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In memory of John Brown, my Maternal 5th Great-Grandfather on the HARVEY branch.

Bibliography:

  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume 232. Application of Walter Leroy Brown, descendant of Nathan Wood.

  • Ancestors of Florence Julia Brown, and some of their descendants, by Walter LeRoy Brown and M. Theta Hakes Brown, 1940. [Link]

  • 1865 Census

  • G. S. R. Marathon, New York, Lot 599

1850 Lisle, Cortland, New York

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John Brown

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Birth:

1783

Connecticut

Marriage:

1817 Oct 23 ?

Sherman, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Death:

Burial:

1852 Aug 9

Lisle, Broome, New York

Bemis Cemetery

Bemis Cemetery, Lisle, Broome, New York

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Mother:

Biography

John Brown was born abt. 1783 and married Nancy Wood abt. 1800-1801. There is a marriage between John Brown and Nancy Wood recorded at  Sherman, Connecticut, Oct. 23, 1817, but their third child, Zadoc, was born "near Ithaca" in 1806. John appeared in Lisle, Broome County, New York, in 1809 according to local road records, and family tradition claims he was a great hunter. He lived on Lot 565 in Lisle and was an avid hunter. He died in Lisle at the age of 69, on August 9, 1852. He was 67 or 68 years old and is buried in Bemis Cemetery in Lisle, Broome County, New York.

Children

John Brown & Nancy Wood were the parents of my ancestor,

  1. Julia Brown (1804-1873)
  2. Nathan Brown
  3. Zadoc Brown (1806-1880)
  4. Sylvester Brown (1808-1873)
  5. Hiram Brown (1811-1880, lived in Lisle, NY, in 1850)
  6. Jerusha Brown
  7. Alonzo Brown
  8. Jeremiah Brown
  9. Lucy Brown
  10. Rhoda Brown
  11. Hannah Brown
  12. Nelson Brown
  13. Mary Brown
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DNA Notes:

Match to John Brown and/or Nancy Wood descendant Lisa Fuller on Ancestry.

Match to John Brown and/or Nancy Wood descendant Lisa Fuller on Ancestry.

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