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Obadiah Bruen

Obadiah Bruen

Male 1606 -

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  • Name Obadiah Bruen 
    Born 1606  Tarves, near Chester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Dec 1606  [1
    Person ID I143059  Day Family Tree
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2014 

    Family Sarah 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Bruen,   b. 1640,   d. 15 Apr 1721, Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Mary Bruen,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Hannah Bruen,   b. 9 Jan 1644, Gloucester, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Bruen,   b. 2 Jun 1646, Gloucester, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F50191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Came 1640 probably with Reverend Richard Blinman. Had first set them down at Marshfield, and asked for administration as freeman of Plymouth jurisdiction March 1641, but speedily went to the opposite side of the Bay. He was freeman 19 May 1642. Selectman in 1642 and several following years. Representative 1647, 48, 49 and 51 in which last year with his spiritual guide he removed again to New London. There was town clerk 15 years. Often Representative and is named in the Royal Charter 1662, but having purchased 11 Jun 1667, with associates the land in New Jersey, now the city of Newark, he removed thither, where the family has always furnished. He was youngest son of John Bruen, Esq. of Bruen Stapleford Cheshire. He became a draper at Shrewsbury in the adjoining County Salop, had brought wife Sarah and child Mary. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.