Brown of Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky

One possibility is one ofSir George Brown of Caversham's unnamed sons in the pedigree below. But others are mentioned in that pedigree and also possible. And there are 8 other Brown pedigrees to be checked. b about 1605 in England. m Eleanor Blount dau of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham This loyalist family is likely to have had among their unnamed children the following:

?Br9 ?Thomas Brown b about 1630 in ?Caversham England d there or Dorchester Co Md, possibly a supporter of James II or his nephew, the Duke of Monmouth The father of James Brown Br8 and Thomas Brown Br 8-1 has yet to be established, although Edward Papenfuse, et al. identify him as Thomas Brown.

Lisa Just has supplied these early Dorchester Co data "...Arthur Wright deeded 106 acres to James Brown, Planter, on June 1, 1674. Two years later on Nov 7, 1676, James Brown assigned it back to Arthur Wright. See Dorchester Land Records 3 Old 40 and 3 Old 122." Will: "Dixon, Ambrose, Somerset Co., 7th Apr., 1686; 10th Apr., 1688. To dau. Eliza:, wife of Robert Dukes, grandson Thomas, son of Henry Potter, at majority, son-in law Bdmond Beauchamp, wife's son, Henry Pedington, and to Eliza:, wife of George Willson, and to James Brown, personalty. V Wife Mary, extx. and residuary legatee of estate during widowhood. To sons-in-law, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Cottingham, Edmond Beauchamp, Robert Dukes, and their hrs., estate afsd. at marriage or death of sd. wife. Any son-in-law who shall disturb the extx. afsd. shall lose his interest in the estate.

Test: Stephen Horsy, Sam'l Horsy, Jno. Atkins. 6. 22. Brown, David, Somerset Co., 19th July, 1697; 17th Sept., 1697. To Thomas Wilson, Sr., to the College at Glasgow as a memorial, James Brown, Margaret and Mary Eriskin, daus. of sister (unnamed), to the poor of the county, William Scott, Robt. Perry, Boger Woolford, Mary Woolford, Rebecca Stevens, Bobert Mathewson, Mary Gouldsmith, Capt. Nicholas Evans, John Jackson, and to sister Elisa: , personalty. " John Brown, interest in land ''South Bethlehem" and part of ''Thomas's Addition." " Alexander Brown and hrs., 80 A., "The Meadows," 600 A. ,' ' Thornton, ' ' 300 A., ' * Hachita, " and " Jeshimon. ' ' 8d. lands to pass to Ephraim Willson and hrs. in event of failure of Alexander Brown afsd. to cultivate same. Exs.: Abraham Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Jr., Margaret and Mary Eriskin. Test: Roger Woolford, Jas. Woolford, Robt. Mathewson, Thos. Benson, Jas. Poole, Geo. Hutchins. 6. 150."

So we have a number of Browns in this area before 1700 and the earliest James. The reference to the college in Glasgow and the name Erskine indicate Scottish rather than English association, although this is Dixon's will and not Brown's, but there are Scottish Browns too.

Br8-1

Thomas Brown b about 1660 d bef 1722 m Rosanna x. Rosanna went on to marry Thomas Smith d. 1727.

Br8-1-1

John Brown, b about 1700 ?m Rhoda Hincly dau of John Hincly d 1727

possibly here or as son of brother Thomas was: Br8-1-1 William Brown b about 1705 m Susanna x widow Carmichael

Br8-1-1-1 James Brown, b about 1732 d after 5 Apr but before 12 May 1776 Dorchester Co Md m Sarah Jones b about 1735 d bef 11 Mar 1777(not the Sarah Humphreys b about 1675 widow Clarkson who married Cptn James Brown) who protested the testament claiming her dower. Br8-1-1-2 Robert Brown b about 1734 d after 1776 inherited from his brother James "25 acres of marsh land lying in Somerset Co in the marsh between abortain Richard Williams and Nionna town and near the main Cawsway (a road that leads from said Williams to said Vienna town, it being part of a Survey of marsh Land which I sold apart of said survey to acertain Joseph Vennables of Somerset County aforesaid."

-1-1 Nancy Brown d after Apr 1776 inherited two tracts of land called "Josseys Lott" and "Possom Ridg" near the town of Numia Dorchester Co Md on the main road leading from that town to her father's plantation. -1-2 James Brown b about 1760 d after Apr 1776 inherited main estate continued below. -2-1??

Br8-1-1-1-1-1

James Brown b about 1770 d aft. 26 Oct. 1833 m Celia Williams widow Charles b ca 1781 d aft. 1830

Rebecca Ann Brown b 6 Aug 1816 Dorchester Co., MD d 28 Jul 1878 Trappe, Talbot Co, MD Daniel B. Cannon b ca 1810 Sussex Co, DE d 20 Jul 1888 Trappe, Talbot Co, MD

Laura Cannon b 11 Mar 1854 Bethlehem, Caro. Co MD d 3 Sep 1906 Easton, Talb. Co MD James Henry Gossage b 17 Apr 1828 Talb. Co MD d 2 Jan 1893 Trappe, Talb. Co MD

Ella Mae Gossage b 29 Jan 1876 Trappe, Talb. Co MD d 22 Sep 1944 Williamsburg, Dorc. Co MD Francis Linwood Todd b 4 Aug 1871 Harmony, Caro. Co., MD d 20 May 1932 Harmony, Caro. Co MD gr grandpar of E. Parker Todd

Br8-1-2

Thomas Brown, b about 1702 ?m x Hincly dau of John Hincly d 1727

Br8-1-3

Charles Brown b about 1704 ?m x Hincly dau of John Hincly d 1727 probably had a son named Charles see below and d by 1773 Tilghman Brown was executor of his estate, Daniel Polk and Charles Brown Jr sureties.

Br8-1-4

James Brown b about 1706 d 1756 planter

-1 John Brown b about 1728 Upper Distrct Hundred Queen Anne Co Md d 1793 m 13 Jan 1757 Catherine, dau of William Carmichael b Scotland d 1769 and Elizabeth, step-dau of Ann Brooke b 1712 d abtou 1754, step-granddau of Roger Brooke b 1673 d 1718 of Pr George Co and Elizabeth Hutchins -2 James Brown -3 Joel Brown -4 William Brown b 1741 -5 Samuel Brown b 1744 -6 Elizabeth Brown -7 Hesther Brown m Andrew Hall -8 Sarah Brown -9 Ann Brown b 1746 -10 Rebecca Brown b 1751

Br8

Capt James Brown I b 1686, d before 3 May 1770 Dorchester Co Md, aged 84 years, the profession of the above James Brown as shipwright leads us to expect a seafaring tradition in the Brown family hence his title that he commanded a ship in his younger days, either as merchant marine or Navy or both. A James and Thomas Brown witnessed the will of Thomas Royall on 24 Jun 1745 in Dorchester Co. Md and James Brown administrated his estate G/Dau - Mary Brown HANDLEY Sureties - Joseph DAWSON & White BROWN (apparently a son by his first marriage or a nephew by his brother Thomas). A George Brown witnessed his testament and must have been either a brother or nephew or cousin. There were 7 children but only 2 seem to have survived him or the others were given their inheritance before his testament in 1770 and a disposition on 13 Jul 1773. m Sarah ?Humphreys widow Clarkson and became step-father of his wife's four children by William Clarkson. The display of children Br7-2 to 7-7 is as given by Parker Todd but four of the the grandcdaughters below provisionally placed with the daughter who married three times although they may belong elsewhere.

There was a wreck of Browns' Ferry vessel sunk between 1740 and 50 found near Gerogetown SC in Black river. Boats were important to American colonists. So important that in the 1630s, when Lord Baltimore prepared a list of items that a prospective settler in Maryland should bring, it included [spelling modernized] “necessities for a boat of three or four tons, such as spikes, nails, pitch, tar, oakum, canvas for a sail, ropes, anchor, and iron for the rudder." Immigrants bringing servants were encouraged to include shipwrights or boatwrights.

Br7

James Brown II b 1710 Dorchester Co Md d 27 Nov 1794, Sussex Co Delaware, aged 84 years. m1 15 Aug 1729 Priscilla White b 22 Oct 1722 Dorchester MD d 13 Dec 1794 + 2 ch, dau of Judge Thomas White of Kent Co. Delaware, Oct 1795, grandau of John White and Elizabeth Eccleston was born in Dorchester Co., MD and was a brother of Elizabeth White Brown Goslin *. (Priscilla is also said to have been the dau of John White and Elizabeth Eccleston) m2 1 Jan 1779 Sussex Co Del Elizabeth Clarkson Cl7 dau of his step-brother, Richard Clarkson

+1 Richard Clarkson Cl8 of Caroline Co Md, which borders on Delaware m Elizabeth Covington b about 1717 Dorchester Md Richard also had a dau Sarah, who married Thomas Cannon before 1762, she m2 White and Elizabeth Eccleston) m2 1 Jan 1779 a Charles Brown of Sussex and son of Charles Brown (probably the above mentioned). A White Brown also married Lucretitia Clarkson also on White and Elizabeth Eccleston) m2 1 Jan 1779, And a William clarkson married Ann Admas on White and Elizabeth Eccleston) m2 1 Jan 1784, as well as a Joseph Clarkson and Mary Polk on 23 Sep 1790. A Richard Clarkson was the administrator of the estate of William Clarkson in 1774, a Robert Clarkson co-surety with David Nutter for the estate of Hewett Nutter in 1773, with William Polk and Eleanor his wife administrators. (Eleanor is likely to have been the eldest child and Robert married to another daughter and brother of Elizabeth and Sarah Clarkson)

William Clarkson d. 1706 of Dorchester Co., MD m Sarah probably Humphries/Humphreys dau of Thomas Humphreys & Mary King of Somerset Co., MD, their daughter Sarah b at Wicomico 9 June 1676 William Clarkson's will was witnessed by Thomas Humphris, Jr. They had four sons; 1. William Clarkson (d. 1756) married Elizabeth Cannon 2. Thomas Clarkson d 1731 will 13 Mar 1731, probate 20 Dec 1731: Extr: "to son Thomas of "Brown's Meddows" (formerly known as "Clarksons Forest"), £10 for schooling expenses at age of 16 yrs.; and personalty. to daus. Sarah and Rachel, personalty and money for schooling at ages of 10 and 13 yrs. to bro.-in-law Thomas Brown, personalty. to son Thomas and daus. afsd., residue of estate. Bros. William and Robert to have charge of money for schooling expenses of children. To wife Sarah, extx., personalty and use of estate during widowhood, af sd. legacies excepted. Test: Abraham Covington, James Cannon, Richard Clarkson, James Brown, Jr. Extx. claims her thirds."  3. Richard Clarkson (d. 1775) m Elizabeth Covington 4. Robert Clarkson d. 1746 m1 Mrs. Priscilla ?Covington widow Polk ?m2 by 3 Aug 1727 Phillis widow Cooper

Br6-1

White Brown b 23 Mar 1749 Dorchester Co MD d 25 Mar 1842 Ross Co OH m Sarah Thomas d 1847

-1 Francis Asbury Brown b 4 Feb 1805 Ross Co OH d 15 May 1891 Macon Co IL m Sidney Barr b 1 Apr 1811 Pickaway Co OH d 1899

Br6-2

Mary Brown b 1752 d 1790 m Brown Twyford b 1750 d Caroline MD

-1 Clement Twyford b 1785 d 1847 m Milcah Hicks b 1790 d 1828

Br6

James Brown III b 10 Oct 1780 d 9 Apr 1853 "aged 72 and 6 mo., 20 min. past 12 o'clook P M.". He was a wealthy farmer of Jefferson Co Ky. His farm extended from the State Pike or Shelbville Road over more than 3000 acres beginning about opposite the old Arterburn house and widening in a fan shape to Taylorsville Road. The road through the farm became known as Brown's Lane and later became a county road The residence was a large and beautiful old brick house with hand carved wood work and wide ash floors, owned by Mrs John Monohan in 1948. m 25 Sep 1809 inJefferson Co Ky Urath Owings Lawrence La6

Br5

Br5 Sarah Lawrence Brown b 12 Jul 1810 Jefferson Co Kentucky. d 22 Feb 1884 bur Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. A dozen silver spoons marked with her initials SLP were inherited successively by Mary Anna Pope Po4, George Nicho1as Ni3-4 and Mrs. George Nicholas Ni3-5. Mrs. Nicholas gave them to her son Charles Parsons Nicholas Ni3-5-4 for a wedding present. Will approved 3rd March 1884 m 19 Jul 1827 Patrick Henry Pope Po5, US Congressman

Po4-1

Po4-1 Elizabeth Thruston Pope twin 27 Apr 1828-1883, married Dr. Th. Galt also called Edmonia Pope, who married Dr. William Galt, their children being Ellen Galt and Urith Galt

Po4-2

Urath Lawrence Pope twin 27 Apr 1828-1884, married Joshua Fry Lawrence

Po4-3

James Brown Pope 1830-? ¬

Po4-4

Mary Emmeline Pope 1832 ¬-?

Po4-5

Ellen E. Pope 25 Jul 1834 - ?, married Dr. John Thruston

Po4-6

Worden Pope 1836 - ?

Mary Anna Pope

Po4

Po4 Mary Ann Pope 30 Sep 1838 d 7 Jun 1897 Shelby County, Kentucky at Fairview. Buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelby Co Ky. She lived in Jefferson County Kentucky, in Louisville and later in Shelbyville, Ky. She was a woman of strong mind and more than average intelligence as characterized in Evelyn Thomas Nicholas's notes. m 29 Jan 1857 in Louisville, Kentucky, to George Nicholas Ni4.

Ni3-2

Ni3-2 Samuel Smith Nicholas 1862-1864

Ni3-3

Mary Emeline Nicholas 1863-1863

Ni3-4

Worden Pope Nicholas 1864-1942 who had issue

Ni3-5

George Nicholas 1866-1926 who married Evelyn Belle Thompson in Shelbyville, Ky., who compiled the extensive genealogical notes on which this part of the genealogy is based. They had 3 sons and a daughter.

Ni3-6

Sarah Lawrence Nicholas 1868-1935

Ni3-7

Patrick Pope Nicholas 1869-1941

Ni3-8

Thomas Prather Nicholas 1872-1942

Ni3-9

Lawrence Nicholas 1874-1942

Ni3-10

Cary Nicholas 1876-1897

Ni3

Ni3 Matilda Prather Nicholas 1878-1954  m Dr. Thomas Eugene Bland

Anna Pope Bland b 26 Jun 1908 d 15 Feb 1970 m Dr Eustace G Hester b 6 Dec 1906 d 8 Sep 1966 Levicy Jane Bland b 28 Aug 1910 d 1985 unm

Ni3-12

Mary Anna Nicholas 1880-1915

Ni3-13

Samuel Smith Nicholas 1881-1927

Po4-8

Alfred T. Pope, died young. 1840 ¬-?

Br5-2

Elizabeth C. Brown

Br5-3

Samuel L. Brown

Br5-4

Caroline Brown

Br5-5

Alfred Brown

Br5-6

Mary Ann Brown

Br5-7

Theodore Brown

Br5-8

Emeline Brown

Br5-9

James L. Brown IV

Br5-10

Francis C. Brown

Br5-11

Arthur Brown b 1 Jun 1834

Br7-2

Hannah Brown d before 21 Jan 1754 m Marmaduke Handley

Mary Brown Handley Thomas Handly

Br7-3

John Brown d before 1767 m unk

Br7-4

Margery Brown d before 25 Apr 1761 m1 Thomas Kennerly/Kennedy m2 Benjamin Whalen/Wheland m3 John Gibbs

Sarah Draversy Susanna Whalen Mary Hooper Grace Smith

Br7-5

Mary Brown d before 1770 m Edward Newton/Norton

Br7-6

Sarah Brown m John Edwards

Br7-7

Thomas Brown b about 1730 d 1768 m Elizabeth White b about 1737 d after 1783,

dau of John White and Elizabeth Eccleston and sis of James Brown's wife Priscilla White see above Br7 James Brown II.

Thomas Eccleston d 1745 m Eleanor x

Br7-8-1

Leah Brown

Br7-8-2

Humphries Brown

Br7-8-3

Sarah Brown

Br7-8-4

Eccleston Brown b 12 Jan. 1763 d 25 Dec. 1846 m Mary Hambleton Skinner b 6 Oct 1782 d 24 Apr 1852

William Skinner b about 1742 d 28 Feb 1815 Elizabeth Fooks b 5 Oct 1756 d Jun 1829

Philemon Skinner b 2 Dec 1701 d 1762 Lucy ?hambleton James Fooks d after 10 Mar 1774 Mry Kirk Gunn b bef 8 Jan 1732 d aft 10 Mar 1774

Br7-8-4-1

Margaret Ann Brown b 15 Sep 1820 Md d 22 Jan 1902 Federalsburg Md m Albert Gallateen Pennewill

Mary Ann Pennewill b 25 Feb 1841 MD d 24 Feb 1881 Federalsburg, Caro. Co MD m Eli Coalscott Gullett b 27 May 1840 DE d 16 Oct 1885 Federalsburg, Caro. Co MD

Nellie Gullett b 7 Jan. 1871 Federalsburg, Caro., Co., MD d 8 Nov. 1934 m William Penn Willis b 25 Feb. 1866 Harmony, Caro. Co MD d 18 May 1943 gr grandpar of Patricia Ann Layton Todd m E Parker Todd above

Br8-3

John Brown b about 1685 m Mary Anderton

Br???

extraneous Brown data to be fitted into this table: Levi Brown m 9 Feb 1809 in Dorchester Co Ann Abbett William Brown m 18 Jan 1796 in Dorchester Co Amelia Bestpitch Charles Brown m 3 Feb 1835 in Dorchester Co sophia Bradley Achsah Ann Brown m 22 Mar 1828 in Dorchester Co Samuel Parks Amelia Brown m 1 Nov 1810 in Dorchester Co Joseph Elliot  Amelia S Brown m 18 Oct 1838 in Dorchester Co William S Vinson Ann Brown m 15 Sep 1806 in Dorchester Co James Reed Ann Brown m 7 Sep 1825 in Corchester Co Joshua Humphriss Ann C Brown m 11 Nov 1828 in Dorchester Co John Rowens Charlotte L Brown m 17 Jan 1850 in Dorchester Co William P Barnett Dolly Brown m 8 Jan 1798 in Dorchester Co Joshua Dusky Dolly Brown m 1 Aug 1798 in Dorchester Co Zebulon Pritchett Eliza Brown m 6 Aug 1831in Dorchester Co Jefferson Warren  Elizabeth Brown m 6 Feb 1797 in Dorchester Co Benjamin Reed Elizabeth E Brown m 4 Jan 1844 in Dorchester Co William W Mitchell Ellen Brown m 27 Dec 1862 in Dorchester Co John Truitt Emeline Brown m 2 Mar 1840 in Dorchester Co James Benjamin Mills Fanny Brown m 23 Feb 1787 in Dorchester Co Jesse Cannon Harrriet Brown m 13 jan 1846 in Dorchester Co Daniel Bowdle L Caroline Brown m 14 Jan 1847 in Dorchester Co Edward Shepherd Lovey Brown m 19 Aug 1816 in Dorchester Co James Reed Margaret Brown m 19 Aug 1816 in Dorchester Co Meshack Bramble Margaret A Brown m 21 Feb 1840 in Dorchester Co Albert G Pennerwill Margaret A Brown m 30 Mar 1861 in Dorchester Co John W Moore Mary Brown m 19 Feb 1788 in Dorchester Co Cain Ross Mary Brown m 17 Sep 1795 in Dorchester Co Clement Brown Mary Brown m 31 Jan 1828 in Dorchester Co Joseph Bradshaw Mary Ann Brown m 5 Feb 1840 in Dorchester Co Moses Dellehay Mary S Brown m 16 Mar 1843 in Dorchester Co Sylvester H Smith Nelly Brown m 3 Mar 1806 in Dorchester Co Francis Higgins Priscilla Brown m 9 Aug 1826 in Dorchester Co William Shearman Rebecca Brown m 31 Jan 1803 in Dorchester Co Joseph S Collins Rebecca A Brown m 25 Jun 1833 in Dorchester Co Clement Stack James Brown m 15 Nov 1814 in Dorchester Co Celia Charles Edward Brown m 6 May 1806 in Dorchester Co Elizabeth Cook John W Brown m 21 Sep 1846 in Dorchester Co Mary Creighton Anderton Brown m 11 Aug 1786 in Dorchester Co Sarah Dawson James Brown m 22 Dec 1800 in Dorchesterr Co Priscilla Dudle Joseph Brown m 22 Mar 1822 in Dorchester Co Sophia Fraser John V Brown m 24 Oct 1826 in Dorchester Co Mary Gootee John Brown m 26 Dec 1814 in Dorchester Co Mary Grayham Joseph Brown m 12 Jul 1791 in Dorchester Co Dolly Griffith Levi Brown m 23 Dec 1797 in Dorchester Co Elizabeth Handley John BROWN m 11 JUN 1784 in Dorchester Co Ketura HENRY,  Thomas Brown m 30 Apr 1806 in Dorchester Co Elizabeth Hubbard Charles Brown m 5 Jan 1824 in Dorchester Co Kittura Hubbard Thomas Brown m 1 Jun 1805 in Dorchester Co Margaret Hubbard Daniel Brown m 12 Oct 1811 in Dorchester Co Mary James Robert L Brown m 16 Feb 1850 in Dorchester Co Elizabeth Johnson Thomas Brown m 30 Oct 1804 in Dorchester Co Anne Kirkman John Brown m 2 Jul 1862 in dorchester Co Helen Ann Martin William Brown m 17 Apr 1809 in Dorchester Co Elizabeth Pattisson Thomas E Brown m 19 Oct 1840 in Dorchester Co Sarah B Pattison William Brown m 8 May 1832 in Dorchester Co Louisa Pitt Eccleston Brown m 23 Jul 1810 in Dorchester Co Mary Hambleton Skinner Edwrd Brown m 15 Apr 1816 in Dorchester Co Eleanor Smith Charley Brown m 8 Apr 1858 in Dorchester Co Priscilla T Stack John R Brown m 28 Aug 1858 in Dorchester Co Sarah E Staplefort Levi Brown m 22 Feb 1816 In Dorchester Co Amey Sweeting White Brown m 6 Oct 1786 in Dorchester Co Anne Withgott William Brown m 30 Jul 1795 in Dorchester Co Lovey Woodland Joseph Brown m 18 Jan1822 in Dorchester Co Sarah Wrotten White Brown m 15 Dec 1792 in Dorchester Co Sarah Thomas Charles Brown m 2 Dec 1840 in Dorchester Co Eliza Ann Wiliams

Sources: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carolines/ahnentafel_of_caroline_todd.htm
http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/dorchester/vitals/marriages/femmar-ae.txt
Lisa Just who supplied copies of probate records.
Lawrence Bible. Copy at Filson Club.
Records collected by Mrs. George Nicholas Ni3-5.
Birth - Tombstone
Marriage - Copy of Lawrence Bible at Filson Club.
Death - Tombstones Brown Cemetery Jefferson Co Ky
A Biographical Dictionary of the maryland Legislature 1635-1789, by Edward papenfuse, et al. Vol 426 pg 174, 175
Certified copy of Sarah Lawrence Pope's Will

Certified will copy dated 1881 in the posession of William Hester He1-2 names Vice Chancellor Alfred T. Pope as trustee and her three daughters, Urath, Ellen and mary Anna, as equal beneficiaries. Po4 Mary Anna Pope is named as mary Anna Nicholas, wife of George Nicholas.

The will is witnessed by her brother-in-law, Po5-4 Hamilton Pope and

Sources: See Ni4. Birth: Lawrence Bible – copy at Club, Louisville, Kentucky. Marriage: George Nicholas Bible owned by J. Shannon Nicholas. Death: George Nicholas Bible owned by J. Shannon Nicholas; and tombstone.

http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/2001-05/0990390744
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
If the latter data is correct, then the number of the generation I, II and III ought to be changed to II, III and IV respectively.
William Galt Brown, 4405 West Pine, St. Louis, Missouri, search bulletin 1939
http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/2001-05/0990390744

folio 216 1769
SULLIVANE, Anne, dec
Adm - Richard SULLIVANE
Sureties - James BROWN & Levi JONES
Son - John SULLIVANE
Son - James SULLIVANE
Son - Thomas SULLIVANE