John Brown (abt. 1684 - abt. 1740)

Born about 1684 in Priesthill, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Frances McClellan — married 1720 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1740 at about age 56 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Biography

After the death of his father when he was only one year old, he and his brother were taken by is mother to Ireland where he lived until he was about 35. In 1720 he, together with the families of his brother James and some friends, emigrated to America and located in the then remote wilderness of the Swatara region, not far from the present site of Middletown, Dauphin (then Lancaster) county, Pa. His two oldest sons, twins, were born on the voyage to America. John and his wife are buried in the grave yard at old Paxtang Church, a few miles east of Harrisburg, PA. ^[1]

Name

Name: John /Brown/^[2][3][4][5]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1684

Place: Priesthill, Ayrshire, , Scotland^[6][7][8]

Birth:

Date: 1684

Place: Priesthill,,Ayrshire,Scotland^[9]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1684

Death

Death:

Date: 1740

Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA^[10]

Death:

Date: 1740

Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA^[11]

Death:

Date: 1740

Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA^[12]

Death:

Date: 1740

Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA^[13]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 1740Array

Marriage

Husband: John Brown

Wife: Frances McClellan

Child: Andrew Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Benjamin Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Matthew Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1720

Place: Ireland^[14]

Husband: @I9750@

Wife: @I4305@

Child: John Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jane Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1682

Place: Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland^[15]

Sources

• Source: S42 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Mathew Brown, Ancestry and Descendants compiled by Robert Shannon, Brooklyn, NY 1900

1. ↑ Matthew Brown, Ancestry and Descendants, compiled by Robert Shannon, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1900. pages 35-36.
2. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Isabell Weir
3. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
4. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
5. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
6. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Isabell Weir
7. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
8. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
9. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
10. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Isabell Weir
11. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
12. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
13. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
14. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Brown
15. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Isabell Weir

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Weir for creating WikiTree profile Brown-22301 through the import of Weir John Ancestors.ged on Aug 30, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.