408. James⁸ Fillebrown Jr. (James⁷, Richard⁶, Isaac⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Humpfrey² Phillibrowne, Robert¹ ffilebrowne)⁽⁴⁴⁶⁶⁾ was born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay November 3, 1774/5.⁽⁴⁴⁶⁷⁾ James died circa 1805 in on a voyage.⁽⁴⁴⁶⁸⁾ He was traveling to the northwest coast.

James married Elizabeth Newland April 2, 1795 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁴⁴⁶⁹⁾ (Additional notes for Elizabeth Newland⁽⁴⁴⁷⁰⁾) When Elizabeth was age 21 and James Fillebrown Jr. was age 21 they became the parents of Elizabeth Fillebrown June 24, 1797 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁴⁴⁷¹⁾

When James was age 21 and Elizabeth Newland was age 21 they became the parents of Elizabeth Fillebrown June 24, 1797 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁴⁴⁷²⁾ This is a bit of history.⁽⁴⁴⁷³⁾ "An interesting document is found in Probate Court at Cambridge, dated September 6, 1805, which reads as follows: 'I, James Fillebrown, of Cambridge, gentleman, do testify and say, that my son James Fillebrown of said Cambridge, housewright, died during a voyage to the northwest coast, whereof the news arrived within a year past; that he left a widow named Elizabeth and two children, the eldest about six years of age and both daughters': signed by James Fillebrown, and attached is a document bearing autograph of Betsey Fillibrown (sic)."

James Fillebrown Jr. and Elizabeth Newland had the following children:

726 i. Elizabeth⁹ Fillebrown⁽⁴⁴⁷⁴⁾ was born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts June 24, 1797.⁽⁴⁴⁷⁵⁾

727 ii. Mary Fillebrown⁽⁴⁴⁷⁶⁾. Mary Fillebrown was listed as a beneficiary in James Fillebrown's will November 12, 1816 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁴⁴⁷⁷⁾ "In it he names his 'wife Phebe Fillebrown' and granddaughter. Mary, the daughter of my late son James,' also 'daughter, Elizabeth Wood,' and the children of my late son, Samuel Sprague deceased.'"

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