The following text -- the result of a year-long mediated research effort -- was moved to Brown-2471 on 7 June 2020. Smith-32867 17:04, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

There is much about this James Brown that is not yet known or confirmed. This profile begins with what IS documented about him (under the Biography heading) , and then is followed by various theories about the rest of his life (under Research Questions). See also: James Brown Theories.

As is noted below, the subject of this profile is the son of James Brown and Honour Clayton Brown. To distinguish between father and son, below we will refer to the father as "Sr." and the son (this man) as "Jr.", even though there is no record of their having used those suffixes. As is also noted below, on at least one occasion the son was referred to as "Senr."

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Biography (Documented)

... was a Friend (Quaker)

Origins

James Brown, Jr. was born in Marcus Hook^[1], on the west bank of the Delaware River, on "17th Day of 1st Month" (March 17), 1681,^[2][3][4] son of Quakers James Brown and his wife Honour (Clayton) Brown. His parents had emigrated from England prior to William Penn's establishment of his Quaker-led colony of Pennsylvania.^[5]

Family Move to Nottingham Lots

About 1702, his parents moved southwest from Marcus Hook to Nottingham Lots, Chester County, Pennsylvania (see map).^[6] It is not known if James, age 21 then, moved with them.

James' father owned multiple properties in the Chichester area near Marcus Hook, some of which he later transferred to James' brother William. See James Brown's Property. There is no record of this James owning property, paying taxes or living in the Chichester area between 1702 and 1716, other than the reference to James in Rawle v. Brown as "late of Chester" (see below; note that on-line property tax records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, at chesco.org, are not available for years before 1715).

Appearance in Father's Will

James' father wrote a will in Nottingham 11 January 1715/16 which mentions James in the following sections:

"Also I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Brown, ye lot of land lying between Dorsons and Robert Williams containing five hundred acres and my son JAMES BROWN shall help him to get up his fences and build a house.

"Also my will is that my son Daniel shall help my son JAMES to plough and sow the land whereon I now dwell and be assistant to him and his mother while such time as they shall see meet by consent to part and at their parting my son Daniel Brown shall have a pair of oxen and a cow with two breeding sows from the plantation stock with a bed and bedding and a pot out of the house...

"Also I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Honor Brown and unto my son JAMES BROWN all and singular my goods chattles and estate whatsoever and wheresoever to hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever provided that my Executors aforesaid shall well and truly pay the legacies aforesaid either in silver money or in the country produce at money price.

"Also my will is that my loving wife shall have half ye produce of the plantation during her life or in case she be minded to live elsewhere that then my son JAMES BROWN shall allow her ten pounds a year during life, and lastly I constitute and ordain my said wife and son sole Executors of this my last will and testamt allowing nothing to be done or acted or disposed of without the consent of Mercer Brown and my son Jeremiah Brown in confirmation whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal."^[7]

Note that the real estate left to James is not specified. The language above suggests that the property that James Sr left his son James was the plantation the father was living on at the time of his death-- i.e., in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. And that the father wanted James to help his brother Daniel on the other Nottingham property left to Daniel.

Marriage to Non Quaker

Wherever this James was living, he was clearly a resident and member of the (Pennsylvania) New Garden Monthly Meeting by early 1720, when proceedings started concerning James' marriage to a non-Quaker.^[8][9] In April 1720, members of the Nottingham MM reported to the New Garden MM that he had “married out of unity”.

9 Second Month 1720 [9 April]: "Our friends of Notingham having Acquainted our Meeting

Two Months Ago yt James Brown of Notingham hath

Maried a Wife Contrary to ye order Established Among us

What's not clear is if the Meeting was informed two months prior or if James Brown had married two months prior. If the latter, then James married his non-Quaker wife in January or February of 1720. If the former, then he could have married her earlier. See below (Research Notes) for a discussion of a possible 1716 Philadelphia marriage to Rachel Froud.

As he failed to renounce the union, in January 1721, he was formally "read out of meeting" for marrying outside the faith at the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania.^[10][8]

Post Marriage Records in Chester Co., Pennsylvania

James Brown is listed in The Court of Common Pleas Narratives in Chichester Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania,^[11] where his father had owned most of his land. It included Marcus Hook.

James Brown, weaver, debt, Rawle v. Brown, May 1720/21. This record describes a lawsuit in which Francis Rawle, administrator of the estate of Robert Turner, who had died intestate in 1701, sued James Brown, Yeoman, "late of Chester" and son of the deceased debtor, who was, with his mother, co-executor of his father's estate. The deceased debtor (James Brown d. 1716) had promised 100 pounds to Robert Turner in 1699, obligating himself and his heirs, but he did not pay. Rawle asked for an additional five pounds for damages.

James Brown paid taxes in West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA. See analysis of Chester County tax records, which illustrates the events described here:

James paid taxes in West Nottingham from 1719/20 through 1724/5. This corresponds to the time he was in Nottingham following his father's death. After that, James and his younger brother Daniel disappear from the tax record.^[12]

Then in 1737 and lasting until 1751, there is another set of tax records for a James Brown in West Nottingham, PA. (See analysis as mentioned above.) They cannot be for James's nephew "James the Hatter," because he is shown separately in a series of records in East Nottingham that corresponds well with his biography per his profile. The 1737-1751 records are consistent with what is known about the subject of this profile, and go far towards explaining his whereabouts between 1725 and when he shows up in North Carolina. Unfortunately, exhaustive research has not located any other records that can either support or refute this theory.

Absence of records

The post-will estate papers of James Brown Sr are not available.^[13] This is unfortunate, especially given the dearth of other records, because it could have revealed the extent of James Sr.'s assets, confirmed the whereabouts of James Jr. from 1716-1725, and shown how James Jr. disposed of his inherited land and whether he did it in conformance with the requirements of James Sr.'s will.

We also lack records of Honor Clayton Brown after she is mentioned in her husband's will. The only clue comes from a marriage record. When her youngest daughter Mary married in 1731, the minutes show that the couple had "the Consent of Parents" which suggests Honor was still alive then, although she is not on the list of wedding attendees.

There are no records found yet identifying this James Brown as having any children born or living in Pennsylvania, or ever owning any Pennsylvania property outside of Chester County.

Move to North Carolina

Summary: The section below describes and documents James's time in North Carolina from around 1752-3 to 1766. We first find him in Cane Creek/New Garden in the north central part of the state. He requests a certificate to Carver's Creek in southeast North Carolina, but there is no record of him there. Next he goes to Dunn's Creek, then to Core Sound on the Atlantic coast (where he also obtains a warrant for 100 acres on the Newport River). See map. What we know of James's time in North Carolina comes from Quaker meeting minutes, which have been transcribed in three sets: James Brown Senr 1753 certificate request, 1761 apology and readmission, and Carteret County 1764-66.

See Early North Carolina Quakers for more information.

In 1753, one James Brown of Nottingham Monthly Meeting requested transfer to Cane Creek (in Bladen County, North Carolina).

The 15 December 1753 minutes of East Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, include a record that James Brown Senr. sent a letter from Bladen County, North Carolina, where he had already moved. It states he is requesting a certificate to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina. Monthly Meeting minutes of 18 May 1754 mention that James still had creditors from when he last resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but neither [creditor] showed any objections so his request to transfer to Cane Creek MM in North Carolina was approved.^[14]

Note the use of "senior" in this record, indicating the presence of a younger man by same name. Possibly his nephew, James Brown the Hatter who is still appearing in East Nottingham records?

Minutes show that James did not join Cane Creek MM but instead joined the newly created New Garden MM North Carolina (where Abigail Thornburg worshipped). At the second meeting of the New Garden MM, James Brown produced his certificate which was accepted.^[14][15]

Other mentions of James Brown in North Carolina either state he was "from East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania," or he was "of Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania." These include The Nottingham Lots: A Tercentenary Celebration 2001, page 56.^[16]

Two months after his acceptance by New Garden was recorded, in October 1754 James requested a certificate to Carver's Creek.^[17] It apparently was not given. In 1761 he expressed sorrow for "outgoing in marriage" and the meeting agreed to give him a certificate to Dunn's Creek.^[18] In 1764 he appeared in a Carteret County meeting without a certificate, having come from Dunn's Creek.^[19] The meeting requested a certificate from Dunn's Creek and received it in June 1766.^[20] The very next month, James requested a certificate back to Dunn's Creek.^[21]

In 1766, a grant of 100 acres was recorded by Carteret County for one James Brown on the north side of Newport River. That this may have been the same James above is suggested by the opening pages of the Carteret County (Core Sound) Quaker minutes. The genesis of the Carteret Meeting is described as "Several famalys of Friends being settled on newport River North Carolina well Conserned for truth thought it their --To meet together..."^[22] Unfortunately, it appears that the grant was never patented, thus we can not learn anything further from this record.^[23]

Relatives and Acquaintances to North Carolina

Quaker families that went to North Carolina from Nottingham (some by way of Virginia) include Thornburghs, Piggotts, Reynoldses, Bealses, Beesons, Sidwells, Johnsons, and Carvers.^[24]

In particular, James' relatives were:

Jeremiah Piggott, son of John Piggott and Margery Brown, daughter of James and Honor and James's sister; thus Jeremiah was James's nephew.

William Reynolds and wife Mary Brown, daughter of James's uncle William Brown (thus James's cousin); and their son David.

Richard Beeson - Richard (1684-1777) moved to Nottingham in 1712, to Lancaster County in 1732, to Frederick County, Virginia in 1736, and New Garden, North Carolina in 1754; his son, Richard Beeson Jr. married Ann Brown, daughter of Mercer Brown, James's cousin (son of William).

Benjamin Beeson - son of Richard

William Beeson - another of Richard's sons

He would also probably have known:

William and Sarah Pike Piggott and their son Jeremiah (not currently profiled on WikiTree) - According to the profile of Piggott-77 (the Jeremiah mentioned above), this second Jeremiah was his first cousin, and both went to Cane Creek.

He might have known:

Thomas Thornburgh - Thomas was brought to America by his father, Thomas Thornburgh Sr.. They settled in Pennsylvania where they joined the Sadsbury Meeting in Lancaster County, then moved to Hopewell in Virginia, where Thomas Jr. married Abigail Brown, daughter of (another) James Brown. Around 1752 the son moved on to North Carolina while the father stayed in Virginia, later moving back to Pennsylvania where he died. Thomas Jr. and his wife joined the New Garden, NC meeting around 1752. Abigail died in New Garden in 1780 and Thomas died there in 1797.

Bowater Beals and his wife Sarah - from Chester County, Pennsylvania

Sarah Beals - Bowater's sister, who married John Mills

Thomas Beals - Bowater's and Sarah's brother

Richard Sidwell - poorly documented WikiTree profile; noted by Hinshaw as joining Cane Creek meeting^[25]; married Frances Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown (no relation to James) and Ruth Large, in North Carolina

Death

James Brown probably died in North Carolina, most likely around 1761-1766 (the later date if he's the James Brown who went from Dunns Creek to Carteret County). Early Quaker graves did not have tombstones, considered as “opulent” by plain-dressed Quakers, so they are unmarked. The North Carolina death is confirmed by Robert Warwick Day, PhD.^[6][26]

Research Questions

There is no record of this James Brown between his 1681 birth in Marcus Hook and his legacy in the will of his father in 1716, and it is unclear which of the existing records for men named James Brown between 1725 and 1752 are actually for this man. Various theories have been proposed; see "Post Marriage Records" above, points described below, and also James Brown Theories.

Did he go to Opequan, Frederick Co., Virginia and co-found Hopewell Monthly Meeting?

Currently on WikiTree, this man is represented by Brown-82507.

In 1730, Alexander Ross, a Quaker immigrant who first settled in Pennsylvania, requested and received from the Colony of Virginia an order for 100,000 acres in Opeckan, Frederick County, Virginia. Ross promised to settle the area with 100 families.

While many families who settled in this area were from Nottingham, Pennsylvania, other early settlers-- including Quakers-- came from other parts of Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, according to Ross's WikiTree profile.^[27]

On 12 November 1735, one James Brown patented 121 acres north of the mouth of Opequon Creek in Frederick County Virginia.^[28] This is the first record of a James Brown in Frederick Co., Virginia. The adjoining land of 172 acres was patented the same day by Cornelius Cochrine,^[29] who was from Chester County, Pennsylvania,^[30] who is also listed as one of the founding fathers of Hopewell MM aka Opeckan MM, Frederick County, Virginia.

James Brown later sold the 121 acres to William Teague in 1738.^[31]

While some on-line genealogies assert that about 1720, James Brown (subject of this profile) installed his non-Quaker wife in Virginia, 140 miles away from Nottingham, Pennsylvania, the property order for Frederick County, Virginia wasn't made until 1730, and the earliest known presence of a James Brown in Frederick County was the 1735 Land patent.^[32] Presumably the James Brown who patented it in 1735 was the same James Brown who sold it in 1738 to William Teague. These documents indicate that the wife of James Brown at the time was called "Abigail". She was also said to be too sick to travel to court to sign the 1738 documents.^[33]

In 1765, a James Brown re-patented 194 acres on Middle Creek, Frederick County, Virginia, at the foot of the North Mountain. The Survey PDF shows it was originally surveyed by John Baylis for Thomas Thornburgh, 1 November 1751 and the chain men were James Wright and Samuel Brown. Letters in the Survey PDF show other interesting events. See transcription.

NOTE: The James Brown that re-patented this 194 acres was NOT the James Brown who patented 400 acres on Buffaloe Marsh near Cedar Creek, much further south in Frederick County, Virginia and adjoining Samuel Brown's 200 acres.^[34] See also the Survey PDF. This other James Brown died childless and left a will in 1767.^[35]

All of this suggests that the James Brown who was a co-founder of Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, Virginia, did not move there until 1735, and that no Quakers and few if any other white Europeans were settled there prior to 1730.

In addition, the property records in particular describe one James Brown who was there from 1735 through the mid 1770s^[36] and therefore was NOT the man who removed from Nottingham, PA to North Carolina in 1753.

Who did James Brown Marry?

c. 1703. A man born in 1681 was likely to have married by the time he was 25. For James, that would have been by 1706. Several researchers believe that this James Brown did marry earlier (than the non-Quaker marriage), and had at least one child, James Brown, born about 1703, who settled just west of Nottingham in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. See that profile for details.

1716. In the Philadelphia records, there is a marriage on 27 February 1716, between one James Brown and one Rachel Froud or Frowd. They were married in Christ Church, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ^[37], 22 miles from Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Some researchers believe that this was the non-Quaker marriage that led to the out-of-unity decision at New Garden Monthly Meeting. But that out of unity process started four years after this marriage.

No record names any wife of this James Brown. We know only that he married at least once a non-Quaker.

Did James Brown Have Children?

We have yet to find any direct evidence that names any children of this James Brown.

See section above also for possible son James.

The following children have been associated by some researchers with the James Brown and wife Abigail who settled in Opechan, Frederick County, Virginia. Currently on WikiTree, this man is represented by Brown-82507. Since there is not agreement about which James Brown settled there, these children may not be the children of the Nottingham James Brown profiled here.

Records from this area and period were destroyed in a fire at the house of Hopewell Monthly Meeting's clerk, William Jolliffe.

1. James Brown (III), b: about 1721 in Virginia. (He is listed in many online genealogies, such as the Stewart Tree on Rootsweb^[38] as later having a wife named "Margaret," in Frederick Co., VA.). This appears to be derived from the record of the James Brown who sold property in Frederick County in 1773 and 1774 and who had a wife named Margaret. Other researchers believe that there is no evidence that Brown-82507 had a son named James, and it was Brown-82507 in the 1773 sale, having remarried after his wife Abigail, who had been sickly in 1738, died.
2. Abigail Brown, b: about 1720 (based on marriage year); married Thomas Thornburg Jr. in a Quaker Ceremony at the Hopewell Monthly Meeting on March 29, 1740. Her father, James Brown, was a witness but not her mother, who had been too sick to travel in 1738 and may have died by this time. After their Quaker marriage at Hopewell MM in Virginia, Abigail and Thomas Thornburg Jr. moved south to the New Garden Meeting in North Carolina. ^[39][40][41] As described in the Move to North Carolina section above, James requested a certificate to Dunns Creek in 1761. He may have also been the James Brown of Dunn's Creek who requested a certificate to Core Sound meeting in Carteret County in 1764 which was accepted in 1766. There is no record of Abigail Brown Thornburg and her family living in either place.
3. Anna Brown, b: about 1725. Married Abraham Teague, son of William Teague, the man to whom James Brown sold land in 1738. However, there is no documentation of Anna's father. One researcher believes that Anna may have been the daughter of James and Abigail Brown of Frederick County, Virginia.

Other Chester County, Pennsylvania James Browns

The following records pertain to at least one other James Brown present in Chester County, Pennsylvania:

• James Brown, cordwainer (different man) for trespass, Worrilow v. Hall and Brown, August 1723.^[42]
• One James Brown (the trespasser above?) had two entries in Chester County Quarter Sessions Papers Index 1681-1870 for Assault.^[43]
  • James Brown, Assault, August 1722.
  • James Brown, Assault, November 1722. (Committed to sheriffs custody)

• James had a nephew, James Brown, the son of William Brown and Hester Baker, who also lived in Nottingham and is sometimes referred to as "James the Hatter." Records most likely to be confused between the two are Quaker meeting minutes and Chester County property tax records. In particular, see property tax analysis for an analysis of which tax records are related to which James Brown.

Sources

1. ↑ Marcus Hook was originally a Swedish seaport with a large Finnish population. Some say it was a Finnish sailor named "Markus" that gave his name to the town. It was later named Marittes Hoeck (Maria's sand spit) by a Dutch administration when it was part of the Nieuw Nederlands between 1655-1664. Others say it was named after a local Indian Chief's name, corrupted into "Maarte's Hoeck" by the Dutch. In 1682 the town became part of Delaware County, English Colony of Pennsylvania (proprietor: William Penn). See Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, article on Wikipedia.
2. ↑ Born March 17, 1681 (Old Style) per U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Chester Monthly Meeting, Births 1677 (Ancestry.com, image 2 of 102): "The 17th Day of the 1st Month – – 1681 James Browne Son of James and Hannah Browne. Was borne then att Marcus hook In the Province of Pensilvania" Free Ancestry image
3. ↑ U.S., Hinshaw Index to Collected Quaker Records, 1680-1940, Pennsylvania, Chester Monthly Meeting, (A-Lewis), (Ancestry.com, image 880 of 5150): Browne, James...b.1-17-1681" Free Ancestry image
4. ↑ J. Smith Futhey, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, VOLUME 2, Heritage Books, 2007. Page: 488.
5. ↑ Descendants of Founders of New Jersey, Founders of New Jersey: Brief Biographies by Descendants Lulu.com, 2006. Page: 11. This source claims that James Brown Sr. came to America on the "Kent" along with the Claytons, but there is no evidence of that. A good section on the "Kent" is in the biography of William Clayton, Honor's father (section 2.5 Migration). BETTER SOURCE SOUGHT
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The Nottingham Lots and the Early Quaker Families, a paper presented by Robert Warwick Day, Ph.D., to the East Nottingham Monthly Meeting, 2001.
7. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James Brown, 11 January 1715[/16], Chester Co PA Will Book I, page 30; Transcription
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} James Brown's 1720 dismissal from Quaker meeting, New Garden Monthly Meeting, Minutes 1718-1746, Chester County, Pennsylvania; page 14; Ancestry.com's U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Transcribed by Julie Kelts here
9. ↑ Nottingham Monthly Meeting Nottingham Monthly Meeting began as a meeting for worship in 1709. It was established as a preparative meeting in 1715 under Newark (Kennett) Monthly Meeting; in 1718." Use "Additional description" link for more information.
10. ↑ "The William Wade Hinshaw Index to Pennsylvania Quaker Meeting Records," Vol. X - New Garden M.M. established in 1718, Chester Co. - pg. 19: Sept 12, 1720. James Brown - Dismissed for MOU - Married out of Unity
11. ↑ Chester County Pennsylvania online indexes The Court of Common Pleas Narratives.
12. ↑ The tax events are not currently reported on Daniel's WikiTree profile, but can be viewed at chesco.org, 18th Century Tax Records.
13. ↑ In May 2019, the archivist at the Chester County Pennsylvania Archives at West Chester confirmed to a researcher that the estate file for James Brown Sr. "had been missing for a long time." Also missing are the files for James's son Jeremiah and his widow Mary.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} James Brown Senr. 1753 certificate request.
15. ↑ New Garden Friends Meeting : the Christian people called Quakers Author: Hiram H. Hilty. Publisher: Greensboro, N.C. (P.O. Box 8502, Greensboro 27419) : North Carolina Friends Historical Society, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, New Garden Meeting, 1983. Page: 15.
16. ↑ East Nottingham Trustees, The Nottingham Lots: A Tercentenary Celebration 2001, Xlibris Corporation, 2006. Page: 56.
17. ↑ See James Brown Senr certificate request: "Newgarden ye 30th of ye [page crumbled but appears between 10th and 12th months] Month. 1754. - James Brown having Requested a few lines by way of Certificate to Carvers Creek..." free Ancestry image
18. ↑ See James Brown apology and readmission: "At Our Monthly Meeting Held at Newgarding The 25th Day of 7th Month 1761 _ _ _ _ Jeams Brown gave a Paper to this Meeting Signifieing his Sorrow for his Outgoing in Marriage All Other Offences against the Truth Which Meeting takes As Satisfaction for the Offence, And Appoint Joseph Unthank to Read itt att the Close of a First Day Meeting att Newgarding and Make his Report to Next Meeting." free Ancestry image and "Jeams Brown Request for Certificate to Dunns Creek Monthly Meeting on Cape Fair Nathan Dicks And Eleazar Hunt are Appointed to prepare him one By Order of that Meeting Suitable to the Occasion and Produce it to a first Day meeting to be Signed and Make Report to that Meeting Accordingly."
19. ↑ See Carteret County 1764-66: "1764, 6th mo. 20th [day] At a Monthly Meeting held in Carteret County [North Carolina]... Whereas James Brown now a Member of Duns Creek Monthly Meeting haveing been lately in these parts amongst us (where he formerly Resided) and having having appear'd in the work of the Ministry without a Certificate, Contrary to the good order Establish’d among Friends. Its therefore Orderd that a Letter be prepar'd and sent to the sd. Monthly Meeting Acquainting them wt wt. such his proceedings." free Ancestry image
20. ↑ See Carteret County 1764-66: "1766, 6th. mo. 18th. At a Monthly Meeting held in Carteret County... ...a Certificate from the Monthly Meeting at Dunns Creek recommending James Brown to the Care of Friends."
21. ↑ See Carteret County 1764-66: "1766, 7th. mo. 9th. At a Monthly Meeting held in Carteret County... ...James Brown having requested a Certificate from hence to Dunns Creek. Ordered that a Copy of the Letter that was formerly sent in behalf of James Brown and no answer ever returned from sd. meeting – And also to be particularly mentioned a Second Certificate – Recommending Sd. James Brown to the Xtian care of Frie... [cut off]"
22. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, North Carolina, Perquimans County, Eastern Quarterly Meeting, Minutes, 1733-1791 (Ancestry.com, image 4 of 114 free Ancestry image)
23. ↑ image, on-line North Carolina property record
24. ↑ Except as noted below, discussion of these people's residence in North Carolina can be found on their profiles (use links). Nearly all are recorded as dying in North Carolina.
25. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, Volume I, p. 343, free Ancestry image
26. ↑ Some early family genealogies, not aware of the “North Carolina connection” mistakenly put James's death date as 1772 in Wilmington, Delaware, but that has been shown to have been the passing of his nephew, James Brown, who never settled in either Virginia or North Carolina.
27. ↑ WIlliam Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. 6, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards brothers, Inc., 1936. Page: 357.
28. ↑ Virginia Library LVA Catalogs 121 acres north of the mouth of Opequon Creek in Frederick County, Virginia. Page(s): 351 & 352.
29. ↑ Virginia Library LVA Catalogs 172 acres Beg.g &c. on the south side of Cohongo River, being the uppermost corner of the land surveyed for James Brown. Page(s) 361 & 362.
30. ↑ Hopewell Friends and John Walter Wayland, Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia, Heritage Books, 1998. Page: 23.
31. ↑ Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Cecil O'Dell, Heritage Books, Westminster, MD, 2007, pages 52-53.
32. ↑ Virginia Library LVA Catalogs 121 acres north of the mouth of Opequon Creek in Frederick County Virginia. Page(s): 351 & 352.
33. ↑ Cecill O'Dell, Pioneers of old Frederick County, Virginia, Marceline, Mo. : Walsworth Pub. Co. ; 1995. Page: 124.
34. ↑ According to his will, this "Cedar Creek James Brown" had a brother named Samuel, no doubt the one whose land adjoined his.
35. ↑ Unfortunately, the only record we have of this man's will also attributes it to the wrong person. "Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934 Frederick County, Virginia," John W. Wayland, 1936, page 23, image describes the will but mis-identifies the James Brown, testator, as a member of Hopewell Friends.
36. ↑ Please see the profile of Brown-82507; the time line shows that in 1773 and 1774, he sold property he'd bought in 1765.
37. ↑ Pennsylvania archives Vol 1 Clarence M. Busch 1895, p. 39.
38. ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/156300/P1106/-/individual
39. ↑ See Abigail Brown's WikiTree profile.
40. ↑ 'Hopewell Friends History: 1734-1934', pg. 539. The marriage was recorded at New Garden MM in North Carolina; both Quaker (1 mo., 18 d.) and non-Quaker (3 mo. 29 d.) dates were listed.
41. ↑ William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy Vol 1 Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards brothers, inc., 1936. Page: 526.
42. ↑ Chester County Pennsylvania online indexes The Court of Common Pleas Narratives.
43. ↑ Chester County Pennsylvania online indexes Chester County Quarter Sessions Papers Index 1681-1870