Lieut. Allison Brown1 
b. 1697, d. 16 April 1728
Lieut. Allison Brown|b. 1697\nd. 16 Apr 1728|p9965.htm|Lieut. Andrew Brown|b. c 1657\nd. 4 Jul 1723|p9978.htm|Anne Allison|d. b Jan 1709/10|p9979.htm|Andrew Brown|b. Mar 1619\nd. a 9 Mar 1696|p10012.htm||||Ralph Allanson|b. 8 Jul 1621|p10070.htm|Anne Dixon||p10071.htm|
5th great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
7th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
Lieut. Allison Brown was born in 1697 in York, York County, Maine.1 He was the son of Lieut. Andrew Brown and Anne Allison.2 He married Hannah Scammon, daughter of Capt. Humphrey Scammon, circa 1720.1,3 He died on 16 April 1728.4 He was buried in Arundel, York County, Maine,: "Here lyes Buried ye Body of Lieut Alison Brown who Died April 16th 1728 Aged 31 years."4
Allison's mother died when he was about two weeks old and he was taken to nurse by his aunt Elizabeth Brown, who kept him until he was six months old, after which he was placed in charge of his oldest sister, Elizabeth.1
On 7 May 1722, Allison Brown was appointed administrator of his brother Andrew's estate.5
Of his military service, several records survive: a muster roll of "Sergt Allison Browne & Company," November 1723—June 1724; his authorization as lieutenant under Capt. Wheelwright, 17 November 1724; a return of his command, 26 November 1725.6
The wealthiest man in the town of Arundel he began his land purchases in 1720 with four acres of marsh from John Baston. In 1723 he bought from James Mussey Trott's Island and Cape Island at Cape Porpoise and 100 acres "at ye deserts," which had been granted to Mussey's father in 1681. In 1724 and 1725 John Baston and James March sold to Brown 100 acres which had been originally granted to William Baston, and in 1726 he purchased from Thomas Perkins his half of the land which Perkins and Andrew Brown, Lieut. Brown's father, had bought from Tyler, Watson and Dorman.7
Brown, at the age of 26, became Arundel's first representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1723.1
The will of Allison Brown of Arundel, York County, Maine, yeoman, was made 29 March 1728 and proved 1 May following. He bequeathed to his three sisters Elizabeth Stackpole, Mary Carr and Katherine Lassell, to all of his nieces and nephews then living, his "dearly beloved wife" Hannah, and his children Andrew and Elizabeth, and named his father-in-law Humphrey Scammon, and Ensign Thomas Perkins executors.8
Allison's mother died when he was about two weeks old and he was taken to nurse by his aunt Elizabeth Brown, who kept him until he was six months old, after which he was placed in charge of his oldest sister, Elizabeth.1
On 7 May 1722, Allison Brown was appointed administrator of his brother Andrew's estate.5
Of his military service, several records survive: a muster roll of "Sergt Allison Browne & Company," November 1723—June 1724; his authorization as lieutenant under Capt. Wheelwright, 17 November 1724; a return of his command, 26 November 1725.6
The wealthiest man in the town of Arundel he began his land purchases in 1720 with four acres of marsh from John Baston. In 1723 he bought from James Mussey Trott's Island and Cape Island at Cape Porpoise and 100 acres "at ye deserts," which had been granted to Mussey's father in 1681. In 1724 and 1725 John Baston and James March sold to Brown 100 acres which had been originally granted to William Baston, and in 1726 he purchased from Thomas Perkins his half of the land which Perkins and Andrew Brown, Lieut. Brown's father, had bought from Tyler, Watson and Dorman.7
Brown, at the age of 26, became Arundel's first representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1723.1
The will of Allison Brown of Arundel, York County, Maine, yeoman, was made 29 March 1728 and proved 1 May following. He bequeathed to his three sisters Elizabeth Stackpole, Mary Carr and Katherine Lassell, to all of his nieces and nephews then living, his "dearly beloved wife" Hannah, and his children Andrew and Elizabeth, and named his father-in-law Humphrey Scammon, and Ensign Thomas Perkins executors.8
Children of Lieut. Allison Brown and Hannah Scammon
- Andrew Brown+ 1
- Elizabeth Brown+9 d. 1786
Citations
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. 1, 234, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1, 230, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S905] Benjamin N. Goodale, Material for a Genealogy of the Scammon Family (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press, 1892), 3.
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1, 235, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1, 234, citing York Probate, No. 1992, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1, 234, citing NEHGR, 48: 440; 46: 142; 49: 188, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1, 234, citing York Deeds, XI: 179, 184; XII: 14, 15, 71, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S875] William M. Sargent, comp. and ed., Maine Wills. 1640-1760 (Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society, 1887; reprint Baltimore: Inc. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), 293-295.
- [S903] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Brown [Michael], of Scarborough and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1, 236, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
