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1. There is no proof yet that this individual was a child of Robert Brown except proximity in an immigration record and in Bounty Act land per the notes quoted below.
2. 27 Feb 2005 website http://indianasocietysar.org/browmatt.html. The site notes: information provided by Paul Revere DAR Chapter, Muncie, Indiana. Most of the information was given to me on June 3, 2004 by Mary Ann Bumgarner . In speaking of Mathew Brown's heritage, she notes: "...He immigrated before 1 Sep 1767; "The following Browns left Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, arrived onboard the Brittania in Charlestown, SC and petitioned for land on Sept. 1, 1767 under the Bounty Act of 1761: Robert, Sr. petitioned for 300 acres, equivalent for himself, a wife and three children age fifteen or under. Ann age 42. Mathew age 12. William age 8. Elizabeth age 2. Robert, Sarah, Mary, Roger, John and Rebekah petitioned for 100 acres each, meaning they were all single and sixteen years of age or older."
3. FHL book 975.7W2r, 1968, "A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina 1763-1773," comp. by Janie Revill. This book states: "The immigrants listed in this volume were protestant refugees from Europe who came to South Carolina on the encouragement of an Act passed by the General Assembly of the Colony on July 25, 1761 called the Bounty Act. A copy of the Act is not available. It is referred to in the published Statues of So. Carolina... It was a broadening of earlier immigration laws, for the special benefit of these religious refugees. Applicants had to have certificates showing that they were protestants and entitled to receive the benefits allowed by the new Bounty Act, which was evidently modified and renewed from time to time." The dates are for approval of bounties and not necessarily date of immigration even though each group appears to have recently arrived and each listed group was probably from the same ship. The following names are included:
Council Journal, 33, page 145, meeting of 28 May, 1767, these two names together in sequence:
Andrew Adair - 450 acres. [No known relation.]
Alice Adair - 100 acres. [No known relation.]
Council Journal, 33, pages 150-157, meeting of 28 May 1767, these four names together in sequence:
Mary Adair
Alex'dr Adair
James Adair
Margaret Adair
Council Journal, 33, pages 229-234, meeting of 1 Sept. 1767, these seven names together in sequence:
Robert Brown - 100 acres.
Robert Brown, Sen'r - 300 acres.
Sarah Brown - 100 acres.
Mary Brown - 100 acres.
Roger Brown - 100 acres. [Father of Rebecca Brown who marries Thomas Adair?]
John Brown - 100 acres.
Rebekah Brown - 100 acres. [Most likely Roger's sister later married to Mr. Bishop.]
4. Censuses:
1790 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 11, dated 1791, brothers Roger and Matthew are next door neighbors. Nine doors away is Aaron Harlen whose son Samuel marries Matthew Brown's daughter Nancy. Also within a dozen neighbors are John and William Brown who are most likely brothers of Roger and Mathew Brown:
Matthew Brown, 1-2-4-0-0
Rodger Brown, 1-2-7-0-0
John Brown, 1-2-5-0-0
William Brown, 1-0-1-0-0
5. The following private manuscript is not found at the FHL library or on the Internet as of 23 Sep 2012: "The Descendants of John Brown, Sr." Compiler address: 8106 Shoreridge Terr, Indianapolis, IN 46236. Some entries on the Internet make reference to it, but I believe it to be mainly a private compilation; however, I did find an online recapitulation of the manuscript data as prepared in 2001 by Richard M. Leland III (from a copy he received directly from Mr. Volnoggle in Apr 2000) at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lelandva/jbrow004.htm#id5421 and entitled appropriately as "The Descendants of John Brown Sr." (accessed 23 Sep 2012). The data purports John Brown Sr. to be the original immigrant whereas I have Robert Brown. No documentation or contemporary quotes showing the presence of John or how the family grouping is derived are given for these two compilers choice of "John Brown Sr." as the original ancestor. The only sources given are James Volnoggle's compilation. The data for the first generation:
"John1 Brown Sr; married Nancy (Ann) ( - ? - ) before 1738 in Ireland; died circa 1803 at Laurens Co., SC.
Children of John1 Brown Sr. and Nancy (Ann) ( - ? - ) were as follows:
+ 2 i. Roger Brown, born circa 1734 at Antrim, Ireland; married Jeaney ( - ? - ); married Rebecca (Bexey) Wallace.
+ 3 ii. Jane 2 Brown, born circa 1738 at Antrim Co., Ireland; married James Dorroh.
iii. William2 Brown; born circa 1741, at Belfast, Antrim Co., Ireland (other sources have born at County Wexford, Ireland, in 1748); married Frances ( - ? - ) or Sarah. William has a land patent in Union Co. Indiana on September 8th, 1812, coming from Wayne Co., on September 16th, 1819 he bought more land in Union Co., Indiana.
+ 4 iv. David Brown, born circa 1744 at Belfast, Antrim Co., Ireland; married Letitia Cruce.
v. Samuel Brown; born circa 1748 at County Wexford, Ireland.
+ 5 vi. Matthew Brown, born 1752 at County Wexford, Ireland; married Jane Jones.
+ 6 vii. John Brown, born 7 Apr 1755 at Belfast, Antrim Co., Ireland; married Sarah Weeks."
The website downlines for each of the individuals above who have a + sign. I do not have Jane, David, or William listed; they do not have several of the children I list.
The compilers continue with the next generation of John (b. 1755) as follows:
John2 Brown (John1); born 7 Apr 1755 at Belfast, Antrim Co., Ireland; married Sarah Weeks, daughter of John Weeks, 20 Mar 1777 at Laurens Co., SC; died 16 Dec 1826 at Hanna's Creek, Harmony Twp., Union Co, IN, at age 71; his estate was probated 8 Jan 1826; .
Private horseman in the Militia from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. He emigrated on 11 Apr 1817; Moved to Union County, Indiana from Franklin County, Indiana. He left a will on 29 Jan 1821 at Will Book A-1 1821-1828, Union Co., IN; Mentioned in entry are:
Son William...the farm whereon I now live containing 86 acres. NE QTR 32-11-2w
Son Mathew Wife Sarah
Children: Thomas, John, Mathew, William, Mary Langston, Rebecca Nabore, Jane Carevile, Sarah Norris & Pamela Burnside.
Wife and friend James Snowden as exts.
Further info on will:
According to John's will, his son William Brown was given the farm where John was living, which contained about 86 acres, lying in the NE 1/4 of Section 35, T 11 of Range 2 W. He gave his son Matthew Scott Brown the family Bible and other books. $18 worth of items were bequeathed to Matthew Brown and some items were bequeathed to William Brown. Also listed was a sale bill of the property, John Brown, William Brown, Isaac Brown, John B. Brown purchased articles at this sale. Dated March 17, 1827.
Children of John2 Brown and Sarah Weeks were as follows:
+ 43 i. Mary 3 Brown, born 10 Jan 1778 at Charleston, Laurens Co, SC; married (Hiram) Bennett Langston.
+ 44 ii. Col. Thomas Brown, born 30 May 1780 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co, SC; married Elizabeth Glidewell.
+ 45 iii. Rebecca Brown, born 14 Apr 1782 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co, SC; married Abraham Nabors.
+ 46 iv. Jane Brown, born 7 Oct 1784 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co, SC; married John Corwile; married James Carwile.
47 v. John Brown; born 23 Aug 1787 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co, SC; married Elizabeth ( - ? - ); died 5 Aug 1841 at Union Co., IN, at age 53. He emigrated on 29 Oct 1818; moved to Union Co., IN from Laurens Co., SC.
+ 48 vi. Sarah Brown, born 18 May 1790 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co., SC; married George I. Norris.
+ 49 vii. Matthew Scott Brown, born 1 Feb 1793 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co., SC; married Mary Ann Hanna; married Mary (Sarah) Dunkins.
+ 50 viii. Pamelia Brown, born 15 Sep 1795 at Ninety-Six District, Laurens Co., SC; married Edgehill Burnside.
+ 51 ix. William Brown, born 30 Oct 1798 at Laurens Co., SC; married Sarah Brown."
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