BROWN ANNEX
Cephas Brown Pedigree
(Start at generation 4, below.)
Special thanks to Norvil Leary Brown: (Para. 3.b.(4.(f.(2)(d)[3.
of the Van Patten Annex), who compiled the
information in this annex. Author of
(among other related publications): "All
These Kinfolk: being the ancestors, descendants, and distant cousins of
Beverly Rae Russell Brown and Norvil Leary
Brown," Volumes 1-3 (1996) and Volume 4 (2004), both published by
subscription by Family History Publishers, Bountiful, Utah. Also editor of: "Ancestors
and descendents [sic] of Sidney Brown, 1801-1869," published by
John David Kemp. Other sources:
1. "Brown
Genealogy" Vol 1 (1907) & Volume 2
(1915) by Cyrus Henry Brown
2. Rowley, Massachusetts,
"Mr. Ezechi Rogers plantation" 1639-1850
Jewett Family of America 1946
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Origin of
the surname “Brown:”
The name is widespread throughout England and is
frequently attributed to the color of the skin.
Generation
11
10 Charles Browne
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1620-25, probably in Yorkshire, England. Died . Emigrated from England to America.
2. Wife: Mary Acy
Born ;
daughter of William and Margaret
(Haiton) Acy. Baptized 13
January 1624-25 at Cottingham, Yorkshire,
England. Died . Married Charles Brown on 14 October 1647 at
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
3. Children:
a. Beriah Browne: Born 8
July 1648 at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Sarah Harris on 6 January
1673-74 and had the following children:
(1. Sarah Browne: Baptized 4 November 1677.
Following Sarah's death, Beriah
Browne married (2nd) Abigail Phenix and had the
following children:
(2. Alexander Browne.
(3. Mary Browne.
(4. Charles Browne.
b. William Browne: Twin. Born 11 December 1651. Died 1690 during the "Canada
Voyage."
c. Willism Browne:
Twin. Born 11 December
1651 at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
d. John Browne: Born 5 February 1653 at Rowley, Essex
County, Massachusetts.
e. Gershom Browne: Born
about 1655 at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
f. Samuel Browne: Twin. Born 5 July 1655.
g. Ebenezer Browne: Born 14 September 1658 at Rowley,
Essex County, Massachusetts.
h. Nathaniel Browne: See generation 9,
below.
i. Mary Browne: Died ; interred 9 December 1683.
j. Joseph Browne: Born 29 June 1668. Was alive in 1687.
9 Nathaniel Browne/Brown
1. Biographical notes:
Born 20 May 1660 at Rowley, Essex County,
Massachusetts. Died May 1731 at Groton,
New London County, Connecticut.
Frequently recorded as Nathaniel Brown, without the "e," a
change in spelling that his children adopted.
2. Wife: Mary Wheeler
Born . Died . Married Nathaniel
Browne/Brown on 4 June 1685 at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
3. Children:
a. Gershom Brown: Born 20
March 1686 at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Died 1737 at Groton, New
London County, Connecticut. Married Anne (Hubbard) Foote.
b. Nathaniel Brown, Jr. #1: Born 1688. Died 1689.
c. Nathaniel
Brown, Jr. #2: See generation 8, below.
d. Mary Brown #1: Born 13 October 1692. Died very young.
e. Mary Brown #2: Born 1693 at Rowley, Essex County,
Massachusetts. Married
(?) Hodskin.
f. Martha Brown: Born 12 October 1695 at Rowley,
Essex County, Massachusetts.
g. Benjamin Brown: Born 13 November 1698. Died 1782. Married twice.
h. Sarah Brown: Born 8 September 1700 at Rowley,
Essex County, Massachusetts. Died 1731. Never married.
i. Mehitable Brown: Born 29
April 1702 at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Married Daniel Woodworth on
15 December 1720.
j. Ruth Brown: Married Joshua Woodworth on 19
February 1729.
k. William Brown: Born 14 October 1705 at Rowley,
Essex County, Massachusetts.
l. Abner Brown: Born at
Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
8 Nathaniel Brown, Jr.
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Baptized September 1690 at
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Died July 1770.
2. Wife: Anna Haynes
Born . Died . Married Nathaniel Brown,
Jr. on 11 July 1715 at Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
3. Children:
a. Nathaniel Brown, III: Born 6 June 1716 at , Connecticut. Died July 1807. Married (1st) Mary Morgan. Married (2nd) Hannah (?).
b. Comfort Brown: See generation 7, below.
7 Comfort Brown
1. Biographical notes:
Born 4 October 1718 at Groton, New London County,
Connecticut. Died December 1790.
2. Wife #1: Margery
Morgan
a. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
b. Children:
(1. Margery Brown: Born 1744. Married Abel Newton in
1784.
(2. Comfort Brown, Jr.: Born 1746. Died 1822. Married Ruth (?).
(3. David Brown.
3. Wife #2: Temperance
Brown
a. Biographical notes:
Born ;
daughter of Eleazer and Temperance (Holmes)
Brown. Died .
b. Children:
(4. James Brown: Born 22 April 1751 at North Groton,
New London County, Connecticut. Married Abigail Barns on 8 October 1772.
(5. Nathaniel Brown: Born 1753. Married Deborah Morgan.
(6. Amos Brown: See generation 6, below.
(7. Elizabeth Brown: Married Timothy Morgan.
6 Amos Brown
1. Biographical notes:
Born 20 September 1761 at Groton, New London County,
Connecticut. Died 1817; interred 7th Day Baptist Cemetery,
Scott, Cortland County, New York.
2. Wife: Esther
Babcock
Born . Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Temperance Brown: Born 6 July 1786 at North
Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
Married Cornelius Wagner on 18 March 1804 at Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
b. Esther Brown: Born 11 September 1788 at North
Groton, New London County, Connecticut. Married George Frink, Jr.
c. Mary Brown: Born 6 July 1790. Died 20 December 1880. Married Elisha Brown Alexander.
d. Eunice Brown: Born 1 April 1793. Died June 1879 at East
Scott, Cortland County, New York.
Married Elisha Stevens on 18 June 1820 at Scott,
Cortland County.
e. Amos Brown, Jr.: Born 11 May 1795 at Leyden,
Franklin County, Massachusetts. Died 3 September 1878 at Scott, Cortland
County, New York; interred there in 7th Day Baptist Cemetery. Married Lucy Mowry on 17 March 1819 at Leyden.
f. Comfort Brown: Born 3 September 1797 in
Connecticut. Died 3
July 1881 at Scott, Cortland County, New York. Married Eliza Elizabeth Mowry.
g. Sidney Brown: See generation 5, below.
h. Truman Brown #1: Born 20 March 1803 at Scott,
Cortland County, New York. Died as an infant.
i. Truman Brown #2: Born 19 August 1804 at Scott,
Cortland County, New York. Died 1884 in Onondaga County, New York. Married Abigail Moore.
j. David Brown: Born 20 April 1805-06 at Scott,
Cortland County, New York.
k. Jesse Brown: Born 7 March 1807 at Scott, Cortland
County, New York. Died
18 May 1890 at Homer, Cortland County.
Married Mary Ostrander on 20 September 1834 in Preble
Township, Cortland County.
l. Gilbert Brown: Born 1810 at Scott, Cortland
County, New York. Died there 1810.
5 Sidney/Sydney Brown
1. Biographical notes:
Born 5 April 1801 at Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Died 1869.
1850 US Census: Sydney Brown, age 49 (b. MA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Scott Township, Cortland
County, New York. The household also
included Lovinia Brown, age 50 (b. RI); Hannah
Salisbury, age 73 (b. RI); Albert Brown, age 23 (b. NY) and employed as a
farmer; Amos Brown, age 21 (b. NY) and employed as a farmer; Cephas Brown, age 19 (b. NY) and employed as a farmer; Lorana Brown, age 17 (b. NY); Julius Brown, age 15 (b. NY)
and employed as a farmer; and Otis Brown, age 13.
2. Wife #1: Lorana
Salisbury
Born ;
daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Fiske) Salisbury. Died 15 February 1824,
probably in Scott Township, Cortland County, New York. Married Sidney Brown on 26
January 1823 in Homer Township, Cortland County.
3. Wife #2: Lavinia/Lovinia Salisbury
a. Biographical notes:
Born ; older sister of Lorana
Salisbury. Died . Married Sidney Brown on 10
October 1824 in Homer Township, Cortland County, New York.
b. Children:
(1. Albert Augustine Brown: Born 12 March 1827 in
Scott Township, Cortland County, New York.
Perhaps went west during the gold rush.
(2. Amos Brown: (photos) Born 29 November 1828 in Scott Township, Cortland
County, New York. Died 21 March 1910;
interred Easton Cemetery, Adams County, Wisconsin. Married Jane D. Young on 6 September 1855 at
Lake Mills, Lake Mills Township, Jefferson County,
Wisconsin and had the following children:
(a. Mary H. Brown: Born
1856. Died before
1870.
(b. Ellen E. Brown: Born 1
April 1858 in Easton Township, Adams County, Wisconsin. Died there before 1870; interred there in
Easton Cemetery.
(c. Algrose
E. Brown: Born 3 February 1860. Died young.
(d. Anna S. Brown: Born May
1862 in Easton Township, Adams County, Wisconsin. Died young.
(e. Lorana
Estella Brown: Born 28 November 1863 in Easton Township, Adams County,
Wisconsin. Married
Wilson D. Eddy on 27 June 1881 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
(f. Edwin Amos/Albertus Brown: Born 3 March 1866 in Easton Township, Adams
County, Wisconsin. Married Margaret
Buchanan on 24 September 1893 and had 4 children.
(g. Jesse S. Brown: Born 10
June 1868 in Easton Township, Adams County, Wisconsin. Died young; interred there
in Easton Cemetery.
(h. Francis Amos Brown
(also seen: Amos Brown, Jr.): born 26 May 1870.
Died there 28 November 1884, age 14 years, 7 months, 1 days, from complications of diptheria;
interred there in Easton Cemetery.
(i.
Albert H. Brown: Born November 1872. Died before 1880; interred Easton
Cemetery, Easton Township, Adams County, Wisconsin.
(j. Bertha P. Brown: Born 3 October 1874. Died after 1880.
(k. Ida M. Brown: Born 14
October 1876. Died 2
December 1884.
(3. Cephas Brown:
See generation 4, below.
(4. Lorana Brown: Born 8
November 1832 in Scott Township, Cortland County, New York. Baptized there on 13 April
1850 in the Scott 7th Day Baptist Church.
(5. Julius Brown: Born September 1835 in Scott
Township, Cortland County, New York.
Married Arvlla Neff in 1856 in Adams County,
Wisconsin and had the following children:
(a. Ivan Julius Brown: Born
5 November 1857.
(b. Otis Eugene Brown: Born
13 October 1860.
(6. Otis Eugene Brown: Born 6 May 1837 in Scott
Township, Cortland County, New York. Died ; interred beside his father in Easton Cemetery, Easton
Township, Adams County, Wisconsin.
1850 US Census: Otis, age 13, resided with his
parents.
4 Cephas Brown:
Born 2
November 1830 in Scott Township, Cortland County, New York. Died 9 June 1864 as a POW in the
Andersonville, Georgia Confederate prison during the US Civil War; interred
there in grave k1762. Married (1st)
Harriet A. Blood (d. 6 Dec 1854 in Easton Twp, Adams Co., WI; interred there in
Easton Cem.) on 7 March 1854 in Scott Township.
Married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, his neighbor, widow Lydia
Margaret (Becker) Spencer, paragraph 3.b.(4.(f. of generation 4 of the Van Patten Annex, on 30/13 May 1858 in Adams County,
Wisconsin.
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