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- From Unknown on Find A Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43928743/elizabeth_makepeace-gustin
Elizabeth Browne was born 26 January 1657 at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to John Browne and Hester Makepeace. Her father and grandparents were part of "the Great Migration" of Puritans to the New World as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When Elizabeth was about 7 years old, her family moved to Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts. During King Philip's War [1676-76] Augustine John (also known as John Gustin) was at times stationed at Marlborough. On 26 March 1676, the town of Marlborough was attacked and destroyed and the inhabitants forced to flee. Following the war, Elizabeth Browne married John Gustin on 10 November 1676 at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth and John settled for a brief time at Reading, King Philip's War ending with the signing of the Treaty of Casco on 12 April 1678. This opened up Casco Bay for resettlement. Elizabeth and John Gustin, along with Elizabeth's parents (John and Hester Browne) moved to Falmouth on Casco Bay and were granted land in order to re-establish the community. Elizabeth and John Gustin began having a family. However, war began again between the English colonists and their Indian allies and the French colonists and their Indian allies. The town of Falmouth was attacked and completely destroyed again in 1690. All inhabitants fled or were killed or captured. The town of Falmouth remained unsettled for another 25 years. The Gustins removed to Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts were they had additional children and raised their family. Finally, about 1715, the area of Falmouth became safe enough to re-establish a settlement. John and Elizabeth Gustin, along with three of their unmarried sons, returned to Falmouth, then York County, Maine. In 1719, John Gustin penned his will and died shortly thereafter. Elizabeth would have been about 62 years old when she became a widow. Two of her sons, Ebenezer and David, stayed in Maine. As best as can be determined, Elizabeth stayed in Falmouth living on her own, or with one of her children until about 1731 when she passed away.
TIMELINE:
1657: born at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
10 Nov 1676: marred at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
3 July 1719: husband penns will
4 April 1720: probate preceedings begin on husband's estate
10 Feb 1727/28: receives 1/2 acre lot deed
17 Mar 1727/28: receives 30 acre lot deed
10 April 1729: signs two deeds X her mark, selling land
23 Mar 1729/30: name on deed, but not noted as being present to sign
(abt Spring 1730, likely died)
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