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We welcome your contribution. jpatter@epix.net ____________________________________________________________ INDEX BRAY BROWN, Nicholas of RI BROWN, Samuel ____________________________________________________________ BRAY RESPONSE: "COLT'S NECK, OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES," BY Elizabeth Makin Thompson. Copyright 1987. Pg 40:Clover Hill Area Site: "John W. Conover (1834-1870) m.1855 Nellie Schenck (1834-1908). She m. 2nd her cousin, Chrineyonce Schenck Holmes, as his 2nd wife. Chrineyonce and Nellie had a daughter, Nellie S. b.1877 who m. Sidney Bray; no issue." pg 67: Mary W. Hance (1823-1875) m. 1849 Joseph Stillwell Applegate (1820-1896), son of Richard & wife Ann Bray pg 56: 140 Crine Road Purchased by Charles D. & Eleanor Bray in 1856; sold in 1857 pg 94: Garrett Rulif Schenck m.1831 Ann Eliza VanKirk, dau. of John and Sarah (both were living with Garret and Ann in 1860) children: John Henry; Conover S., d.y.; Mary Jane, d.y.; Eleanor V. b. 1835 who m.1850 Charles D. Bray pg 187: 7 Pilgrim Way William H. Bennett (1859-1944), who built this house, was son of John Orus Bennett. He m. 1st Kate Conover; m. 2nd Ann Bray (1856-1942) ____________________________________________________________ BROWN, Nicholas Does anyone have access to Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy? I am looking for a particular person/surname. I have lots of data on John HAMPTON, but I am looking for the relatives/ancestors of Martha BROWN. He was married to Martha BROWN on 31 Jan 1687 in Middletown, NJ. John's marriage to Martha Brown in a Quaker style marriage 1686/87 in the Shrewsbury Meeting, near Freehold, NJ. I am told that families of Quakers often traveled together and special permission was needed to allow a Quaker to move to another meeting. Any help would be appreciated. RESPONSE: Did you receive an answer to your query on Martha Brown who married John Hampton? I found two sources for the answer; one states it as fact, the other claims it as probable. If you need this let me know. re: Martha BROWN Boy am I glad to hear from you! I will take everything you have on this Martha BROWN! I appreciate it. RESPONSE "HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY" by John Stillwell, M.D. Volume III Page 128-131 (cont. for 4 more pages) BROWN OF MONMOUTH COUNTY "1. NICHOLAS BROWN, was an Englishman, and a resident of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638, when he was admitted an inhabitant of the Island of Aquidneck. "1639. 'Nicholas Browne doth dismiss himself of the Government here.' "1640 to 1642. Nicholas Brown , of Aquidnecke, receipts for all money due him for sale of land to John Wickes, which was adjacent to Mr. Samuel Hutchinson's house lot. He signed by his mark. "1646, Feb. 4. He received twenty acres adjoining his other twenty. "1649, Mch. 1. Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, R.I., sold to John Woode, Sr., of the same place, a parcell of land, 'granted to me by the towne, in Portsmouth, near Newport line.' He signed by his mark. "In 1655, he was a Freeman. "1656, Feb. 6. Nicholas Browne, of Portsmouth, sold to Thomas Wood, of the same place, land. "1656. Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, bought of George Parker, twenty acres, in Portsmouth. "1657 Dec. 10. Nicholas Brown was granted, with many other, six acres of land, in Portsmouth. "1659, May 14. Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, for a consideration, sold to Ellexander Enos, one acre of land, in Portsmouth. "1680. He was taxed 6s. 4d. "1693-4, March 15. He paid the town treasurer 20 s., for twelve acres of land, which he bought of the said town Feb. 23, 1693-4, lying in Portsmouth. "Nicholas Brown married Frances, widow of George Parker, who died 1656: she died after 1669. Whether she was the mother of his children, or whether they were by a former wife, is unknown. "1694, Nov. 16. Will of Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, husbandman; proved Dec. 27, 1694, mentioned: "Eldest son, Nicholas Brown, received 5 shillings "Son, Abraham Brown, received 5 shillings. "Daughter, Jane Badcock, received £10. "Grand-daughter, Martha & Grand-daughter, Jane--children of 'my son William Brown,' deceased, each £10, and a bed and blankets "To grandson, Tobias Brown, son of son William, deceased, the residue of his estate and creates him executor. He signed by his mark. "Nicholas Brown, of Rhode Island, had among other, the following: "Issue "2. Nicholas Brown, of Shrewsbury, N.J., 1665 "3. Abram Brown, of Shrewsbury, N.J., 1665 "4. William Brown "5. Jane Brown "2. NICHOLAS BROWN, son of Nicholas Brown, 1, was settled at Shrewsbury, N.J., in 1665. He Patented and bought large tracts of land, and died seized of a large estate. He was, apparently, an Episcopalian and was liberal in his donations to that Church. Nicholas Brown married three times. It is not improbable that he went forth alone from Rhode Island and later sent for his wife, for he applied for lands for himself from 1665, and for his wife from 1666. Her given name and surname are unknown. "He married, second, Katharine, daughter of William and Audry Almy, of Rhode Island, and widow of Bartholomew West. Bartholomew West had died prior to 1675, leaving her Bartholomew West, William West, John West, Stephen West, Audrey West, and Ann West, who married William Woolley. Catharine Almy (West) Brown died about 1703. "Nicholas Brown married, third, in 1707, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Chambers, who was born, at Shrewsbury, 5th , 4mo., 1676, by whom he had his only child. "1673, Sept. 14. Nicholas Brown was appointed an Ensign in the Militia Company, of Shrewsbury, N.J. Annual Report of the State Historian, of New York. Colonial Series, Vol. 1, 1896, p.383. "1684, Mch. 24. Court of Sessions. James Ashton, foreman, and among the juryman, William Ashton, which should read Aston. This court also sat Mch. 25th and Mach. 26th, at Middletown. "Nicholas Brown, plaintiff, vs. Joseph Parker, defendant, for brand marking a mare with the letters C.A., that belonged to the said Nicholas, etc., for forty-five shillings. The defendant desires to know in what capacity the plaintiff sewes (sues) and how the property of Benjamin West's estate came to be altered. The plaintiff replies . . .that Benjamin West, being dead, and he, the nearest relative, the right is now vested in him. "John Slocum for evidence saith that the mare sewed for was a mare formerly called the difference mare and was accounted a stray, and that when the mare was about to be branded, Kathrine Brown forewarned the branding of her, but Christoper Almy told her lett the mare be branded Sister and she shall be never the farther from off from you, for I have sold a beast to John Wood in Rhoad Island and I goe there and find whither that beast hath the same eare marke that this mare hath, then if she hath tis mine otherwise not. And this evidence farther saith that he did see Joseph Parker brand the mare. "Caleb Shreive to the same effect. "Abraham Brown that he helped to marke a mare of the same coullor (color) & naturall markes with this mare sewed for. "John Haven saith same as John Slocum. "Found for the plaintiff. "1689. Nicholas Brown was presented for selling rum to ye Indians but nothing was proved against him, therefore he had no tryall. "In 1706, Nicholas Brown deeded to the Episcopal church, the lot now occupied by Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N.J. "In 1711, Feb. 21. Nicholas Brown made his will; proved June 2, 1714, in which he stated that he was of Shrewsbury; created his wife sole executrix, and mentioned his only daughter Mary. "He died in 1714-15. "The widow of Nicholas Brown became, in 1716, the second wife of Ephraim, son of Thomas and Ann Potter, but had no further issue, and upon his demise, she married William Exceen. See Potter Family. "Issue "6.Mary Brown, born Aug. 25, 1710; married Daniel Seabrook. "3. ABRAHAM BROWN, son of Nicholas Brown, 1, of Shrewsbury, N.J., in 1665. "In 1667, he was a purchaser in the Monmouth Tract. "In 1668, Abram and Nicholas Brown took oath of allegiance? "1670, Aug. 13. Peter Tilton sold to Abram Brown one share at Potapeck. "In 1692-1695, he mentions his wife Mary,* who was living as late as 1711. "He resided in Shrewsbury until 1698-99, when he removed to Mansfield, Burlington County, West Jersey. "He probably had a first wife, Catharine. "1699, Dec. 15. Abraham Brown, Sr., of Burlington County, deeded land to his 'son-in-law, Samuel Thorp,' 'sometimes living with his father-in-law.' Mary Thropp was a witness, in 1686-7, to the marriage of Martha Brown and John Hampton. "1714. May 5. Will of Abraham Brown, of Mansfield, Burlington County, N.J.; proved July 10, 1714, mentioned: "Wife, Mary, 'as Mary, my dearest beloved wife.' "Son, Preserve Brown "Son, Nicholas Brown "Son, William Brown "Son, Caleb Brown "Son, Abraham Brown "Daughter, Sarah Potter "Daughter, Elizabeth Alfree "Grandson, Thomas Potter "He gave to his son, Abraham, the plantation whereon he lived. "Issue "7. Abraham Brown, Jr.; married, 1692, 29, 7mo., Leah Clayton. "8. Elizabeth Brown; married to Thomas Alfree, in 1694, by John Hance, Justice "9. Nicholas Brown, of Freehold, in 1694, and, in 1709, of Burlington, N.J. "10. Preserve Brown "11. William Brown "12. Caleb Brown "13. Sarah Brown "14. Martha Brown, perhaps, who married, John Hampton, of Middletown, 3, 1mo., 1686-7, at Shrewsbury. "4.WILLIAM BROWN,son of Nicholas Brown, 1, married. . . . .He was taxed, in 1680, at Portsmounth, R.I., 4s, 2d. "Issue "15. Martha Brown "16. Jane Brown, born 1677 "17. Tobias Brown "5. JANE BROWN, daughter of Nicholas Brown, 1, died in 1719. She married James, son of James and Sarah Babcock, of Rhode Island. He was born in 1641, and died about 1698. "Issue "18. James Babcock "19. Sarah Babcock "20. Jane Babcock "21. Mary Babcock "22. Hannah Babcock "23. Elizabeth Babcock See Austin" "*James Steen, Esq., probably correctly maintained that this Mary was a sister to the Ephraim Potter who married Sarah, daughter of this Abraham Brown, 3: in other words father and daughter, married sister and brother." NOTE: There is no detailed information on Martha Brown #15 in this particular family history which runs from pg. 128 to pg. 134. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In The History of Old Tennent Church, by Rev. F. Symmes, on page 424, there is a family history "From researches by W. W. Gordon, Jr. Atty., Savannah, Ga." which states John Hampton (son of John Hampton, of Freehold, Planter) md. 1686-7 Martha Brown, dau. Abraham. There is nothing else on John & Martha here and this goes on to follow John's sister Lydia who m. Charles Gordon. [SEE HAMPTON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.] ____________________________________________________________ BROWN, Samuel I wrote you once before on a John Ramsey and Edith Brown but am now looking for Edith's brother Samuel Brown born about 1775. It is also possible that Edith and Samuel are related Clayton Brown as all 3 families arrived in the same area of Ohio at the same time. RESPONSE: Below are the only entries I can find for Samuel Brown of that era; one doesn't seem to fit, the other could be a good lead. There is no data on a Clayton Brown. "HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY," BY John Stillwell, M.D. Vol. I; pg. 175 "Parish Register of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, NJ" Baptisms 1751 "May 10 Abram Brown Martha, wife of Abram Brown Richard, son of Abram Brown 4 yrs. old Samuel, son of Abram Brown 1yr. 2mo. Vol. III; pg 476-- "Errata" "Alice Coward born 5/13/1735; died 3/23/1812, aged 76; m. John Brown & had: Samuel John, m. Susan Stephenson Elizabeth, m. John Lloyd (she is one of his three wives) "OLD TIMES IN OLD MONMOUTH" BY George Beeker and Edwin Salter pg. 101 Extracts from the Journal of Bishop Asbury "Sunday April 23rd, 1809, I preached at Tuckerton; my subject was 2 Cor. 4-2. In the afternoon I preached again. On Monday I preached at Waretown.(Ocean Twshp., Ocean Co.) I staid awhile with Samuel Brown and came to Thomas Chamberlain's......... " ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________