Sarah Brown, daughter of John and Meriah/Mariah Brown, was born in Dover, Mass., October 21, 1787. Other children of John and Meriah/Mariah: John (born 1785; married Cynthia Fuller); Michael (born 1791); Mason (born 1794; married Kezia Perry, later married Sarah Newell); Betsey (born 1797; married Roger S. Battle); Rebecca (born 1798; married Joshua Ayres). Sarah married Joseph Smith (born 1784) of Westminster, Mass. They moved to Concord, Mass., to a farm on what is now Strawberry Hill Road. Their children: Ann Jane (born 1816, in Dover; remainder of children born in Concord); Joseph Allen (born 1818; married Rebecca Brooks of Acton); Sarah Elizabeth (born 1821; married Joseph Kidder of Manchester, N.H.); Julius Michael (born 1823; married Martha Wheeler of Concord, later married Abba Wheeler); Caroline Rebecca (born 1825; married Albert Higgins of Concord); Maria Turner (born 1828; married Charles A. Holbrook of Concord). Sarah Brown Smith was the grandmother of Maria Rebecca Smith, who was the mother of Laurence Eaton Richardson.
From the description of Sarah Brown Smith diaries, 1849-1872. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 35871172
