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From: "MEB" <>
Subject: Re: Brown - Boston area
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:10:28 -0400


Sue,
Hello!
Mine started in WENHAM, MA, which is I believe Essex
Cty
then son James went to Sterling, married and then
became
an early settler in the town of Princeton. The later
two are in
Worcester Cty.
The strange thing is I had been searching the Boston
area
for a Simon W. BAILEY. Only for the LDS I found his
marriage in Sterling to Hannah Burpee BROWN. Hannah's
father is Gilson married to Abigail BEAMAN of the
Lancaster / Sterling / Princeton
BEAMAN's.......Hannah's
line goes way back on her mom's side. Her dad's side
I can only trace from Gilson to James to Thomas BROWN.

I just found that Simon W BAILEY (b1820) in Newbury,
VT,
son of Timothy Bedill BAILEY and Phebe WOODWARD of
Haverhill NH, her dad was the Honorable James WOODWARD
born in Haverhill, MA.

[Yes I am a descendent of a Bedill Bailey, lol]

I am puzzled as to how a young VT man, goes to Boston
and is a
jeweler, connects up with a gal from Sterling, MA.....a
good distance
by todays standards, never mind 1840's.

Any ideas on what I could check to find a connection
between
Simon and Hannah prior to their marriage??

I am thinking religious, but still the distance seems a
bit large
were there not gals in the Boston area????

Another suggestion was that she was at a school in
Boston.....

This seems the million dollar question that all my
family is asking.
Any suggestions, clues are very welcome

Thank you,
Elaine Bailey
Daughter of my lines last Bailey son...........

-----Original Message-----
From: <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: Brown - Boston area

>Hi Elaine,
>I looked at your Brown line but am not able to help
you at this time. I have
>been collecting all Brown's of Mass. (I love
collecting and entering in my
>database) but I do not have the Brown's for Worcester
County, which is where
>yours appear to be from. I hear Brown is a very hard
name to trace in Mass.
>and prob. the country. Guess it could be Smith. :)
>I own the Vital Records on CD's for Suffolk, Norfolk,
Plymouth and Middlesex
>County. Worcester County is due this summer. They
are well worth owning.
>They are actual scanned copies of the Vital Records
books. My library has
>most of the books but to look through each book would
take me years.
>I live in Leominster which is right next to Lancaster
and Sterling and they
>have pretty good records so you should be able to find
your Browns.
>You have been a busy lady with all the lookups you
have done. That is very
>nice of you to do. I met so many nice people from the
internet.
>Good luck with your search.
>Sue
>
>In a message dated 4/21/99 6:07:10 PM Eastern Daylight
Time,
>writes:
>
>> Sue.....
>> My BROWN line is new to me......here is what I
have.
>> It wasn't bad enough that I had BAILEY but they
married
>> BROWN, ahhhhhhhhhhhh.
>>
>> I wish I could answer your question...........
>> Elaine
>>
>> ** Indicates my line
>>
>> Thomas BROWN and Elizabeth______
>> children:
>> **James (b1759 Wenham, MA - d. 1839 Worcester
area?)
>> Married (1786) Abigail BEAMAN (b1760
Lancaster,
>> MA)
>> Children: **Gilson married (1811)
>> Sally HOLMAN (b1793
Sterling
>> MA)
>> Children: **Hannah Burpee
>> (b1822 Sterling, MA)
>>
marries
>> Simon W. BAILEY of Boston
>> James, Jr. married (1811)
Betsey
>> CARTER (b.
>> Thomas married (1825)Sally
Flint
>> STONE (b. NH?)
>> Abigail (b1745 Wenham, MA)
>> Abraham (b1750 Wenham, MA)
>> Benjamin (b1762 Wenham, MA)
>> Billy (b1764 Wenham, MA)
>> Edward (b1756 Wenham, MA)
>> Elizabeth (b1754 Wenham, MA)
>> Mary (b1758 Wenham, MA)
>> Nathaniell (b1748/49 Wenham, MA)
>> Samuell (b1751/52 Wenham, MA)
>> Married Bethia ADAMS? of Ipswich
>> Thomas(b1746/47 Wenham, MA)
>>
>>
>
>

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