Individual Details

Ezra Thomas BROWN

(18 Nov 1841 - 28 Sep 1907)

Unless otherwise sourced, all information comes from the "Alvey/Thurston Family Tree" on Ancestry.com, maintained by "4sandie," Sandie Alvey Thurston.

Events

Birth	1831	Delaware, United States
Birth	18 Nov 1831
Birth	Abt 1841	Delaware, United States
Birth	18 Nov 1841	Delaware, United States
Birth	1842	Virginia, United States
Residence	Jun 1850	Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Birth	18 Nov 1851	Delaware, United States
Residence	Jun 1860	(with parents) - South Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Marriage	2 Feb 1867	District of Columbia, United States - Martha Anne WILEY
Occupation	1870	boatsman
Residence (family)	1 Jun 1870	Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States - Martha Anne WILEY
Residence (family)	19 Dec 1874	Lee District, Lee District, Fairfax, Virginia, United States - Martha Anne WILEY
Occupation	4 Jul 1877	farmer
Residence (family)	1 Jun 1880	Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, United States - Martha Anne WILEY
Death	28 Sep 1907	Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Burial	Aft 28 Sep 1907	Pohick Episcopal Church, Lorton, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Alt name		Israel BROWN
Alt name		Ezra BROWN
Alt name		Ezria BROWN
Alt name		Israel Brown
Birth		New Jersey, United States
Birth		Virginia, United States

Families

Spouse	Martha Anne WILEY (1839 - 1899)
Child	Emma Adell "Dollie" BROWN (1862 - 1943)
Child	George H BROWN (1869 - 1967)
Child	William Evans "Willie" BROWN (1870 - 1948)
Child	Benjamin Franklin BROWN (1872 - 1945)
Child	Joseph Mitchell BROWN (1874 - 1947)
Child	Mary Jane Marie BROWN (1878 - 1918)
Child	Rebecca BROWN (1880 - )
Child	Rebecca Anne BROWN (1881 - 1936)

Father	Gilman BROWN (1815 - 1893)
Mother	Hannah MCPHERSON ( - 1867)
Sibling	Joseph BROWN (1845 - )
Sibling	Benjamin BROWN (1847 - 1947)
Sibling	Evan Bates BROWN (1850 - 1903)
Sibling	Elizabeth A BROWN (1852 - 1860)
Sibling	Margaret Ann BROWN (1853 - 1853)
Sibling	George W BROWN (1853 - 1901)
Sibling	Henry C. BROWN (1856 - 1857)
Sibling	Hannah M BROWN (1862 - 1935)

Notes

Birth

I believe that Ezra Brown and Israel Brown are the same person and was born on 18 Nov 1841 in Delaware.

Here's how I account for the evidence:
- There are two records from Pohick church for Ezra/Ezria stating he was born 18 Nov 1831. Both dates probably come from a single source. I believe that both are off by exactly ten years because that is a frequent mistake when calculating a person's birth date from their age. I have even seen that error on official death certificates. I believe that the day and month of birth is correct as they have given it.
- The 1850 census lists an Israel Brown, but no Ezra Brown, with a calculated birth year of 1841. There are no subsequent records for his in Virginia.
- The 1860 census omits Israel but includes E. T. Brown. It says he is 9 years old, but he's listed in the wrong position, ahead of the person who is aged 16. I believe that this is a simple recording error by the enumerator. He should have been listed as age 19. It shows him as born in Delaware.
- The 1870 census lists him as 28 years old, which is consistent with the proposed birth date. It shows his birthplace as Virginia. We believe that is incorrect; it probably results from the enumerator making a summary notation.
- The 1880 census lists him as 39 years old, which is consistent with the proposed birth date. It shows him born in Delaware.

Birth

Consistent with 1860 census

Endnotes

1. 1880 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, Mount Vernon, enumeration district (ED) 36, p. 4, lines 20-27, dwelling 35, family 35, Ezra Brown household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742 : downloaded 10 February 2019); Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

2. Edna May Stevens, Tombstone Records of Pohick Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (Owensboro, KY: Cook-McDowell Publications, 1981), p 140, Martha Anna Brown Born May 11, 1832 Died Sept. 4 1899, Ezra Thomas Brown Born Nov. 18, 1831 Died Setp. 28, 1907.

3. Chester A. Liddle, Jr., Families of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1991), p 50, Brown Ezria no 392-1.

4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 10 February 2019), Ezria Thomas Brown, b. 18 Nov 1831, d. 28 Sep 1907, memorial # 22465411.

5. 1850 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, , p 115 (stamped), p 229 (pencilled), lines 37-41, dwelling 102, family 102, Gilman Brown; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054 : accessed 27 August 2016); Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C..

6. 1870 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, Fairfax Courthouse, Lee District, p. 18, lines 4-8, dwelling 132, family 132, Ezra Brown household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163 : downloaded 10 February 2019); 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.

7. 1850 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, , p 115 (stamped), p 229 (pencilled), lines 37-41, dwelling 102, family 102, Gilman Brown; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054 : accessed 27 August 2016); Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C..

8. 1860 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, S O & A R Road (southern line, Orange & Alexandria Railroad), (page number illegible - but second image), lines 7-13, (dwelling and family numbers illegible, but indexer states family 12), Gilman Brown family; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667 : accessed 28 August 2016); 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..

9. 1860 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, S O & A R Road (southern line, Orange & Alexandria Railroad), (page number illegible - but second image), lines 7-13, (dwelling and family numbers illegible, but indexer states family 12), Gilman Brown family; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667 : accessed 28 August 2016); 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..

10. "District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953," database index (derived from marriage records. district of columbia marriages. familysearch, salt lake city, ut.), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61404/: viewed 2 February 1867), Ezra Brown and Martha Wiley, m. 2 Feb 1867; citing film # 002079252.

11. 1870 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, Fairfax Courthouse, Lee District, p. 18, lines 4-8, dwelling 132, family 132, Ezra Brown household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163 : downloaded 10 February 2019); 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.

12. 1880 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, Mount Vernon, enumeration district (ED) 36, p. 4, lines 20-27, dwelling 35, family 35, Ezra Brown household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742 : downloaded 10 February 2019); Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

13. 1870 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, Fairfax Courthouse, Lee District, p. 18, lines 4-8, dwelling 132, family 132, Ezra Brown household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163 : downloaded 10 February 2019); 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.

14. Patricia B. Duncan, compiler, Fairfax County Virginia Birth Register 1853-1879, 2 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2010), BROWN, Joseph, volume 1, page 23.

15. Patricia B. Duncan, compiler, Fairfax County Virginia Birth Register 1853-1879, 2 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2010), BROWN, Mary J., volume 1, page 24.

16. 1880 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia || Fairfax Co. VA, population schedule, Mount Vernon, enumeration district (ED) 36, p. 4, lines 20-27, dwelling 35, family 35, Ezra Brown household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742 : downloaded 10 February 2019); Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

17. Edna May Stevens, Tombstone Records of Pohick Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (Owensboro, KY: Cook-McDowell Publications, 1981), p 140, Martha Anna Brown Born May 11, 1832 Died Sept. 4 1899, Ezra Thomas Brown Born Nov. 18, 1831 Died Setp. 28, 1907.

18. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 10 February 2019), Ezria Thomas Brown, b. 18 Nov 1831, d. 28 Sep 1907, memorial # 22465411.

19. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 10 February 2019), Ezria Thomas Brown, b. 18 Nov 1831, d. 28 Sep 1907, memorial # 22465411.

20. Chester A. Liddle, Jr., Families of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1991), p 50, Brown Ezria no 392-1.

21. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: viewed 8 February 2019), Rebecca Anne Luckett, d. 8 Mar 1936, cert # 7688, filed 20 Mar 1936; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

22. 1900 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia||Fairfax Co., VA, population schedule, Lee District, enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 10A, lines 6-7, dwelling 180, family 180, Frank Luckett, head of household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602 : viewed 8 February 2019); United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

23. 1930 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia||Fairfax Co., VA, population schedule, Mount Vernon District, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 4b, lines 54-58, dwelling 94, family 94, Frank Luckett household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : viewed 8 February 2019); United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

24. 1910 U. S. census, Fairfax County, Virginia||Fairfax Co., VA, population schedule, Mount Vernon District, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 16A, lines 3-7, dwelling 215, family 215, Frank M. Luckett household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : viewed 8 February 2019); Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. .