Catherine (Metcalf) Brown (1780 - 1861)

Born 27 Sep 1780 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Sep 1861 at age 81 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Biography

Katy Metcalf was born in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, on 27 September 1780, the daughter of Joel Metcalf and Lucy Gay. ^[1]

Catherine Metcalf, 1780-1859, was the daughter of Joel Metcalf and Lucy Gay. Catherine married Joseph Brown in 1800 in Rhode Island. They had five children, born between 1801 and 1816. ^{[2] [3]}

Joseph Brown and Catherine Metcalf were married on 20 April 1800 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. ^{[4] [5]}

Joseph Brown died in 1849.

In 1850, the Brown family lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. The household included

Catherine Brown, 69, born in Rhode Island

Sybil C Reed Female 34 Rhode Island (daughter of Catherine Brown)

Jenet Reed Female 15 Rhode Island

Sarah Reed Female 12 Rhode Island, in school

Catherine Reed Female 9 Rhode Island, in school

Abby Blanding Female 16 Rhode Island ^[6]

Catherine and Joseph Brown are mentioned in the death record of their daughter, Sybil B. Read, 42, a widow, who died on 2 August 1858 in Providence, Rhode Island. ^[7]

Katy Brown, 78, died on 16 April 1859 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. ^[8]

research notes

She is not listed on FindAGrave in Rhode Island

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8S8-T2R : 17 December 2019), Katy Metcalf, 1780.
2. ↑ Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K4TL-LHK)
3. ↑ [1] "John Browne, gentleman of Wannamoisett / edited and enlarged by Aimee Huston Eck from the manuscript notes of Benjamin William Brown"
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VB-Z44 : 22 January 2020), Catherine Metcalf in entry for Joseph Brown, 1800.
5. ↑ "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4M36-Y7MM : 7 November 2019), Joseph Brown and Catherine Metcalf, ; citing Marriage, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007767899.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ8-5MB : 12 April 2016), Catherine Brown, Providence, ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing family 514, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births (Deaths) Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8J2-19D : 4 November 2020), Catharine Brown in entry for Sybil B. Read, 1858.
8. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births (Deaths) Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8XZ-S5J : 4 November 2020), Katy Brown, 1859.