Richard Brown (1739 - 1811)

Born 18 May 1739 in Frederick County, Province of Maryland [uncertain]

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Died 24 Mar 1811 at age 71 in Brooke County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Colonel Richard Brown served with 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Richard Brown is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015810.

Richard Brown is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-122988
Rank: Captain

Richard Brown was a Maryland colonist.

Col Richard Brown was born May 18, 1739 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. He died Mar. 24, 1811 in Brooke County, West Virginia, USA. Richard married Honour Wells Holmes. Parents George I. Brown and Mary Stevenson.

Col. Richard Brown was at first a captain in the lst Batallion of Col Miles' Regiment, Pennsylvania Rifles. His recruitment was in Bedford Co, PA April 15, 1776.(1) See Record PA. Library, Book One Second Series, Penn Archives.

His wife's first husband was one Wm. M. Holmes, who was also an Englishman and CAME TO AMERICA ABOUT 1700 AS DID JAMES WELLS. He married Honor Wells, dau. of said James Wells, and to this lst marriage of Honor Wells Homes Brown were given: Leonorah, William, James, Sarah, Elizabeth, Thomas and Alexander. Holmes died in 1758, and then she married Col. Richard Brown as aforesaid. How long he was in the war for Independence is not known.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Saint John Cemetery, Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia, USA

Sources

• 1. Pennsylvania Library, Book One Second Series, Penn Archives.

• 56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #54125090 Created by: Cody Bain.

• http://patriot.sar.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Grave%20Registry&-loadframes