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Thomas Filebrown

Thomas Filebrown

Male Abt 1630 - 1713  (83 years)    Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Thomas Filebrown 
    Birth Abt 1630  Coggeshall, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Jun 1713  Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cambridge Burying Ground At Harvard Square Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I274339  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2002 

    Father Humphrey Phillibrowne,   b. Abt 1593, Kelvedon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1651, Coggeshall, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Mary Wooday,   b. Bef 1601   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 2 Apr 1621  Kelvedon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F110617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna,   b. 1631, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1714, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Fillebrown,   b. 11 Dec 1658, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1736, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Mary Fillebrown,   b. 5 May 1662, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1714, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     3. Anna Fillebrown,   b. 1666, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1685, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     4. Hannah Fillebrown,   b. 19 Oct 1670, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +5. John Fillebrown,   b. 12 Oct 1672, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1756, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     6. Hannah Fillebrown,   b. 19 Oct 1673, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F110646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2002 

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  • Notes 
    • Thomas Filebrown obtained land by agreement of the townsmen March 1,
      1657/58 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(86) The records of
      the Town of Charleston indicate the following:
      "It is Agreed that the first head line sh al bee Meadford Farme, that line
      betweene them and o Towne, And all other hea d lines to run Parralell with
      that line foure scoree poole assunder. The firs t Lott distinguished by
      the figure one, shall begin at the southeast corner w here Mrs Nowells
      Farme and Meadford farme meet, And so successively according to the
      figures, 1,2,3,4, &c., to the end of the last figure or lott. And at the
      end of the first Range to turne back againe in the second Range. And so
      to the third, &c., successively till each man have halfe his Proportion,
      for the first, And then the first to begin againe, 1,2,3,4 &c., and
      successively each number to take place, in the second division, as in the
      first, till eve ry man have his other halfe of his Lott. It is Agreed that
      the Ponds shall no t me measured. It is Agreed that he that Tarrye not in
      the Towne as an Inhabi tant for one year next ensuing the date hereoff,
      upon his going out of the To wne shall lose his whole Propietie, both off
      wood and commons. It is further Agreed, That no man shall sell his wood
      or commons but to the Inhabitants of Charletowne, upon forfeiture of
      twelve pence, p. load of eyther wood or Tymbe r: And not to dispose of the
      commons to any of any other Towne, upon forfeitu re of the same, And if
      any remove to inhabite in any other Towne, shall make no9 use of their
      commons, but shall sell it, or lett it to some of the Towne of
      Charletown, that the commons may be reserved for ever to the use of the
      Inhabitants of Charletowne. It is Agreed that each shall pay for the
      laying o ut of his wood lott within one moneth after it is layd out, upon
      forfeiture o f his wood and commons. And the select men of Charletowne
      shall have heerby p ower to sell it to pay the survayour. This was agreed
      unto by vote of the inh abitants of Charletowne at a meeting in the
      meeting hous, this first off Marc h 1657/58, and ordered to be Recorded in
      the Towne Booke. The returne of the committee Apoynted by the Inhabitants
      of Charletowne for the division of the wood and commons one Mistick syde,
      with the Inhabitants there assent to the A rticles above mentioned:
      Accepted, by drawing each his Lott, the Day and year above written; And
      is as Followeth:" Thomas Filleborne drew Lott 172 with 7 acres of woods
      and 1 acre of common.
      Thomas was a member of the Massachuset ts Colony in Cambridge, Middlesex
      County, Massachusetts on May 23, 1666.(93) He was sworn as a Freeman on
      this day. His name is shown as Tho. Phelabrowne in Colony Record Vol.IV.
      p. 562. "Under the first charter of the Massachusett s colony, none were
      regarded as freemen, or members of the body politic, exce pt as were
      admitted by the General Court and took the oath of allegiance to t he
      government here established."
      Thomas resided in Cambridge, Middlesex Cou nty, Massachusetts in 1666.(94)
      Thomas is mistakenly referred to as Gordon Fi llebrowne in "A Genealogical
      Register of the First Settlers of New England" b y John Farmer. The actual
      entry in the records was to Gdm. (Goodman) Fillebro wne which is a title
      similar to "Mr.".
      The 1910 Genealogy states "Thomas Fi llebrown of Charlestown and
      Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA was by occupation a miller. The first
      mention found of him is in the records of the church at Cam bridge, by
      which it appears that he and his wife, Anna, whose maiden name doe s not
      appear after long research, were admitted to membership in 1666. Althou gh
      a resident of Cambridge and worshiping at the church of Cambridge, he was
      an owner of land at Charlestown. His name appears in the Charlestown
      record s as being 50 years of age in 1682. His tax was abated at
      Charlestown in 1703 . Name appears on petition from Medford, April 17



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