Ira
Benajah
Brown
Born in Albemarle County, VA
Ancestors 
Son of Bernard Brown
and Elizabeth Jennings (Dabney) Brown
Brother of
Francina (Brown) Rodes, Robert Thompson Brown, Reuben Dabney Brown, Lucy (Brown) Thompson, Bernard M. Brown, Charles Brown, Thomas Harris Brown, Bezaleel Brown, Benjamin Hescott Brown, Sarah Brown and Asa Brightberry Brown
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Virginia (Brown) Hocker and Jacintha Catherine Brown
Died
at age 47
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Oct 2014
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Biography
Ira Benajah Brown, a son of Bernard Brown, Senior, and Elizabeth Dabney his wife, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia June 5, 1794. He and his brother Asa Brightberry Brown, were twins. He married Frances Jarman Mullins, daughter of John Mullins and Mary Michie his wife. His wife was born December 1st, 1798, and died May 23, 1835, and Ira Benajah Brown, died Feb. 25, 1842. After his wife's death, he married again Mary Caruthers, of Rockbridge County. He lived only a short while after his second marriage.
Sources
- History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown by W. H. Miller, Richmond, KY, 1907
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ira by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ira by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- F Brown
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup I-FTA48888 - Craig Brown :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup I-FTA48888
- Richard Brown :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-YP441, FTDNA kit #N200365
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~3.12%
Keith Brown :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Zena McCarty :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Zenafay
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T968696 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rayetta (Proffitt) Gordon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A605971 [compare], Ancestry member rayettag26
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~0.78%
Melisa (Brown) Kruel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mnmkruel54
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~0.78%
Becky (Barnett) Voigt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GJ7751998 [compare], Ancestry member BeckyBV
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