Ann Seabrooke

Ann married Governor Andrew Bowne about 1700 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey. Andrew (son of James Bowne, (ancestor of Abe Lincoln) and Mary Stout) was born about 1668 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 1710 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Avis Bowne was born about 1707 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 1747 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey.
2. Peter Bowne was born on 30 Oct 1710 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died in Sep 1773 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey.

Ann married Rev. John Bray before 1712 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey. John was born in 1661 in Hampshire Co, New Hampshire; died after 1720 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew Bray, Esq. was born on 1 Jul 1713 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 1753.
2. Daniel Bray was born on 28 Mar 1716 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 19 May 1778 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey.

Notes:

Thomas and his young family were living in Westchester in 1675. Two depositions are recorded in Wills of Early Residents of Westchester County New York 1664-1784 by William S. Pelletveaw A.M. They give names of places, which have long been swallowed by greater New York City.

"Thomas Seabrook, Westchester died intestate Dec. 17, 1675"

"The deposition of John Clarke of Westchester, aged 29, states that 'when there was an alarm of Indians, being at Castle Hill last summer, loaded with ammunition, he was a sojourner in the house of Thomas Seabrook and was commanded among others to go to Capt. Osburns house, and at his going away, he, the said Thomas Seabrooke, took his wife, (now present widow Seabrooke) by the hand in the door, as he was going out, and said "Wife I am going out, I know not but I may be knocked on the head. If I never come again I give all that I have to thee.' And further said to this deponent. 'Pray take notice what I say.' Sworn before me John Pell, May 15, 1676"

"Deposition of Penelope Cook, aged about 50. That 'Thomas Seabrook being some time last winter at Consider Woods, declared he was going over to Long Island, and said that whenever he did dye he would made his wife executor and give her all he had."

"Letters of Adm granted to wife Mary, May 20, 1676" from Liber 1, page 139
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Thomas Seabrook was killed in an Indian Raid shortly after her birth in Westchester NY. He had already purchased land in the Monmouth County, NJ but not moved the family there. Mary Seabrook married a second time to Thomas Whitlock. They moved the family to Shoal Harbor, NJ and built a house that Ann was raised in. It was known as the Seabrook Homestead. Descendants of the Seabrook family lived in the house into the early 1900's. On the material copied at the Monmouth County Historical Society was a note "Spy House". It was probably referring to the Seabrook Homestead. Shoal Harbor was renamed Port Monmouth. The material went on to say that "the house is still standing, though the property between it and the Bay have been washed away."

The property has not washed away. The house is now called Seabrook-Wilson House. It is a learning center and folk museum. It sits on Shoal Harbor in Port Monmouth, and has a few acres with parking lot, picnic tables and kept grounds. The museum reflects the history of the Bayshore farmers of the sea and land.
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Thomas married Mary Compton in 1666 in Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1650 in Gravesend, Long Island, New York; died in 1724 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]