Ninth Generation

322. Nathaniel Brown^915,1213 was born on 22 January 1704. He died in 1797/8 at the age of 94 in Canada, Nova Scotia, Horton Twp..⁹¹⁵ He was buried at Methodist Cemetery in Canada, Nova Scotia, Grand Pre. Nathaniel Brown was a Charlestown innkeeper calling his inn "The Three Cranes Tavern" . He petitioned for a divorce from his wife Abigail, on June 7, 1748, his complaint implicating Richard Butler, and perhaps Nathaniel married second Mary Fox of Woburn.
Nathaniel Brown, as father-in-law of Captain Abiel Lovejoy, was often identified with the latter. Probably Nathaniel put up some or all of the money to help Captain Abiel get his start in business in Maine, and it is also probable that Nathaniel's Tory sympathies were in part to blame for Captain Abiel's difficulties with a small minority of his neighbors in Sidney and Vassalboro late in the Revolution. However, it is also said that Nathaniel Brown's house was the first fired by the British when they burned Charlestown, but, again almost in contradiction, it is said Nathaniel was obliged to move from Charlestown when his public house was boycotted and stoned by the mobs calling themselves patriots (Lovejoy 80).

Nathaniel Brown was in Charlestown, Mass as early as 1738, the same year he married Abigail Colesworthy in Boston. Nathaniel was a resident of Boston in 1773 and carried on trade with Horton, Nova Scotia. His house in Charleston was destroyed in the battle of Bunker Hill by British guns but a claim for loss to the British authorities in 1775 was not honored. In 1781 he was in Pownalborough, Maine, but soon afterward came to Horton to reside near his brother, Jacob Brown, one of the settlers of Horton in 1760. He brought with him his family and several slaves. His place in Horton was at Grand Pré, on the hill back of the station, almost opposite the Presbyterian Church. There he died in 1797/1798, his burial place being the burying ground of the Methodist Church (Eaton 587). Abigail Colesworthy and Nathaniel Brown were married on 12 December 1738 in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Boston.⁹¹⁴ They were married by Rev. Peter Thacher

323. Abigail Colesworthy¹²¹³ was born (date unknown).

Children were:

i.
Sarah Brown was born in 1739 in Massachusetts Colony.¹²¹⁴ She was baptized on 17 August 1740 at Trinity Parish in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Boston.¹²¹⁴ She died on 22 November 1754 at the age of 15 in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Charlestown.¹²¹⁵
ii.
Abigail Brown was born on 8 August 1740 in Massachusetts Colony.¹²¹⁴ She was baptized on 17 August 1740 at Trinity Parish in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Boston.¹²¹⁴
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iii.
Mary "Polley" Brown.
iv.
Nathaniel Brown was born before 10 February 1743 in Massachusetts Colony. He was baptized on 10 February 1743 at Trinity Parish in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Boston.¹²¹⁴ He died on 8 January 1744 at the age of 0.¹²¹⁵ Nathaniel was buried on 28 January 1744 in Massachusetts Colony.¹²¹⁴
v.
Nathaniel Brown was born before 2 March 1745. He was baptized on 2 March 1745 at Trinity Parish in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Boston.¹²¹⁴
vi.
Stephen Brown was born before 11 October 1747. He was baptized on 11 October 1747 at Trinity Parish in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Boston.¹²¹⁴ He died on 17 January 1748 at the age of 0.¹²¹⁵ aged four months
vii.
Sarah Brown was born about 1748 in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Charlestown. She died in November 1819 at the age of 71.¹²¹⁶
viii.
Joseph Brown was born on 23 March 1752 in Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk Co., Charlestown.^{1215,1216,1217} He died on 4 March 1824 at the age of 71.¹²¹⁵ Joseph Brown came to this town [Hallowell] with his family, April, 1786 (Lapham 323).
ix.
James Brown was born.