John Brown, Sr

1759 - 1835  (76 years)    Has 3 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Brown  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1759	Londonderry, Éire
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Sep 1835	Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cowansville, Sugar Creek Township, Pennsylvania, USA
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. David Brown, Sr,   b. 13 Jul 1758, Londonderry, Éire d. 23 Jan 1841, or near New Alexandria, Huntingdon CO, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 82 years) ▻ Margaret Erskine + 2. John Brown, Sr,   b. 1759, Londonderry, Éire d. 18 Sep 1835, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 76 years) ▻ Catherine (Katherine) Foster,  m. 3 Apr 1798 ;   Ruthey,  m. Aft 25 Feb 1813   3. Andrew Brown,   b. Abt 1761, Londonderry, Éire d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel Brown,   b. Abt 1763, Londonderry, Éire d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Brown,   b. Abt 1765, Londonderry, Éire d. Yes, date unknown ▻ James Watt
  Person ID	I194996	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2001

  
  

  Father	Matthew Brown,   b. Abt 1735, Londonderry, Éire d. Aft 1773, Greencastle, Franklin CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F79451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine (Katherine) Foster,   b. 1779, or near Londonderry, County Donegal, Éire d. 25 Feb 1813, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1798	Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. Jane "Jinnie" "Aunt Jane" Brown,   b. 24 Jan 1799, New Salem, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Feb 1893, East Franklin Township, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 94 years)   2. Susan "Susie" Brown,   b. 3 Nov 1800, New Alexandria, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Feb 1878, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)   3. Mary "Pollie" Brown,   b. 16 May 1803, New Alexandria, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1895 (Age 91 years)   4. James Brown,   b. 24 Mar 1805, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Sep 1898, Slate Lick, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 93 years)   5. John Brown, II,   b. 23 Jul 1807, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Mar 1891, Salt Lick, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years) + 6. Matthew Brown,   b. 3 Apr 1810, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Aug 1892, East Brady, Clarion CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)   7. Robert Brown,   b. 2 May 1812, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Oct 1864, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F79418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2001

  
  

  Family 2	Ruthey   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 25 Feb 1813	Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong CO, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F79419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2001

  
  

• Notes

  - Farmer, school teacher 1. John was Scotch ancestry, the family having come to northern Ireland to escape religious persecution. Although one source records John came to America in 1792, we believe he came to America December 13, 1773 with his father, 3 brothers and sister, landing in New Castle, Delaware, settling in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. We believe this as his father would have brought his family with him. Therefore we believe, in 1792 he probably removed to near Salem Township, New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania where he married Catherine. It is possible John was previously married considering he was about 20 years older than Catherine and the 1800 Census for Salem Township records another male, age 16 - 25 living with John and Catherine. This could have been a son from a previous marriage. John traveled with a group of other men to Sugar Creek Township and on February 7, 1804 purchased, for 19 shillings an acre, 250 acres of land that a patent had been previously granted to Charles Campbell and Elisha Wick. John begin construction of a cabin but returned to Westmoreland County for the winter. John, his wife pregnant with James and their three small girls, Jane, Susan and Mary, returned to near the new cabin in March of 1805, stopping at a little school house where James, the oldest son was born. The farm, located on the Kittanning and East Brady road near the Midway Presbyterian Church, through the years was known as the "Brown family" farm. The farm was sold in 1988 by the remaining Brown heirs - Brown, Chesebro' and Harrold families. 2. John was a Presbyterian Church elder and Justice of the Peace commissioned by Governor McKean "for district No. 2, called Buffalo district" January 1, 1807, taking his oath of office February 9. With the power to arrest, John enforced the Blue Laws to the letter. Any one passing his house on secular business on Sabbath was arrested and kept there until Monday morning when they were released and warned not to offend again. 3. September 7, 1826 resurvey of land boundary between "John Brown, Esq and Elisha and Jeremiah Weeks" is the first document we have of the "Brown Homestead". Other adjacent land owners were Reuben Burket (sp?) and Alexander Forster (sic Foster). 4. Documented agreement between John Brown and John Crawford dated April 16, 1831 details how the two "set hands" in agreement for John to purchase 40 acres of land in Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong Co, PA adjoining the John Brown and Mary Fulton lands by paying $40 after survey and $20 seven months later to John Crawford. 5. John's will dated September 22, 1835 and as recorded in the Kittanning Court House: "In the name of God, Amen. I, John Brown of Sugar Creek Township, knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, and being sick and low in body, but sound in mind and memory, for which I desire to bless God, an my body to the earth whenever it shall please God to separate my soul and body, and my body to have a decent and Christian burial, in hope of a joyful resurrection. As to my earthly estate with which it has pleased God to bless me, I give and dispose of it in the following manner: I do leave and bequest unto my beloved wife Ruthey Brown , for her support during her natural life time, the under mentioned property: 12 bushels wheat and 12 bushels buckwheat, 100 pounds pork, 30 pounds beef, 16 pounds of cofee, three bushels potatoes and six pounds wool in the rolls: likewise the mare and the milk cow, to be kept with the other cattle belonging to the estate. Likewise the back room of the kitchen, with firewood cut and hauled. The above property to be considered her dowry arising from the profits of my estate, the increase of the cattle to be for the use of the house. 2nd. I do bequeath to my son James that piece of land he lives upon, purchased from Thomas Hindiman, the balance due to be paid out of my estate, according to an article made on the same, $120 to be paid in the space of four years, to be considered James Brown's part of my estate. 3rd. I do hereby leave and bequeath to my son John the land whereon he liveth, lying on the turnpike road, near Kittanning, with the roan colt to be kept till he is three years old, for his use. The said John Brown to pay my daughters, Jinny Hindman, Susie McClatchey, and Pollie Millen each $10, to be paid in five years. To my son Matthew I bequeath the part of the home farm on which he liveth. To my son Robert I bequeath the part of the estate on which he liveth, with all personal property and buildings, after the settlement of the estate. John Brown Witnesses | James Adams | Samuel Wallace

  
  

• Sources

  [S614] Mattie Noble Brown, History of John Brown, Sr. and His Descendants, (1930). [S615] Old and New Westmoreland, Vol. 3 - Judge John B. Steel Biography, (1918), pages 33 - 35 (Reliability: 2).