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John Brown

John Brown

Male 1703 - 1791  (87 years)


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  • Name John Brown  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 3 Nov 1703  Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1788  Worcester Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 1791  Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    • Age: 88
    Person ID I989  Bob Juch's Tree 2
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

    Father William Brown,   b. Abt 1669, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1752, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary,   b. Abt 1673, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Newhall,   b. 18 Mar 1709/10, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1741, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1726  Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    >1. Azuba Brown,   b. Abt 1732, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1822, Bridport, Addison, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. John B. Brown, Jr,   b. 2 Feb 1735, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1821, Lowell, Washington, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Parley Brown,   b. 27 May 1737, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1776, White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Dorothy Brown,   b. 28 Aug 1738, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Lydia Brown,   b. 14 Nov 1740, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

    Family 2 Mary Elizabeth Jones,   b. 10 Aug 1719, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1809, Hartford, Washington County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage Contract 18 Apr 1742  Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1742  Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    >1. Mary Brown,   b. 24 Apr 1743, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Rebekah Brown,   b. 9 Sep 1744, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Benjamin Brown,   b. 6 Oct 1745, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1821, Athens, Athens County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Lucy Brown,   b. 8 Oct 1747, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1814 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Sarah Brown,   b. 23 Nov 1750, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1799, Hartford, Washington County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Hannah Brown,   b. 13 Nov 1752, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Elizabeth Brown,   b. 16 Dec 1754, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1799, Hartford, Washington County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. William Brown,   b. 15 Jun 1758, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1776, New York City, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Caleb Brown,   b. 18 Feb 1760, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1837, Hartford, Washington County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +10. Daniel Brown,   b. 17 Dec 1761, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1826, Hartford, Washington County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +11. Apphia Brown,   b. 13 Apr 1765, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1828, Harmon, Stark County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Captain JOHN BROWN born about 1703. Died 1791 in Leicester, Massachusetts, age 88. He was a soldier in the French Wars. Commanded a Company in the Louisburg expedition in 1745. was a leading man in the town of Leicester and its representative in the General Court for twenty years; Four of his sons were Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. His first wife was Lydia Newhall, daughter of Lt. Thomae Newhall of Leicester. They had five children. His second wife was Mary Jones, aunt of the Honorable John Coffin Jones.

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 327; SAR Membership Number: 65384.

    2. [S35] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 305; SAR Membership Number: 60997.

    3. [S159] Flint, James, comp., Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).

    4. [S160] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    5. [S63] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea;).

    6. [S161] Ancestry.com, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco;).

    7. [S83] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;), Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Leicester; Birth state: MA.

    8. [S162] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).


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