***DIRECT MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT (See notes below)***
Jerome B. Brown was born circa 1811 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts to Rebecca Swift Brown and Emerson Brown.
In July of 1813 Jerome's parents moved their family from Cheshire, Massachusetts to Smithfield, Madison County, New York.
Jerome married Abigail Hall (also living in Smithfield, NY) on 20 Oct 1836 and they came to Wisconsin in 1840 locating at Mayville. In 1867 they moved to New Lisbon, Wisconsin.
Jerome and 4 of his brothers, Judson, Reuben, Elisha M., and Dean S., moved from New York state to the territory of Wisconsin.
Jerome & Abigail had 5 sons and 2 daughters together. Sadly one of their daughters died in infancy or childhood. The children who survived into adulthood were:
1. Jerome B. Brown, Jr. (1837-?)
2. Oscar V. Brown (1839-1864)
3. Orville M. Brown (1840-1867)
4. Maria Brown (1844-?)
5. Sydney E. Brown (1847-1922)
6. William Wallace Brown (1851-1884)
Jerome made his living as a farmer, but he struggled due to health problems (arthritis). His wife, Abigail, was very talented and hard working and people came from "afar" to purchase her hand made rugs.
Sadly Jerome & his wife Abigail lost their son, Oscar, who was a Private in Company K of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, during the Civil War on 18 Sept 1864 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their nephew, William Ellis Brown (AKA "Ellis") had also joined the 1st Wisconsin Calvary as a Private, but Eliis had served in a different company than their son. Ellis married his first cousin, Maria R. Brown, who was Abigail & Jerome's daughter.
Maria, whom Ellis married during the war, lived with Jerome & Abigail during the Civil War. And when Ellis returned from the war suffering serious illness & injury as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA continued to live with Jerome & Abigail and they all moved together to New Lisbon, WI in 1867.
Abigail & Jerome's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin. He provided an affidavit for Maria R. Brown, for a Civil War Widow's Pension in which he testifies that he was Maria's brother (and Maria was William Ellis Brown's wife).
Jerome & Abigail's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin.
Jerome B. Brown, Sr. died on 14 May 1883 in New Lisbon, Juneau, Wisconsin at the age of 72.
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Jerome B. Brown was a direct descendant of 7 Mayflower passengers through his mother, Rebecca Swift Brown's lineage.
His Mayflower ancestors included John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley, Elizabeth's parent's John Tilley and Joan Hurst Tilley who both perished the first winter in the New World, John Cooke (his father Francis Cooke was also a passenger) and Richard Warren.
Jerome is also related indirectly to John Tilley's brother, Edward (Elizabeth Tilly's uncle) & his wife Ann Cooper Tilley both of whom also perished the first winter leaving Elizabeth an orphan at age 14.
John Howland, John Tilley and his brother, Edward Tilley, Francis Cooke, and Richard Warren all signed the Mayflower Compact.
Jerome B. Brown was born circa 1811 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts to Rebecca Swift Brown and Emerson Brown.
In July of 1813 Jerome's parents moved their family from Cheshire, Massachusetts to Smithfield, Madison County, New York.
Jerome married Abigail Hall (also living in Smithfield, NY) on 20 Oct 1836 and they came to Wisconsin in 1840 locating at Mayville. In 1867 they moved to New Lisbon, Wisconsin.
Jerome and 4 of his brothers, Judson, Reuben, Elisha M., and Dean S., moved from New York state to the territory of Wisconsin.
Jerome & Abigail had 5 sons and 2 daughters together. Sadly one of their daughters died in infancy or childhood. The children who survived into adulthood were:
1. Jerome B. Brown, Jr. (1837-?)
2. Oscar V. Brown (1839-1864)
3. Orville M. Brown (1840-1867)
4. Maria Brown (1844-?)
5. Sydney E. Brown (1847-1922)
6. William Wallace Brown (1851-1884)
Jerome made his living as a farmer, but he struggled due to health problems (arthritis). His wife, Abigail, was very talented and hard working and people came from "afar" to purchase her hand made rugs.
Sadly Jerome & his wife Abigail lost their son, Oscar, who was a Private in Company K of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, during the Civil War on 18 Sept 1864 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their nephew, William Ellis Brown (AKA "Ellis") had also joined the 1st Wisconsin Calvary as a Private, but Eliis had served in a different company than their son. Ellis married his first cousin, Maria R. Brown, who was Abigail & Jerome's daughter.
Maria, whom Ellis married during the war, lived with Jerome & Abigail during the Civil War. And when Ellis returned from the war suffering serious illness & injury as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA continued to live with Jerome & Abigail and they all moved together to New Lisbon, WI in 1867.
Abigail & Jerome's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin. He provided an affidavit for Maria R. Brown, for a Civil War Widow's Pension in which he testifies that he was Maria's brother (and Maria was William Ellis Brown's wife).
Jerome & Abigail's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin.
Jerome B. Brown, Sr. died on 14 May 1883 in New Lisbon, Juneau, Wisconsin at the age of 72.
************************************************************
Jerome B. Brown was a direct descendant of 7 Mayflower passengers through his mother, Rebecca Swift Brown's lineage.
His Mayflower ancestors included John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley, Elizabeth's parent's John Tilley and Joan Hurst Tilley who both perished the first winter in the New World, John Cooke (his father Francis Cooke was also a passenger) and Richard Warren.
Jerome is also related indirectly to John Tilley's brother, Edward (Elizabeth Tilly's uncle) & his wife Ann Cooper Tilley both of whom also perished the first winter leaving Elizabeth an orphan at age 14.
John Howland, John Tilley and his brother, Edward Tilley, Francis Cooke, and Richard Warren all signed the Mayflower Compact.
***DIRECT MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT (See notes below)***
Jerome B. Brown was born circa 1811 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts to Rebecca Swift Brown and Emerson Brown.
In July of 1813 Jerome's parents moved their family from Cheshire, Massachusetts to Smithfield, Madison County, New York.
Jerome married Abigail Hall (also living in Smithfield, NY) on 20 Oct 1836 and they came to Wisconsin in 1840 locating at Mayville. In 1867 they moved to New Lisbon, Wisconsin.
Jerome and 4 of his brothers, Judson, Reuben, Elisha M., and Dean S., moved from New York state to the territory of Wisconsin.
Jerome & Abigail had 5 sons and 2 daughters together. Sadly one of their daughters died in infancy or childhood. The children who survived into adulthood were:
1. Jerome B. Brown, Jr. (1837-?)
2. Oscar V. Brown (1839-1864)
3. Orville M. Brown (1840-1867)
4. Maria Brown (1844-?)
5. Sydney E. Brown (1847-1922)
6. William Wallace Brown (1851-1884)
Jerome made his living as a farmer, but he struggled due to health problems (arthritis). His wife, Abigail, was very talented and hard working and people came from "afar" to purchase her hand made rugs.
Sadly Jerome & his wife Abigail lost their son, Oscar, who was a Private in Company K of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, during the Civil War on 18 Sept 1864 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their nephew, William Ellis Brown (AKA "Ellis") had also joined the 1st Wisconsin Calvary as a Private, but Eliis had served in a different company than their son. Ellis married his first cousin, Maria R. Brown, who was Abigail & Jerome's daughter.
Maria, whom Ellis married during the war, lived with Jerome & Abigail during the Civil War. And when Ellis returned from the war suffering serious illness & injury as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA continued to live with Jerome & Abigail and they all moved together to New Lisbon, WI in 1867.
Abigail & Jerome's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin. He provided an affidavit for Maria R. Brown, for a Civil War Widow's Pension in which he testifies that he was Maria's brother (and Maria was William Ellis Brown's wife).
Jerome & Abigail's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin.
Jerome B. Brown, Sr. died on 14 May 1883 in New Lisbon, Juneau, Wisconsin at the age of 72.
************************************************************
Jerome B. Brown was a direct descendant of 7 Mayflower passengers through his mother, Rebecca Swift Brown's lineage.
His Mayflower ancestors included John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley, Elizabeth's parent's John Tilley and Joan Hurst Tilley who both perished the first winter in the New World, John Cooke (his father Francis Cooke was also a passenger) and Richard Warren.
Jerome is also related indirectly to John Tilley's brother, Edward (Elizabeth Tilly's uncle) & his wife Ann Cooper Tilley both of whom also perished the first winter leaving Elizabeth an orphan at age 14.
John Howland, John Tilley and his brother, Edward Tilley, Francis Cooke, and Richard Warren all signed the Mayflower Compact.
Jerome B. Brown was born circa 1811 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts to Rebecca Swift Brown and Emerson Brown.
In July of 1813 Jerome's parents moved their family from Cheshire, Massachusetts to Smithfield, Madison County, New York.
Jerome married Abigail Hall (also living in Smithfield, NY) on 20 Oct 1836 and they came to Wisconsin in 1840 locating at Mayville. In 1867 they moved to New Lisbon, Wisconsin.
Jerome and 4 of his brothers, Judson, Reuben, Elisha M., and Dean S., moved from New York state to the territory of Wisconsin.
Jerome & Abigail had 5 sons and 2 daughters together. Sadly one of their daughters died in infancy or childhood. The children who survived into adulthood were:
1. Jerome B. Brown, Jr. (1837-?)
2. Oscar V. Brown (1839-1864)
3. Orville M. Brown (1840-1867)
4. Maria Brown (1844-?)
5. Sydney E. Brown (1847-1922)
6. William Wallace Brown (1851-1884)
Jerome made his living as a farmer, but he struggled due to health problems (arthritis). His wife, Abigail, was very talented and hard working and people came from "afar" to purchase her hand made rugs.
Sadly Jerome & his wife Abigail lost their son, Oscar, who was a Private in Company K of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, during the Civil War on 18 Sept 1864 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their nephew, William Ellis Brown (AKA "Ellis") had also joined the 1st Wisconsin Calvary as a Private, but Eliis had served in a different company than their son. Ellis married his first cousin, Maria R. Brown, who was Abigail & Jerome's daughter.
Maria, whom Ellis married during the war, lived with Jerome & Abigail during the Civil War. And when Ellis returned from the war suffering serious illness & injury as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA continued to live with Jerome & Abigail and they all moved together to New Lisbon, WI in 1867.
Abigail & Jerome's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin. He provided an affidavit for Maria R. Brown, for a Civil War Widow's Pension in which he testifies that he was Maria's brother (and Maria was William Ellis Brown's wife).
Jerome & Abigail's son, Sydney E. Brown, was a jeweler and the mayor of Merrillan, Wisconsin.
Jerome B. Brown, Sr. died on 14 May 1883 in New Lisbon, Juneau, Wisconsin at the age of 72.
************************************************************
Jerome B. Brown was a direct descendant of 7 Mayflower passengers through his mother, Rebecca Swift Brown's lineage.
His Mayflower ancestors included John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley, Elizabeth's parent's John Tilley and Joan Hurst Tilley who both perished the first winter in the New World, John Cooke (his father Francis Cooke was also a passenger) and Richard Warren.
Jerome is also related indirectly to John Tilley's brother, Edward (Elizabeth Tilly's uncle) & his wife Ann Cooper Tilley both of whom also perished the first winter leaving Elizabeth an orphan at age 14.
John Howland, John Tilley and his brother, Edward Tilley, Francis Cooke, and Richard Warren all signed the Mayflower Compact.
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