Sent to the command address. Reply to the list or to the address below instead of me as I'm just forwarding this on. On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 15:10:34 -0600, Kes6135@aol.com wrote: >Hello List, > >I am new to your list and am trying to find information on Keziah Ward and >her husband Jacob Brown and their children. I have a Jacob J. Brown married >to Ann Bacon in Hartford, CT 24 Feb 1803 but I do not have any information on >either of their parents. > >I have just learned about possible parents for my ancestor Jacob J. Brown. >On the LDS site I have found a Jacob Brown born abt. 1753 in Somers, Tolland, >Connecticut married to a Keziah Ward January 28, 1778. Keziah is the >daughter of Amos Ward Brown and Keizah Jones Brown. She was born 18 Sept >1759 <Somers, Tolland, Connecticut>. They had a son, Jacob Brown, born 15 >Aug 1782 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. > >What makes this a possibility is that my Jacob J. Brown had a son named Amos >Ward Brown and a grandson named Jacob Jones Brown. The J. in his name could >also stand for Jones. > >The book, Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois, by Powers, says that >Jacob was born 14, Aug 1781 in VT. Powers did not research this information. > He asked families to submit biographies and he included them in his book. >It's very possible the Power's information is wrong. > >With the similar birth date and the names of "Ward" and "Jones" being used as >middle names for Jacob's descendants it seems likely that my ancestor Jacob >J. Brown is the son of Jacob and Keziah (Ward) Brown. > >Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. If the connection can >be documented I have tons of material I'm willing to share with anyone on my >Brown's. > >Thank you very much for your help. > >Sincerely, > >Charlene Swan >Kes6135@aol.com >Cypress, CA 90630