Owen Brown (1771 - 1856)

Born 16 Feb 1771 in Torrington, Litchfield Co. Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Mills) Brown — married 11 Feb 1793 in Simsbury Hartford Co. CT. USA

Husband of Sarah (Root) Brown — married 8 Nov 1809 in Hudson Summit Co. Ohio USA

Husband of Lucy (Drake) Brown — married Apr 1841 in Summit Co Ohio USA

Descendants

Died 8 May 1856 at age 85 in Hudson, Portage, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Owen Brown is Notable.

Owen was the son of John Brown and Hannah Owen ^[1]

Owen Brown was a trustee of Oberlin College from 1835-1844.^[2]

Owen Brown, and his wife Ruth Mills Brown were descendants of Old New England stock and Congregationalists from a strict Calvinistic tradition.

Owen Brown was a tanner and shoemaker by trade. In 1805 the Brown family moved to Hudson Ohio in the northwestern part of the new state.

Owen Brown operated a tannery, and during the war of 1812, provided beef, and horses for General William Hull's army in at Michigan USA

When Owen and Ruth moved down to Ohio in 1805, they had already been parents of half-dozen children.

Marriages

Owen's Wives: http://www.wvculture.org/history/jbexhibit/owen-ruthmillsbrown.html

Photo

Photograph: Boyd D.Stutler Company, West Virginia State Archives.

Family

:The Children of John & Hannah (all born in West Simsbury):

1) Hannah Brown born December 24, 1758; died Apr. 1825; 2nd wife of Solomon Humphrey; he died 1834.

2) Azubah Brown born May 7, 1760; died Nov. 1812; married Michael Barber who died 1836.

3) Esther Brown born March 4, 1762; died 1838 in Ashtabula County, Ohio; married Timothy Case; who was born 1731 and died 1830. 4) Margery Brown born January 25, 1764; died 1820; second wife of David Giddings; she married (2) Prince Taylor Jr. after 1793; he had a previous marriage.

5) Lucinda Brown born Nov. 18, 1765; died August 1814; second wife of Russell Borden; belonged to the Canton Center Congregational Church 1785-1795 (church records); moved to East Hartland, Connecticut February 10, 1793 (see Hale Collection)

6) Deacon John Brown born Aug. 31, 1767; died August 11, 1849 in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn.; married (1) Millicent Gaylord; married (2) Abiah Barber Case, daughter of John Barber Jr.; she was the widow of Elisha Case; no issue from either marriage, although Abiah had children by her first marriage.

7) Frederick Brown born Aug. 14, 1769; died Mar. 14, 1848 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio; married (1) Katherine (Katy) Case; she died 1801 in Colebrook, Connecticut and buried in the Colebrook Cemetery; married (2) to Chloe S. Pettibone in 1808.

8) OWEN BROWN born February 16, 1771; died May 8, 1856 in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio; married (1) Ruth Mills in 1793; married (2) Sarah (Sally) Root in 1809; married (3) Lucy Drake Hinsdale in 1841. Owen Brown Family

9) Theodosia (Theda) Owen Brown born January 5 (IGI) or February 16 (W. Simsbury); died November 10, 1846 in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio; second wife of William Merrel Jr.; he was born 1761 died 1830 in Portage County, Ohio, probably in Randolph; his first wife was Elizabeth Wilcox; Theda came to Hudson in 1834 & is buried in the Old Hudson Township Burying Ground; the Merrills were admitted to the Canton Center Congregational Church Jan. 29, 1812.

10) Roxy (or Roxey, or Roxa) Brown born May 29, 1775; died May 21, 1855 in Broome, Green County, New York; married Alexander Humphrey 1804; he was born 1778 and died Oct. 19, 1850 in Conesville, Schoharie, New York; he was the son of Captain Frederick Humphrey); Roxy and Alexander were admitted to the Canton Center Congregational Church June 10, 1805.

11) Abiel Brown born Nov. 18, 1776 after the death of his father; died Mar. 15, 1856 in Canton Center and is buried in the Canton Center Cemetery; married Anna Lord October 16, 1806; she was from Lyme, Connecticut and she died Canton Center March 4, 1866

Note

Ancestors

http://www.hudsonlibrary.org/HistoricalSociety/JBAncestors.html

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Sandy Culver, Saturday, September 7, 2013.
2. ↑ Oberlin College. (1909). General catalogue of Oberlin college, 1833-1908. Oberlin, Ohio page 135

*https://www.kancoll.org/articles/browns.htm

• http://www.wvculture.org/history/jbexhibit/lovejoybrownextract.html

Acknowledgements

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