Individual Details
Elijah BROWN
(15 Apr 1781 - 29 Jan 1860)
1 Jun 1850, Chittendon, Rutland Co., VT, stamped page 126, family 1898.
Elijah Brown, 69 (1780-81) farmer, real estate valued at $3, 000, born VT
Lucia Brown, 25 (1824-25), born VT
John Dailey, 15 (1834-35), born Canada, laborer.
Caverly, 1872, says: Elijah was born in Rutland April 15, 1782 (on another page he says 1781), about two years before his parents removed to Pittsford. He became a tanner and currier, and on the 3d of September, 1805, bought of Andrew Prindle one-half of the Nelson tannery, and November 11, 1808, he bought of Elias Plumb the other half of it. On the 9th of December, 1811, he married Mary Williams, who was born in Rutland, July 22, 1792. He and his brother, Samuel A., carried on business together till 1827, when Elijah sold his interest in the tannery to his brother and bought the Webster tavern. He kept a public house till 1839, when he sold his location to Michael Sanders and afterwards was engaged in manganese operations in Chittenden. He was accidentally killed on the railroad in Providence, R.I., Jan. 20, 1860. Mrs. Brown died in Chittenden, Feb. 18, 1847. (Death date does not correspond with town cemetery records. Same year, but different date.)
Pittsford Cemetery Records, LDS film 2025056. indicate a Caroline K. Brown, 1 yr 9 mo., no dob, died 22 Jul 1825, buried Evergreen Cemetery. Parents Elijah and Mary W. Brown. (That death date would mean a birth date of about 22 Oct 1823.) Is this Caroline H.? Caverly says Caroline H. married ____ Bond on pg. 694.
Elijah Brown, 69 (1780-81) farmer, real estate valued at $3, 000, born VT
Lucia Brown, 25 (1824-25), born VT
John Dailey, 15 (1834-35), born Canada, laborer.
Caverly, 1872, says: Elijah was born in Rutland April 15, 1782 (on another page he says 1781), about two years before his parents removed to Pittsford. He became a tanner and currier, and on the 3d of September, 1805, bought of Andrew Prindle one-half of the Nelson tannery, and November 11, 1808, he bought of Elias Plumb the other half of it. On the 9th of December, 1811, he married Mary Williams, who was born in Rutland, July 22, 1792. He and his brother, Samuel A., carried on business together till 1827, when Elijah sold his interest in the tannery to his brother and bought the Webster tavern. He kept a public house till 1839, when he sold his location to Michael Sanders and afterwards was engaged in manganese operations in Chittenden. He was accidentally killed on the railroad in Providence, R.I., Jan. 20, 1860. Mrs. Brown died in Chittenden, Feb. 18, 1847. (Death date does not correspond with town cemetery records. Same year, but different date.)
Pittsford Cemetery Records, LDS film 2025056. indicate a Caroline K. Brown, 1 yr 9 mo., no dob, died 22 Jul 1825, buried Evergreen Cemetery. Parents Elijah and Mary W. Brown. (That death date would mean a birth date of about 22 Oct 1823.) Is this Caroline H.? Caverly says Caroline H. married ____ Bond on pg. 694.
Events
| Birth | 15 Apr 1781 | Rutland, Rutland Co., Vermont |  | ||
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1811 | Mary WILLIAMS | | ||
| Property | 1 Mar 1824 | Elijah Brown Jr. from Samuel A. Brown, Bk 13 Page 377, Records of - Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont | |||
| Property Sale | 1 Mar 1824 | Elijah Brown Jr. to Samuel A. Brown, Bk 13 Page 376, Records of - Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont | |||
| Property | 15 Apr 1824 | Elijah Brown Jr. from Andrew Leach; Bk 13 page 8-10, Pittsford, VT. - Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont | |||
| Property | 21 Jun 1827 | Elijah Brown Jr. from Whipple Spooner; Bk 13 Pgs 145-146, Pittsford. - Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont | |||
| Census | 1850 | Chittendon, Rutland Co., Vermont | |||
| Death | 29 Jan 1860 | Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island | | ||
| Burial | Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | III | ||||
| Reference No | 566 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary WILLIAMS (1792 - 1847) |
| Child | Charles D. L. BROWN (1819 - 1868) |
| Child | Caroline K. BROWN (1823 - 1825) |
| Child | Lucia W. BROWN (1825 - 1850) |
| Child | Caroline H. BROWN ( - ) |
| Child | Fayette P. BROWN ( - ) |
| Child | Mary W. BROWN ( - 1866) |
| Child | Putnam BROWN ( - ) |
| Father | Elijah J. BROWN Jr. (1756 - 1841) |
| Mother | Sarah ADAMS (1759 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Sarah BROWN (1779 - ) |
| Sibling | Oliver BROWN (1783 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Electa BROWN (1785 - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia Gary BROWN (1787 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Anne BROWN (1791 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Oliver BROWN (1793 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Ira BROWN (1796 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Irena BROWN (1796 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Samuel Adams BROWN (1798 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Philander BROWN (1800 - 1851) |
Endnotes
1. Caverly, A.M., M.D., History of the Town of Pittsford, VT, Pg. 342.
2. Pittsford, VT, Town Records, Vol. 1 pg 37.
3. Caverly, A.M., M.D., History of the Town of Pittsford, VT, Pg. 342.
4. Pittsford, VT, Town Records, Pg 56, cemetery records.