Joseph BROWN

Bef 1734 - Abt 1796  (> 62 years)

• Name	Joseph BROWN  [1]
  Birth	Bef 1734	either Ireland or Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Revolutionary War   [2]
  Served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Captain Steven Dearborn's Company, Thomas Stickney's Regiment in General Stark's Brigade of the New Hampshire Militia which marched from Chester, NH and joined the Northern Contental Army, 1777, Served from July 21, 1777 and discharged Sept 28, 1777.
  Death	Abt 1796	Chester, Rockingham Co., NH   [3]
  Burial	Prb Chester, NH
  Person ID	I1105	Main

  
  

  Father	? BROWN
  Family ID	F1776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann OTTERSON,   b. Ireland
  Marriage	Rockingham Co., NH
  Notes	Said to have had five children, only two of which survived to mature years.
  Children	+ 1. Joseph BROWN,   b. Abt 1748, prb Chester, NH d. 27 Feb 1808, Peacham, VT (Age 60 years)   2. Ann BROWN,   b. 1761, NH d. 1845, NH (Age 84 years)
  Histories		Brown's Drops, "The Old Sutton Remedy Brown?s Drops, a medicinal formula registered as No 17522 under the Patent Medicine Act, was manufactured in Sutton, Quebec, by the Brown?s Drops Medicine Company, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
  Family ID	F1779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary GUY   d. Prb NH
  Children	1. Elizabeth BROWN   2. Rachel BROWN   3. James BROWN   4. Lydia BROWN   5. Mary BROWN + 6. Janet BROWN,   b. c.1765, Chester, Rockingham Co., NH d. 23 Mar 1803, Barnet, Caledonia Co., VT (Age 38 years)   7. Martha BROWN,   b. 25 May 1776, NH d. 29 May 1834 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F2776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Death - Abt 1796 - Chester, Rockingham Co., NH Burial - - Prb Chester, NH Marriage - - Rockingham Co., NH  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town/Village       : Town/Township       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Issues & Analysis

  A Problem with Joseph Brown's Wives? An analysis of Joseph Brown's wives in an attempt to clear up confusion and conflicting data as to who may have been Janet Brown's mother.

  
  

• Notes

  Said to be of Scottish birth/descent and to have been reared and then come from Londonderry Ireland at the age of 19, settling in Chester, NH Often referred to as doctor, on account of preparing drops for "fits." Settled on land not granted by the proprietors of Chester near Head's saw mill. He probably had title from the proprietors of Suncook, but he with others was sued. E.O. Jameson's records in "The Jamesons in America" [S2] for Joseph Brown's marriage were incorrect. See explaination here. DAR # A015688

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (NH), (By Author - Auburn, NH). p.477 [S53] Rev War Record. Individual Service Record #146 (B) (NARA Publication #M881) [S2] E.O. Jameson, Jamesons in America, (The Rumford Press - Concord, NH).