Individual Details
Josiah Brown
(12 Feb 1752 - 26 Apr 1814)
Events
| Birth | 12 Feb 1752 | Brookfield, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  |  | |
| Religion | 10 Sep 1775 | joined the Congregational Church - West Brookfield, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1776 | Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - Susannah Gilbert | | | |
| Religion | 1781 | admitted to the Congressioinal Church - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Moved | Bef 30 Dec 1781 | dismissed to where they now live from the Congergational Church | | | |
| Religion | 30 Dec 1781 | dismissed from the Congressional Church and "recommend him to ye good people where he now resides" - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Moved | 3 Nov 1782 | dismissed from the Congregational Church to the church in Buckland, MA - Buckland, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1790 | Buckland, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - Susannah Gilbert | | ||
| Census (family) | 1800 | Hawley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - Susannah Gilbert | | ||
| Census (family) | 1810 | Meredith, Delaware, New York, United States - Susannah Gilbert | | ||
| Death | 26 Apr 1814 | Meredith, Delaware, New York, United States | | ||
| LDS Family Tree ID | 2ZSZ-V2Y | ||||
| WikiTree | Brown-54773 |
Families
| Spouse | Susannah Gilbert (1752 - ) |
| Child | Patty Brown (1779 - ) |
| Child | Luke Brown (1780 - 1838) |
| Child | Samuel Brown ( - ) |
| Child | Anna Brown ( - ) |
| Child | Joseph Brown ( - ) |
| Child | Asaph Brown ( - ) |
| Child | Lydia Brown ( - ) |
| Father | Lieut. Abner "Browne" Brown (1714 - 1790) |
| Mother | Dorcas "Darcus, Downs" Greewood ( - 1760) |
| Sibling | Daniel "Danl" Brown ( - ) |
| Sibling | Abigall Brown (1750 - ) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth Brown (1753 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonas Brown (1754 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Joseph Brown (1756 - ) |
| Sibling | Greenwood Brown (1758 - ) |
| Father | Abner Brown (1729 - 1790) |
Notes
Birth
Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Josiah Brown born Brookfield, MA 12 Feb. 1752, parents Abner and Downs Brown.Religion
Josiah Brown and Susannah Gilbert joined the Congregational Church in West Brookfield on 10 Sept. 1775 and were dismissed to the church in Buckland, Mass. on 3 Nov. 1782 per page 180 of "The Gilbert Family" by Homer Worthington Brainard dated 1953.Marriage
Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Chesterfield births, marriages and deaths: Josiah Brown intentions of marriage to Sussannah Gilbert, both of Chesterfield, published as law directs, November 11, 1766, book 1, page 29.Religion
The following children were christened in the Congregational Church: Samuel in 1784,Moved
On 30 Dec. 1781 (Cong. Church rec.), "After the public worship was ended, Voted to dismiss Josiah Brown and recommend him to ye good people where he now resides". They removed to Meredith, N.Y. where he died 26 Apr. 1814.Religion
On 30 Dec. 1781 (Cong. Church rec.), "After the public worship was ended, Voted to dismiss Josiah Brown and recommend him to ye good people where he now resides". The family removed to Meredith, NY where he died 26 Apr. 1814.Moved
Josiah Brown and Susannah Gilbert joined the Congregational Church in West Brookfield on 10 Sept. 1775 and were dismissed to the church in Buckland, Mass. on 3 Nov. 1782 per page 180 of "The Gilbert Family" by Homer Worthington Brainard dated 1953.Census (family)
1790 census for Buckland, Hampshire Co., Mass., shows Josiah Brown as 1 male age 16+ (him), 3 males age 0-15 (son Luke and 2 unknown), 3 females (his wife and 2 unknown).Census (family)
1800 census for Josiah Brown in Hawley, Hampshire Co., Mass., shows 1 unknown male age 10-15, 1 males age age 16-25 (Luke is 20), 1 male 45+ (Josiah Brown age 48), 3 unknown females ages 0-9, 1 unknown female age 10-15, 1 female age 16-25 (Patty age 21) and 1 female age 45+ (wife Susanna age 48).Census (family)
1810 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY, shows Joshus Brown age 45+ (he was 58) with another male age 26-44, 3 females age 10-15 and one female age 45+. Close by is a Lucas Brown and family, this may be his son.Endnotes
1. Ruth A. Baker, Compiled by the Bicentennial genealogy committee, Ruth A. Baker, chairman, History and genealogy of the families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 (The Town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1962), page 61; digital images, ( : accessed .
2. , Massachusetts Vital Records to the end of the year 1949 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute Salem, MA, 1934), Vol. Brookfield-V1 page 52; digital image, AmericanAncestors.org online data base, (http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html : accessed .
3. Homer Worthington Brainard, The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield (New Haven, Conn.: 1953), page 180; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
4. Ruth A. Baker, Compiled by the Bicentennial genealogy committee, Ruth A. Baker, chairman, History and genealogy of the families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 (The Town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1962), page 61; digital images, ( : accessed .
5. Homer Worthington Brainard, The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield (New Haven, Conn.: 1953), page 180; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
6. Ruth A. Baker, Compiled by the Bicentennial genealogy committee, Ruth A. Baker, chairman, History and genealogy of the families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 (The Town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1962), page 61; digital images, ( : accessed .
7. Ruth A. Baker, Compiled by the Bicentennial genealogy committee, Ruth A. Baker, chairman, History and genealogy of the families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 (The Town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1962), page 61; digital images, ( : accessed .
8. Ruth A. Baker, Compiled by the Bicentennial genealogy committee, Ruth A. Baker, chairman, History and genealogy of the families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 (The Town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1962), page 61; digital images, ( : accessed .
9. Homer Worthington Brainard, The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield (New Haven, Conn.: 1953), page 180; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
10. Ruth A. Baker, Compiled by the Bicentennial genealogy committee, Ruth A. Baker, chairman, History and genealogy of the families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 (The Town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1962), page 61; digital images, ( : accessed .