Descendants of Gabriel BROWN
FIRST GENERATION
(1) Gabriel1 BROWN married on Feb 10, 1729/1730
at St. George's Par, Baltimore Co., Maryland (2) Mary KEEN.
Children:
3 + Jacob2 BROWN b. Dec 11 1736 d. Jun 28 1785
From: (John Nash) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:03:25 -0700 (PDT) To: JPayne5744@aol.com Subject: Jacob Brown If I understand it, Jacob Brown is your ancestor. Hope so, and hope you can help me solve a problem in my Henderson family tree. My ancestor James Henderson died in 1793 and left a wil favoring John A Brown, son of Jacob Brown and Nancy Henderson. Nancy was indentured to Jacob 9 Oct 1781 when Jacob was living separate from his wife. It seems that John A Brown was their child. Jacob left his son some property, to be received only when Nancy died, but Ruth Gordon Brown took it to court and got the property by right of dowry. I am attempting to clarify this whole thing, cause it looks like my James was Nancy's father. James will referred to the boy as "my beloved son John A Brown". Would like to know what you know. John D. |
SECOND GENERATION
(3) Jacob2 BROWN, (Gabriel1
BROWN) was born Dec 11, 1736 at NC, and in 1760, married (4) Ruth GORDON, daughter of John Gordon of Prince William Co., VA, who was born about 1736. Jacob died on Jun 28, 1785 at Washington Co.,TN. Ruth died on Oct 9, 1810.
Children:
5 + Benjamin3 BROWN b.c 1780
6 + Colonel Jacob BROWN
7 + Thomas BROWN
8 + John Gordon BROWN
9 + Berryman BROWN b.c 1770
THIRD GENERATION
(5) Benjamin3 BROWN, (Jacob2 BROWN, Gabriel1) was born about 1780 at TN, and married (10) Nancy SEVIER, daughter of John SEVIER and Catherine "Bonny Kate" SHERRILL, who was born in 1780 at Limestone Creek, Washington Co., TN. Nancy died on Nov 6, 1825 at Roane Co., TN. Nancy was married to Walter KING.
Well, I apologize for the error above. After further correspondence with a true Brown researcher I have found that the notes for Benjamin Brown and the assumption that there was a Berryman Brown who married Sarah Hawkins Sevier was wrong. It seems that Nancy Sevier was married to Walter KING but not to Benjamin Brown.Notes for Benjamin BROWN:
In the history of Washington Co. (which appears to be the statement from where I derived that Benjamin was married to Nancy SEVIER) it says" When Judge David Campbell executed a warrant for the arrest of John Sevier for high treason, on October 10th, 1788 Col. John Tipton and some of his militia officers started searching for Sevier who was at the home of Ruth Brown, widow of Sevier's good friend Jacob Brown, and mother of Benjamin Brown who married Sevier's daughter Nancy. When Mrs. Brown saw Tipton coming,she took her loaded gun and refused them entry to the House. Sevier saw Robert Love outside and surrendered to him, which made Tipton so angry that he swore to hang Sevier. The rescue can be further read about by clicking on this link Many accounts swear that Sevier was released without incident. HERE IS one such account.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(6) Colonel Jacob3
BROWN, (Jacob2 BROWN, Gabriel1)
married on Feb 9, 1786 at Washington County, Tennessee (11) Elizabeth
(Betsy) BYRD who was born Jan 28, 1769. Elizabeth (Betsy) died after
Oct 4, 1841 at Bradley Co TN.
Jacob Brown served as a Sgt. in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He later served as a Col. in the Indian Wars.
Children:
12 + Ruth4 BROWN b. 1787
13 + William BROWN b. 1789
14 + Thomas J. BROWN b. 1791
15 Sarah BROWN b. 1794 d. 1797
16 + Mary BROWN b. 1796
17 + Rebecca BROWN b. 1799
18 + Bird BROWN b. 1801 d. 1886
19 Jacob Keen BROWN b. 1804
20 Malinda BROWN b. 1807
(7) Thomas3 BROWN, (Jacob2 BROWN, Gabriel1) married in Jul 1786 (21) Mary Ann CLARK.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(8) John Gordon3 BROWN, (Jacob2 BROWN, Gabriel1) married in 1806 at Greene County, Tennessee (22) Mary Ann KEICHER.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(9) Berryman3 BROWN (Left here only for clairification) , (Jacob2 BROWN, Gabriel1) was born about 1770, and on May 6, 1788 at Washington Co., TN, married (23) Sarah Hawkins SEVIER, daughter of John SEVIER and Sarah HAWKINS, who was born in Jul 1770 at Rockingham Co., Va. Sarah Hawkins died before 1840 at Overton Co., TN.
The information above has been refuted by much research. I will leave Berryman here only to allow those of us who may have recorded out of date publications on the history of our East Tennessee forefathers. Please visit these lineage webpages posted by Nora and Wilson Leauge:
Subj: Re: Eliza Conway Sevier and Sarah Hawkins Sevier
Date: 01/20/2001 12:47:47 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: LeagueTree
To: JPayne5744
It's me again Joe:
Other Brown researchers and I have looked at the original records of the children's names,
and we think someone had taken the name Benjamin and incorrectly made it out to be Berryman.
The writing does say Benjamin. There was no Berryman Brown that we can find.
The information in that story is incorrect also. Benjamin married Sarah Hawkins
and Nancy married Walter King.
Nora
FOURTH GENERATION
(12) Ruth4 BROWN, (Colonel3 BROWN, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1787, and married (24) Nodding HILL.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(13) William4 BROWN, (Colonel3 BROWN, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1789, and married (25) Susannah NELSON.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(14) Thomas J.4 BROWN, (Colonel3 BROWN, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1791, and married (26) Sarah MCCRAY.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(16) Mary4 BROWN, (Colonel3
BROWN, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1796, and married
(27) John HUNTER born May 1 1792 on Cherokee Creek, Washington Co., Territory
SW of Ohio, son of Jacob
HUNTER and Ann CLARK.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(17) Rebecca4 BROWN, (Colonel3 BROWN, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1799, and married (28) Samuel TEMPLIN.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(18) Bird4 BROWN, (Colonel3 BROWN,
Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1801, and married (29)
Louisa Rebecca SEVIER, daughter of John
SEVIER and Sohpia GAROUTTE, who was born Nov 21, 1816. Bird died in
1886. Louisa Rebecca died on May 20, 1842 at Washington County, Tennessee.
Children:
30 + John Jacob5 BROWN b. 1840 d. 1927
31 + Sophia Louisa BROWN b. 1842 d. 1923
FIFTH GENERATION
(30) John Jacob5 BROWN, (Bird4 BROWN, Colonel3, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1840, and on Jan 1, 1866, married (32) Esther WILSON who was born in 1842. John Jacob died in 1927. Esther died in 1904.
No children of this marriage in these records.
(31) Sophia Louisa5 BROWN, (Bird4 BROWN, Colonel3, Jacob2, Gabriel1) was born in 1842, and married (33) Shelby Mcdowell DEADRICK. Sophia Louisa died in 1923.
No children of this marriage in these records.
She also married (34) George Columbus WARD.
No children of this marriage in these records.
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