Helen Seguine Crocheron Brown, 104, of Rockleigh, N.J., a native Staten Islander descended from French Huguenot settlers, died Sunday in Bergen County Care Facility, Rockleigh, where she had been residing since 1989.
Born Helen Seguine Crocheron in Oakwood, Mrs. Brown moved to St. George around 1916, to Emerson Hill in 1932, and to West Brighton in 1951. She moved to Beachwood, N.J., in 1975 and to Englewood, N.J., in 1976.
She graduated from Staten Island Academy in 1912.
Mrs. Brown was a volunteer at the former Staten Island Hospital, Tompkinsville, as well as a member of the Staten Island Historical Society, Richmond. She held offices with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Seamen's Church Institute, Manhattan, and was also president of the New York Diocese Convocation of Women of the Episcopal Church, Manhattan.
Mrs. Brown was a direct descendant of Jean Crocheron, who was given a land grant in New Springville in 1670, and the Seguine family, which settled Prince's Bay a few years later. The two families were among the first French Huguenot settlers in America.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Englewood, and a former member of Christ Episcopal Church, New Brighton.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Robert Russell Brown, died in 1950.
Surviving are her two daughters, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Brown's son, Bruce, died last year.
Born Helen Seguine Crocheron in Oakwood, Mrs. Brown moved to St. George around 1916, to Emerson Hill in 1932, and to West Brighton in 1951. She moved to Beachwood, N.J., in 1975 and to Englewood, N.J., in 1976.
She graduated from Staten Island Academy in 1912.
Mrs. Brown was a volunteer at the former Staten Island Hospital, Tompkinsville, as well as a member of the Staten Island Historical Society, Richmond. She held offices with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Seamen's Church Institute, Manhattan, and was also president of the New York Diocese Convocation of Women of the Episcopal Church, Manhattan.
Mrs. Brown was a direct descendant of Jean Crocheron, who was given a land grant in New Springville in 1670, and the Seguine family, which settled Prince's Bay a few years later. The two families were among the first French Huguenot settlers in America.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Englewood, and a former member of Christ Episcopal Church, New Brighton.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Robert Russell Brown, died in 1950.
Surviving are her two daughters, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Brown's son, Bruce, died last year.
Helen Seguine Crocheron Brown, 104, of Rockleigh, N.J., a native Staten Islander descended from French Huguenot settlers, died Sunday in Bergen County Care Facility, Rockleigh, where she had been residing since 1989.
Born Helen Seguine Crocheron in Oakwood, Mrs. Brown moved to St. George around 1916, to Emerson Hill in 1932, and to West Brighton in 1951. She moved to Beachwood, N.J., in 1975 and to Englewood, N.J., in 1976.
She graduated from Staten Island Academy in 1912.
Mrs. Brown was a volunteer at the former Staten Island Hospital, Tompkinsville, as well as a member of the Staten Island Historical Society, Richmond. She held offices with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Seamen's Church Institute, Manhattan, and was also president of the New York Diocese Convocation of Women of the Episcopal Church, Manhattan.
Mrs. Brown was a direct descendant of Jean Crocheron, who was given a land grant in New Springville in 1670, and the Seguine family, which settled Prince's Bay a few years later. The two families were among the first French Huguenot settlers in America.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Englewood, and a former member of Christ Episcopal Church, New Brighton.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Robert Russell Brown, died in 1950.
Surviving are her two daughters, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Brown's son, Bruce, died last year.
Born Helen Seguine Crocheron in Oakwood, Mrs. Brown moved to St. George around 1916, to Emerson Hill in 1932, and to West Brighton in 1951. She moved to Beachwood, N.J., in 1975 and to Englewood, N.J., in 1976.
She graduated from Staten Island Academy in 1912.
Mrs. Brown was a volunteer at the former Staten Island Hospital, Tompkinsville, as well as a member of the Staten Island Historical Society, Richmond. She held offices with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Seamen's Church Institute, Manhattan, and was also president of the New York Diocese Convocation of Women of the Episcopal Church, Manhattan.
Mrs. Brown was a direct descendant of Jean Crocheron, who was given a land grant in New Springville in 1670, and the Seguine family, which settled Prince's Bay a few years later. The two families were among the first French Huguenot settlers in America.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Englewood, and a former member of Christ Episcopal Church, New Brighton.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Robert Russell Brown, died in 1950.
Surviving are her two daughters, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Brown's son, Bruce, died last year.
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