1732 On 10th day of 11th month, Richard Brown, son of Preserve Brown, was born. [1] [2] [3] [4]
1747 On 21st of 8th month, Preserve Brown, of Philadelphia, and Mary Sykes, were married at Upper Springfield, Burlington County. Witnessed by Richard (perhaps Preserve's son by his first marriage) Brown and others. [5]
1751 William Steward and Rebecca Taylor, daughter of Samuel and Anne Taylor, were married on 28 of month 9, at Chesterfield. Witnessed by Sarah Taylor, and others. [6]
1755 Richard Brown of Nottingham and Sarah Taylor of Chesterfield were married at Chesterfield on 15th day of 5th month 1755. Witnesses: Mary, Mary Jr, Preserve, and William Brown, Samuel Jr., John, Achsah, George, Anthony, Benjamin, Samuel, Medius and Mary Taylor, John Sykes, Caleb Shreve and others. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
1756 On 22 February, a daughter was born to Richard Brown. [13]
1756 On 12th of 8th month, John Jones Jr. and Mary Brown, daughter of Preserve Brown and Mary (French), were married at Chesterfield. Witnessed by Richard and Sarah Brown, and others. [14]
1756 On 11th, 11th month, Joseph Schooley and Sarah Brown, daughter of Preserve Brown, were married at the Chesterfield Quaker Monthly Meeting. Witnessed by Richard and Sarah Brown and others. [15]
1757 On 19 November, a daughter was born to Richard Brown. [16]
1760 On 11 February, a son was born to Richard Brown. [17]
1762 On 10th day 8th month, William Brown Jr, of Philadelphia, son of Preserve Brown (deceased), married Rebecca Jones at the Philadelphia MM. Witnessed by Richard Brown and others. [18]
1765 On 25 December, a daughter was born to Richard Brown. [19]
1767 Richard Brown, perhaps this one, lived in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, East New Jersey and advertised for a person understanding the business of Fulling and Dying cloth. [20]
1767 Richard Brown, perhaps this one, advertised for the rental of a fulling mill in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, East New Jersey. [21]
1770 On 4 February, a son and daughter were born to Richard Brown. [22]
Richard Brown was a miller and owned Waln's mills, Crosswicks, New Jersey. During the Revolution, he embarked extensively in the production of salt, but the venture proved a losing one. [23]
1796 The estate of Richard Brown of Allentown, Upper Freehold Twp, Monmouth County, New Jersey was administered on January 28 by David Hay with fellowbondsman Elisha Newell. [24] The inventory was valued at £1606.15.10 was made by Aaron Robbins and Robert Montgomery. [25]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 35, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriage Intentions (from the Minutes), Certificates of Removal 1684-1847 (NJ/B2F:L), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 13.
[4] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 1 (1909), 205, [HathiTrust].
[5] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 75, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 80, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 652, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[8] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 81, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriage Intentions (from the Minutes), Certificates of Removal 1684-1847 (NJ/B2F:L), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 38. (Wills and Administrations 9, 1796-1800) (1944), 49, compiler note reports marriage date of 5th month 1st day, 1755 and names children with birthdates. [Said Richard Brown was a son of Preserve and Mary (French) Brown; he m. (per consent Chesterfield M.M.) 5 mo. 1st, 1755, Sarah Taylor. They had issue: Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1756; Anne, b. Nov. 19, 1757; Richard, b. Feb. 11, 1760; Abiah, b. Nov. 9, 1764; Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1770; and Susan, b. Mar. 27, 1771, [GoogleBooks], [FHLBook].
[11] "Old records of the Foulke, Skirm, Taylor, Coalman, Wooley, and Gaskill families," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 11 (1887), 207-212, at 207, [InternetArchive].
[12] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 2.
[13] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 8, [InternetArchive].
[14] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 82, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[15] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 82A, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 10, [InternetArchive].
[17] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 14, [InternetArchive].
[18] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Abstract of Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, 58, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[19] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 20, [InternetArchive].
[20] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 25. (Newspapers 6, 1766-1767) (1903), 272, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[21] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 25. (Newspapers 6, 1766-1767) (1903), 443, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[22] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 27, [InternetArchive].
[23] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 1 (1909), 208, [HathiTrust].
[24] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 38. (Wills and Administrations 9, 1796-1800) (1944), 49, citing Lib. 35, p 386, [GoogleBooks], [FHLBook].
[25] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 38. (Wills and Administrations 9, 1796-1800) (1944), 49, citing File 7383-7388M, [GoogleBooks], [FHLBook].