Abraham Braun (1743 - 1804)

Born 8 Mar 1743 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hardmon) Brown — married 27 Jan 1769 in Rowan, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 27 May 1804 at age 61 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Abraham Braun (later Brown) was born 08 Mar 1743 in Lancaster County, Pa., baptized in Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Congregation in that County, 10 Apr 1743. ^[1] He was the son of Johann Stephan Christian Braun and Maria Eva Hamen Braun of Ruschberg, West Germany.

Migrated to Rowan County, NC in the 1750's.
Married Jan 27, 1769 ^[2] to Mary Hardmon, daughter of Herman Hardmon.

He is the title person in “The Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham (Braun) Brown the Miller; The Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob (Braun) Brown the Wagonmaker” ^[3]

Children

1. Elizabeth (Brown) Fite
2. Daniel Brown
3. Jacob Brown
4. Henry Brown
5. Abraham Brown

Abraham was to receive seven and a half Spanish milled dollars at 6 percent interest until paid, for his military services , dated 20 Nov 1780.^[4]

In 1793 he obtained a land grant of 295 acres from the State for a price of approximately 150 shillings . On this property he built his home as well as a gristmill. It is believed that he built the mill long before he purchased the property.

Buried May 27, 1804 by Reverend Carl Gottleib Storch at Dutch Pine Ch Cem (now Union Lutheran Ch), Rowan County, NC.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism Record
2. ↑ Marriage Record
3. ↑ “The Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham (Braun) Brown the Miller; The Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob (Braun) Brown the Wagonmaker” Compiled and Edited by John Burgess Fisher, Dorothy Brown Koller, and Margaret Brown. Anderson, Delmar Publishers & Printers, Charlotte, N.C., Copyright 1983 by John B. Fisher & Margaret B. Anderson. ISBN 0-9612308-3-5, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 83-082216. 579 pages. Downloadable pdf
4. ↑ "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PK6B : accessed 15 January 2021), Abraham Brown, 20 Nov 1780; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18315443Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 January 2021), memorial page for Abraham “The Miller” Braun Brown (8 Mar 1743–8 Jan 1798), Find a Grave Memorial no. 18315443, citing Union Lutheran Church Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by S. Donaldson (contributor 18339445) .

See also:

• 1790 Census