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The History of Warren
County, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its
Prominent Men and Pioneers, Edited by H.P. Smith, published by D. Mason
& Co., 1885, at Syracuse, N.Y. This book provides a narrative of
the early history of the area that is today's Warren County. This is a partial
transcript of portions of the book related to the Elisha Brown's ancestors.
This transcription
is in PDF format. An attempt has been made to transcribe the book
exactly. When errors were noted in the source material, they are retained
in this
transcription. For help with the geography of some of the locations
mentioned in this book, see the 1755 map of NY on the
maps page.
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The marriage of Anna Baker and
Jonathan Brown (Elisha Brown's father) is recorded in the Quaker Marriage
records for the Easton NY Monthly Meeting at the Society of Friends Archives in New York City. Anna
was the daughter of Ruben Baker and Martha Palmer. The marriage took place on 21d 12m 1809 at Easton, Washington County, New York.
It seems that this date is written in the "Old Style" format, since later
records, written by Jonathan and Anna's granddaughter, Marion Alice Brown,
list their marriage as "21 2 1809", which seems to be written in the
"New Style" format. In other words, the marriage occurred in February. This record is also recorded on LDS Family History Library Microfilm. The LDS item is: Society of Friends. Easton Monthly Meeting (New York) Marriages 1789-1936 FHL US/CAN Film [17409 Item 1]. You
may also want to read this transcript
in PDF format.
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Ann Brown's disowning
was discussed in the Quaker records of the Queensbury Women's Monthly Meeting "held
28th of 4th mo 1830". Anna Brown was the wife of Jonathan Brown (as
indicated above). Anna died the following year,
17th of 2nd mo 1831. Her disowning occurred at the time of the Hicksite
separation and the records of the Queensbury Women's Meetings are filled
with disownings during this period. A transcript
of this record is also available in PDF format.
The minute of Anna's disowning was prepared and
introduced at a subsequent meeting. A transcript
of the page from the meeting referring to the minute of Anna's disowning is also
available.
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The death of Reuben Baker is
recorded in the records of the Easton (NY) Monthly Meeting of the
Society of Friends. Reuben Baker was married to Martha Palmer and their
daughter, Anna Baker, was the first wife of Jonathan Brown.
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The marriage of Amos Baker
and Mahala Brown is recorded in the Quaker marriage records for the
Queensbury Monthly Meeting. The marriage took place 9d 2m 1809 at
Queensbury, Washington County, New York. Among many others, the list of
witnesses includes the names of Howgill Brown, Lydia Brown, Jonathan Brown and
Anna Baker. Jonathan was the son of Howgill and Lydia Brown and the
brother of Mahala Brown. Mahala Baker (nee Brown) was disowned during the
same Women's Monthly Meeting as her sister-in-law, Anna Brown (nee Baker) - see
"Anna Brown's disowning" listed
above. Jonathan later married Anna Baker in the 12th
month of 1809 (see marriage record above).
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Jonathan Brown had two
families by two wives. His first wife was Anna Baker, by whom he had ten
children. Elisha Brown was a child of this union. His second wife was
Elizabeth Harrington; known as "Betsey". They also had ten children.
It appears that the first child by his second wife was named after his first
wife, that is, Anna. Except for the note at the bottom of the right-hand sheet,
the handwriting is that of Jonathan Brown's granddaughter, Marion Alice
Brown. This paper was kept by Nina
Morehead (birth name: Anirah Anges Hayward), daughter of Marion
Alice Brown and A. Jay Hayward and the copy shown here was given to Marsha
Smith (nee Erbland) by Nina's granddaughter, Jeanette Morehead. The marriage date for Jonathan and
Anna is shown as month "2" in the "New Style" format, which matches the Easton
MM marriage record of 21d 12m 1809 (shown above), which used the "Old
Style" format.
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Mary Brown was born the
10th and last child of Jonathan Brown and Anna Baker. She was born 22d 9m
1828 at Luzerne, Warren County, NY. This is the Quaker record of birth as
recorded in the "Births and Deaths" for the Queensbury MM. The
second entry on this image is "Joseph Estes Brown" born of parents
Howgill and Amy Brown. This Howgill is not Jonathan's father but rather it
is Howgill Jr., Jonathan's brother. Howgill Brown Jr. married Amy Estes
14-FEB-1827 as recorded in the Saratoga QM.
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Howgil Brown's
reinstatement was discussed in the records of the Easton MM. (Incidentlly,
there are several other spellings to be found for Howgil's name, including:
Howgill, Howgel.) It
reads as follows:
"From our Monthly Meeting of Friends held at
Ninepartners
The 14 of 11 Mo. 1798 To the Mo. meeting of Friends held
at Easton Dear Friends we hereby Inform you that we
have
accepted the acknowledgement of Howgel Brown who Resides with-
in the Verge of your Meeting whereby he is reinstated a member of
our Society. This being the present Needful we remain
your Friends Signed on behalf of the Meeting By Philip Hoag Clerk -
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1816 Tax & Assessment
Roll, page 1 Town of Luzerne, Warren County, NY. “Brown Jonathan & Co.” is thought to include Jonathan
Brown, his brother Moses Brown and their brother-in-law, Amos Baker.
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A Sheriff's sale
of land owned by Jonathan Brown, Moses Brown and Amos Baker
occurred in 1824. Moses Brown was Jonathan's brother. Their parents
were Howgil Brown and Lydia Mosher. Amos Baker was Jonathan Brown's
brother-in-law, having married Jonathan's sister,
Mahala Brown, in 1809, as shown in one of the preceding entries. Amos
Baker was also a witness at the marriage of
Jonathan Brown and Anna Baker as shown in one of the preceding entries.
The sale is recorded on this Sheriff's
Certificate of Sale dated the 1st day of January, 1824. The
original of this document is available from the Warren
County Records Storage and Information Center in Lake George,
NY. A transcription
of this document is also available in PDF
format. The land in question consisted of two parcels,
totaling approximately 400 acres, in
the Town of Luzerne, within Lot 4 of the
Kayaderosseras
Patent, lying along
the east bank of the Hudson River. The purchaser of this land was
Douw Fonda. The Sheriff performing the sale was Dudley Farlin, Esq.
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This School Trustees’
Report for District No. 5, the Town of Luzerne is dated 10th Day of 1st Month of
1825 and mentions Jonathan Brown and Moses Brown, among others. It
says that as of Jan 1st, 1825, Jonathan Brown had 5 children between the
ages of 5 and 15 years and that Moses Brown (Jonathan's brother) had 3 children
in this age range. A transcription
is available in Acrobat
PDF format.
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Howgill Brown's Will
Abstract. This is a partial transcription of a self-published document
entitled "ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK." by Gertrude A. Barber, July, 1937.
It covers Wills of Warren County from 1813-1850. It is available in the Special Collections room of the Central Branch of the Buffalo and Erie County (NY) public library under Call No. "F127.W28W28".
The Abstract of Howgill Brown's Will appears on Page "17." Howgill's abstract also mentions
"Jonathan" as Howgill's son.
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Howgill Brown's Last Will and
Testament. The images below were scanned from a photocopy of the
source document that is at page 175 of the Warren
County "Book
of Wills" at the Warren County (NY) Records Storage and Information Center at 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, New York 12845. The
first page of this document consists of statements from a proceeding to verify
or 'prove' Howgill Brown's Will before the County Surrogate. This is dated
09-DEC-1833. Howgill died 02-SEP-1833. The second page of the
document is Howgill's Will, which is dated 16-FEB-1832. In both
cases, the source documents for these images are transcriptions made by a government clerk of Howgill's day. Such transcriptions were
made in the same way that a County Records office would today file a
photocopy of a Will and give the original back to the filer. This means
that the 'signatures' on these documents are not the actual signatures of the
people involved but merely transcriptions made by
the government clerk. Note that both the spelling "Howgill"
and "Howgal" appear in the document. This is consistent with the
source material. The first page of this document refers to the Town
of Caldwell. Caldwell was the original name for what is now Lake
George, NY. The town was founded by General James Caldwell and
originally named after him. This
transcription of the Will in PDF
format may be easier to read.
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This is the Warren
County (NY) Court of Common Pleas decision regarding a suit that Jonathan Brown filed against the Executor (Joseph H. Gurney) of his father's (Howgill Brown's) Will.
This is a scan of a photocopy of the source document that is filed at the Warren County (NY)
Records Storage and Information
Center, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, New York 12845. It is filed with the
"Minutes of Common
Pleas", for 5/1/1813 - 9/14/1852, Location 41B7, Box #537. This is page 349.
This transcription of the
Court Record in PDF
format may be easier to read.
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A debt owed by
Moses Brown and Jonathan Brown to Edman Watrous was dealt with
before Justice of the Peace, M. Paddock, at the Justice Court of Warren
County in 1819. The paper shown in the bottom portion of this image
is actually sealed to the back of the top document with sealing wax in the
source material. The dark spot on the lower-left of the top image is
the wax showing through the paper. Because the wax on the source
documents is holding these two sheets together, Jonathan Brown's name is
partially obscured on the bottom image. Jonathan's full name could
not be revealed without damaging the wax and separating the papers. These
source documents are also at the Warren County (NY)
Records Storage and Information
Center.
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Jonathan Brown
purchased land in Luzerne in 1828 and registered it in 1831.
These transactions are recorded on pages 522
thru 524 of the Warren County (NY) Book of Deeds, Book "E", 1831,
available from the Warren county office building at 1340 State Rte 9, Lake
George, NY 12845. The land was within Allotment No. 23 of the Patent of
Kayaderosseras. One parcel was 55½ acres within
Great Lot No. 4 and the other parcel
was 20¼ acres
within Great Lot No. 5. A transcription
of these three pages is available in PDF
format.
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These pages from the 1854
& 1866
Queensbury, NY Tax Rolls show Jonathan Brown's tax
assessment. He is listed in the middle of the 1854 page and as the last entry at
the bottom of the 1866 page. Note the 50 cent "Dog Tax",
showing that he owned a dog in 1866. These records came from the Warren
County, Records Storage and Information Center.
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These pages, taken from the listing of Luzerne
road assignments for 1813 & 1818, show Jonathan Brown's road
assignments and a list of his neighbors names. In 1813 Jonathan was required to work 4 days on the roads in Road District No.
15. By 1818, this District had become Road District No. 17 and he was required to
work 6 days. Jonathan's brother-in-law, Amos Baker, and Jonathan's brother, Moses
Brown, co-owned land with him at this time and are also shown on the list
of road workers. Others shown include Thadeus
Sillick, who later sold land to Jonathan and Elijah Perkins, who is
mentioned in the 1828 land Deed from Thadeus to Jonathan.
The source material for these Road Records are microfilm images available at the Warren County, Records Storage and Information Center, 1340 State Rte 9, Lake George, NY
12845, catalogued as Highway Records, Access No. 2304, Luzerne Role
#H1. The images for 1813 are microfilm frame Sequence Nos. 267 & 270, while the
images for 1818 are from frame Sequence Nos. 334 & 336..
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