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Polly Brown 1799–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 JUL 1799

Birth Location: Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 6 MAY 1863

Death Location: Andover

Father: Stephen Brown

Mother: Hannah Shed

Spouse(s): Silas Shed

Children(s): Charles Shed, Martha Shed, Mary Shed, Hannah Shed, Lucy Shed, Dolly Shed, Fanny Shed, Thaddeus Shed, Silas Shed, Almira Shed

The story of Polly Brown began in 1799 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. In 1860, Polly Brown resided in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Polly Brown married Silas Shed, and had children including Almira Shed, Charles Otis Shed, Dolly Shed, Fanny D Shed, Hannah Brown Shed, Lucy Shed, Martha Shed, Mary Shed, Silas Shed, Thaddeus Shed. Polly Brown passed away in 1863 in Andover.

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Biography

  • The story of Polly Brown began in 1799 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
  • In 1860, Polly Brown resided in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Polly Brown married Silas Shed, and had children including Almira Shed, Charles Otis Shed, Dolly Shed, Fanny D Shed, Hannah Brown Shed, Lucy Shed, Martha Shed, Mary Shed, Silas Shed, Thaddeus Shed.
  • Polly Brown passed away in 1863 in Andover.

Immediate Family

Parents

Stephen Brown
1764–1811
Birth Location: Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Hannah Shed
1763–1799
Birth Location: Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
HS

Spouses(s)

Silas Shed
1788–1852
Birth Location: Tewksbury, Mass
SS

Children(s)

Charles Shed
1829–1897
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
CS
Martha Shed
1826–
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
MS
Mary Shed
1822–1901
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
MS
Hannah Shed
1824–1906
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Mssc.
HS
Lucy Shed
1828–1883
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
LS
Dolly Shed
1836–
Birth Location: Mass
DS
Fanny Shed
1835–1877
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Mssc.
FS
Thaddeus Shed
1834–
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
TS
Silas Shed
1820–1896
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
SS
Almira Shed
1831–1899
Birth Location: Tewksbury, Mddlsx., Mssc.
AS

Polly Brown's Ancestors

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Polly Brown
1799–1863
Birth Place: Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Stephen Brown
1764–1811
Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Hannah Shed
1763–1799
Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Polly Brown's Descendants

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Polly Brown (21 JUL 1799–6 MAY 1863) m. Silas Shed (12 MAR 1788–25 MAR 1852)
  1. 1. Charles (Otis) Shed 1829–1897 m. Susan (D) Parkhurst 1841–1928
    1. 1. Mary (Ella) Shed 1868– m. John (Oren) Colbath 1859–
      1. 1. Harry (Wilbur) Colbath 1893– m. Mabel Smith 1894–1987
        1. 1. Harry (Wilbur Colbath) Jr 1922–2006 m. Geraldine (Philomina) Brusca 1927–1959
    2. 2. Barilla (Eva) Shed 1870– m. John (F) Green 1860–
    3. 3. Carrie (Della) Shed 1872– m. Frederick (A) Brown 1874–
    4. 4. Arthur (Charles) Shed 1874–1891
    5. 5. Susan (Florence) Shed 1878–
  2. 2. Martha Shed 1826– m. Josiah Shed 1731–
  3. 3. Mary Shed 1822–1901 m. Asa Strickland 1825–
  4. 4. Hannah (Brown) Shed 1824–1906
  5. 5. Lucy Shed 1828–1883 m. Zebulon (Davis) Kenneson 1802–1866
  6. 6. Dolly Shed 1836–
  7. 7. Fanny (D.) Shed 1835–1877 m. Charles (W) Foster 1815–1892
  8. 8. Thaddeus Shed 1834–
  9. 9. Silas Shed 1820–1896 m. Hannah Brown 1824–1906
  10. 10. Almira Shed 1831–1899 m. Simeon Foster 1890–

Polly Brown's Timeline

3 Records

1799
21 JUL 1799
Birth of Polly Brown in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1860
1860
Age 61
Polly Brown resided here in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1863
6 MAY 1863
Age 64
Death of Polly Brown in Andover
Andover

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 JUL 1799
    Event Place: Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 18 December 2020, 22:32), entry for Polly Brown (PID ); contributed by various users. PersonID KDM1-N1F
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1860", database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 18 February 2021), Polly Shed, 1860.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 6 March 2021), Polly Brown Shedd, ; Burial, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tewksbury Cemetery; citing record ID 141039126, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 November 2020), Polly Shed, 6 May 1863; citing Death, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011259.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 2 March 2021), Polly Brown Shed., 06 May 1863; citing Andover, Massachusetts, v 166 p 171, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,183.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 November 2020), Polly Brown, 21 Jul 1799; citing Birth, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010701.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 2 March 2021), Mary in entry for Fannie I. Shedd Foster, 07 Jul 1877; citing North Andover, Massachusetts, v 292 p 251, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,212.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 2 March 2021), Mary Brown in entry for Almira C. Shedd Hill, 08 Oct 1899; citing Westford, Massachusetts, v 493 p 676 no 41, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,529.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 2 March 2021), Mary Shedd in entry for Charles O. Shedd, 03 Apr 1897; citing Billerica, Massachusetts, v 473 p 89, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,522.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Patty in entry for Hannah Brown Shed, 1824.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Charles O. Shed, 1829.
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Silas Shed, 1820.
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Lucy Shed, 1828.
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Thaddeus Shed, 1834.
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Martha Shed, 1826.
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Mary Shed, 1822.
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 11 March 2018), Polly Shedd, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,951.
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 December 2020), Polly Shed in household of Silas Shed, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    [19] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Peabody Genealogy

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 18 December 2020, 22:32), entry for Polly Brown (PID ); contributed by various users. PersonID KDM1-N1F
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Patty in entry for Hannah Brown Shed, 1824.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Charles O. Shed, 1829.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Silas Shed, 1820.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Lucy Shed, 1828.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Thaddeus Shed, 1834.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Martha Shed, 1826.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Mary Shed, 1822.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 11 March 2018), Polly Shedd, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,951.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 December 2020), Polly Shed in household of Silas Shed, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tewksbury Cemetery, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 18 December 2020, 22:32), entry for Polly Brown (PID ); contributed by various users. PersonID KDM1-N1F
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 6 March 2021), Polly Brown Shedd, ; Burial, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tewksbury Cemetery; citing record ID 141039126, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Patty in entry for Hannah Brown Shed, 1824.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Charles O. Shed, 1829.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Silas Shed, 1820.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Lucy Shed, 1828.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Thaddeus Shed, 1834.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Martha Shed, 1826.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Mary Shed, 1822.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 11 March 2018), Polly Shedd, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,951.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 December 2020), Polly Shed in household of Silas Shed, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 MAY 1863
    Event Place: Andover
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Peabody Genealogy
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 18 December 2020, 22:32), entry for Polly Brown (PID ); contributed by various users. PersonID KDM1-N1F
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 6 March 2021), Polly Brown Shedd, ; Burial, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tewksbury Cemetery; citing record ID 141039126, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 November 2020), Polly Shed, 6 May 1863; citing Death, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011259.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 2 March 2021), Polly Brown Shed., 06 May 1863; citing Andover, Massachusetts, v 166 p 171, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,183.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Patty in entry for Hannah Brown Shed, 1824.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Charles O. Shed, 1829.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Silas Shed, 1820.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Lucy Shed, 1828.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Thaddeus Shed, 1834.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Martha Shed, 1826.
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 January 2020), Polly in entry for Mary Shed, 1822.
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 11 March 2018), Polly Shedd, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,951.
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 22 December 2020), Polly Shed in household of Silas Shed, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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