Fifth Generation

270. Rachel PHILBRICK was born before May 1704 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.^259,260 [Another source says that she was born in New Castle, New Hampshire] She died before October 1767 at the age of 63.⁷⁹

Rachel PHILBRICK and Ephraim BROWN were married on 1 October 1723 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.⁷⁹

Sources for children:
Vital records of Hampton New Hampshire to the End of the Year 1900, by George Freeborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn
Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, by Search Research Publishing Corporation

Ephraim BROWN, son of Ephraim BROWN and Lydia EASTMAN, was born on 6 August 1702 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.⁷⁹ He signed a will on 17 February 1768.⁷⁹
From the Probate Records of New Hampshire:
EPHRAIM BROWN 1768 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God amen - The Sevententh Day of february one thusand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight - I Ephraim Brown of South Hampton in the Province of new hampshire Yeoman Being wek in bodey * * * 1st I Give unto my Well Beloved wife Mehetibel Brown three pound Lawfull money to be paid hur By my Executor here after Named out of my Stock Imeadeatly after my Decease 2dly - I Give to my son Joseph Brown one Sheep which with shat I have before Given him by Deed, is his full portion of my Estate - 3dly I Give to my Son Enoch Brown forty acres of Land at Sandown where he now Lives it Being the Esterly End of Said Lot and to Extend westerly so fare as to Comleet sd forty acres to him and his first male heir Lawfully Begoten of his Bodey - 4thly I Give to my Son Ephraim Brown a peace of Salt marsh Lying in Salisbury at Birch Island joying on the Beach he Paying to My Daugter anna Eastman Six pounds thirten Shillings & four pence - and to my Daughter Lydiah Eastman Six pounds thirten Shilings and four pence - after my Decees - within one year
5thly I Give to my Two Sons Eijah and Moses Brown all my homsted Land and Buildings Equaly to be Devided Betwen them only Reserving the westerly End of my Dwelling house that is the Lower Rome And Chamber for my Daughters Hannah and Ruth untill they are married allso I Give to Sd two Sons Elijah & Moses my Land at Chair hill and all my Land at hoog hill Equaly to be Devided Betwen Them allso my peace of salt Marsh in Salisbury near Carters Beaches So Called Lying on the Crick which was formerly parte of Carters Lot allso my peice of flats So Called - on these Conditions that they the said Elijah and Moses take Care and Comfortably Supporte with victles and Clothing and Lodgin in sickness and health my son Heziciah Brown During his naturall Life they Receiving the profits of sd Hezicias Labour also they Keeping a Cow for my Daughter Hannah Brown Sumer and Winter and finding sd Hannah & Ruth five Cord of wood at the house yearly and keep them one pig yearly till they be maried
6thly I Give to my Son Elias Brown all My Land which I Have in the Township Called Goffs town in the province of New hampshire - also I Give my sd son Elias a pair of Steers a Comming in three out of my Stock -
7ly I give unto My two Daughters anna Eastman and Lydiah Eastman all my right of Land which I have in Worrens Town to be Eqally Devided Betwen them -
8thly I Give to my Daughter Hannah Brown one Cow
9thly I give to my Son Ephraim the one half of the Remainder of my Lot of Land Lying at Sandown
10ly I Give to My Daughters Hannah and Ruth the Other half of the Remainder of my Lot of Land at Sandown -
Further I Give unto My Son Joseph Twenty acres of Land Lying in popplen ner the Spruse Swamp so Called
also I give to My Son Enoch one acre of Salt marsh in Salisbury at Sandey Cove So Called -
itim I give my two Sons Hezeciah and Moses my best Bead and Beading thereto belonging - Further I Give to my four Daugters all my Indore household Goods and movables to be Eqaley Devided amongst them Excep the Cyder Cask and Dry Cask
Further my will is that all the Remainder my Land and marsh notes and bills togather with all my out Dore movablels and Stock after my Juste Debts and funeral Charges are payed - that the Remander of Said Notes Bills Movables Land & Stock Shall be Devided to and among all my Children Giving to my Eldest Son Joseph two partes or Shares of said notes Bills Stock or movables withe the Rest of my Children
And finially I do hereby Constitute and appointe my well Beloved Brother William Brown to be the Sole Executor * * *
Ephraim Brown
[Witnesses] Winthrop True, Jonathan Woodman, Samuel Woodman.
[Proved March 30, 1768]
[Warrant, March 30, 1768, authorizing Winthrop True and Abel Brown, both of South Hampton, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 17, 1768; amount, 691 pounds 13. 6; signed by Winthrop True and Abel Brown; an addition of 29 pounds 14. 0. was made April 20, 1770.]
[Guardianship of Moses Brown, non compos mentis, granted to John Eastman, April 28, 1769. - Probate records, col. 25, p. 369]
[Bond of John Eastman, Jr. of Salisbury, Mass., shipwright, with Jeremiah Eastman of Kensington, yeoman, and Samuel Page of South Hampton, husbandman, as sureties, in the sum of 300 pounds, April 28, 1769, for the guardianship of Moses Brown of South Hampton; witnesses, none.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, 114 pounds 12. 8, personal estate; expenditures, 113 pound 14. 7 3/4;
allowed Feb. 28, 1770}
[Additional account; receipts, 37 pounds 9 6 1/2; expenditures, 41 pounds 12. 7; allowed June 6, 1771.]
[Account of the guardian; receipts, 113 pounds 3. 3; expenditures, 115 pounds 18. 2 1/4; allowed June 24, 1772.]
[Additional account; receipts, 7 pounds 9. 3; expenditures, 10 pounds 15. 7 1/2; allowed Dec. 20, 1772.]
[ Bond of James Hadlock, yeoman, with Abel French, gentleman, and Benjamin Brown, yeoman, as sureties, all of South Hampton, in the sum of 1000 pounds, March 28, 1776, for the guardianship of Moses Brown and Elijah Brown, both of South Hampton, idiots, sons of Ephraim Brown; witnesses, Nathaniel Parker, William Parker.]

He died in March 1768 at the age of 65 in South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.⁷⁹

Rachel PHILBRICK-3162 and Ephraim BROWN-28977 had the following children: