Abel Brown (abt. 1802 - 1869)

Born about 27 Dec 1802 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Ward) Brown — married 17 Dec 1829 in Pelham, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1869 at about age 66 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

Abel Brown was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts on 27 Dec 1802 ^[1]

Abel and his future wife Hannah Ward stated their Intention To Marry on 19 Nov 1829 in Pelham, Massachusetts, the town of Hannah's birth. ^[2] On 17 Dec 1829, at the age of 26, Abel married Hannah Ward in Pelham.^[3]

Abel and Hannah settled in Belchertown, Massachusetts where they raised their large family. ^[4][5][6][7]Their children were:

1. Sally Emeline Brown, b. 5 Jun 1830; married Chapin Murdock Seagraves
2. Hannah Jane Brown, b. 4 Feb 1832; married Mendall Howard
3. Mary Lucretia Brown, b. 1 Apr 1833; married Charles Scott
4. Abel Prentice Brown, b. 25 Aug 1834; married Louisa M. Preston
5. John Bradford Brown, b. 11 Sep 1836; married Mary Henrietta Vinton
6. Martha Bertha Brown, b. 23 Sep 1838; married Jared Gould
7. Perez Rio Brown (1840-1925); married Jennie Broad
8. Alfred Henry Brown, b. 27 May 1842; married twice
9. Ellen Maria Brown, b. 27 Dec 1843; married Esck Dwight Baker
10. Lafayette Francois Brown (1847-1929); married Ann M. Mower

From the Brown Genealogy: "Abel Brown was a farmer and owned two hundred and fifty acres of land, and the ten children were born in the same house, which is standing in 1914, and where he died. There was a reunion of this family in August 1896, at the old homestead in No. Belchertown, when all the children were present except the youngest, Lafayette Brown, who was then living in the State of Michigan. There were then living twenty-three grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. It was a memorable event in the history of this family." ^[8]

Abel died on 25 Aug 1869 in Belchertown. ^[9][10] and is buried in Pelham at the Knight's Corner Burial Ground. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Brown, Cyrus Henry Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendents of Thomas, John and Eleazar Brown, volume II, Boston, The Everett Press Company, 1907. p.101 [1]
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C), Ancestry.com, 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Record for Mr Abel Brown. [2]
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C), Ancestry.com, 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Record for Abel Brown. [3]
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5V-VYF : 19 August 2017), Abel Brown, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing 506, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 337,922.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYQ-SCT : 7 September 2017), Abel Brown, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 372, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 184; FHL microfilm 14,677.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD91-93K : 12 April 2016), Abel Brown in household of Joab Bartlett, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 137, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCD-WPX : 26 July 2017), Abel Brown, 1860.
8. ↑ Brown, Cyrus Henry Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendents of Thomas, John and Eleazar Brown, volume II, Boston, The Everett Press Company, 1907. p.101 [4]
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWZK-7YG : 10 December 2014), Robert Brown in entry for Abel Brown, 25 Aug 1869; citing Belchertown, Massachusetts, v 221 p 48, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,194.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9T-PZ1 : 10 December 2014), Robert Brown in entry for Abel Brown, 25 Aug 1869; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v B p 16; FHL microfilm 186,141.
11. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKQ-Y5NW : 13 December 2015), Abel Brown, 1869; Burial, Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America, Knights Corner Burial Ground; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #31516794