Thomas Brown (1730 - 1818)

Born 29 May 1730 in Cardiganshire, Wales

Husband of Mary Osborn (Ball) Brown — married Oct 1754 in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1818 at age 88 in Bethel, Clermont, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Thomas Brown was born 29 May 1730 in Cardiganshire, Wales. Thomas Brown passed away in 1818.^[1][2]

Revolutionary War Service per DAR

Thomas Brown performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Thomas Brown is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015913.

• Rank: Patriotic Service. DAR Ancestor #A015913
• Description: Furnished Supplies ^[3]

Revolutionary War Service per SAR

Private Thomas Brown served with 8th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

• Private in Captain Waggener's Company, 8th Reg. Va., from March 1777 to Mary 1780^[4]
  • Captain Andrew Weggener was assigned to the 12th Virginia Regiment. ^[5]

• Received a land grant for 100 acres from Virginia dated April 21, 1784

• Thomas Brown was also in a company raised in Hardy Co., Virginia, in September 1781, marched Yorktown, Va., was present at surrender of Lord Cornwallis, October 18th, 1781.

Thomas Brown. ^[6][7]

Born 27 MAY 1730 Cardiganshire, Wales^[8][9]

Died 27 SEP 1818. Bethel, Clermont, Ohio, USA^[10][11]

Buried JOHN BROWN FARM, CLERMONT, OH. ^[12]

Note: #N82.

Marriage Husband Thomas Brown. Wife @I1546@. Child: Hannah Brown. Marriage 1754 Welshneck,Pennsylvania^[13]

===SAR Database Notes Including Bibliography====

The below is from the SAR database Patriot Search: State of Service: VA Rank: Private Birth: 1730 Cardiganshire/Wales Death: 1818

Sources: Applications with burial data. Benjamin Franklin Chapter, OHSSAR Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p. —Serial: 11912; Volume: 4,

Spouse: (1)Mary Ball Children:

Author: William Armand White Thomas Brown was born on May 27, 1730 in Cardiganshire, Wales and came to America in 1746 on the ship Fidelity, which landed at Welsh Neck, near Philadelphia, not far from Valley Forge. He spelled his name Broune, which was the old way of spelling it in Wales. He married Mary Osborne Ball in 1754, sister of Joseph Ball who was the wealthiest man then living in Pennsylvania. Mary was born February 12, 1734 in Philadelphia and was a first cousin to Mary Washington, who sent her a book and always recognized the relationship. After marriage, they settled in 1755 in Hardy County, Virginia, and lived there until 1786, when he and his family moved to Kentucky, and lived there until about 1800, when he moved to Clermont County, Ohio, where he died in 1818. His wife Mary died there in 1816. They are buried in the Brown Family Cemetery, Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio.

Thomas Brown served three years as a Private in the Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary War. He was overage when he enlisted, and served in the same command with his son George. He was at the defeat and surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. One of his daughters, Mary, married Major James Sodouski of Count Pulaski’s Polish Army in the Revolution.^[14]

Notes

Note N82Information from the Official Roster III, Soldiers of the American Revolution.

Thomas was born in 1730. He passed away in 1818.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S9
2. ↑ Source: #S10 Database online. Record for Thomas Brown https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22854527/person/432278735418/facts
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Thomas Brown", Ancestor # A015913.
4. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970#[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2204/32596_242216-00244/484453
5. ↑ Find a Grave - Captian Andrew Weggener #Find A Grave: Memorial #47810166
6. ↑ Source: #S9
7. ↑ Source: #S10 Database online. Record for Thomas Brown http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1004761793
8. ↑ Source: #S10 Database online. Record for Thomas Brown http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1004761793
9. ↑ Source: #S9
10. ↑ Source: #S10 Database online. Record for Thomas Brown http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1004761793
11. ↑ Source: #S9
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24724980
13. ↑ Source: #S10 Database online. Record for Thomas Brown http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20949115&pid=1004763284
14. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Index; Biography Section.[1]

• Source: S10 Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;; Repository: #R15 Repository: R15
• Source: S9 Broderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 13, Ed. 1 Publication: Name: Name: Release date: August 14, 1997;; NOTE Source Medium: Family Archive CD Customer pedigree.

• Entered by K Clark, Saturday, January 24, 2015.