Bernard Brown

1750 - 1800  (50 years)

• Name	Bernard Brown
  Birth	28 Jan 1749/50	at foot of Buck's Elbow Mtn near White Hall, Albemarle County, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1800	Browns Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I21321	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Brown,   b. Abt 1718, Wales d. 9 Nov 1762, Browns Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Dabney,   b. 16 Nov 1724, Bearcastle, King William County, VA d. 5 Mar 1815, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1745
  Family ID	F7893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jennings Dabney,   b. 18 Jun 1751, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Jul 1826, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1773	near Buck's Elbow, Whitehall, Albemarle County, VA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Reuben Dabney Brown,   b. 16 Jan 1777, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jul 1849, Old Brown Family Cem., Chipman, Sumner County, TN (Age 72 years)  [natural]   2. Bernard M. Brown,   b. 15 Mar 1781, Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1825 (Age 43 years)  [natural]   3. Ira Benajah Brown,   b. 5 Jun 1794   d. 26 Feb 1842 (Age 47 years)  [natural]   4. Lucy Brown,   b. 7 Nov 1778   d. 16 Feb 1852 (Age 73 years)  [natural]   5. Sarah Brown,   b. 6 Jun 1792   d. 2 May 1852 (Age 59 years)  [natural]   6. Charles M. Brown,   b. 3 May 1783   d. 1879 (Age 95 years)  [natural]   7. Asa Brightberry Brown,   b. 5 Jun 1794   d. 30 Jan 1839 (Age 44 years)  [natural]   8. Benjamin Hescott Brown,   b. 12 Mar 1790, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Dec 1875, Solano County, CA (Age 85 years)  [natural]   9. Bezaleel G. Brown,   b. 22 Sep 1787   d. 20 Apr 1825 (Age 37 years)  [natural]   10. Robert Thompson Brown,   b. 16 Jan 1777   d. 30 Mar 1851 (Age 74 years)  [natural]   11. Thomas Harris Brown,   b. 16 Apr 1785  [natural]   12. Francina Brown,   b. 24 May 1775   d. 3 May 1846 (Age 70 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F8107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: DAR: Bernard Brown (1750-1800) was a special dispatch bearer for General Washington. He was born and died in Albemarle County, Va. From History of Albemarle County, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901, pages 151-152: BROWN The Browns of Brown's Cove were a Hanover family. Its head, Benjamin, and his eldest son Benjamin, patented a large area of land in Louisa County, both before and after its establishment in 1742. They began to obtain grants in Albemarle also soon after its formation. From 1747 to 1760 they entered more than six thousand acres on both sides of Doyle's River. Benjamin Sr., married Sarah Dabney, who according to Dr. Charles Brown's will, was descended from the Jennings that left the enormous estate in England, which such a multitudinous posterity in the country has coveted, and which prompted Dr. Charles to cross the great sea twice in his old age. Benjamin died in 1762, leaving eleven children, Benjamin, William, Agnes, Barzillai, Benajah, Bernard, Bernis, Bezaleel, Brightberry, Elizabeth, the wife of John Price, and Lucretia, the wife of Robert Harris. Passing these names under review, one can imagine the delight of the old gentleman in the iterating alliteration of B.B., and how assiduously he searched the Scriptures and the Lives of the Saints, to attain his pet ideal. Benjamin and William were their father's executors, and appear to have had their portions and residence in Hanover or Louisa. Barzillai sold out in Albemarle, and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1809. Benajah also disposed of his interests, and removed to Buckingham. Bernard had his home at the foot of Buck's Elbow, not far from Whitehall. He was the first of the family to depart this life, dying in 1800. He and his wife Elizabeth had twelve children, Robert, Reuben, Bernard M., Charles, Thomas H., Ira B., Asa B., Benjamin H., Bezaleel, Francina, wife of John Rodes, Lucy, the wife of Nathaniel Thompson Sr., and Sarah. Robert and Reuben emigrated to Sumner County, Tennessee. Bernard M. married Miriam, daughter of David Maupin, and had nine children, among whom were Thompson Brown, Sarah, the wife of Clifton Brown, and Pyrena, the wife of Tilman Maupin. Charles practiced medicine in Charlottesville in the early part of the century. He lived where Dr. W. G. Rogers now resides till 1822, when he removed to the farm on the waters of Ivy Creek which he bought from Crenshaw Fretwell, and on which his son Ezra still resides. He married his cousin Mary, daughter of Bezaleel Brown, and had six children. He died in 1879, having attained the remarkable age of ninety-six years. Thomas H. married first Mildred Brown, and secondly Lucy, daughter of Horsley Goodman. By his first marriage he had a daughter Emaline, who was the wife of W. G. Fretwell. Ira B. married Frances Mullins, and had six children, among them Burlington D. Brown. Benjamin H. married Judith, daughter of Hudson Fretwell. Bezaleel married Elizabeth, daughter of John A. Michie, and his children were Cynthia, the wife of William H. Brown, Frances, Addison, Williamson, Mary, the wife of George W. Kemper, Martha, the wife of Charles H. Parrott, and John A. M. He was cut off in the prime of his days in 1825. The family of Bernard Brown was remarkable in one respect. He and his three sons Charles, Thomas H., and Ira B. were magistrates of the county, and two of them served as Sheriff, Charles in 1841, and Thomas H. in 1849.

  
  

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