Farabaugh Family History - Person Sheet
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From: "Kathleen Gliebe" <kgliebe@email.msn.com>
To: "Anthony Bentivegna" <tonyb39@idt.net>
Subject: Early Browns in Cambria Co, Pa
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:51:33 -0500
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Anthony
You asked:
>Does your research reveal a connection to any of the following BROWNS:
>
>1) George Brown is believed to have married Mary Stevenson in about 1714,
>and settled in Baltimore County, Maryland, by 1727. In that year that he
>petitioned the court to acquire a share of the Edward Stevenson estate. In
>1743, George patented two tracts of land in present day Carroll County,
>Md., one parcel was 350 acres at "Brown's Delight' and the other was 50
>acres as Pleasant Grove. George's will of February 19, 1767, was executed
>in Frederick County, and devised to Rachel one feather bed and furniture.
>Their child was Rachel (1741/2-1818), who married Capt. Michael McGuire,
>settler of Cambria County, Pa.
>
I have researched this George Brown family, and have not found any connection to my John Brown, who married Susan Weakland. I have found there were two primary families of Browns in Frederick County (possibly more) in the late 1790s, but I have not been able to link my Browns to either. The first is the George Brown family you listed above. They would seem the logical connection as they were Catholic and my John Brown had a close relationship to the McGuires. But... they didn't live particular near each other in Frederick County from what I can tell and the ages seem off. My John Brown was the son of Daniel Brown, and Daniel and George, based on their ages don't appear to have been likely brothers. My Daniel Brown lived very near another family of Browns, headed by Jacob Brown, near Silver Run, Maryland. This would seem to be the more logical connection but... problem with the Jacob Brown clan is they were Lutheran and my Daniel Brown was definately Catholic (he and his wife are buried in Conewago, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). I suspect my Daniel Brown may have been German as was Jacob Brown's family, he certainly lived in an area populated by Germans, but I find him also having close connections with Irish families like O'Hara too. So, I'm still working on solving and sorting the Frederick County Browns. I've got several tracked. Some days I lean one way, some days another. I considered seriously whether Rachel Brown was a cousin. But, it just doesn't seem to fit. Records show George Brown came from Baltimore County and there just doesn't seem to be any Daniel Brown living there at the same time as George. And so I've come to doubt a connection.
My John Brown's father left a Will, but he only mentions his son John Brown; wife Margaret;daughter Margaret (who married Andrew Topper), and his wife's granddaughter Mary White. I rather suspect that Margaret Brown, John's sister, may have been from a second marriage of his father. There appears to be quite an age difference between the two, and I suspect the mention of the "wife's" granddaughter, hints that Daniel's wife, Margaret, had been married previously too. So, John doesn't have much in the way of siblings to make a connection to other families with. Note though his sister Margaret also married into a Catholic family, who attended Conewago Chapel.
>2) John Brown married Eleanor McGuire at Sportman's Hall, 11 Nov 1822.
I can't make any connection between this John Brown and my family. None of my Brown's lived at Sportman's Hall from what I can tell.
>3) Susan Brown, b. 1768, died in Loretto, 2 Oct 1810
This is Susan Weakland, who I have born 1766. Susan Weakland married John Brown. She died as stated 2 Oct 1810. I strongly suspect Susan died from complications of childbirth as she had a baby, Thomas Brown on 22 Sept. 1810, only 10 days before her death. It's quite likely then she died of complications from this birth.
>
>4) Ann Brown, b. 1778, died in Loretto, 13 Apr 1823.
Following the death of his wife Susan Weakland Brown, John Brown married again a younger woman named Ann. Ann Brown is buried next to John Brown at St. Michael's Cemetery, Loretto. [Susan Weakland Brown is also buried there, but her tombstone is no longer extinct.] John and Ann Brown had a child, Henry Brown, b. 17 Apr. 1817. Further evidence that Ann is John Brown's second wife is provided by the census. John Brown died May 20, 1820. If one looks closely at the census records, you'll see his widow Ann Brown in the 1820 Pa Census is shown in Cambria Co., Conemaug Allegheny Twp. (Township of Loretto), p. 187, with the remaining children. If you compare the previous census of 1810 records, you'll see they fit.
1810 Pa census, Cambria Co., Conemaugh Twp. p. 146.
John Brown: Head of Household
1 male over 45: [John Brown, b. 1753]
1 male 10-15: [Daniel, b. abt 1796]
5 males under 10 [Michael, b. Jan 1797; Moses, b. 1798; John, b. 1802; William, b. 1806; James, b. 31 Jan 1808] [Thomas wasn't born until 22 Sept 1810, so was not counted in this census.]
1 female 26-44: [wife Susan, b. 1766, would have been 44 yrs old.]
1 female under 10 [Sarah, b. 29 Nov. 1803].
>
>5) Daniel and Apollonia Brown. Had children: Sarah Ann (1824), Margaret,
>William Daniel, Helen (1835).
Daniel Brown [my direct ancestor] was the son of John Brown and Susan Weakland. He was born about Jan 1796 in Huntingdon (now Cambria Co.) Pa. He married abt 1819 Apollonia Plunkett (sometimes referred to in church records as Abigail - an attempt to give a Latin translation to Appolonia). They had the following children:
1. John Brown, b. 1818, died 2 July, 1863 at Gettysburg. m. Lavinia Sharp [this is my line.]
2. Mary Ann Brown, b. abt 1820, she married Thomas Carroll, (brother of John Carroll, who marrried his wife's sister Sarah Ann Brown.)
3. Henry Brown, b. 26 Oct. 1821, he m. Ellen McColgan.
4. Sarah Ann Brown, b. 17 Jan 1824. she married John Carroll (brother of Thomas who married his wife's sister Mary Ann Brown.)
5. Margaret Brown, b. 23 Jul 1827, she m. William Ryan.
6. William Daniel Brown, b. 3 Sep 1830, he m. Catherine Ann Parker.
7. Ellen Brown, b. 6 Jun 1835, she married Dennis O'Donnell.
>6) Daniel and Abagail Brown. Had children John (m. Lavina Sharp in 1839),
>Henry, Mary Ann (m. Irish immigrant Thomas Carroll in 1839).
See above, same family.
>7) Daniel and Elizabeth Brown. Had child John, who married Christina
>Flowers in 1826.
This Daniel is a mystery to me. I can't make any connection with him and my John Brown. Still I wonder about him though. His name being Daniel and naming a son John and showing up about the same time as John, and marrying Catholic. Possibly just a coincidence, still ... it makes you wonder if there isn't a connection. If he was a brother to John Brown, he wasn't mentioned in John's father's (Daniel Brown's) Will of 1803. This Daniel also wasn't living with Daniel Brown the elder in 1790 census. Perhaps, land records, might provide more of a clue, particular if it shows him living near my John Brown. I haven't ruled out a connection, but just don't know.
>
>Some other misc. Browns:
>
>Delia Brown. Married John McKiernan. Daughter Isabella (1824). Can't place her.
>Emmanuel and Elizabeth Brown. Child John (1802). I've seen this record as Fanuel Brown, either way Fanuel or Emmanuel, I think he really is Daniel Brown [likely the handwriting is hard to read] and Elizabeth, who had son John Brown, b. 1802 who married Christian Flowers. (See comments above for this Daniel Brown.)
>John and Anna Brown. Child Henry (1817). [See above, This is my John Brown who married first Susan Weakland, and second Anna, and had child Henry.]
>Henry and Mary Brown. Children Mary (1836) and Hugh (1837). I think this is Henry Brown, b. 1817, child of John Brown and Ann, he married Ann Marie and had children, Mary, b. 16 Apr. 1836, Hugh, b. 2 Nov. 1837, and Henry, b. 21 Nov. 1843. It's possible, but unlikely, this Henry was the son of Daniel Brown (s/o of John and Susan Weakland Brown) b. 26 Oct 1821, but I don't think so. This later Henry would only have been 15 when daughter Mary was born. The first Henry mentioned, b. 1817 would have been 19 a more plausible age.
>Michael Brown and Cecilia Waters married in 1825. Children John (1826) and
>Mary Jane (1829). Michael Brown (s/o John Brown and Susan Weakland), b. Jan 1797 married 1st: 5 Nov. 1817 Catherine Platt , St. Michael's, had child Mary Ann Matilda Brown, b. 1823, then married 2nd: 20 Sep 1825 Cecilia Waters at St. Michael's, children: John Brown, b. 1826, Mary Jane Brown, b. 1829
>>
>>1) Fact. Weaklands came from Maryland. William Weakland (son of William
>>Weakland Sr.) is shown in the 1850 Pa census as having been born in
>>Maryland. [1850 Pa Census, Cambria Co. Allegheny Twp., taken 29 August,
p.49, 122/124, William Weaklin, age 76, farmer, b. Md, can't read or write.
>>Wife Barabara, age 76, b. Md. Living with them Susannah Weaklin age 25,
b.Pa; [This was really Susannah Brown, sister to John and James I believe.]
>>Catherine Noel, age 16, John Brown, age 15, James Brown, age 20, all born
>>Pa.]
>>
>
>These can't be BROWN nephews. The ages are too young. Are they
grandchildren? The children are not grandchildren of William Weakland. They are grandchildren of William's sister Susan Weakland, who married John Brown, and had a son Moses Brown. They are children of Moses Brown.
Moses Brown, b. 1798, (s/o John and Susan Weakland Brown) m. Mary Gallagher. They had
3 children:
1. James A. Brown, b. 6 Aug. 1830 [20 years old in 1850]
2. Susan Catherine Brown, b. 24 Jul 1832 [22 years old in 1850]
3. John Brown, b. 4 Aug. 1835. [15 yrs old in 1850]
Moses died 24 Oct. 1847 and is buried at St. Michael's, Loretto, near his parents. Moses wife, Mary died earlier i.e. 26 Aug. 1843. So by the 1850 census we find the children living with their great Uncle and great Aunt, that is William Weakland and his wife Barbara. William was the brother to these children's grandmother, Susan Weakland Brown.
1850 Pa Census, Cambria Co. Allegheny Twp., taken 29 August, p. 49, 122/124, William Weaklin, age 76, farmer, b. Md, can't read or write. Wife Barabara, age 76, b. Md. Living with them Susannah Weaklin age 25, b. Pa; Catherine Noel, age 16, John Brown, age 15, James Brown, age 20, all born Pa. [William Weakland did have a daughter named Susan Weakland but she was born 4 Mar 1811, so I am fairly confident the Susannah Weaklin shown here in this 1850 census is really Susan Brown, sister of James and John Brown also shown living with William Weakland.
So, there you have it Anthony. Sorry, this got to be so long. I hope this helps straighten out in your mind some of the Browns you asked about. I have researched Browns even more than Weaklands. My maiden name is Brown. I have lots of material on them, enough to fill a book. I've studied and studied the records to see how they all fit together. If you come across other researchers interested in early Cambria County Browns send them my way.
Warmest Regards,
Kathy Brown Gliebe
From: "Kathleen Gliebe" <kgliebe@email.msn.com>
To: "Anthony Bentivegna" <tonyb39@idt.net>
Subject: Early Browns in Cambria Co, Pa
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:51:33 -0500
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Anthony
You asked:
>Does your research reveal a connection to any of the following BROWNS:
>
>1) George Brown is believed to have married Mary Stevenson in about 1714,
>and settled in Baltimore County, Maryland, by 1727. In that year that he
>petitioned the court to acquire a share of the Edward Stevenson estate. In
>1743, George patented two tracts of land in present day Carroll County,
>Md., one parcel was 350 acres at "Brown's Delight' and the other was 50
>acres as Pleasant Grove. George's will of February 19, 1767, was executed
>in Frederick County, and devised to Rachel one feather bed and furniture.
>Their child was Rachel (1741/2-1818), who married Capt. Michael McGuire,
>settler of Cambria County, Pa.
>
I have researched this George Brown family, and have not found any connection to my John Brown, who married Susan Weakland. I have found there were two primary families of Browns in Frederick County (possibly more) in the late 1790s, but I have not been able to link my Browns to either. The first is the George Brown family you listed above. They would seem the logical connection as they were Catholic and my John Brown had a close relationship to the McGuires. But... they didn't live particular near each other in Frederick County from what I can tell and the ages seem off. My John Brown was the son of Daniel Brown, and Daniel and George, based on their ages don't appear to have been likely brothers. My Daniel Brown lived very near another family of Browns, headed by Jacob Brown, near Silver Run, Maryland. This would seem to be the more logical connection but... problem with the Jacob Brown clan is they were Lutheran and my Daniel Brown was definately Catholic (he and his wife are buried in Conewago, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). I suspect my Daniel Brown may have been German as was Jacob Brown's family, he certainly lived in an area populated by Germans, but I find him also having close connections with Irish families like O'Hara too. So, I'm still working on solving and sorting the Frederick County Browns. I've got several tracked. Some days I lean one way, some days another. I considered seriously whether Rachel Brown was a cousin. But, it just doesn't seem to fit. Records show George Brown came from Baltimore County and there just doesn't seem to be any Daniel Brown living there at the same time as George. And so I've come to doubt a connection.
My John Brown's father left a Will, but he only mentions his son John Brown; wife Margaret;daughter Margaret (who married Andrew Topper), and his wife's granddaughter Mary White. I rather suspect that Margaret Brown, John's sister, may have been from a second marriage of his father. There appears to be quite an age difference between the two, and I suspect the mention of the "wife's" granddaughter, hints that Daniel's wife, Margaret, had been married previously too. So, John doesn't have much in the way of siblings to make a connection to other families with. Note though his sister Margaret also married into a Catholic family, who attended Conewago Chapel.
>2) John Brown married Eleanor McGuire at Sportman's Hall, 11 Nov 1822.
I can't make any connection between this John Brown and my family. None of my Brown's lived at Sportman's Hall from what I can tell.
>3) Susan Brown, b. 1768, died in Loretto, 2 Oct 1810
This is Susan Weakland, who I have born 1766. Susan Weakland married John Brown. She died as stated 2 Oct 1810. I strongly suspect Susan died from complications of childbirth as she had a baby, Thomas Brown on 22 Sept. 1810, only 10 days before her death. It's quite likely then she died of complications from this birth.
>
>4) Ann Brown, b. 1778, died in Loretto, 13 Apr 1823.
Following the death of his wife Susan Weakland Brown, John Brown married again a younger woman named Ann. Ann Brown is buried next to John Brown at St. Michael's Cemetery, Loretto. [Susan Weakland Brown is also buried there, but her tombstone is no longer extinct.] John and Ann Brown had a child, Henry Brown, b. 17 Apr. 1817. Further evidence that Ann is John Brown's second wife is provided by the census. John Brown died May 20, 1820. If one looks closely at the census records, you'll see his widow Ann Brown in the 1820 Pa Census is shown in Cambria Co., Conemaug Allegheny Twp. (Township of Loretto), p. 187, with the remaining children. If you compare the previous census of 1810 records, you'll see they fit.
1810 Pa census, Cambria Co., Conemaugh Twp. p. 146.
John Brown: Head of Household
1 male over 45: [John Brown, b. 1753]
1 male 10-15: [Daniel, b. abt 1796]
5 males under 10 [Michael, b. Jan 1797; Moses, b. 1798; John, b. 1802; William, b. 1806; James, b. 31 Jan 1808] [Thomas wasn't born until 22 Sept 1810, so was not counted in this census.]
1 female 26-44: [wife Susan, b. 1766, would have been 44 yrs old.]
1 female under 10 [Sarah, b. 29 Nov. 1803].
>
>5) Daniel and Apollonia Brown. Had children: Sarah Ann (1824), Margaret,
>William Daniel, Helen (1835).
Daniel Brown [my direct ancestor] was the son of John Brown and Susan Weakland. He was born about Jan 1796 in Huntingdon (now Cambria Co.) Pa. He married abt 1819 Apollonia Plunkett (sometimes referred to in church records as Abigail - an attempt to give a Latin translation to Appolonia). They had the following children:
1. John Brown, b. 1818, died 2 July, 1863 at Gettysburg. m. Lavinia Sharp [this is my line.]
2. Mary Ann Brown, b. abt 1820, she married Thomas Carroll, (brother of John Carroll, who marrried his wife's sister Sarah Ann Brown.)
3. Henry Brown, b. 26 Oct. 1821, he m. Ellen McColgan.
4. Sarah Ann Brown, b. 17 Jan 1824. she married John Carroll (brother of Thomas who married his wife's sister Mary Ann Brown.)
5. Margaret Brown, b. 23 Jul 1827, she m. William Ryan.
6. William Daniel Brown, b. 3 Sep 1830, he m. Catherine Ann Parker.
7. Ellen Brown, b. 6 Jun 1835, she married Dennis O'Donnell.
>6) Daniel and Abagail Brown. Had children John (m. Lavina Sharp in 1839),
>Henry, Mary Ann (m. Irish immigrant Thomas Carroll in 1839).
See above, same family.
>7) Daniel and Elizabeth Brown. Had child John, who married Christina
>Flowers in 1826.
This Daniel is a mystery to me. I can't make any connection with him and my John Brown. Still I wonder about him though. His name being Daniel and naming a son John and showing up about the same time as John, and marrying Catholic. Possibly just a coincidence, still ... it makes you wonder if there isn't a connection. If he was a brother to John Brown, he wasn't mentioned in John's father's (Daniel Brown's) Will of 1803. This Daniel also wasn't living with Daniel Brown the elder in 1790 census. Perhaps, land records, might provide more of a clue, particular if it shows him living near my John Brown. I haven't ruled out a connection, but just don't know.
>
>Some other misc. Browns:
>
>Delia Brown. Married John McKiernan. Daughter Isabella (1824). Can't place her.
>Emmanuel and Elizabeth Brown. Child John (1802). I've seen this record as Fanuel Brown, either way Fanuel or Emmanuel, I think he really is Daniel Brown [likely the handwriting is hard to read] and Elizabeth, who had son John Brown, b. 1802 who married Christian Flowers. (See comments above for this Daniel Brown.)
>John and Anna Brown. Child Henry (1817). [See above, This is my John Brown who married first Susan Weakland, and second Anna, and had child Henry.]
>Henry and Mary Brown. Children Mary (1836) and Hugh (1837). I think this is Henry Brown, b. 1817, child of John Brown and Ann, he married Ann Marie and had children, Mary, b. 16 Apr. 1836, Hugh, b. 2 Nov. 1837, and Henry, b. 21 Nov. 1843. It's possible, but unlikely, this Henry was the son of Daniel Brown (s/o of John and Susan Weakland Brown) b. 26 Oct 1821, but I don't think so. This later Henry would only have been 15 when daughter Mary was born. The first Henry mentioned, b. 1817 would have been 19 a more plausible age.
>Michael Brown and Cecilia Waters married in 1825. Children John (1826) and
>Mary Jane (1829). Michael Brown (s/o John Brown and Susan Weakland), b. Jan 1797 married 1st: 5 Nov. 1817 Catherine Platt , St. Michael's, had child Mary Ann Matilda Brown, b. 1823, then married 2nd: 20 Sep 1825 Cecilia Waters at St. Michael's, children: John Brown, b. 1826, Mary Jane Brown, b. 1829
>>
>>1) Fact. Weaklands came from Maryland. William Weakland (son of William
>>Weakland Sr.) is shown in the 1850 Pa census as having been born in
>>Maryland. [1850 Pa Census, Cambria Co. Allegheny Twp., taken 29 August,
p.49, 122/124, William Weaklin, age 76, farmer, b. Md, can't read or write.
>>Wife Barabara, age 76, b. Md. Living with them Susannah Weaklin age 25,
b.Pa; [This was really Susannah Brown, sister to John and James I believe.]
>>Catherine Noel, age 16, John Brown, age 15, James Brown, age 20, all born
>>Pa.]
>>
>
>These can't be BROWN nephews. The ages are too young. Are they
grandchildren? The children are not grandchildren of William Weakland. They are grandchildren of William's sister Susan Weakland, who married John Brown, and had a son Moses Brown. They are children of Moses Brown.
Moses Brown, b. 1798, (s/o John and Susan Weakland Brown) m. Mary Gallagher. They had
3 children:
1. James A. Brown, b. 6 Aug. 1830 [20 years old in 1850]
2. Susan Catherine Brown, b. 24 Jul 1832 [22 years old in 1850]
3. John Brown, b. 4 Aug. 1835. [15 yrs old in 1850]
Moses died 24 Oct. 1847 and is buried at St. Michael's, Loretto, near his parents. Moses wife, Mary died earlier i.e. 26 Aug. 1843. So by the 1850 census we find the children living with their great Uncle and great Aunt, that is William Weakland and his wife Barbara. William was the brother to these children's grandmother, Susan Weakland Brown.
1850 Pa Census, Cambria Co. Allegheny Twp., taken 29 August, p. 49, 122/124, William Weaklin, age 76, farmer, b. Md, can't read or write. Wife Barabara, age 76, b. Md. Living with them Susannah Weaklin age 25, b. Pa; Catherine Noel, age 16, John Brown, age 15, James Brown, age 20, all born Pa. [William Weakland did have a daughter named Susan Weakland but she was born 4 Mar 1811, so I am fairly confident the Susannah Weaklin shown here in this 1850 census is really Susan Brown, sister of James and John Brown also shown living with William Weakland.
So, there you have it Anthony. Sorry, this got to be so long. I hope this helps straighten out in your mind some of the Browns you asked about. I have researched Browns even more than Weaklands. My maiden name is Brown. I have lots of material on them, enough to fill a book. I've studied and studied the records to see how they all fit together. If you come across other researchers interested in early Cambria County Browns send them my way.
Warmest Regards,
Kathy Brown Gliebe