Jonathan Brockway
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Jonathan Brockway (bef. 1738 - 1829)

Jonathan Brockway
Born before in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colonymap
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Husband of — married 20 Oct 1757 in Lyme, New London, Connecticutmap
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Died after age 90 in Bradford, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Captain Jonathan Brockway served with 15th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jonathan Brockway is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A014770.

Early Years, Lyme, Connecticut

Jonathan Brockway, son of Ephraim Brockway and Susanna Carrier, was born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony, 28 May 1738.[1]

Lyme, Connecticut Colony 1766 (click 3x to fully enlarge)[2]

Marriage, Children, Lyme

As a young man in Lyme, Jonathan was a "sea captain."[3] He was described by those who knew him "as a man of commanding presence, tall, and very powerfully built."[4] On 20 Oct 1757, at age 19, he married, in Lyme, Phebe Smith of Lyme.[5] “They resided in Lyme after their marriage until eight children had been born to them, during which time it is believed that he followed the sea.”[6] They had in Lyme these children: Asa, born 23 Apr 1758;[7] Martin, born 26 Apr 1760 (and who died there 30 Nov 1760);[8] another Martin, born 3 Dec 1761;[9] Susannah, born 18 Mar 1764;[10] Jonathan, born 25 Feb 1766;[11] Jesse, born 24 Apr 1768;[12] Phebe 29 Apr 1770;[13] and Rufus, born 14 Aug 1772.[14]


New Hampshire, More Children

Washington, New Hampshire

“Having accumulated a handsome property,"[15] and having "desired that [their] children should escape the inducements to lead a sea-faring life that surrounded them in [Lyme],"[16] Jonathan and Phebe "removed from Lyme, between the years 1772 and 1774, and settled in Washington [then known as Camden, a township in Cheshire County, New Hampshire],[17] near the outlet of Millen Pond, which was long known as Brockway's Pond.”[15] A further inducement to relocate was likely Wolston Brockway, Jonathan's first cousin once removed, who had in about 1762 relocated from Lyme to the town of Surry, about 15 miles southwest of Camden, later Washington Township, as a crow flies.

In Washington Township, just before and during the American Revolution, Jonathan and Phebe had three more children: Reuben, born 29 Oct 1774,[18] Joseph, born 30 Oct 1776,[19] and Azubah, born 5 Feb 1779. [20] "[T]wice, [during the Revolutionary War,] on the occasion of alarming news from Ticonderoga, [Jonathan] commanded small companies of men, who marched into Vermont to reinforce the American army, but in both cases their services were not required.”[21]

East Washington (click 3x to fully enlarge)[22]

Jonathan and Susanna "invested [their] money largely in the wild land of Washington, purchasing, it is said, about fifteen hundred acres, a considerable portion of which was at the east part of the town."[6] Jonathan became “an honored and influential citizen" of Washington, and he "aided largely in its development."[4] "[A] man of much enterprise,"[6] he "built a saw and grist-mill at the outlet of Brockway or Millen pond, in the early settlement of the town, just below the present bridge, and below this mill, he built an oil mill.”[23] The saw mill was built "at his place in 1787, on the brook passing through the village."[24] The "grist-mill [he built] on the opposite side of the stream from the saw-mill."[24] "He also built a linseed oil mill and a whiskey distillery at the west part of the town, the latter being the only establishment of its kind ever operated in town. The materials used were potatoes, which could be produced with little labor on the newly cleared land."[6] Below are two profile-manager edited clips of maps, from 1784 and 1797, respectively, showing the first two of Jonathan's mills:[25]

1797 Map
1784 Map




Church, School & Meeting House (click 3x to fully enlarge)[26]
1787 Meeting House Today
Jonathan also was active in local affairs. For instance, he served in 1786 on a committee responsible for building the town's first meeting house, voting "that all the hewing timber should be cut in the old of the moon 'in September and October.' That the windows shall be glazed with seven by nine glass, forty squares in each window."[27] He also helped with its construction as a carpenter,[28] and the building's history, and extensive description of Jonathan's participation, are available.[29] Recently renovated with historical care, the building, shown to the left, is one the oldest surviving town halls in New Hampshire.


Wife's Death, Remarriage

Wife's Gravestone
Jonathan's wife, Phebe, died in Washington, 5 Apr 1791, at age 53.[30] Jonathan thereafter “married for his second wife, Rebecca Jones of Hillsborough, [Hillsborough, New Hampshire,] by whom he had one child.”[4] Jonathan "opened a public house in 1799, and continued in the business two years.”[31] In 1800, the census shows Jonathan resided in Washington, still part of Cheshire County, and it suggests that living with him were his second wife, Rebecca, and, presumably, two of her sons by a prior marriage, and, perhaps, two children of their own.[32] Also living in Washington in 1800 were these sons and their families: Martin,[9] Jonathan,[11] Jesse,[12] Rufus[14] and Reuben.[18]


Last Years

Jonathan's daughter, Susanna, died, presumably in Washington, New Hampshire, 17 May 1819, at age 55.[10] His son, Joseph, died in Murray, Genesee County (since 1824, Orleans County), New York, 28 Feb 1820, at age 43.[19] Jonathan would himself live another nine years. He “died in Bradford, [Merrimack County, New Hampshire,] at the residence of his son Asa, in January, 1829, at [the] very advanced age [of 90].”[4] It isn't known where Jonathan was buried,[33] but he was survived by these among his children, listed here in order of their deaths: Asa, who died in Bradford, New Hampshire, 25 Jun 1829, at age 71;[7] Jesse, who died after 1840;[12] Martin, who died in Cardington, Ohio, 21 Aug 1844, at age 82;[9] Jonathan, who died in New Hampshire, 22 May 1847, at age 81;[11] Phebe, who died in Phebe died, presumably in Newbury, New Hampshire, 12 Feb 1851, at age 80;[13] Rufus, who died in Piscataquis County, Maine, 27 Jan 1858, at age 75,[14] and Azubah, who died in Reading, Vermont, 25 Aug 1865, at age 86.[20]


Research Notes

BROCKWAY, JONATHAN Ancestor #: A014770

Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 5-28-1738 LYME NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 1- -1829 BRADFORD MERRIMACK CO NEW HAMPSHIRE
Service Source: HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 15, PP 106-107
Service Description: 1) COL ENOCH HALE

Jonathan relocated from Lyme to (then) Cheshire Co, NH Colony, between 1772-1774, just before the Revolution. By about 1761-1763, it seems (i.e., about a decade earlier), Wolston Brockway (1712-1789), Jonathan's first cousin once removed, had relocated from Lyme to the same county, to the town of Surry (about 15 miles SW of Washington Township, as a crow flies). Among Wolston's children was John Brockway (1761-1799).

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  1. ↑ Excerpt from The Brockway Family: Some Records of Wolston Brockway and His Descendants (citation), page 20.
  2. ↑ Park, Moses, and William Petty Lansdowne. To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department. This plan of the colony of Connecticut in North-America. [N.P, 1766] Map. Available without restriction at the U.S. Library of Congress by clicking on map name above. "The Library of Congress ... is not aware of any U.S. copyright protection...."
  3. ↑ Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 316.
  5. ↑ Sources. (1) White, L. Cook., Bailey, C. (1994). The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. "Lyme Vital Records 1667-1852." Page 228 ("Smith, Phebe, m. Jonathan BROCKWAY, b. of Lyme, Oct. 20, 1757, by Rev. Stephen Johnson"). (2) Excerpt from The Brockway Family: Some Records of Wolston Brockway and His Descendants (citation), page 20. (3) Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 315.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 315.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 See Profile of Son Asa Brockway (1758-1829).
  8. ↑ See Profile of Son Martin Brockway (1760-1760).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 See Profile of Son Martin Brockway (1761-1844).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 See Profile of Daughter Susanna (Brockway) Petts (1764-1819).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 See Profile of Son Jonathan Brockway (1766-1847).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 See Profile of Son Jesse Brockway (1768-aft.1840).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 See Profile of Daughter Phebe (Brockway) Eaton (1770-1851).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 See Profile of Son Rufus Brockway (1772-1858).
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 321.
  16. ↑ Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 27.
  17. ↑ "On December 13, 1776, the newly established American revolutionary government incorporated the town [of Camden] as 'Washington,' after George Washington — one of the first named in his honor." Wikipedia contributors, "Washington, New Hampshire," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed April 24, 2021). Washington was in Cheshire County until 1827, when Sullivan County was created from the northern portion of Cheshire County. See Wikipedia contributors, "Cheshire County, New Hampshire," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 3, 2020).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 See Profile of Son Reuben Brockway (1774-1865).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 See Profile of Son Joseph Brockway (1776-abt.1820).
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 See Profile of Daughter Azubah (Brockway) Pearsons (1779-1865).
  21. ↑ Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Pages 315-316.
  22. ↑ Photo from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation), page 24.
  23. ↑ Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 80.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Pages 82-83. These pages also relate the later ownership of the mills: "The mills passed into the hands of [Jonathan's] son, Jonathan Brockway, Jr., and were next owned by Jonathan Bailey and Moses Wood. Afterward Thaddeus Graves had an interest in the grist-mill for a time. Raymond Brockway rebuilt the saw-mill—the grist-mill having already gone to decay. Jonathan Brockway, brother of Raymond Brockway, was the next owner of this property. He sold to Elbridge G. Brockway, and it was bought by the present owner [presumably as of 1886, when the book was published], Mason H. Carr, in 1843…”
  25. ↑ Sources: (1) Holland, Samuel; Faden, William. 1784. A Topographical Map of the Province of New Hampshire. London: for William Faden. Available w/o restriction at Library of Congress. Control # 74692582. Digital Id: (1) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087300 (2) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087301 and (3) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087302. Accessed 13 Jun 2020. (2) Sotzmann, D. F.; Bohn, Carl Ernst; Schmidt, Paulus (Engraver). 1796. New Hampshire. Hamburg: Carl Ernst Bohn. Available w/o restriction at Library of Congress. Control # 2011589275. LCCN Permalink. Digital Id: (1) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ct003479 (2) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ct005103. Accessed 13 Jun 2020.
  26. ↑ Photo from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation), page 104.
  27. ↑ Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Pages 30-31.
  28. ↑ Sources: (1) Excerpt from History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (citation). Page 97. (2) Garvin, James L., State Architectural Historian. 8 Jul 2010. Historic Building Assessment: Washington Town Hall, Washington, New Hampshire. Concord: New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources. Page 4 ("Among the other framers ... were ... Captain [Jonathan] Borckway"). Available online here without restriction.
  29. ↑ Sources: (1) Jager, Ronald ; Krone, Sally Krone. 1989 A Sacred Deposit: The Meetinghouse in Washington, New Hampshire. Portsmouth, N. H.: Peter E. Randall. (2) Garvin, James L., State Architectural Historian. 8 Jul 2010. Historic Building Assessment: Washington Town Hall, Washington, New Hampshire. Concord: New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources. Available online here without restriction.
  30. ↑ See Profile of Wife Phebe (Smith) Brockway (1737-1791).
  31. ↑ History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886 (Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1886), Page 89.
  32. ↑ 1800 Census shows “Jon'n Brockway” (age 45+) lives with a woman (age 45+), two boys (age 16-26), and one boy and one girl (both age <10). See 1800 US Census, Population Schedules for Washington, Chesire County, New Hampshire. National Archives Microcopy 32, Roll 20, Page 1055, Stamped 328. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on page number above.
  33. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170605681/jonathan-brockway : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Jonathan Brockway Sr. (28 May 1737–Jan 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 170605681, ; Maintained by Linda (contributor 46626647) Unknown.


General Citations

  • Washington (N.H.), Gage, George N. 1886. History of Washington, New Hampshire: From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886. Claremont, N.H.: Claremont Manufacturing Co. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust: "We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole." See also Wikitree page for this source, here.
  • Patterson, David Williams, Brockway, Francis Edwin. 1890. The Brockway Family: Some Records of Wolston Brockway and His Descendants. Oswego, N.Y.: L.L. Brockway's Power Print. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust: "We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole."




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Smart-3698 Christopher Smart
I'm not sure what to make of your last response, Ellen.

Gage? I took that from Hathitrust: "Washington (N.H.)., Gage, G. N. (George N.). (1886). History of Washington, New Hampshire: from the first settlement to the present time. 1768-1886. Claremont, N.H.: Printed by the Claremont manufacturing co."

You observe that "profile managers do not own the profiles we manage," and I agree. Indeed, on any profile I create that I don't directly descend from, I'm pleased to add someone as a co-manager, and, if the profile isn't of someone like my great aunt or uncle, I'm pleased to make the person the exclusive manager. That's sort of the way it works on FindaGrave, too. I directly descend from this profile. You're related but do not. Sure, restore yourself as the profile manager, no worries. But it sure sounds like you're doing it to scold me, and that's curious given I've objectively done a ton of work improving this profile.

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Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Instead of "illustrating" this man's profile and others with numerous images (19 on this profile) that are mostly pages from a book (and only 5 of which can be displayed in the right-hand column of the profile), I suggest that you create a free-space profile for the book and add "In This Image" links to that free-space profile from the WIkiTree pages for the individual book-page images. Once that is fully set up, some or all of the book-image pages can be delinked from this man's profile (but the pages can still be cited in the text as sources, just as they are cited now).
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Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
In fact, a free-space profile does exist for the book, at Space:History of Washington, New Hampshire, but it cannot be linked to the images that have been uploaded to other profiles due to a glitch that prevents linking of pages with commas in the title... :-(
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Smart-3698 Christopher Smart
Hi, Ellen. As for the "History of Washington" one, I've modified what you did. I've included the link to the "space" page for that article, but wanted to keep the stuff I had originally for two reasons. First is that I want it to be in Chicago-style, as that's what I follow elsewhere. Second is that I want someone to be able to click on that title and go right to the Internet Archive title page for the article. The "space" page link is fine, and I've added it, but it requires more work for the reader. So, best of both worlds, using both our ideas!

Also, I'm streamlining citations on this page but not done yet. Stay tuned!

C.

posted by Christopher Smart
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Just so you know, most of those Source pages in the Wikitree namespace called "Space" were created by a professional librarian who has attempted to provide authoritative citations.

Those Source pages have value over and above giving people a URL for cited content. They can contain descriptive information about the content of a book and advice on the content (for example, warnings about problems with it). They help people find sources and they give multiple online locations where possible -- important because some websites are not universally available (I'm not just talking about paid access; what's available in the U.S. might not be available in another country, or vice versa), websites have an annoying habit of going dark, different people prefer different online formats, and sometimes we discover differences in content between different online versions. I like to cite the Source page when I am citing the whole work, and provide convenience links to specific pages (where possible) when citing specific content.

I have been puzzled by your assertions that the History of Washington, New Hampshire, had an author named George Gage. He is not identified as such in the book. The title page of the book says that it was compiled by a committee chosen by the town, and the first page of the preface lists the committee with Gage's name first, but no suggestion that he was in charge. The fact that his name appears in the archive.org metadata does not make him the author. I will remove his name from the citations, because he is not the author.

I created this profile, and although I made you profile manager, I still have some interest in making it as good as it can be.

ADDED on 18 December 2021: After seeing a statement about "profile-manager edited" content, I decided that it would be a good idea to restore myself as profile manager. Profile managers do not own the profiles we manage.

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