Thomas Brown married Deborah Wells or Welles, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, on April 27, 1737. The couple settled in the Groton, New London, Connecticut area by 1741. Later, by 1767, they had moved to the Chatham, Columbia, New York area.

Children: Benjamin 1741, Thomas 1748, Deborah (Ezra) Allen 1749, Nathaniel 1750, Amos 1760, Hannah (Jedediah) Holmes 1764.

Children Benjaman and Nathaniel moved to Ontario, Canada about 1800. Children Thomas and Amos moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York about 1802 and took their parents with them. Hannah moved to Seneca County, Ohio. Deborah stayed in the Columbia county area, later moved to Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York.

Thomas died in Middlefield, and is buried in an old cemetery on Route 166 in Middlefield across from an old cheese factory. Deborah Welles went to live with daughter Deborah Allen in Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, where she passed away.

Source: Descendants of Thomas Brown, by John E Brown.

Thomas is said to have married Deborah Welles in Stonington on 27 Apr 1737, but in fact the Stonington record reads: "Brown, Thomas, m. Deborah Holdredge, b. of Stonington, Apr 27, 1737, by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter." This marriage is confirmed by the standard source for Stonington families.
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, 55 vols. (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994-2002), Stonington, 59 and 197, citing 3:86
Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900: with a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families (New London, Conn.: Press of the Day Pub. Co., 1900), 262, Thomas Brown (No. 22) and Deborah Holdredge were m. April 27, 1737 … Mrs. Deborah Brown (nee Holdredge) d. date unknown, and her husband m. for his second wife Sarah Randall, March 29, 1753.
Contributor: Barry Hinman (47771472)