BROWN, Unight 1790 census Winthrop 2-1-3-0-0

Unight and Rebecca Brown gravestone
Fayette Corner Cemetery

Unight Brown was born 2 Feb 1728 in Massachusetts, the son of John Brown. Brown was married 26 Jun 1759 to Rebecca Arnold in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was one of the first settlers to come to Winthrop in 1769 and settled on lot #64 on the west side of Maranacook – then referred to as the Mill Pond. Winthrop historian Thurston tells of Brown and his young son, Jeremiah, traveling to “the Great Bog” in search of moose, where they were able to find one and killed it. It was late autumn and darkness fell upon them before they could make their way back home. Brown cut wood and lit and stoked a good fire, gutted and skinned the moose then wrapped his son in the hide for shelter. Even though he kept the fire going through the night it got so cold that by morning Brown had all he could do to pry the frozen moose hide loose from the his son. Brown died 7 Jan 1815 and is buried in Fayette Corner Cemetery. Unight Brown’s family is recorded as follows: 1) Rebecca m. Thomas Craig 2) Jeremiah b.1793 m. Polly Dailey of Winthrop 3) John m1. Hannah Oldham m2. Abigail ?Peterson 4) Dorcas m. Alexander Thompson 5) Joseph died young 6) Polly m. Solomon Towle 7) William m. Polly Cochran 8) Dorothy m. Rueben Ham Jr. of Wales 9) Elizabeth “Betsey” m. (probably) Luther Marrow.

Stackpole's history of Winthrop relates that Unight may have moved to Fayette but not so. Unight remained on his homestead for his entire life (see Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 1 Page 450). Stackpole also relates that Brown settled Lot #66 but it was Lot #64. Again refer to the deed for that verification.

Unight Brown settled on lot #64 in 1769. This farm on the
corner of route 41 and Maranacook Road in Winthrop
is his homestead.

Brown, William was the youngest son of Unight and was born in 1777. He married in 1800 to Polly Cochran. They had three children. His second marriage was to Hannah Gazelin and they had four children. William lived on the homestead with his father and died in 1860. Children:
1) Jenney b.1800 m. Jacob Bradley of Vienna 2) James 1802 m. Celia Pitts of Readfield
children: I. Lucinda b.1828 m1.Layfayette Huntoon he d.1861 and she m2 Samuel Cunningham b. 1835 and d. 1900. She d. 1904. Both are buried in Readfield Corner Cemetery. 

William's son James moved to Readfield after he married Celia Pitts, who was the daughter of Oliver Cromwell Pitts. Upon William's death James sold the homestead to Reverdy and Lucinda Norcross of Winthrop, and the homestead remained in the Norcross family until 1958.