Elizabeth (Gary) Brown (1750 - 1835)

Born 5 Aug 1750 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Brown Sr. — married 3 Mar 1774 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1835 at age 84 in Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Gary was born 5 August 1750, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut to parents Josiah Gary and Sarah Sprake aka Sprague. ^[1] "She was a woman of excellent education and ability." ^[2]

Elizabeth Gary married Joseph Brown, Jr. 10 Apr 1810, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut Abby Morse ^[3] (bap 27 Jan 1793). ^[2] Their marriage, performed by the Rev. Mr. Putnam [Barbour, p.252.], is also recorded in the vital records of the Massachusetts / Connecticut border township Douglass, Worcester, Massachusetts. ^[4] Their known children were : ^[2]

• Rebecca M. Brown, b. 15 Apr 1812; m. Emmet Dykeman
• Joseph Addison Brown, b. 21 May 1814; m. Mary Jane Daniels
• William Bryant Brown, b. 29 Jun 1816; m. 1st Mary Messenger; m. 2nd Charlotte Emerson
• Elizabeth Emily Brown, b. 14 Aug 1818; d. 17 Apr 1836
• Samuel George Brown, b. 25 Jul 1820; d. 25 May 1843
• Abby Francis Brown, b. 8 Jan 1823; d. 24 Apr 1843
• Antoinette Louisa Brown, b. 20 May 1825; she studied theology at Oberlin, O., and was an ordained pastor of a Congregational church in 1853; was a prominent leader in women's rights; m. 1856 Samuel C. Blackwell who res. 139 W. 64th St., N.Y.
• Ann Ophelia Brown, b. 12 Oct 1827; d. 26 Oct 1843
• Augusta Mariette Brown, b. 5 Feb 1830; d. 2 May 1852
• Ellen Florella Brown, b. 3 Sep 1832; m. M. McCullom; d. 13 Feb 1862

Joseph and Elizabeth Brown resided in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut until 1819 at which time they removed to Henrietta township, Monroe county, New York. He owned a large farm but did not work it personally, the latter part of his life residing in the village of Henrietta. He was a prominent man, an office-holder, a writer of some influence, and often lectured on moral and political questions. ^[2]

Elizabeth (Gary) Brown passed away in 1835. Her Will was probated in Otsego county, New York, United States. ^[5]

Her husband, Joseph Brown, Jr., married 2nd Elizabeth Manchester who was born about 1788. ^[6] In 1877 at the age of 93 years her husband, Joseph Brown, Jr. passed away ^[2] and was buried in the Maplewood Cemetery, Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection; Pomfret Vital Records, 1705-1850; pg.154; Vol. 1, pg. 23. ) Reprinted online db Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 21 May 2020.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Whitney, Charles C., comp. "Some Brown Genealogy being of some of the Descendants of John Brown, one of the Early Settlers of Reading, Mass." pg.8, 10; pub. 1832; pg. E-book available in the public domain: https://archive.org/details/somebrowngenealo00whit/page/8/mode/1up/search/Gary?q=early+Pomfret%2C+Connecticut
3. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection pg.252; referencing Barbour Vol.1, pg.184); Reprinted [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 21 May 2020.
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 21 May 2020.
5. ↑ New York. Court of Common Pleas (Otsego County); Probate Place: Otsego, NY., USA. Reprinted as New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 21 May 2020.
6. ↑ NY State Census, 1875. Reprinted [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Accessed 21 May 2020.