8. | Brown David (1.Ephraim1) was born on 12 Mar 1732 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died in May 1802 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Notes:
Captain David Brown wa forty three years old when he commanded one of the two Concord companies of minutemen at the North Bridge on 19 April 1775. When the shooting stopped, one member of his company, hatchet in hand, came upon a severely wounded British soldier, to whom he administered the coup de grâce. Amid British fever-pitch claims that one of their men had been scalped by the rebels, it was Captain Brown's duty to supervise the burial of the redcoat. In his diary that night he simply noted that he had "had a sharp skirmish today."
David and his wife saw six of their twelve children strike out for a new life in the wilderness. Being a political leader and a well-established citizen, he apparently was not tempted to join his children on the frontier, although he kept in touch with them through reciprocal visits and correspondence.
Purchase, the eldest son, who had also fought with his father at North Bridge, spearheaded a movement to Vermont, in which he was joined by his brother, Reuben. See notes on Purchase...
David married Monroe Abigail on 30 Sep 1756 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Abigail was born in 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Brown Purchase
was born on 30 Apr 1757 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.
- 12. Brown Mary (Molly)
was born on 11 May 1759 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died in Winchendon, MA.
- 13. Brown Sarah
was born on 23 Mar 1761 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 31 May 1831.
- 14. Brown Abigail
was born on 05 May 1762 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 30 Jul 1815.
- 15. Brown David
was born on 28 Jan 1764 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died in Flintstown, (Later Baldwin) Maine.
- 16. Brown Ephraim
was born on 07 Apr 1765 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died in 1840 in Flintstown, (Later Baldwin) Maine.
- 17. Brown Elizabeth
was born on 17 Feb 1767 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 01 Aug 1832.
- 18. Brown William
was born on 24 Feb 1768 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.
- 19. Brown Thomas
was born on 05 Jun 1771 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 18 Sep 1798.
- 20. Brown Reuben
was born on 25 Apr 1773 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.
- 21. Brown Joseph
was born on 31 Mar 1776 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 21 Feb 1815.
- 22. Harriet Hannah
was born in 1777.
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