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Arrived Plymouth, Mass 1640-1; settled in Marshfield, Mass Of New London, CT.

Obadiah BRUEN. Died AFT 1680, Newark,,NJ. Son of John B. BRUEN and Anne FOX. Married Sarah, died ABT 25 MAR 1684. From 'A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England' by James Savage (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969: at Nichols Library, Naperville, IL) Vol 1, page 280 (Bruen): OBADIAH, Gloucester, came, 1640, prob. with Rev. Richard Blinman, had first set down at Marshfield, and ask. for adm. as freem. of Plymouth jurisdict. Mar. 1641, but speedily went to the opposite side of the Bay. He was freem. 19 May 1642; selectman in 1642, and sev. foll. yrs. and rep. 1647, 8, 9, and 51, in wh. last yr. with his spiritual guide he rem. again to New London, there was town clk. 15 yrs. often rep. and is nam. in the royal chart. 1662; but hav. purch. 11 June 1667, with assoc. the ld. in N.J. now the city of Newark, he rem. thither, where the fam. has always flour. He was youngest s. of John B. Esq. of Bruen Stapleford, Cheshire, bapt. 25 Dec 1606, at Tarves, nearChester, bec. a draper at Shrewsbury in the adjoin. Co. Salop, had w. Sarah and ch. Mary, bef. com. over, and here Rebecca; Hannah, b. 9 Jan. 1644; and John, 2 June 1646. The time of his d. in unkn. but he was alive 1680. In spel. the name a slight variety occurs. A let. of 11 Oct. 1679 to his d. and her h. at New london, from Newark, to tell of the d. of their min. the first Pierson, is sign. Ob. Brewen, but by the w. Sarah Bruen. His d. Mary m. 1653, John Baldwin of Milford, as his sec. w.; Hannah m. 1663, John Baldwin of Milford, s. of the h. of her sis. but perhaps d. soon, as he is said to have d. on a voyage unm. but it may be that her h. was ano. of the frequent Johns; Rebecca m. 1663, Thomas Post of Norwich, as his sec. w. Rev. Matthias, b. at Newark, 11 Apr. 1793, Columb. Coll. 1812, d. 11 Nov. 1829, was a descend. of high reput. 'Pedigrees of Some of the EmperorCharlemagne's Descendants' Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich Vol 1 p 127: Obadiah Bruen, bapt at Tarvin, England, Dec. 25, 1606; d. at Newark, N.J., about 1682/90; m. Sarah, d. about Mar. 25, 1684 Children of Obadiah BRUEN and Sarah: 1 Mary BRUEN. Married John BALDWIN, son of Sylvester BALDWIN. 2 Hannah BRUEN. Born 9 JAN 1643, Gloucester,MA. Died ABT 1695, Newark,,NJ. 'Pedigrees--' by Redlich (see notes for John Bruen) p 122: Hannah Bruen, b. at Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 9, 1643; d. at Newark, about 1695; m. at New London, Oct. 3, 1663, John Baldwin, b. at Milford Conn., about 1640; d. at Newark, about 1703 3 John BRUEN. Born 2 JUN 1646. Died ABT 1696, Newark,,NJ. 'Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants' by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1988 Vol. 1, p 127: John Bruen IV, b. June 2, 1646; d. at newark, N.J., about 1696; m. Esther, dau. of Richard Lawrence Obadiah BRUEN, 14 b. Dec. 25, 1606; m. Sarah _____; emigrated to New England. He was Representative in Massachusetts; after that, for fifteen years, Town Clerk of New London, Conn; one of the grantees in the Royal Charter of Connecticut. He was one of the associates in buying Newark and settled there. He had ch.: 1. Mary. (?) May be a mistake of Mr. Savage for Mary, the sister, who m. John Baldwin, Sen [Others think this is a mistake too] 2. Rebecca, 15 m. Thomas Post 3. Hannah, 15 b. Jan. 9, 1644; m. [13 Oct 1653] John BALDWIN, s. John, Sen. of Milford (ante page 300.) [CC Baldwin Gen] 4. John, 15 b. June 2, 1646 [CCB concludes by quoting Tuttle to the effect that (naturally) the Bruen's are descended from the usual collection of famous royals- William the Conqueror; ancient kings of Scotland; Saxon kings of England; Alfred the Great; Hugh Capet; Robert, King of France; Charlemagne and Constantine. Anybody have the sources on all that? (Bev asked ingenuously!) Oh yes, I left out Pepin, the Old; b abt A.D. 560; King John and four or five Barons who signed the Magna Carta. This last if from 'At the Sign of the Crest' by Hazel Kraft Eilers in Hobbies, The Magazine for Collectors, Sept. 1952, p. 156. The references she gives for Pepin and company are 'The Encyclopedia of American Biography' and 'The Ancestry of John Barber White', neither of which I have looked at. Meanwhile, back in the colonies, the Bruens were continuing to create descendants. Eilers adds a few details (e.g. Plymouth) but seems to have relied upon CCB's account from Tuttle:] Obadiah BRUEN, 14 b. Dec. 25, 1606; m. Sarah _____; landed at Plymouth, Mass., 1640-1. He first settled at Marchfield, Mass. He was admitted 'freeman, 1642, selectman 1642 and for several years following. He was Representative in Massachusetts; after that, for fifteen years, Town Clerk of New London, Conn; one of the grantees in the Royal Charter of Connecticut. He was one of the associates in buying Newark and settled there. He had ch.: 1. John,15 b. June 2, 1646 m. Esther Lawrence, dau. of Deacon Richard Lawrence of New Haven, CT 2. Rebecca,15 m. Thomas Post of Norwich 3. Hannah,15 b. Jan. 9, 1644; m. [13 Oct 1653] John BALDWIN, Jr. of Milford [Beware of the confusions over John Baldwin Senior, Junior, John I, John II etc. It is argued- persuasively by some- that the John Baldwin Jr. of Newark was not the son of John Baldwin Senior of Milford although it is agreed that John Baldwin Senior of Milford did have a son named John Baldwin.

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