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    2. JOHN BROWN (b. ca. 1684), came from Scotland, 1720; settled at Lancaster, Pa. MATTHEW BROWN (1732-77), mem. Com. of Safety, Northumberland Co., and Central Com. Corr. and Safety, Phila., 1776; that ratified Declaration of Independence and formed 1st Pa. State Constn.; served in Flying Camp, Cont. Army, contracted fever and died in service; m. ca. 1760, Eleanor Lytle. CHAD BROWN (d. ca. 1665), from Eng. in the ‘Martin,’ to Boston, 1638; signer of the Providence Plantations Compact; settled at Bapt. Ch., Providence, after Roger Williams, 1642; m. (before 1638), Elizabeth Sharparrowe. JOHN BROWN (1630-1706), m. Mary Holmes. REV. JAMES BROWN (1666-1732), m. 1691, Mary Harris. JOSEPH BROWN (1701-78), m. Abigail Brown (1711-84). ANDREW BROWN (1750-1832), m. 1770, Dorcas Knight. RICHARD BROWN (1789-1840), M. 1812, Penelope Farnum (1783-1869). JOSEPH FARNUM BROWN (1835-86), lumber dealer; mem. sch. com.; mem. R.I. Gen. Assembly; m. 1858, Adelaide Victoria Ballou (1838-80). DAVID BROWN (d. 1830), of Hebron, Conn., and Peru, Mass.; m. 1761, Lydia Sweetland (1743-1814). SOLOMON BROWN (1774-1856), of Hebron, Conn., and Peru, Mass.; m. 1796, Sarah Gilbert (1776-1864). ELIJAH BROWN (1798-1868), of Peru; m. 1823, Harriet Payn. WESLEY PAYN BROWN (1838-1927), of Niagra Falls, N.Y.; m. 1863, Harriet Ann Sackett (1841-1927). THOMAS BROWN (ca. 1628-1683), thought to have come from Salem to Lynn, Mass.; m. 1652-53, Mary Newhall, (b. 1637). THOMAS BROWN (ca. 1654-1723), removed to Stonington, Conn., post 1677; m. 1677, Hannah Collins. THOMAS BROWN (1692-1763), of Stonington; m. 1715, Ceborah Holdredge. THOMAS BROWN (1717-91), mariner; received tract of land in Wyo. Valley, 1754; removed to Quaker Hill, Dutchess Co., N.Y.; settled at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1776; built stockade on his own land; was at Forty Fort during Wyo. Massacre in 1789; with his family went up the Susquehanna River to what is now Wyalusing Tp., called settlement Browntown, Pa.; m. 2d, Patience Brockway, of Jamaica. BENJAMIN BROWN (1784-1834), of Standing Stone, Pa.; m. 1810, Jane Huyk (b. 1792). CHARLES EZEKIEL BROWN (1827-94), of Rome, Pa.; m. Harriet Strope (1826-1910), their sons, Benjamin and Martin, served in Co. K. 185th Regt. N.Y. Vols. during Civil War. JONATHON BROWN (1746-1825), called capt.; signed the Assn. Test in Candia; m. 1769, Anna Sanborn (1750-1840). LT. DANIEL BROWN (1771-1860), of Candia and Bridgewater, N.H.; selectman. 1805-11; lt. state milita; soldier War 1812; m. 1790, Elizabeth French (1774-1831). RICHARD FRENCH BROWN (1807-96), of Bridgewater, N.H.; called Capt. Dick Brown; m. 1831, Mary Cynthia Mitchell. CURTIS BROWN (1847-71), of Bridgewater and Bristol, N.H.; m. 1866, Lucy Ann Tilton (1845-1823). WILLIAM BROWN, from Scotland to Boston, 1667; m. Elizabeth. GEORGE BROWN (1668-1738), capt. militia; rep. Gen. Ct. from Billerica, Mass.; m. 1689, Sarah Kidder (b. 1667). SAMUEL BROWN (1701-79), lt. Billerica Co., 1755; m. 1730, Mary Davis. GEORGE BROWN (1747-1781-82), of Pittsfield, Me.; m. 1771, Elizabeth French. JONATHAN BROWN (1776-1861), m. 1800, Betsey Michaels (1788-1850). WILLIAM WENTWORTH BROWN (1821-1911), of Clinton and Portland, Me.; m. 1861, Emily Hart Jenkins (1836-79). WILLIAM ROBINSON BROWN, b. Portland, Me, 1875; m. 1915, Hildreth Burton Smith. ABEL BROWN (d. 1702), from Scotland ante 1665, settled in Anne Arundel Co., Md.; high sheriff, 1692; mem. Council, 1680; --ustice and mem. of the Quorum, 1678. ROBERT BROWN, m. Katharine -. BENJAMIN BROWN, m. Susanna -. CAPT. SAMUEL BROWN, m. Achsah Riggs. JOHN RIGGS BROWN (1775-1814), m. Sallie Gassaway. THOMAS BROWN (b. 1733), of Freehold, N.J.; removed to Charlton, N.

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