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Col. Richard Brown 1739–1811 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 MAY 1739

Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 24 MAR 1811

Death Location: Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: Colonel Brown

Mother: Mary Stevenson

Spouse(s): Honor Brown

Children(s): Rachel Brown, Arthur Brown

The story of Col. Richard Brown began in 1739 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. Col. Richard Brown married Honor Brown, Honour Holmes, and had children including Arthur F Brown, Brown Junr, Margaret Madden, Rachel Brown, Richard Brown. Col. Richard Brown passed away in 1811 in Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Col. Richard Brown began in 1739 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.
  • Col. Richard Brown married Honor Brown, Honour Holmes, and had children including Arthur F Brown, Brown Junr, Margaret Madden, Rachel Brown, Richard Brown.
  • Col. Richard Brown passed away in 1811 in Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Col. Brown's Ancestors

Self
Col. Brown
1739–1811
Birth Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Parents
Colonel George Stephen (The Immigrant) Brown
1690–1770
Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England
Mary (Nancy) Stevenson
1698–1776
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
Edward (Coock) BROWNE
1666–1716
St Faith under St Paul, London, England
Katherine Harris
1670–1709
Baltimore, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Richard II
1640–1720
Dame (Rearsby)
1644–1728
Peter Powell
1645–
Frances Powell
1646–1690
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Browne
1603–1668
Jane Taylor
1607–1659
Georgius Reresby
1620–
X Powell
1625–

Col. Brown's Descendants

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Col. (Richard) Brown (18 MAY 1739–24 MAR 1811) m. Honor Brown (10 DEC 1724–27 MAR 1816)
  1. 1. Rachel Brown 1760–1813
  2. 2. Arthur (F.) Brown 1772–1840

Col. Brown's Timeline

5 Records

1739
18 MAY 1739
Birth of Col. Richard Brown in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
1775
BET 1775 AND 1783
Age 36
Col. Richard Brown resided here in Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
1783
BET 1783 AND 1821
Age 44
Col. Richard Brown resided here in New York, USA
New York, USA
1810
1810
Age 71
Col. Richard Brown resided here in Brooke, Virginia, United States
Brooke, Virginia, United States
1811
24 MAR 1811
Age 72
Death of Col. Richard Brown in Brooke, Stafford, Virginia, USA
Brooke, Stafford, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 MAY 1739
    Event Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Brooke, Virginia
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 17 NOV 1759
    Event Place: Baltimore, Baltimore Independent City, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 28 JUN 1775
    Event Place: New York, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1775 AND 1783
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution: Battalions and Line

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1783 AND 1821
    Event Place: New York, USA
    Record Source: Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821 - Ancestry.com

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 08 MAR 1793
    Event Place: Baltimore County, Maryland
    Record Source: Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1810
    Event Place: Brooke, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: FEB 1811
    Event Place: Brooke, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 MAR 1811
    Event Place: Brooke, Stafford, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

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