Mary Brown, the sister of James, married Samuel Isaacs, Esq., of Norwalk, Conn., and died at Salem, November 26, 1801, aged seventynine, or eighty-one,d leaving two sons, Isaac Isaacs, who died at Salem, Oct. 2, 1820, and Samuel Brown Isaacs, Esq., who succeeded his uncle James Brown, Esq., in all his rights, titles and interest in Lower Salem, which is said to have amounted to five hundred acres of land. Upon the 2ist of June, 1788, we find his relatives conveying to him much of the real estate of his late uncle, besides what his mother and other near relatives had already granted, etc.

a Rec. WMte Plains, Lib. C. p. 42.

6 The Rev. Solomon Mead, records in his list of deaths from Dec. 22, 1707, to May 20, 1S05.. Febuary 19, 1786^ James Brown, Esq., "January 8,1771, died Mrs. Brown." "January 16, 1775, Samuel Brown.''

c The timbers of the old house are still preserved in the carriage shed, most of therfi measure 13)£ inches by 15 inches, The ancient door step is still retained in front of the present house, and the famous pear tree nearly two hundred years old is yet standing and bears fruit yearly. . .

d The following entrv occurs in the famtlv Bible of the Isaacs', (evidently written in the hand of Sam'I B. Isaacs Esq.) "Mv cL-ar mother, Mary Isaacs, departed this life, Nov. 26, lsoi." The book itself is entitled. " The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek, etc." New York : stereotyped and printed by 1). & G. Bruce, 27 \\ Uliuni Su, 1815.