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Benjamin Brown 1739 – 1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1739

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 21 February 1778

Death Location: Hertford, North Carolina, USA

Father: HOWELL BROWN

Mother: Jane 5ggm

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Benjamin Brown was born in 1739 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, the child of HOWELL BROWN and Jane Hart 5ggm. Benjamin Brown passed away in 1778 in Hertford, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Brown was born in 1739 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, the child of HOWELL BROWN and Jane Hart 5ggm.
  • Benjamin Brown passed away in 1778 in Hertford, North Carolina, USA.

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Benjamin Brown's Ancestors

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Benjamin Brown
1739 – 1778
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Parents
HOWELL BROWN
1710 – 1779
Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
Jane (Hart) 5ggm
1718 – 1761
Chowan, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (William) Browne
1672 – 1718
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Christian ("Christine") Maule
1680 – 1719
Chowan, North Carolina, United States
Mary (Jane) Lane
1689 – 1759
Surry, Surry, Virginia Colony
Great-Grandparents
John ENG\USA
1647 – 1726
Mary Boddie
1653 – 1712
Col. Maule
1668 – 1726
Penelope Eden
1657 – 1726
Thomas Lane
1662 – 1733
Jane Flood
1647 – 1710
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John VA
1626 – 1712
Bridgett Lewis\Louis
1628 – 1713
Capt. Farmer
1633 – 1717
*Anne BURTON^
1635 – 1683
Alexander Maule
1640 – 1752
Bessie Small
1643 – 1821
Sir Esq
1630 – 1709
Elizabeth Jones
1636 – 1666
Col. Flood
1627 – 1672
Ann Flood
1630 – 1670

Benjamin Brown's Timeline

2 Records

1739
1739
Birth of Benjamin Brown in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1778
21 February 1778
Age 39
Death of Benjamin Brown in Hertford, North Carolina, USA
Hertford, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1739
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 February 1778
    Event Place: Hertford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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