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Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown 1731–1807 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 February 1731

Birth Location: Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Death Date: November 1807

Death Location: Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Johann Braun

Mother: Maria Hamen

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Brown, Eleanor Reeves, Margarethe Braun

Children(s): Catherine (Braun), Solomon Brown, Abraham Sr., Jacob Sr, Margaret Brown, George Brown, Conrad Brown, David Sr, Phillip Brown, John Brown, Michael Brown, Mary Braun\Brown

The story of Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown began in 1731 in Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown married Eleanor Wakefield Reeves, Elizabeth Goettgen Braun Brown, Margarethe Braun, Rosanna Fisher, and had children including Abraham Brown Sr, Catherine Catrina Brown Braun, Conrad Brown, David Brown Sr, George Brown, Jacob Brown Sr, John Brown, Margaret Brown, Mary Braun Brown, Michael Brown, Phillip Brown, Solomon Brown. Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown passed away in 1807 in Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown began in 1731 in Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
  • Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown married Eleanor Wakefield Reeves, Elizabeth Goettgen Braun Brown, Margarethe Braun, Rosanna Fisher, and had children including Abraham Brown Sr, Catherine Catrina Brown Braun, Conrad Brown, David Brown Sr, George Brown, Jacob Brown Sr, John Brown, Margaret Brown, Mary Braun Brown, Michael Brown, Phillip Brown, Solomon Brown.
  • Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown passed away in 1807 in Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Johan Brown's Ancestors

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Johan Brown
1731–1807
Birth Place: Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Parents
Johann Stephan Christian Braun
1702–1763
Niedermohr, County Palatine of Zweibrücken, HRE (owned by Sweden at the time, modern Germany)
Maria (Eva) Hamen
1710–1750
Ruschberg, Rien, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Grandparents
Hanss (Michael) Ehmann
1677–1715
Ruschberg, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Ana (Catherina) Schneider
1681–1718
Ruschberg, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Johan Brown's Descendants

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Johan (Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun)) Brown (27 February 1731–November 1807) m. Elizabeth (Goettgen (Braun)) Brown (9 Dec 1729–1814) m. Eleanor (Wakefield) Reeves (1774–8 Oct 1842) m. Margarethe Braun (1730–1814)
  1. 1. Catherine ((Catrina) Brown) (Braun) 1775–1834 m. Adam (Jacob Sliger) Sr 1772–1836
    1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth "Betsy") Sliger 1803–1882 m. Jonathan ((McCulley)) McCully 1800–1854
      1. 1. Sarah (E (Sallie)) McCullough 1828–1909 m. James (Calvin) Millican 1830–1894
        1. 1. Martha (E) Millican 1858–1920 m. Wesley (Duren) Millard 1851–1945
        2. 2. Emeline (“Emely” Catherine) Milligan 1852–1941
        3. 3. Peter (Perry) Milligan 1856–1941
        4. 4. Eliza (Jane Milligan) Henderson 1865–1938
        5. 5. Victoria (Milligan Newby) Knight 1868–1968
      2. 2. Hester (Ann 'Hettie' 'Ettie') McCully 1827–1913
      3. 3. Minerva (Ellen Melvina Fine) McCully 1840–1921
      4. 4. Peter McCully 1835–1900
      5. 5. Nancy (Ann) McCully 1847–
      6. 6. Catherine McCully 1834–1912
      7. 7. Luvina McCully 1836–1921
      8. 8. Rutha McCully 1832–
      9. 9. Mary (Jane Anna McCully) Borden 1827–1865
      10. 10. Emeline McCully 1843–1913
      11. 11. Elizabeth (Minta 'Eliza') McCully 1830–1870
      12. 12. Margaret McCulley 1833–1921
      13. 13. Margaret (Mary) McCully 1839–1921
      14. 14. Elizabeth (Ann McCully) Maxwell 1837–1870
      15. 15. John (Melvin) McCully 1825–1907
    2. 2. Jacob (Lafayette) Sliger 1801–1877
    3. 3. Adam (Jacob Sliger) Jr 1805–1861
    4. 4. Christopher (Columbus) Sliger 1813–1897
    5. 5. Lavinia (Sevenia Sliger) Wells 1818–1879
    6. 6. Henry (Martin Sliger) Jr 1806–1883
    7. 7. Margaret ('Peggy' Rebecca) Sliger 1798–1872
    8. 8. Thomas (Jefferson) Sliger 1799–1856
    9. 9. John (H) Sliger 1802–1856
    10. 10. Sarah (Elizabeth) Sliger 1806–1831
    11. 11. Hester ("Hetty" Ann Sliger) Kyker 1814–1860
    12. 12. Mary Sliger 1805–1882
    13. 13. Sally Sliger 1818–1840
    14. 14. Jane (Sliger) Coffelt 1816–1887
    15. 15. Elizabeth (M) Sliger 1800–1882
  2. 2. Solomon Brown 1779–1860
  3. 3. Abraham (Brown) Sr. 1756–1842
  4. 4. Jacob (Brown) Sr 1752–1841
  5. 5. Margaret Brown 1757–1796
  6. 6. George Brown 1755–1846
  7. 7. Conrad Brown 1768–1840
  8. 8. David (Brown) Sr 1759–1832
  9. 9. Phillip Brown 1760–1848
  10. 10. John Brown 1767–1830
  11. 11. Michael Brown 1753–1828
  12. 12. Mary Braun\Brown 1774–1855

Johan Brown's Timeline

3 Records

1731
27 February 1731
Birth of Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown in Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
1751
1751
Age 20
Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown was married in of TN
of TN
1807
November 1807
Age 76
Death of Johan Jakob "Wagon Maker" (Braun) Brown in Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America
Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 February 1731
    Event Place: Ruschberg, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1751
    Event Place: of TN

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1807
    Event Place: Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America

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