This is a long shot, but you may find something at this site http://catskillhouse.us/Genealogy One of my ancestors is Platt Mott who married my gggm Rebecca Moore BROWN. Some Motts are there - so maybe there is a connection to Platts as well. Hope it helps! Beth On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Billie Allemand <allemaba@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jeff > > Have you sorted this out yet? I do not see any STATE mentioned, could you > help me out there? I am a daughter of a William BROWN, son of John Willis > BROWN, son of Jonas BROWN 1823-1896. May go on back to Heinrich BRAUN,1744, > Wurtenberg, Germany. He immigrated in 1751 and changed his name spelling to > Henry BROWN. I haven't found record of how they got to Ohio, but some were > born in Pennsylvania. And I haven't found any immigration records, etc. > Just > thought maybe there was a chance relationship? > > Billie > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:04 PM, <ggray28672@aol.com> wrote: > > > Hi Listers: I've come across another John BROWN from Westchester > > County, and don't know much about him. But I'm thinking he may be > > directly related to my ggg grandfather William born 22 Jul 1772, of > > North Salem, Westchester Co. and resided in nearby Poundridge. > > > > All I know of John is that in the 1855 NYS census of Granby, Oswego Co. > > he says he was born in the year 1786 in "Westchester County". He is > > widowed and living with his son William W. BROWN. I don't know where > > he is in 1860, or if he is still living. > > > > From the same 1855 census, and gravestone transcriptions, William W. > > BROWN was born 20 Sep 1811 in Westchester Co., died 14 Aug 1865 in > > Granby. He married Phebe Ann unknown, born 2 Sep 1818 in Greene Co., > > NY, died 6 Aug 1869 in Granby. Both are buried in nearby Hannibal > > Village Cemetery, Hannibal. Children are Lydia, Harriet E., Frances > > Amanda, Daniel E., Prudence Ella, Orrin M., Edward R., Eugene and Cora > > A. > > > > Seven of the ten children of my ggg grandfather William relocated to > > Oswego or neighboring Onondaga Co. from Poundridge in the 1830's. One > > was Joseph Platt BROWN. In the 1840 Granby census, William W. is a > > young head-of-household and listed/resided next to Joseph P. > > > > And I have now found mention of old Brown family reunions in Oswego > > where descendants of William W. and descendants of my ancestors both > > attended the same reunions. > > > > Does anyone have a John BROWN who could be this man, and may he have > > had an older brother named William? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff Gray > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > B > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- BROWN: BRAYTON, MOBLEY, BELL, COLEMAN, CREWS, DEADWYLER, GREEN, HOOD, JOHNSON, KUNKEL, MEADOWS, MOORE, MOSELEY, SIGSBY, YOUNG; Locations: NY, OH, IL, IA, NE; VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, AR, TX TURNEY: BECKER, FRIEND, LITTLE, MARTIN, MYERS, VANSICKLE, WALTER, WOLFE; Locations: IR, GE, NY, PA, WV, MD