Descendants of Andrew Brown Sr: Fourth Generation

73. Andrew⁴ Brown Sr (Lt. Allison³, Lt Andrew², Andrew¹) (#9352) was born in Kittery, York, ME 1721.⁽⁵⁹⁵⁾ IGI: f#1126162, Batch 7732615, Sheet 42 Andrew died in ME.⁽⁵⁹⁶⁾ Philip Gray (Penobscot Pioneers Vol 1 pp 29-30; 36-38; 54-56) and W.G. Davis (V 1, p 236) say he died 11 Jan 18?? - need to verify date

He married Elizabeth Harding in Arundel, York, ME, 5 Nov 1747.⁽⁵⁹⁷⁾ Elizabeth, m. Andrew Brown (Lt. Allison 3) (Elizabeth Harding is #10115.)

Elizabeth was born c1716/8 in Arundel, York, ME.⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾ poss b c1727 Elizabeth was the daughter of Stephen Harding Sr and Abigail Littlefield.

Elizabeth died 14 Jun 1803 in Arundel, York, ME, at 85 years of age.⁽⁵⁹⁹⁾ Extract from P.H. Gray Penobscot Pioneers v 1 p 68:

Elizabeth4 Harding married 5 Nov 1747 at Arundel Andrew4 Brown (W.G. Davis The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1939 p 59).

He resided in Arundel, York, ME 27 Jun 1751.⁽⁶⁰⁰⁾

Extract from MMF by W.G. Davis, V 1, pp 235-236:

Andrew; Humphrey Scamman was appointed his guardian in 1730, Samuel Jordan of Biddeford succeeded Scamman in 1734, and Jonathan Stone of Arundel succeeded Jordan in 1743 ( York Probate, Nos. 1994, 1996); m. Nov. 5, 1747, at Arundel, Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Littlefield) Harding. He disappointed the paternal hopes and did not go to college. In addition he seems to have been unfortunate financially and, after selling off small portions of his father's land, he mortgaged the remainder (homestead of 150 acres lying at the head of Batson's river between Brown's Mill river on the south-west and Thomas Perkins Esq. on the north-east, one-half of a double saw-mill, one hundred acres on both sides of Brown's Mill river, etc., etc., reserving the family burial place) to Lady Pepperell in 1759. The mortgage was foreclosed in 1761, and in 1763 he conveyed the equity to her in consideration that his wife Elizabeth should have Trott's Island for life with a remainder to her children in fee (York Deeds, 34:49).

In 1786 he and his brother-in-law Abraham Tyler brought suit against Robert and William Hasty of Scarborough to recover two-thirds of the original Andrew Brown and Henry Watts farms of about 900 acres. A vast amount of evidence was submitted and may be studied in the files of the Supreme Judicial Court, but the decision was in favor of the Hastys (Supreme Judicial Court, No. 140,019).

Andrew and Elizabeth Brown deeded Cape Island, Neck Island and the family burying-ground to their son-in-law Adam McCollough in 1793 (York Deeds, 57:29). Elizabeth (Harding) Brown d. June 14, 1803, and her husband on Jan. 11, 18__.

Abstract from Penobscot Pioneers by Philip Howard Gray, pp 36-38:

Andrew4 Brown was underage when his father died (W.G. Davis The Ancestry of Sarah Miller p 59-60). No occupation known; he seemed to have lived off, and eventually squandered, his father's estate; nor did he go to college, as his parents had planned (ibid). He died 11 Jan 18__ (ibid, but Davis was not able to decipher the rest of the date). Married 5 Nov 1747 at Arundel to Elizabeth4 Harding (Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire p 308). Birth not recorded but she is eighth child listed (ibid). She died 14 June 1803 in Arundel (Sarah Miller p 60). Their children were Louisa5; Allison5; Hannah5; Andrew5; Mary5; and Elizabeth5 (ibid).

References used for Chart #3730 S-26 Loring Desc:

1. Scammon Family by Frank Scammon (1971)

2. ME/NH Gen Dict: pp 113-114 Brown; pp 612-613 Scammon; p 389 Jordan; pp 694-695 Tristram

3. Vaughan Genealogy, p 52

Andrew Brown Sr and Elizabeth Harding had the following children:

child + 273 i. Allison⁵ Brown was born 1748/51.