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Ebenezer Brown 1758 – 1836 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1758

Birth Location: Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Mar 1836

Death Location: Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Brown

Mother: Janet Thomson

Spouse(s): Erskine Gray

Children(s): John Brown, Mary Brown, Margaret Brown, Janet Brown, Joanna Brown, Erkine Brown, Violet Brown, Ebenezer Brown

In 1758, Ebenezer Brown entered the world in Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland, born to John Brown and Janet Thomson. Ebenezer Brown married Erskine Gray, and had children including John Erskine Brown, Mary Brown, Margaret Ann Brown, Janet Brown, Joanna Brown, Erkine Gray Brown, Violet Brown, Ebenezer Brown. Ebenezer Brown passed away in 1836 in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1758, Ebenezer Brown entered the world in Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland, born to John Brown and Janet Thomson.
  • Ebenezer Brown married Erskine Gray, and had children including John Erskine Brown, Mary Brown, Margaret Ann Brown, Janet Brown, Joanna Brown, Erkine Gray Brown, Violet Brown, Ebenezer Brown.
  • Ebenezer Brown passed away in 1836 in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Brown
1722 – 1787
Birth Location: Carpow, Perthshire
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Janet Thomson
1731 – 1771
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Erskine Gray
1766 – 1821
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Brown
1794 – 1869
Birth Location: Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
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Mary Brown
1796 – 1826
Birth Location: Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Brown
1825 – 1842
Birth Location: Inverkeithing, Scotland
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Janet Brown
– 1860
Birth Location: –
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Joanna Brown
– 1878
Birth Location: –
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Erkine Brown
– 1837
Birth Location: –
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Violet Brown
– 1852
Birth Location: Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
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Ebenezer Brown
Birth Location: –
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Ebenezer Brown's Ancestors

Self
Ebenezer Brown
1758 – 1836
Birth Place: Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland
Parents
John Brown
1722 – 1787
Carpow, Perthshire
Janet Thomson
1731 – 1771
Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
John Brown
1675 – 1733
Carpow, Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland
Catherine Millie
– 1735
John Thomson
1700 – 1774
St. Andrews, Scotland
Margaret Martin
1696 – 1765
Kirkaldy, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Francis Thomson
Unknown
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Thomson

Ebenezer Brown's Descendants

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Ebenezer Brown (1758 – 29 Mar 1836) m. Erskine Gray (04 Jun 1766 – 28 Dec 1821)
  1. 1. John (Erskine) Brown (1794 – 05 Nov 1869) m. Margaret (Carlyle) Farries ( – 05 Nov 1869)
    1. 1. Margaret (Carlyle) Brown (1825 – 1903) m. Alexander McLean (29 Jun 1832 – 1871)
      1. 1. Alexander (Edward) McLean (20 Sep 1852 – 1879)
      2. 2. Margaret (Farries) McLean (10 Jul 1854 – ) m. James Nicholson
        1. 1. Erskine Nicholson
        2. 2. Alexander (Mclean) Nicholson
        3. 3. Laura (Mclean) Nicholson
        4. 4. Irene (Brown) Nicholson
        5. 5. Bernice (Erskine Brown) Nicholson
        6. 6. Alwayn (Carlyle) Nicholson
        7. 7. Gertrude (Halcro Brown) Nicholson
        8. 8. Margaret (Erskine) Nicholson
      3. 3. Anne (Christina) McLean (26 Jun 1857 – 1864)
      4. 4. John (Erskine Brown) McLean (1859 – 1916) m. Elizabeth (King) Davies
        1. 1. John (Erskine Brown) Maclean (10 May 1884 – ) m. Laura Lucas
        2. 2. Alexia Maclean (12 Feb 1886 – 1975) m. Edwyn (Mitford) Lilley
        3. 3. Hubert (Erskine) Maclean (07 Mar 1888 – ) m. Unknown
        4. 4. Meta Maclean (07 Jan 1896 – 1980)
      5. 5. Erskine (Isabella Ina) McLean (11 May 1861 – 1951) m. David (Reid) Keys
        1. 1. Herbert (John) Keys (25 Oct 1883 – 22 Jan 1923)
        2. 2. Caroline (Erskine) Keys (1887 – 1887)
        3. 3. Norman (Alexander) Keys (02 Jan 1888 – 1977) m. Lily Denton m. Alice (Margery) Lewis
        4. 4. David (Arnold) Keys (04 Nov 1890 – 28 Oct 1977) m. May (Irene) Freeze
        5. 5. Erskine (Isabella) Keys (17 May 1894 – Jan 1984)
        6. 6. Jean (Margaret Erskine) Keys (1897 – Bet. 1977–1978)
      6. 6. Anne (Christina Esther Finlay) McLean (23 Sep 1863 – ) m. William (Kello) Murray
        1. 1. James (William Kello) Murray (1887 – )
        2. 2. John (Erskine Kello) Murray (1889 – )
        3. 3. Margaret (Carlyle Kello) Murray (1891 – )
        4. 4. Erskine (Isabella Kello) Murray (1891 – ) m. Unknown
    2. 2. Ebenezer (Erskine) Brown (19 May 1827 – 05 Apr 1898) m. Violet (Croumbie) Brown (1819 – 11 Jul 1870)
      1. 1. Margaret (Stately Erskine) Brown (01 Aug 1852 – 05 Aug 1942) m. John (Hunter) Patrick (01 Jan 1851 – 12 Oct 1922)
        1. 1. James (Erskine) Patrick (01 Mar 1879 – 16 Jun 1949) m. Jeannie (Gow) Robertson (24 May 1881 – 27 February 1958)
        2. 2. Violet (Hunter) Patrick (09 Jul 1880 – 1948) m. Olif Moen (1880 – 1942)
        3. 3. Rosa (Stately) Patrick (24 Apr 1882 – 1966)
        4. 4. John (Crumbie) Patrick (21 Feb 1884 – 30 Nov 1963) m. Margaret (Frances) Horn (13 Jun 1875 – 17 Jun 1935) m. Florence ( – Aft. 1957)
        5. 5. Ebenezer (Brown) Patrick (01 Jan 1886 – 14 Oct 1959) m. Mary (Eliza) Smith (1884 – 1963)
        6. 6. David (Moore) Patrick (31 Jul 1912 – 02 Oct 1957) m. Isobel (Burt) Swan (1915 – Aft. 1988)
    3. 3. William (Farries) Brown (1829 – 1899) m. Agnes (Hutton) Williamson
    4. 4. Erskine (Gray Fisher) Brown (1831 – 1904)
    5. 5. Jean (Isabella) Brown (1836 – 1838)
    6. 6. Mary (Anna) Brown (1837 – 1838)
    7. 7. Isabella (Ina) Brown (1840 – 1911)
  2. 2. Mary Brown (1796 – 1826) m. James Hutton ( – 1840)
    1. 1. Erskine (Gray) Hutton (1817 – 1825)
    2. 2. Margaret Hutton (19 Apr 1821 – ) m. Frederick Bradford
      1. 1. Frederick (Henry) Bradford (1848 – 1864)
      2. 2. John (George) Bradford (1850 – )
      3. 3. William (Erskine) Bradford (1852 – 1858)
      4. 4. Anna (Erskine) Bradford (1854 – 1886)
    3. 3. George Hutton (1822 – 1824)
    4. 4. Mary (Gray) Hutton (04 Dec 1825 – )
  3. 3. Margaret (Ann) Brown (1825 – 1842) m. John Simpson ( – 05 Mar 1852)
  4. 4. Janet Brown ( – 27 Oct 1860) m. Robert Hill (13 Apr 1791 – )
    1. 1. Alexander Hill (30 Sep 1825 – 30 Nov 1885) m. Eliza Miller m. Barbara (Gray) Anderson
      1. 1. Robert (Alexander) Hill (17 Jun 1861 – 05 May 1931) m. Marion (Clark) Galloway
        1. 1. Margaret (Halcro) Hill (30 Oct 1892 – 30 Jan 1965) m. Roland (Audley) Smith
        2. 2. Alexander (Galloway) Erskine-Hill (03 Apr 1894 – 1947)
        3. 3. John (Galloway) Hill (1896 – 1898)
        4. 4. Robert (Douglas Miller) Hill (1899 – 1900)
        5. 5. Ian (Cameron Miller) Hill (11 Jul 1902 – 28 May 1979)
      2. 2. Catherine (Cameron) Hill (18 Dec 1864 – 1948) m. Andrew (Dodds) Fairbairn
        1. 1. Eliza (Miller) Fairbairn (04 Jun 1889 – 02 Sep 1970) m. Harold (Godfrey) Judd
        2. 2. Agnes (Hamilton) Fairbairn (13 Oct 1890 – 21 Sep 1909)
        3. 3. William Fairbairn (26 Dec 1893 – 26 Aug 1985)
        4. 4. Catherine (Cameron) Fairbairn (27 Jun 1897 – 1990)
        5. 5. Margaret (Halcro) Fairbairn (21 Jan 1900 – 31 Jan 1982)
      3. 3. James (Miller) Hill (25 Jun 1868 – 25 Apr 1904)
      4. 4. Ebenezer (Erskine) Hill (12 Sep 1883 – ) m. Margaret (West) Edie
        1. 1. Barbara (Erskine) Hill (Aft. 1930 – )
        2. 2. Ebenezer Hill (Aft. 1930 – )
        3. 3. Allan (Cameron Erskine) Hill (Bef. 1930 – )
        4. 4. Margaret (Erskine) Hill (Bef. 1930 – ) m. Russell Robertson
      5. 5. Anderson (Cunningham) Hill (26 Oct 1884 – )
    2. 2. Erskine (Gray) Hill (26 May 1827 – 16 Oct 1893)
    3. 3. Christina (Gillies) Hill (16 Mar 1829 – 21 Jan 1887) m. Finlay Macpherson
      1. 1. Robert (Hill) Macpherson (25 Aug 1856 – 26 Sep 1909)
      2. 2. Jessie (Brown Hill) Macpherson (14 Nov 1857 – 27 Jan 1887) m. George Whitehall
      3. 3. Finlay (George) Macpherson (27 Feb 1859 – 1949) m. Jane (Maria Rollo) Vost m. Unknown
        1. 1. Theresa (Erskine Rollo) Macpherson (1888 – ) m. Unknown Walsh
        2. 2. Roger (Rollo) Macpherson (1890 – )
        3. 3. Gladys (Rollo) Macpherson (1891 – ) m. Unknown Alexander
        4. 4. Christina (Hill) Macpherson (1895 – ) m. Unknown Pearson
        5. 5. Ida (Constance) Macpherson (Jan 1895 – )
        6. 6. Erskine Macpherson
      4. 4. Margaret (Macgregor) Macpherson (01 Dec 1860 – 08 Nov 1885)
      5. 5. Alexander (Hill) Macpherson (13 Jan 1863 – 1946) m. Irene Unknown
        1. 1. Georgina Macpherson
        2. 2. Jeffery Macpherson
      6. 6. Dougal Macpherson (21 Jun 1865 – 27 Feb 1872)
      7. 7. John (Hill) Macpherson (18 Feb 1867 – 19 Feb 1868)
      8. 8. Ebenezer (Brown Hill) Macpherson (16 Aug 1869 – 21 Aug 1923) m. Margaret (Alice) Craig
        1. 1. Edith (Halcro) Macpherson (11 Feb 1896 – ) m. John (Newton) Lamont
        2. 2. Jessie (Hunter Erskine) Macpherson (27 Aug 1898 – 1962)
        3. 3. Margaret (Craig) Macpherson (30 Aug 1900 – 12 Jan 1993)
        4. 4. Jean (Simpson) Macpherson (24 Aug 1905 – )
      9. 9. Norman (Macgregor) Macpherson (13 Oct 1872 – 16 Oct 1947) m. Adeline (Jane Buchanan) Craig
        1. 1. Lilian (Christian) Macpherson (05 Jun 1906 – 07 Dec 1993)
        2. 2. Croumbie Macpherson (21 Mar 1910 – )
    4. 4. Ebenezer (Brown) Hill (03 Jan 1831 – 15 Nov 1885) m. Elizabeth (Vaughan) Ball
      1. 1. James (Robert) Hill (01 Aug 1861 – 1907)
      2. 2. Ebenezer (Brown) Hill (14 Nov 1862 – ) m. Amy Barr
      3. 3. Henry (Erskine Brown) Hill (16 Mar 1864 – ) m. Margaret Cowan
        1. 1. John (Alexander Curtis) Hill (1901 – 1901)
        2. 2. Evelyn (E.) Hill
        3. 3. Ralph (H.) Hill
      4. 4. John (Brown) Hill (21 Dec 1865 – ) m. Mary (Esther) Barnes
    5. 5. Robert (Gillies) Hill (23 Oct 1832 – 19 Apr 1859)
    6. 6. John (Burd) Hill (25 May 1834 – 16 Jul 1879) m. Margaret (Naismith) Reid
      1. 1. Jane (Davidson Craig) Hill (02 Jan 1872 – )
      2. 2. Robert (Reid) Hill (17 Jul 1873 – )
    7. 7. George Hill (19 Apr 1838 – 19 Aug 1880) m. Emma (Gray) Faber
      1. 1. Mary (Eleanor) Hill (27 May 1868 – 07 Nov 1881)
      2. 2. Jessie (Brown) Hill (21 May 1869 – 01 Sep 1897)
      3. 3. George (Alexander) Hill (31 Dec 1872 – 1914) m. Unknown
        1. 1. Ida (Jessie) Hill (1895 – 1902)
        2. 2. Marjorie (Mamie Ellen) Hill (1902 – )
    8. 8. Mary Hill (18 Jan 1841 – 21 Oct 1845)
  5. 5. Joanna Brown ( – 1878)
  6. 6. Erkine (Gray) Brown ( – 20 Apr 1837)
  7. 7. Violet Brown ( – 05 Mar 1852)
  8. 8. Ebenezer Brown

Ebenezer Brown's Timeline

2 Records

1758
1758
Birth of Ebenezer Brown in Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland
Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland
1836
29 Mar 1836
Age 78
Death of Ebenezer Brown in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1758
    Event Place: Haddington, E. Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: Minister of Inverholly

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Inverkeithing

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1836
    Event Place: Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
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