Elizabeth Payson

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name
Elizabeth Payson
aka
[Elizabeth Foster, Elizabeth Brown]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Ensign Hopestill Foster, married at Dorchester in 1666/7, and his widow and administratrix in 1678; she probably married next Edmond Brown, a shopkeeper, before 1694. A daughter of Deacon Giles Payson, born at Roxbury in 1644/5, and mother of Samuel Foster, who married Rebecca Briscoe.
born
date
4 Feb 1644/5
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
"Elizabeth, d. Giles, Feb. 4, 1644. [1644-5. C. R. 1.]" (1:270). Mollie has 9 Feb 1645. An earlier Elizabeth was buried 8 Mar 1639.
residences
date
1669
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Her children with Hopestill Foster were born at Boston from 1669; she kept her dower there.
father
id
giles-payson-1611
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
mother
id
elizabeth-dowell-fl1637
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
Giles married Elizabeth Dowell in 1637; her birth record names only her father.
spouses
name
Edmond Brown
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-whitmore-1898-hopestill-foster, book-roberts-1895-ancient-honorable-artillery-company]
note
Shopkeeper; married before 1694 (Whitmore), "In 1694" (Roberts). Mollie calls him "Edmund Brown, soapboiler," but the soap boiler was her first husband.

Elizabeth was born at Roxbury on 4 Feb 1644/5, a daughter of Deacon Giles Payson, and on 15 Feb 1666/7 she married Hopestill Foster at Dorchester, the eldest son of Capt. Hopestill Foster.

King Philip's War. In May 1676 her husband was made ensign of Capt. Thomas Clarke's Boston company (see Hopestill Foster). Her brother Samuel, "s. Giles, Nov. 7, 1641" (Roxbury VR), very probably rode in Capt. Thomas Prentice's troop: "Samuel Payson" was credited £2 3s on 30 Nov 1675 and £4 10s on 29 Feb 1675/6, the pay for the Narragansett campaign, and served under Capt. Thomas Brattle as well (Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 81-82, 264). John Payson ("John Person (Pason)"), son of Edward Payson and perhaps a cousin, rode in the same troop with Richard Mather (Bodge p. 83).

Her husband was dead by January 1677/8, and she was made his administratrix. That April her sister Sarah, as Savage has it, married his brother Elisha Foster, so two Payson sisters married two Foster brothers.

Her second husband, Edmund Brown, son of Deacon William Brown of Sudbury, settled first in Dorchester and became a Boston shopkeeper. He was a Boston constable in 1687, a lieutenant of militia, an overseer of the poor and, in 1692, a deputy for Boston. "In 1694," Roberts says, "he married his second or third wife, the widow of Hopestill Foster (1673), and he died soon after" (History of the AHAC 1:283).

She kept her dower in a Foster family house on Fitch's alley. A deed of 2 Aug 1726 for it reserves "the portion set apart for the thirds of Elizabeth Brown, grandmother of Samuel Foster" (Suffolk Deeds 40:22-23, abstracted in NEHGR 178:35).

Mollie's pencilled "d. 1733," "in [King's?] Chapel Burying Ground Boston," probably belongs to Elizabeth (Phipps) Foster, widow of a later Hopestill (b. c. 1670), who died 15 Feb 1732/3.

Open questions

  • Her marriage to Edmond Brown: a record of it, and its date.
  1. ---
  2. name: Elizabeth Payson
  3. aka: [Elizabeth Foster, Elizabeth Brown]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Ensign Hopestill Foster, married at Dorchester in 1666/7, and his widow and
  8. administratrix in 1678; she probably married next Edmond Brown, a shopkeeper, before 1694. A
  9. daughter of Deacon Giles Payson, born at Roxbury in 1644/5, and mother of Samuel Foster, who
  10. married Rebecca Briscoe.
  11. born:
  12. date: 4 Feb 1644/5
  13. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: proven
  16. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  17. note: "\"Elizabeth, d. Giles, Feb. 4, 1644. [1644-5. C. R. 1.]\" (1:270). Mollie has 9 Feb 1645. An earlier Elizabeth was buried 8 Mar 1639."
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1669"
  20. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  21. basis: inferred
  22. confidence: probable
  23. note: "Her children with Hopestill Foster were born at Boston from 1669; she kept her dower there."
  24. father:
  25. id: giles-payson-1611
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  29. mother:
  30. id: elizabeth-dowell-fl1637
  31. basis: inferred
  32. confidence: probable
  33. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  34. note: Giles married Elizabeth Dowell in 1637; her birth record names only her father.
  35. spouses:
  36. - name: Edmond Brown
  37. basis: documented
  38. confidence: probable
  39. sources: [book-whitmore-1898-hopestill-foster, book-roberts-1895-ancient-honorable-artillery-company]
  40. note: Shopkeeper; married before 1694 (Whitmore), "In 1694" (Roberts). Mollie calls him "Edmund Brown, soapboiler," but the soap boiler was her first husband.
  41. ---
  43. Elizabeth was born at Roxbury on 4 Feb 1644/5, a daughter of Deacon Giles Payson, and on 15 Feb
  44. 1666/7 she married Hopestill Foster at Dorchester, the eldest son of Capt. Hopestill Foster.
  46. **King Philip's War.** In May 1676 her husband was made ensign of Capt. Thomas Clarke's Boston
  47. company (see [Hopestill Foster](/people/hopestill-foster-1645/)). Her brother Samuel, "s. Giles,
  48. Nov. 7, 1641" ([Roxbury VR](/files/sources/vital-records-roxbury/)), very probably rode in Capt. Thomas
  49. Prentice's troop: "Samuel Payson" was credited £2 3s on 30 Nov 1675 and £4 10s on 29 Feb 1675/6,
  50. the pay for the Narragansett campaign, and served under Capt. Thomas Brattle as well
  51. ([*Soldiers in King Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/), pp.
  52. 81-82, 264). John Payson ("John Person (Pason)"), son of Edward Payson and perhaps a cousin, rode
  53. in the same troop with [Richard Mather](/people/richard-mather-1653/) (Bodge p. 83).
  55. Her husband was dead by January 1677/8, and she was made his administratrix. That April her sister
  56. Sarah, as [Savage](/files/sources/book-savage-genealogical-dictionary/) has it, married his brother
  57. [Elisha Foster](/people/elisha-foster-fl1676/), so two Payson sisters married two Foster brothers.
  59. Her second husband, Edmund Brown, son of Deacon William Brown of Sudbury, settled first in
  60. Dorchester and became a Boston shopkeeper. He was a Boston constable in 1687, a lieutenant of
  61. militia, an overseer of the poor and, in 1692, a deputy for Boston. "In 1694," Roberts says, "he
  62. married his second or third wife, the widow of Hopestill Foster (1673), and he died soon after"
  63. (*History of the AHAC* 1:283).
  65. She kept her dower in a Foster family house on Fitch's alley. A deed of 2 Aug 1726 for it reserves "the
  66. portion set apart for the thirds of Elizabeth Brown, grandmother of Samuel Foster" (Suffolk Deeds
  67. 40:22-23, abstracted in NEHGR 178:35).
  69. Mollie's pencilled "d. 1733," "in [King's?] Chapel Burying Ground Boston," probably belongs to
  70. Elizabeth (Phipps) Foster, widow of a later Hopestill (b. c. 1670), who died 15 Feb 1732/3.
  72. ## Open questions
  74. - Her marriage to Edmond Brown: a record of it, and its date.
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