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Elijah Brown 1780 – 1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1780

Birth Location: Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

Death Date: 30 Sep 1855

Death Location: Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: James Brown

Mother: Sophie Harrison

Spouse(s): Henrietta Cannon

Children(s): Cynthia BROWN

In 1780, Elijah Brown entered the world in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States, born to James E Brown and Sophie Harrison. Elijah Brown married Henrietta Cannon, and had children including Cynthia BROWN. Elijah Brown passed away in 1855 in Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1780, Elijah Brown entered the world in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States, born to James E Brown and Sophie Harrison.
  • Elijah Brown married Henrietta Cannon, and had children including Cynthia BROWN.
  • Elijah Brown passed away in 1855 in Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Brown
1745 – 1817
Birth Location: Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
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Sophie Harrison
1747 – 1782
Birth Location: Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
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Spouses(s)

Henrietta Cannon
1784 – 1868
Birth Location: Falmouth, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Children(s)

Cynthia BROWN
1805 – 1848
Birth Location: New Canan, Cumb, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Elijah Brown's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Brown
1780 – 1855
Birth Place: Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Parents
James E Brown
1745 – 1817
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
Sophie Harrison
1747 – 1782
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
Grandparents
Samuel Brown
1720 – 1790
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Mary Philbrick
1723 – 1756
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Benjamin Green
1718 – 1806
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Brown's Descendants

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Elijah Brown (31 Mar 1780 – 30 Sep 1855) m. Henrietta Cannon (28 Jun 1784 – 25 Jul 1868)
  1. 1. Cynthia BROWN (04 Apr 1805 – 31 Mar 1848) m. Cephus WELTON (1800 – 29 Nov 1874)
    1. 1. Henrietta (Adelaide) Welton (1846 – Sep 1913) m. John (William) Bowden (abt 1842 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Bowden (12 Oct 1864 – )
      2. 2. Clara (Lurissa) Bowden (Abt. 1866 – )
      3. 3. Susan Bowden (1868 – )
      4. 4. Cynthia (Henrietta) Bowden (1870 – 15 April 1960) m. John (E.) COCHRANE (14 Apr 1857 – 3 Dec 1937)
        1. 1. Etta (Lena) Cochrane (11 Dec 1891 – Jul 1957)
        2. 2. Emma (Adelaide) Cochrane (27 Apr 1894 – 1994)
        3. 3. Clara (Gertude) Cochrane (23 Sep 1894 – 17 May 1992)
        4. 4. Kathleen (L) Cochrane (4 Apr 1898 – 1994)
        5. 5. Carl (Richard) Cochrane (02 Feb 1899 – )
        6. 6. Aubrey (Gilbert) Cochrane (31 May 1901 – 3 Jul 1994)
        7. 7. Bertram (John) Cochrane (28 Jun 1903 – 21 May 1983)
        8. 8. Gerald (Edward) Cochrane (24 Apr 1906 – 2 Aug 1994) m. Ethel (Geraldine) Reading (11 Apr 1913 – Dec 1969) m. Ida (Maude) Caldwell (1920 – 9 Nov 1992) m. Grace (Helen) Ellis (18 March 1905 – 3 June 1933)
        9. 9. Earl Cochrane (24 Apr 1906 – 1990)
        10. 10. Gordon Cochrane (est 1909 – 1997) m. Eleanor (E) Cochrane
      5. 5. Cephas (William) Bowden (12 Feb 1871 – 17 Sep 1929)
      6. 6. Albert Bowden (1876 – )
      7. 7. Emma Bowden (1879 – )
      8. 8. Adelaide (Mary) Bowden\Labor (1882 – 1977) m. William Labor m. William (Walter "Gerry") Labor (19 Oct 1878 – 7 Apr 1940)
        1. 1. Bessie (Louise) Labor (abt 1913 – )
        2. 2. Anna (Verginia) Labor (11 Aug 1920 – )
        3. 3. Marjorie (Edith) Labor (11 May 1914 – 22 Sep 1992)
      9. 9. Lilly Bowden (1884 – )
      10. 10. Edith BOWDEN (1887 – )

Elijah Brown's Timeline

2 Records

1780
31 Mar 1780
Birth of Elijah Brown in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
1855
30 Sep 1855
Age 75
Death of Elijah Brown in Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1780
    Event Place: Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Sep 1855
    Event Place: Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada
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