Mehitable, daughter of Francis and Hannah (Alling) Brown, was a descendant of the Francis Brown who was one of the seven men left at Quinnipiac the winter of 1637/1638 by Theophilus Eaton to prepare the site for the English company coming from Boston in the spring. Mabel married Capt. Daniel Trowbridge, descendent of Thomas Trowbridge, one of the founders of New Haven Colony in 1638.