Francis Brown

     Francis Brown was born circa 1610 at Ratcliffe, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Francis Brown. Francis Brown married Mary Edwards, daughter of John Edwards and Elizabeth Whitfeld, circa 1636 at England. Francis Brown died on 13 April 1668 at New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut.
     "Francis Brown came with the 50 men reported as passengers on the ship Hector and Consort who arrived at Boston on June 26, 1637. In September of that year, he came to Connecticut with the Eaton and Davenport colony, which settled New Haven, and was one the seven men left there to pass the winter of 1637-8, the remainder of the party returning to Boston to return with their families the following spring. In the division of land, Francis Brown was one of the 'Seven' who dwelt on the bank side (East Water street fronting the harbor). He was a tailor by trade, and for a time operated the ferry at Red Rock over the 'East River'."¹