Joseph Brown (abt. 1766 - bef. 1854)

Husband of Sarah (Nowell) Brown — married 1 Sep 1794 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Died before 1854 before about age 88 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Biography

This profile is part of the Nowell Name Study.

Caution
This profile is for the Joseph Brown who married Sarah Nowell 16 Aug 1794 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Several other men named Joseph Brown lived in Newburyport around that time.

Joseph was born say 1766. This estimate makes him about the same age as his wife. However, it is possible that it wasn’t his first marriage, and he may have been born earlier.

Marriage intentions for Sarah Nowell and Joseph Brown, of Newburyport, were published in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts 16 Aug 1794. They were married 1 Sept 1794 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Their children include:

• William, b 17 Aug 1795 Newburyport^[3]
• Anna, b 10 Aug 1796 Newburyport^[3]
• Charles, b 20 May 1798 Newburyport^[3]
• Mary Ann, b ca 1804 Newburyport, d 1879 Newburyport^[4]
• John, b 11 Aug 1808 Newburyport^[3]

Joseph passed away before 1854, the year his widow died.^[5]

Research Notes

There were multiple Joseph Browns who were married in Newburyport around the time our couple were married and having children, including one to a different Sarah.^[2]

Mary Brown of Kensington, Jan. 25, 1779.

Mary Beal, June 30, 1794.

Sarah Nowell, Sept. 1, 1794.

Abigail Sweat, Nov. 24, 1799.

Mary Pilsbury, Sept. 13, 1801.

Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes (to Capt Joseph Brown of Kensington, NH), May 8, 1809.

Mrs. Sarah Hoyt (to 3d. Capt Joseph Brown), Aug. 1, 1816.

Joana Dodge, Aug. 13, 1820.

Marriages prior to 1 Sep 1794 could be for the Joseph profiled here. Marriages after that date are unlikely for the same man, since his wife Sarah survived him.

Children born to Joseph and Sarah in Newburyport between 1794 and 1816 are most likely children of the couple profiled here.

Birth and death records in Newburyport for other potential children exist, but lack the mother’s name.

Corresponding FamilySearch records (accessed 23 Jan 2023) for children born in Newburyport to Joseph Brown and Sarah are attached incorrectly to a FamilySearch profile of Sarah Ellen Brown, rather than to a Sarah Nowell. Ira William below is an entirely different person than the William born to our couple in 1795, he has just borrowed the same birth record.

• Sarah Ellen Brown - FamilySearch Person: MNMK-8MZ
  • Ira William, b 17 Aug 1795, d 30 Aug 1795 - FamilySearch Record: DDFW-M92M
  • Anna, b 10 Aug 1796 - FamilySearch Record: DDF7-ZG6Z
  • Charles, b 20 May 1798 - FamilySearch Record: DDFW-WD3Z
  • Mary Ann, b ca 1804, d 1879 - FamilySearch Record: N72V-GBP

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1913) Page 295.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1911) Vol. 2, Page 60.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1911) Vol. 1, Pages 48-55.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N72V-GBP : 14 December 2022), Mary Ann Brown, 1879.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NP-Y5P : 14 December 2022), Sarah Brown, 1854.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: K8YM-6S6