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John Brown was born on 3 July 1691 to immigrant Quaker parents, William Brown and Ann Mercer, at Chester, Pennsylvania.[1] His mother died about 1696, after which time his father married Catherine Williams in 1699, and over the next few years, moved his family to Nottingham where William and his brother, James Brown, were considered among the founders and first pioneers of the area. His family were practising quakers and in the early years of settlement, John would have witnessed many quaker meetings taking place in his family's home.
In 1711, John, along with his father and several siblings, was named in the Will of their good friend and neighbour, Robert Williams of Nottingham. John was bequeathed a wolf trap but sadly, predeceased the old man.[2]
John died aged 24 years on 10 December 1715.[3] His eldest brother, Joseph, died just twenty days later. In the absence of any records stating otherwise, it's assumed John didn't marry.
It wouldn't be expected that John had written a Will by age 24. His father, William, in the midst of great sadness no doubt, applied for and received administration over his son's estate in 1716. [4] The inventory of John's goods and chattels was very lean; just his clothes, his horse and saddle, 3 pairs of an unidentifiable plowing accessory, and a chest. So few possessions suggests he didn't own a house, wasn't accumulating tools and so on for an impending marriage and house-building project, and likely still resided with his parents at Nottingham. If anything, John may have had a field that he worked himself and probably went hunting and trapping, but regardless and because of his single status, he would never have been short of work assisting on the farms of his family and neighbours at Nottingham and surrounds.
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