f\ ~lC ES TOR. S 1\ND DESC£~J [)f\NTS OF ROBERT BRO'vVN OF 1'vl f\ DJ S O j\J 1 -J 7 00r, ...., ..j O_;r, ~ 0 > ·.,................................................................. '---ru=:,F-····· ·••· -------·-····---- ~---·····-···--· -----------·=e _J··•·•·--••--·--··••·······--····••·····••• ........ ,.................... .......... •.... I;-.-------- This Genealogy gives the Ancestors and ~11 the Descen­ dants, both male and female lines, of Robert Brown, who was born 1n Blandford, Mass., in 1768 and set~led in Nelson, Madison County, New York with his wife t Elizabeth Campbell. .Both were of Scotch-Irish descent. The Descendants, over 600 in number include in addition to· Browns, the names of Alton, Carpenter, Ingalls, Ford, Reynolds, Smith, Spaulding, Sturtevant., and many others , Leon R. Brown Rochester, N. Y. 1 9 3 4 . T ABIJE OF COtfTENTS I History of the Family Name Brown. Page 2 II Ancestors of Robert Brown. 3 III Robert Brov,n and his wife El1.zab·eth Campbell. " 5 IV Descendants of Robert Brown, Second Generation. 1' 7 ,, V Third Generation 9 VI Fourth Generation. 14 VII Fifth Generation. " 24 VIII Sixth Generation. " 38 IX Revolutionary Line of Descendants of William Brown. " X Ancestry of Rebecca Howland., and William Brown. " 41 XI Chart of Relationships. " 42 XII Ind~x of Persons. 1t 43 EXPLANATION OF NUMBERING AND ARRANGEMENT For convenience and as a mea.ns of identification each descen­ dant in this genealogy so far as possible ha.s been given a number starting with Robert Brown who is number 1. Ch:tldren have been numbered consecutively in order of birth· and they appear in this same order throughou~ the book. Since in each life sketch, pa.rents names are always given with their proper number in brackets it is possible to go forward or backward with ease f'rom generat:ton to generation. A star or asterisk(*) placed before the name of a child of a couple indicates that more informa.tion about this person will be found in its proper numerical order on some later page in the book. Robert Brown of whom this genealogy treats is number 1. His children have numbers 2 to 10, the third generatjon 11 to 39, the fourth generaation 40 to 142, the fifth from 143 to 343, and the sixth 344 to 570. Places, dates and addresses ha.ve been given where ever known. The author wishes to thank those descendants who so kindly co­ operated in sending the data that made this record possible. He has corresponded with nearly a hundred persons ar1d has letters and writter1 records to substanciate all the data published herewith re­ garding the descendants of Robert Brown. In many cases the same data has been ~eceived from widely different sources~ To discover the identity of Robert Brown himself and trace his ancestors has required years of research but the satisfaction afforded in piecing together this puzzle, and the many friendships formed, have fully cwmpensated the authcr for his eff~rt. He trusts this record will be welcomed by des.cendants. All data has been carefully checked and recheeked agalnst originals. The author had difficulty in making out some of the written records sent to him and will appreciate it if ariyone discovering errors in spelling or data will notify him so corrections can be made in librar·y copies. I HISTORY OF THE FAMILY NP.ME ''BROWN" 2 The origin of the surname "Brown" was English. I' At the period when the growth of the population de­ manded something more than a given name to distin­ guish one 'individual from another, there were many dark-complexioned persons who were known as "John . le Brun", or "Wymore le Broune ", and these word.s came to distinguish their children as well as themselves, though many of the children may have been blonds. Thus the name "Brown" means brown. The name has many orthographic peculiarities. Browning was the son of Brown; Brownell was the mighty Brown; Brownlee the Brown who lived in a pasture; Brownlow, the Brown who lived on a hill. Varlous forms a.re: Boown, Bown, Bra.um, Brouun, Brow:r;i.e., Borwnn, Brune, Brune, Brownson, Bronson, Broune, Brunnell and . Burnett. The name Brown is of frequent oecurrance in early New.England records. One hundred and twenty­ severi Browns emigrated to America before 1700. over thirteen hundred, a regiment by themselves, served in the Revolution from Massachusetts alone. According to the Herald1 s College, England, the Browns have . been grante~ one hundred fifty-six coats-of-arms. The name has been borne in the United States by men \ ., of mark in law,. politics., business .and letters •. 2a DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM BROWN OF BLANDFORD MASS ./ Agnes b 1728 m 1754* John Beard William b 1731 m 1757-See chart page 2b for d.esc- Nancy King enda.nts ·1n.cluding ROBERT the subject of this record. Martha b about 1733 m (John b 1759* 1753* John Robeson--<:James b 1761* ~artha b ----* Jean b about 1735 m 1758* John Davis .• William Brown Soloman b 1738 m 1759*--See chart page 2c for' his b 1702 in Jane Anderson descendants. ✓Hannah. Ireland m /James b 1760 Orvilla Martha Miller Robert (probably) ~ · m 1797* Roswell;__ ni Settled in 1790 census of Orilla Phelps/· M.-Osbo~ Blandford Blandford Daniel Almon m 1.:840 \ ) Janette A.Cami-on** J_a.mes (probably) Lewis James m-E. b -about 1740 William m 1784-* Waterman -; m --- Canfield Nicholas~- Smith-:Sally..-~ary, Elizabet·h b: a.bout L · .Luoy, Fanµ.ie, BenJamin,Wm. 1742 m 1768* Thome,s m Ma.rgaret--Phil~nd:a*, Isa.rel Canfield- Polly* William* Clara* r·srael Canfield m Louise l , Mitchell, had Naomi _Parish ~lizabeth m 1790·* Isaac Cannont* The above outline was prepa.r.ed 1935 by. Leon .R Brown .after a study of all available data including_ original town l'eeord·s, histories, deeds, wills, etc. as well as traditions a.nd d~ta. that wa.s ha.nded down in different branches of 'b.he family. After hitving visited the cemeta.ries and the sites or the old Brown homestea.ds in Blandford the compiler believes that all the Browns in Bland­ ford before 1800 were of the same f8.mily and has arranged the a.bove e.s the probable setup although there is as yet no positive proof that any except William a.nd Soloman were children of William Brown the !migrant. Naomi Parish in 1903 when ''very old" said that her f.ather' s name wa,s Israel Ce~field Brown. She remembered her uncles a.nd aunts correctly but sa.id her grandfather's name was William- This is contrary to other records and it ls thought she refered to her great grandfather. Some of Je,mes I record is taken from her letters and the remainder from the Twinsburg Ohio ·cent­ enial records. Items with a (*') are from the Blandford town rec­ ords. {**) see Cannon Genealogy for descendants of these. The children of Roswell Brown were Harriet Anderson, Hen­ rietta Adams, Isadore Richards and Jomes. The children of Jo.mes Brown born 1806 and his wife Emeline Waterman were Cornelia Rileyr Betsey 1840-1841, Almon .J b-0rn 1846 of Twinsburg, o. (has a son James H born 1877), and Carlton 1855-1856. CHART OF DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM BR OWN JR · _,,.Roscoe m I..au ra Ham i t ton /. /Eleanor m Of ivtr Hubert Lovina 1787-1821- m I Ripl~y Horace Jerre 8od~r¼ha see 1 ' ·- Jabe~ m Richards fa~ily Record Henrietta m--:tmory ~ibbJ "\,Oan iel "'-Jerre Almon m lst~'Sarah lb 2 He I en Gibb ,...Char I es· Grace J877-9 /<James, Lovina ddison Effie 1880-1 -1 Andrew b I78~ a . ( Ii 1-1 ard /Mary l 850-4 licward I 883 Trypnenia Shepherd-;_. Henry, Jane I Samuel lalter b 1885 litli~m Brown b 1760 Nancy b 17,3 m Marti~ "-.John, Bradley IFrank b IS53 - rank b 1886 m Hannah Lucas - Phelps- Ge~,NoNtan, 1~1Jane,Rowland Howard 1857-~ ./Edith b 1885 {Amer. Rev.) i Eteanott b · 17,5 m 1· Fr-aneis m - Fred II Tayf()r--f Komer b 1887 Eli Bodurtha---•-- Catherine Gipbs~John of Utica I Ethel b 1889 Sarah 1798-1855 I William 1827-27 I Dwight b 189I Hannah m Ralph Clarie lyd ia m farrar--.. --------Howard'54 \'liola b 1,00 ·Jane b 1802 unm "'Sa~ah m H_Smith-lJ/EJfen Fl~ra • Hecox~hn b 1882 Elmina m Wm Davis . HGward Nellie m lNellie b 1883 Phi I ena b 1808 m I/Henry b r840 m Ida Capen-(Jda ,$,.ace 1886-7 'John Ripley b 1809 Helen Perkins--✓Henry b 1873 l.{?oy - -#Yli 111 am I> 1787 Sarah b 1831 m IHe I en b 187 4 /Mary b L862 f Andrew b 178, . Rev lrn Adams Ernest b l87~j Henry b 1a,6 'Margaret m Ansel l l ibb-ie tn L Nob~...:!f.red ~- '.Al ice b ,a,, Kimbal I John b 1849 m ·"Jay b 7875ot Cortland tf.Y. Martha b 1762 m Elmena m Alvin Worden ', M\rtha Lf()yd.:... ... -.J Phifena b 1888 Oaniel Lucas-...- Caroli~~ m John Patrick "ohn b 1890 Amanda III John Freeman-200 descendants See Ete-:.nor Freeman iel m Charlotte Courtrite .., ' Arch ibi{,~ unm • ., . Eleanor rit Stephen Van de Blatrcon ··ftlllam ' Oynth ia b-"~7,7 m Duncan lapharn of Madison d·).Samuel · Jane 17~5-1s36 m Yli II iam b 17~7 m Nancy Beard Saybrook Ohiq Nancy 1831-7 Wi I I i a111 tucas--.. - Samuel 1798-1802 ····'George ta32 '-" i If iam b t833 Caz enov ia N Y Robert b 1800 m Ann Crandallj Charles l83)-3b · Lucy b 1803 at Saybrook l James b 1834 l'f=rank b 1843 d 1847 I ILL I AM BROWN Robert b 176a See Samue! b IS-04 - Samuel IAnn b 1838 I Henry b 1845 1731-1808 record of 600 Roxanna b 1806 m Levert Ham- Lucy b 1842 J Sarah b 1847 m descendants Lovaderb 1608 ilton ~annah b 1841 Emma b 184, NANCY KING m Eliza 1fa~ner- -- Cazenovia N.Y.---------...1.S,i II iamb 1853 of Jane tal 0-18 ll /f ra d Chicago 18~~ .