Jacob Brown (1755 - 1831)

Born 14 Jan 1755 in Rowan, Rowan, Province of Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Armfield) Brown — married 11 Nov 1776 in New Garden, Rowan, Colony of North Carolina, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1831 at age 76 in Flat Rock, Henry, Indiana, United States

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Jacob Brown is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015488.

Biography

Jacob Brown was born January 14, 1755 to Thomas and Margaret Moon Brown in Orange County, Colony of North Carolina.^[1][2]. His birth is recorded in the New Garden Monthly Meeting (Quaker records) of Guilford County, North Carolina.

Jacob married Mary Armfield, daughter of William Armfield. Mary was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Jacob and Mary Armfield were married November 11, 1776." The marriage was recorded about November 30, 1776 at New Garden, Rowan County, Colony of North Carolina. Bond date was November 1, 1776.^[3]

They had 12 children:

1. Jane Brown Carter,
2. Thomas Brown,
3. Moses Brown (1779 - 1843),
4. William Brown (1783 - 1791),
5. Nancy Ann Brown Hoppes (1788 - 1847),
6. Rachel Brown Adams (1792 - 1863),
7. Solomon Brown (1794 - 1834),
8. Isaac Brown (1797 - 1877),
9. Margaret Brown Denney (1799 - 1851),
10. Jacob Brown,
11. Mary Brown Mendenhall and
12. Jonathan A. Brown.^[1][2]

On the 30th of November 1776 Jacob Brown was disowned by Quakers for marrying out of unity and for signing up with the local militia.

Regarding Jacob's actions during the Revolutionary War, at the New Garden Monthly Meeting 30 Nov 1776, there were complaints of Jacob Brown taking up Arms in a warlike manner.^[1]

This meeting appoints Eleazer Hunt and John Unthank to visit him, and labour with him in love and meekness in order to bring him to a true sight of his misconduct; but if they find him not in a suitable situation to condemn the same, they are to prepare a paper of denial against him and produce it to next meeting.

[This would have been around the time of the deaths of his brothers, Thomas and Moses, according to information from John A. Brown]^[4]

[The Battle for Guilford Courthouse was fought in 1781. Troops in the area brought benches out of the Cane Creek Meeting House and used them to slaughter animals confiscated from area farms to feed the men. A number of Quakers joined the North Carolina militia despite their religious views. They returned to their farms after the Battle.]

At the Monthly Meeting held at New Garden the 28th of Dec 1776, The Friends appointed last meeting to visit Jacob Brown report they had an opportunity with him, but he not appearing in a suitable condition to condemn his misconduct, they produced a paper of denial against him, which was read, approved and signed.

On 26 Jan 1782 Jacob appeared at the Monthly Meeting and offered a paper condemning his outgoings and also for taking up arms in a war like manner, which was accepted. On 27 April 1782 he produced a paper which was read, approved and signed.

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• BROWN, JACOB
• Ancestor #: A015488
• Service: NORTH CAROLINA
• Rank(s): PRIVATE
• Birth: 1-14-1755 ROWAN CO NORTH CAROLINA
• Death: 6-9-1831 HENRY CO INDIANA
• Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, PP 199, 225; MARSHALL, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GEN, SUPPLEMENT TO VOL 1, P 9
• Service Description: 1) CONTINENTAL LINE
• RESIDENCE: Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2006-05-19 15:44:15.0, By: TJACKINO 1) County: GUILFORD CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
• SPOUSE (1): MARY ARMFIELD: Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• SPOUSE (2): MARY X Unknown: Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 2)
• Child son: SOLOMON BROWN, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] LYDIA ADAMS; [Spouse #] Spouse: [2] ELIZABETH HADLEY
• Child son: ISAAC BROWN, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY MENDENHALL
• Child son: MOSES BROWN, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] HANNAH CARTER
• Child daughter: RACHEL BROWN, [Spouse #] Spouse:[1] WILLIAM ADAMS

In 1785 Mary and her children Jane, Moses, Thomas and William joined at the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Jacob was listed in Surry County in 1786 and 1790 and as one of the original member of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting in 1793. In 1796 he bought 200 acres of land on the waters of North Deep Creek and 120 acres on Forbrush Creek in 1801. In 1802 he sold the land on Forbush Creek and in 1803 bought 50 acres of land on the waters of North Fork of Deep Creek and on 6 Dec 1808 sold Moses Brown nine acres of this land. In 1812 he sold all of his land on North Fork of Deep Creek.

On 4 February 1815 Jacob and wife Mary and children Mary, Isaac, Margaret and Jonathan were received at Elk Creek MM, Preble County, Ohio from Deep Creek MM North Carolina.

"On 21 June 1819 Jacob bought land in Sec. 8 Twp 6 Range 2 in Somers Township, Preble County, Ohio. On 26 Feb 1820 he deeded this land to Jacob Jr. and Isaac Brown.

In 1826 he moved in with his son Solomon in Ohio and in 1827 Received a certificate from Westfield MM (set-off) from Elk MM in 1821, Preble County, Ohio to Springfield MM, Wayne Co., Indiana. He was residing in Henry County, Indiana. In 1827/8 Mary died of consumption and in 1830 he was living in Henry County Indiana with his son Solomon. Jacob died 9 June 1831 from a kick from a horse.^[2].

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A015488
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH7B-MTV
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11781478/jacob-brown

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Family Tree files originally submitted to the White Family Tree in Ancestry.com on 20 Nov 2008, Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jacob Brown on Find A Grave: Memorial #11781478 Retrieved 2017-11-25.. Originally created by: Bev, Sep 19, 2005, biographical information by Ray Vick added October 31, 2013
3. ↑ Stenhjem, Connie, Joyce Agerton, The Armfield Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 4, June 2011.
4. ↑ <Brown, John A., John A. Brown Record typewritten by Pearl Cole Swisher, and notarized by Ruby Brown in Page County, Iowa on July 4, 1936.

Acknowledgements

John Jeffords generated this profile through the import of Jeffords Family Tree.ged on March 10, 1014.

Special thanks to Ray Vick and Allen Brown for the work on the profile.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Brown-26922 was created by John Jeffords through the import of Jeffords Family Tree.ged on Mar 10, 2014.