Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
Daughter of James Coates Browne
and Jane (Thompson) Browne
Sister of
Mary Brown, James Alexander Browne, David Thompson Brown, William Brown, John Thompson (Brown) Browne, William Brown, Eliza (Brown) Mailman, Euphemia Thompson (Brown) Ogden, Sarah Lipsett (Browne) Flewett, Lewis Henry Henderson Browne, Jemima Brown [half], Lucinda Murray Browne [half], Robert Brown [half] and Margaretta Armstrong (Browne) Allen [half]
Wife of
Samuel W. Drake
— married
30 Jun 1838 in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebecca Catherine (Drake) Stuart
Died
at age 76
in St George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Biography
This profile is part of the Brown Name Study.
Birth
Rebecca Catherine Brown was born on 14 Aug 1813 in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, daughter of James Coates Brown (~1781–~1868) and Jane Thompson (~1793–~1834).[1]
Marriage
Rebecca married Samuel W. Drake on 30 Jun 1838 at Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick).[2]
Children
- Rebecca Catherine (Drake) Stuart (1850-1923)
- Wilhelmina Francis (Flewett) Young (1862-1929) Adopted from sister.
Residence
- 1851 New Brunswick Census - Residence: St. Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. Age: 34, Immigration: 1834 [3]
- 1861 Canada Census - Residence: St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. Age: 38[4]
- 1871 Canada Census - Residence: St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. Age: 50[5]
- 1881 Canada Census - Residence: St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. Age: 60[6]
Death
Rebecca died on 20 Nov 1889 in St George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, aged 76. [7]
Burial
Rebecca was mentioned on a memorial in St George Rural Cemetery, Saint George, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada with a death date of 1889.[8]
Research Notes
- DOB warning is acceptable based on source. Assuming source is correct Rebecca's sister Mary would have been very premature.
- The source for Rebecca's marriage to Samuel is questionable. However, the brides name is shown as "Miss Rebecca C. Furness" and no other Furness records have been found in Saint John until several decades later. Also, the only other records for a Samuel Drake found in Saint John relate to this Samuel Drake. It seems more likely there was an error in Rebecca's published surname than there being another Samuel Drake married to a another Rebecca C. without any further records of either of them.
Sources
- ↑ Births - Donegal - Ballyshannon (Kilbarron) C. Of I. 1785 - 1876, Rebecca Catherine Brown, 14 Aug 1813. https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/donegal/churches/kilbarron-bap-coi-1.htm (accessed 7/18/2022)
- ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,(https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=EA13A1F7-AF61-4DB6-9E78-024E91E055EC : accessed 12 Jul 2023), Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Daniel F. Johnson, Volume 7 Number 1156, New Brunswick Courier, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Pub. 7 Jul 1838.
- ↑ "New Brunswick Census, 1851," (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=409372 : accesssed 21 Jan 2020) Rebecca Drake, St. Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 11; Library and Archives Canada number C-994, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ "New Brunswick Census, 1861," (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2091904 : accesssed 22 Jan 2020) Rebecca Drake, St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; citing line number 32, p. 72; Library and Archives Canada number C-1000, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ "New Brunswick Census, 1871," (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2120237 : accesssed 22 Jan 2020) Rebecca Drake, St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; citing line number 4, p. 12; Library and Archives Canada number C-10375, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ "New Brunswick Census, 1881," (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=4801508 : accesssed 22 Jan 2020) Rebecca Drake, St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; citing family number 315, p. 73; Library and Archives Canada number C-13179, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,(https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=2852B57C-EB1B-4604-8726-3DBDA1BA574F : accessed 12 Jul 2023), Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Daniel F. Johnson, Volume 72 Number 3238, St. Andrews Beacon, Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Pub 28 Nov 1889.
- ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (has marker image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #132557728 (accessed 12 July 2023)
Memorial page for Rebecca C Brown Drake (1818-1889), citing St George Rural Cemetery, Saint George, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Scott Anderson 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A499565 [compare], Ancestry member Promasean
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Living DNA, GEDmatch CA7237445 [compare]
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Joan (Lloyd) Mitchell :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Sarah Robertson :
23andMe, GEDmatch RJ7479027 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Bill Mitchell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UD5685753 [compare], Ancestry member bill_mitchell76
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