Molly Prewett

## Molly Ruth Prewett (née Brown)

**Molly Ruth Prewett** (née **Brown**) (3 May, 1850 - 12 April, 1912) was a Pure-blood English witch and by marriage a member of the Most Ancient House of Prewett. She was the only daughter of Wendellin Brown I and Ottoline Brown (née Fleamont), the sister of Phineas Brown, and the wife of Bertram Prewett.

She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1861 to June of 1868. She married her husband Bertram in 1875. Together they had three children in a span of thirteen years. She was the mother of Ottoline Greengrass (née Prewett), Clarence Prewett, and ‘Auntie’ Muriel Prewett. She had five grandchildren.

She is a third great-grandmother of Daphne and Astoria Greengrass, as well as Luna Lovegood, through her daughter, Ottoline Greengrass. Through her only son Clarence, Molly was the great-grandmother of Fabian and Gideon Prewett, as well as Molly Weasley (née Prewett), who was presumably named in her honour.

## Biography

### Early life (1850-1875)

Molly Ruth Brown was born on 3 May, 1850, in Upminster, Havering atte Bower, Middlesex, England, now apart of Greater London. Upminster, the town in which she was born, is located in East London, and part of the London Borough of Havering. Historically a rural village, it originally formed as an ancient parish in the county of Essex.

She was the only daughter of Wendellin Brown I, an employee in the Department of Magical Transportation at the Ministry of Magic, and Ottoline Brown (née Fleamont), a Scottish witch. She had an older brother, Phineas Brown.

She was the paternal granddaughter of Cenhelm Brown, who had an unfortunate reputation for gambling. Cenhelm gambled away most of the family lands, leaving the Browns with only the cottage in Upminster by the time Molly's father, Wendellin, was born. Her paternal grandmother was Flora Bagshot, a member of the Bagshot family, of Godric's Hollow, Somerset.

On her mother's side, her grandfather was Ormond Fleamont, a lifelong resident of Hogsmeade village in Scotland. Her maternal grandmother, Bathsheba Fleamont (née Orpington), was also born in Godric's Hollow, Somerset. Through the Fleamonts, Molly was the first cousin of Wizengamot member Henry Potter. Her aunt Elowen had married Ophelius Potter, a very rich wizard who also lived in Somerset.

#### Hogwarts years (1861-1868)

She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1861, and began attending on 1 September later that year. She was sorted into Gryffindor House, like all the members of the Brown family had been before her, in school.

Her brother Phineas was in his fourth year of school at the time. According to Molly's daughter, Muriel, she was a close friend of the magical historian Bathilda Bagshot, who may have also been a cousin of some sort.

She completed her education in the year 1868.

### Later life

Molly Brown married Bertram Prewett on 2 November, 1875, at the age of 25. They had their first child together, Ottoline, named for Molly’s mother, the following year in 1876. They had a son called Clarence in 1878.

Many years later, their third child, Muriel Prewett, was born in the year 1890. Her daughter Ottoline Prewett married Ivor Greengrass I, Heir to the Noble House of Greengrass, in 1896. Molly’s father, Wendellin Brown, died the following year in 1897.

Her friend Bathilda was a neighbor of the Dumbledore family after they moved to Godric's Hollow, and Molly reportedly gossiped quite a bit.

At some point during her younger daughter Muriel's youth, Molly was eavesdropped on while having a conversation with her 'close friend' Bathilda Bagshot, with Muriel listening in secretly from behind a door. Muriel learned that the Dumbledore brothers had an altercation at their sister Ariana's funeral.

Molly became a grandmother in 1898 with the birth of Marian Jane Greengrass, and again in 1900 with the birth of Rowina Greengrass, and again a third time in 1902 with the birth of Ivor Greengrass II. Her mother, Ottoline Brown, then passed away in the year 1903.

#### Death

Her son, Clarence Prewett, married a witch named Alodia McKinnon in 1911. Molly’s grandson Bilius was born in April of 1912, but she did not live to meet him nor his brother Ignatius Prewett, for Molly died in early April of that year.

#### Legacy

Molly Prewett (née Brown) is a paternal ancestress of many witches and wizards in Great Britain, including brothers Fabian and Gideon Prewett, who died bravely during the First Wizarding War, as well Molly Weasley (née Prewett).

Through her great-grandson Gideon, she was the second great-grandmother of Maud Prewett, a member of the second Order of the Phoenix, and through her great-granddaughter and namesake, Molly Weasley, Molly is a second great-grandmother of Ginny Weasley and her six brothers, including Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron.

She is also a second great-grandmother of Pandora Lovegood (née Moon), who died in a Potions accident in the year 1990. Through her daughter, Ottoline Greengrass (née Prewett), her grandson Ivor Greengrass II, and great-granddaughter Antiope Moon (née Greengrass), she is the third great-grandmother of Luna Lovegood.

Similarly, she is a great-grandmother of Ignatius Greengrass II, and a second great-grandmother of Cyril Greengrass, Ambrose Greengrass I, Ignatius Greengrass III, and Rosalind Greengrass, who died young.

Through her great-grandson, Ignatius II, she is a third great-grandmother of sisters Daphne and Astoria Greengrass, as well as their cousins Clotilda, Lisette, and Ambrose Greengrass II.

## Etymology

*Molly* is a diminutive form of *Mary*, the English form of the Hebrew name *Miryam*, the meaning of which is unknown, though theories include "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", "wished for child", and "beloved".

Her surname, Brown, is a colour and a surname derived from a nickname for people with brown hair or a brownish complexion, from Middle English *broun*, from Old English/Old French *brun.*