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1752 - 1814 (62 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Bernis Brown was born on 15 Aug 1752; died on 30 Oct 1814; was buried in Brown Family Cemetery, Albemarle County, VA. 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]
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Generation: 2
6. | Tyree Rodes Brown (1.Bernis1) was born on 13 Jun 1793; died on 26 Dec 1836. Notes:
An educated man and a teacher. He married on they lived on his farm on North River, near Weyers Cave, Virginia. [Virginia B. Osburn]
Died:
Typhoid fever
Family/Spouse: Sarah Nicholas. Sarah died on 28 Dec 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Brown (1.Bernis1) was born on 1 Dec 1781. Notes:
lived 10 hours. Written in family bible as being born on November 31, could be either November 30, probably December 1, 1781
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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