Benjamin Thompson Brown

Family/Spouse: Lucy Ann Richards. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucian Brown was born on 29 Mar 1850; died on 17 May 1930.
2. Elizabeth Brown
3. John R. Brown
4. Lucy Ann Brown
5. Jefferson Randolph Brown
6. James R. Brown
7. Bernis B. Brown

Notes:

One of the early Methodist preachers in County of Albemarle, entering the ministry some years before the close of the eighteenth century. He was a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence April 2, 1779. He married Henrietta Rodes, a daughter of John Rodes and Sarah Harris his wife. He died in 1815. [History and Genealogies, W.H. Miller, 1907]

He was a Justice of Albemarle Co. (VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY ANDBIOGRAPHY, Vol. 7 (1900)p. 84)

Bernis Brown was a guard for the British Prisoners during the Revolution.(see Papers of Thomas Jefferson Vol. II, pages 32/33, by Julian P. Boyd.)

Bernis married Henrietta Rodes on 17 Nov 1779. Henrietta (daughter of John Rodes and Sarah Harris) was born on 26 May 1761; died on 1 Jun 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah Dabney about 1745. Sarah (daughter of Cornelius Dabney and Sarah Jennings) was born on 16 Nov 1724 in Bearcastle, King William County, VA; died on 5 Mar 1815 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was an executor of the will of his father-in-law, Robert Harris. Their descendents are the Rodes family of Giles Co., TN.

John married Sarah Harris on 9 Sep 1754. Sarah (daughter of Robert Harris and Mourning Glenn) was born on 24 May 1736 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Jan 1803 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married May 24, 1756 to John Rodes, who was born in Albemarle Co., VA on Nov. 16, 1729, and was an executor of the will of his father-in-law(Major Robert Harris).

Notes:

Hanover County Will book 1, 1862-1868 page 81 # 634
Oct 22 1764 Will of Cornelius Dabney of St. Paul's Parish,Y Hanover County:
To Son William Dabney, 150 ac with plantation where said son lives,
Negroes (Judy, Venus, Christopher, Moses)
all testator's wearing apparel.
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To Son John Dabney,
1. Negro woman Molly,
2. saddle & c
3. Gun;
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exor to sell 150 ac and Negro wench Amey retained for son Cornelius Dabney
dec'd and money equal divide among said dec'd son's children
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to son in law Christopher Harris (husband testator's dau Mary), Lends Negro
wench Unity for benefit children by said dau. Mary
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To wife Sarah Dabney, good feather bed/furniture, 2 trunks, black walnut
chest, looking glass, horse & saddle, 2 cows/calves, house safe at her disposal,
to wife for life, 2 Negroes (Jane & Bob), river? swelling plantation: at death
of wife, son john Dabney may pay l45 to testator's dau Elizabeth maupin,
Frances maupin,anne thompson, for said bob and l45 said land to daughters, equal
divide residue estate, names on john Dabney and friend Harry Terrell as exors.
witness john Wingfield, Thomas wingfield
in codicil, Nov 5 1764: gives 1 shilling each to son in law, Christopher
Harris, Matthew brown and William Johnson)

Cornelius married Sarah Jennings in Apr 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Charles Jennings and Mary Cary) was born on 3 Apr 1702; died in 1790 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Cedar Hill", Hanover Co., VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1736/1744, House of Burgesses
• Will: 18 Jun 1765

Notes:

Member of Va. House of Burgesses from Hanover until 1742, when he was appointed by the King as surveyor of the new Co. of Louisa. Late he moved to Albemarle Co. where he owned a large estate at Browns Cove. He was a vestryman of Fredericksville Parish for a number of years before his death.

Lived at Brown's Cove on Doyle's River, halfway between Stanardsville and Waynesboro, VA on Skyline Drive; see Harriston, north of Waynesboro on Highway 340. Bought property in 1750. Copy of his will is in HISTORY ANDGENEALOGIES, W. Harris Miller, p. 267. It was dated June 18, 1765.

Robert married Mourning Glenn on 30 Jan 1719/20 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Mourning was born in 1702 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died in 1776 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]