of marriage between the said Wm Payne and Mary Browne widdow, and (by the will of God) shortly to be consumated; for the preventing of future trouble respecting their estates, and the promoting of love and peace both with respect to themselves and their children, they have mutually agreed as followeth." Agreement divides estate after death of Wm. and Mary among children John Payne, Eleazer and Ebenezer Browne, and daughter Bristow. Dated Nov. 18, 1679.[9]
Death

"The Widow Paine Died ye 7thth of Decembr1693"[10][1]

The inventory of widow Paine deceased was taken on 16 January 1693/94 and recorded at New Haven.[11][12]

Children

Child: Lydia Brown b. c 1637; m. Henry Bristol.[1]
Child: John Browne bpt. 7 Apr 1640 in New Haven; left New Haven; m. Mary Walker.[1]
Child: Eleazer Brown bpt. 16 Oct 1642, New Haven; d. 1714; m. Sarah Bulkeley[1]
Child: Samuel Brown bpt 7 Aug 1645; d 1691;m Mercy Tuttle
Child: Ebenezer Brown bpt 21 Jun 1646[1] Jacobus note: [? error for next child]
Child: Ebenezer Brown bp July 1647 New Haven; m. Hannah Vincent[1]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Families of Ancient New Haven, Donald Lines Jacobus, Volumes 1-9, printed by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1923; originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine - reprinted by Genealogical Printing Company, Inc. Baltimore in 1974, 1981, 1997. Vol 1 p. 346
↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (compiler). Historical catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center church) A. D. 1639-1914. (New Haven, 1914.) #130 p. 9. Text: Member 1646? "130. Mary Edwards (Francis) Brown Wife of 16; next married William Payne (113) *Dec., 1693"
↑ Checked all the sources listed by Anderson and Torrey {New Haven Gen. Mag. 309, 346; Fairfield Fam. 1:105; TAG 10:113; Sv. 1:266; Humphreville Anc. 32; Smith-Hale 319; Mack 1319; Reg. 59:117, 81:122, Tuttle 540, Pardee 59; Hale (1952) 775;} Surname Edwards is listed without sources or evidence, no parents were mentioned in any of these works. There doesn't seem to be new research.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919. seats p 220; land p 256; highway problem p. 287/8
↑ 5.0 5.1 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol 1. New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917. seats 273, 512, Watson dtr 522
↑ Feb 1655/6 Goodw. in the seat before the short seat. Jan 1661/2 Sister 4th short seat at the upper end
↑ "Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book I, Part I, 1647-1687." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 81:122/3. Boston: NEHGS, 1927.
↑ Francis Browne will date April 13, 1668. Named sons Samuel, Ebenzer, John and Eliezur, and daughter Lydia. ; and Guardian to Grace Watson ; wife and executrix, Mary.
↑ "Early Probate Records of New Haven. New England Historical and Genealogical Record. 81:130 (under PAYNE)
↑ Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. (Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917.) p. 79
↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9J7-M : 13 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 338. New Haven Probate Record, 1668-1703, Vol. 2, Part 1, page 144.
↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9J7-Z : 14 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 351. New Haven Probate Record, 1668-1703, Vol. 2, Part 2, page 153.
See Also

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981. James Savage
NO STONE/SOURCE TO SUPPORT DATA Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 February 2021), memorial page for Mary Edwards Brown (1615–7 Dec 1693), Find A Grave: Memorial #167845030, citing Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129) .

When Mary Edwards was born on 8 October 1615, in Pulborough, Sussex, England, her father, William Edwards, was 46 and her mother, Jane De Broxton, was 38. She married Francis Brown of New Haven on 25 April 1636, in Rawcliffe, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 7 December 1693, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 78, and was buried in Center Church On The Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Source: FamilySearch (8 October 1615-7 December 1693 • MJSC-6JN)