Benjamin was born in February 1750, a son of Abraham Brown and his first wife, whose name is not known.[1]
He married Christina, daughter of Gershom and Mary Sherwood.[2]
According to Miller, in the years 1776 and 1777 this Benjamin Brown was Orderly Sergeant in Captain Ladieu's Company, Colonel Hammond's First Regiment, Westchester County Militia. On July 8, 1778, he was commissioned Ensign of Captain Jonas Orsor's Company, the same regiment. He was taken prisoner by "the enemy," April 1780, was discharged on parole, and remained on parole for two years until exchanged. He received a United States Government pension. [3]
He and his wife are buried at Unionville, New York.[4]
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