John Brown, Jr. and III
John Jr. is my 5th great-grandfather and III is my 4th great-grandfather.
I've changed the last name of III's second wife from Scott to Faren. This is per:
From "William Brown, English Immigrant of Hatfield and Leicester, Massachusetts and his Descendants, c 1669-1994," by Carol Willits Brown, Gateway Press, 1994, pg. 67:
Record of Deaths, Probate Court, Athens, County: Polly Brown, died April 25, 1870, aged 90 yrs. 6 mo. 7 days, widowed, died in Ames Twp.; born in Mass.; father, Noah Faren, no mother listed; color, white; cause of death, old age; place of residence, Ames Twp.
The above book also cites information from a book by Naomi Dodds Phillips, "Phillips-Dodds Family History" that states, "a circuit rider, as preachers were called then, told John Brown about a nice widow woman, Polly Scott Phillips, and later they were married..."
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Polly's third child, Eli Fearing Brown was probably named after Polly's family surname. It is unclear whether the spelling was Faren or Fearing.
posted by Bob Juch @ 7:45 PM
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I added four more children for John Browm III and Polly Faren:
Polly Green Brown, born 5 May 1811
Betsy Scott Brown, born 26 Oct 1812
Ruth Johnson Brown, born 18 Apr 1816
Phoebe Green Brown, born 18 Jun 1818
I found Phoebe Green Brown's husband and six children:
Henry Herrold, born about 1816 per censuses, died 26 Feb 1889, McArthur, Vinton Co., OH. He and his family were shown in the 1870 and 1880 censuses for McArthur.
Children:
Elizabeth cal 1845
Henry Jr. cal 1950
Sarah M. cal 1862
Thomas cal 1855
Laura A. cal 1856
Christopher cal 1858
Elizabeth and Laura are not shown with the family in 1880 - probably married or died.
Henry, Thomas, and Christopher are shown in the 1910 census living together in McArthur. They apparently never married. Sarah might have married very late or died by 1910.
I found the following:
The following is from the book, William Brown, English Immigrant of Hatfield and Leicester, MA and his Descendants, pp. 67-68:
Athens County, Ohio, Ames Township Cemetery Inscriptions", compiled by Rita Levering and her friends, Athens County Histrocial Society, 1994, pg. 18: John Brown, b. --, d. 23 Jul. 1833 age 59Y 5M 13D, he was for 33 Yrs. a JP; Polly Brown b. --, d. 8 May 1810, age 37Y 3M 15D, first wife- between rows 16 17; Polly Brown, b. -- d. 25 Apr. 1870, age 90Y 6M 6D, second wife (all Browns on same stone).
As John's father and uncle (Benjamin #16) were already in Ohio, John and his family left for Ohio in the fall of 1799/1801*, landing near Marietta, OH, and later continuing their journey, reached Ames, OH, in March 1802. Here he kept a public house for travelers and was a Justice of the Peace for 33 years.
There is some confusion as to the parentage of John's second wife. Polly's death record states she was the daughter of Noah Faren. Naomi Dodds Phillips in her book Phillips-Dodds Family History written in the 1960s, states that John Brown's second wife was Polly (Scott) Phillips. She makes no mention of Polly's parents but shows the marriage of Polly Scot (sic) and Ezra Phillips as being on the twelfth (sic) day of October, 1797, at Camp Martins by Joseph Munro, Justice of the Peace. She further states "Two children, Rebecca and Ezra, were born to them. The Father, Ezra, made many trips to the East, taking produce, and helping to drive cattle and on one of those trips, he became sick, and died and was buried somewhere along the way (Salem Cemetery, PA). "Polly and her two children continued to live at Marietta, and a few years later came to Ames Township.... "There was a John Brown, who was a nephew of Capt. Benjamin Brown, lived at Leicester, Mass., he married a Miss Polly Green, and they came to Marietta and on to Ames Township in 1802. John Brown's wife died in 1810. A Circuit Rider, as preachers were called then, told John Brown about a nice widow woman, Polly Scott Phillips, and later they were married, and two (sic) children were born to them: Eli and Ruth." Another reference to Polly on the same page is noted as Polly (Fearing Scott) Phillips. Your compiler notes the author makes no reference where Fearing originated. Could this Fearing and Faren be meant to be the same? Hence, perhaps the Scott and Phillips are previous marriages and the reference of Faren/Fearing being her maiden name?? Your compiler and George Walker (see #117) have searched diligently for proof and clarification of Polly's parentage without success. Author Naomi Dodds Phillips and her husband, Fred, both descendants of Ezra Phillips, Jr., resided in Amesville, OH, most of their married life.
*Conflicting data exists about John and Polly's arrival time in Ohio and the birthplace of Lemuel. Supposedly a child was born the day following their arrival in Ohio - John's son, Eli, said the family arrived in Ohio in December of 1799.
From History of Athens County, Ohio, p. 383:
The first election for township officers in Ames was held June 1, 1802 (nearly three years before the organization of the county), at the house of Silvanus Ames, and resulted as follows:
Nathan Woodbury, George Ewing and Samuel Brown, trustees; Daniel Weethee, clerk; Josiah True and Samuel Brown, overseers of the poor; Nathan Woodbury, Joseph Pugsley and John Swett, fence viewers; George Wold and Christopher Herrold, house appraisers; Daniel Converse, lister; Samuel Brown and Benjamin Brown, supervisors; Daniel Converse and Silvanus Ames, constables.
From History of Athens County, Ohio, pp. 398-399, autobiographical sketch of Thomas Ewing:
Our first neighbor was Capt. Benjamin Brown, who had been an officer in the Revolutionary war. He was a man of strong intellect, without much culture. (page 399) Our next neighbors were Ephriam Cutler, Silvanus Ames, William Brown, a married son of the Captain; and, four or five miles distant, Nathan Woodbury, George Wolf, and Christopher Herrold - and about the same time, or a little later, Silas Dean, a rich old bachelor, Martin Boyles, and John and Samuel McCune.
I found the following. "Perley" should be "Parley". Later generations corrupted the name.
From William Brown, English Immigrant of Hatfield and Leicester, MA and his Descendants, pp. 11-15:
In 1756, John with his brother, Perley #13, volunteered in an expedition to Crown Point (NY) and 1756-1757 to Fort William Henry (now restored at Lake George Village, NY). As a Minute Man from Leicester, he responded to the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, then signed up for eight months with the militia. With the rank of Sergeant in Capt. Seth Washburn's Company under Col. Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment, John with his company which included his brothers, Perley and William, set out for Boston April 20th (see Appendix page 308). While fighting at the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775), John, during a retreat, was seriously wounded by a musket ball which passed through his left thigh near the bone and by another ball which struck his right heel just above his shoe and, passing the length of his foot, came out under the toe next to his little toe disabling him from walking. Emory Washburn in his History of Leicester, 1860, page 306, states "The captain of the company who was the last to leave the ground, finding him [John] in this condition, and being an athletic though not a large man, took the wounded man under one arm, and his musket (with his own) in the other, and carried him till he was out of immediate danger. He there left him and hurried on till he overtook Brown's brother, Perley, and Jonathan Sargent (another of the company), and sent them back for the wounded man whom they brought off in safety." Severely wounded and unable to make the journey to a hospital or his home, he remained at a nearby residence to recuperate. According to his son, Samuel's, pension record, Samuel came from Leicester on the 19th or 20th to care for his father and remained with him until about October when he was able to make the trip home. In April, 1777, the General Court of Massachusetts awarded John a pension of 20 shillings a month for his crippling wounds and in 1786 the newly formed nation awarded him pension #S.9718. John resided in the southwestern part of the town of Leicester and his enlistment papers state he was 5' 10" with light complexion.
In September, 1796, John and his family along with several other family members left for the Northwest Territory (NWT, later Ohio), see Appendix page 314. After stopping at Marietta a while John and his family settled ten miles up the Muskingum River in Adams township, Washington Co., NWT.
The Dodge-Devol Cemetery where John Brown and his two wives are buried is located in Adams township, Washington Co., OH, near Equity Station. The cemetery sets some distance from the south side of the road in a field and is unnoticeable from the road. The assistance of a local resident may be needed to locate this cemetery. In front of John Brown's stone in 1986 was an SAR marker "John Brown 1734-1821" with a flag. When facing the stones, Elizabeth's is on the left and Rebecca's on the right of John's stone, Rebecca's stone is almost obscure with time but John's and Elizabeth's are both clearly legible.
In 1755, the British, then being in control of their American colonies and fearing France's penetration from Canada via Lake Champlain to the Hudson River Valley, constructed a log fort at the southern end of the lake for protection of their colonies. In the summer of 1757, France's Marquis de Montcalm with a force of more than 10,000 French and Indians mercilessly for six days attacked the fort being defended by British troops under Colonel Monro and colonial forces. Monro finally surrendered, the fort was burned to the ground, hundreds of the surrendered were slaughtered by blood thirsty Indians while some escaped to the safety of Fort Edward (NY). The relentless battle exhausted Montcalm's provisions whereby preventing further advancement into the colonies. "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fennimore Cooper is based on this tragic battle. It is not known by your compiler if John and Perley Brown were at the fort when this battle occurred.
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