Some of the Ancestors of
Cora Estelle (Howett) Martin
(1882-1970)
Isaac Brown family

ISAAC BROWN was born at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 14 October 1814 and died on 1 November 1888.[1] He married CHRISTIANA SHROAT. She was born at Lancaster County on 24 February 1819 and died on 19 September 1869.[2]

According to the 1840 Census the Isaac Brown family resided in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, consisting of a female 20-29, male 15-19 and two females under 5.[3] Except for the underestimate of Isaac's age, this is consistent with other information we have on this family. Perhaps the census taker checked the wrong column for Isaac's age.

In 1850 the family was reported at Strasburg Township as follows:[4]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
7. Isaac Brown 26 M laborer
8. Christiann Brown 29 F
9. Elizabeth Brown 11 F school
10. Mary Brown 10 F school
11. Barbara Brown 8 F
12. Henry Brown 6 M
13. John Brown 8/12 M

The 1860 Census reported a much enlarged family living in Eden Township (Quarryville Post Office), Lancaster County:[5]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace
38. Isaac Brown 46 M lime burner PA
39. Christiann Brown 43 F housewife PA
40. Anna E. Brown 22 F work woman PA
1. Barbara L. Brown 19 F housekeeper PA
2. Henry W. Brown 16 M day laborer PA
3. John A. Brown 10 M PA
4. Samuel M. Brown 8 M PA
5. Jacob A. Brown 4 M PA
6. George L. Brown 2 M PA
7. Mary L. Walker 5 F PA
8. William O. Greybill 2 M PA

Henry, John and Samuel were all attending school. Daughter Mary Catharine was working as a servant in the household of Benjamin and Susan Hess, Providence Township, Lancaster County.[6]

Christiana died in 1869; I have not found this family in the 1870 Census. In 1880 Isaac Brown, 65, widower, was living in Drumore Township with his youngest daughter, Catharine, 19, keeping house.[7]

Concerning the children of Isaac and Christiana: Because Brown is such a common surname, the identification of persons with this family is difficult. Nine children surnamed Brown were reported in this family in the 1850, 1860 or 1880 censuses. Adam and Stephen, twins, lived less than a year, and so were not reported in a census; their inclusion is based on the grave record. Louisa and Susan are identified as children of this family on their death records. Susan is also mentioned as a surviving sibling in the obituaries of Mary Catharine and Henry.[8] Mary Catharine's obituary also mentions a Mrs. Barbara Brown of Philadelphia. In fact, Mrs. Louisa Brown of Philadelphia would have been her surviving sister. The death record for Anna Elizabeth gives her a birthdate only two months before Mary Catharine's birth date. As all of the census records point to an earlier birth for Ann Elizabeth, I have interpreted this to mean that the death record was one year off. The birth dates of Susan and Catharine are close; there is nothing in their names to suggest they are the same person; perhaps they were twins. Anne Elizabeth had four children, three of whom were living at the time of the 1900 Census.[9] As no children are reported in her family in that census, and she had only been married to her spouse for twelve years, it is likely that she had an earlier marriage that produced the children.

Isaac Brown and his wife Christiana Shroat had the following children:

  1. ANNA ELIZABETH BROWN b. at Pennsylvania on 5 November 1838, d. at Valley Township, Chester County, on 2 April 1907; m. about 1887-8 WILLIAM WICKERSHAM b. at Pennsylvania on August 1832, d. at Valley Township on 12 January 1907.[10]
  2. MARY CATHARINE BROWN b. at Lancaster County on 5 January 1840.
  3. BARBARA L. BROWN b. at Pennsylvania about 1841-2.[11]
  4. HENRY W. BROWN b. at Lancaster County on 28 February 1844; d. at East Drumore Township, Lancaster County, on 3 January 1933; m. about 1869-70 HENRIETTA H. LEIP, b. at Lancaster County on 8 April 1848, d. at East Drumore Township on 2 July 1920.[12] Children of Henry and Henrietta:
    1. Charles A. Brown b. at Pennsylvania on 19 May 1870, d. at Lancaster County on 13 October 1954.[13]
    2. Nathan Brown b. at Pennsylvania sbout 1872-3.[14]
    3. John Steven Brown b. at Lancaster on 26 February 1874, d. at Colerain, Lancaster County, on 14 May 1954.[15]
    4. Harry W. Brown b. at Pennsylvania about 1876-7, d. at West Bradford township, Chester County, on 17 October 1960; m. Clara Crothers b. at Pennsylvania on 3 August 1881, d. at London Grove, Chester County, on 19 May 1959.[16]
    5. Effie Brown b. at Pennsylvania on 6 November 1877, d. at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on 7 May 1946; m. Howard Rutter b. at Lansdale, Montgomery County, on 20 November 1875, d. at Norristown in 13 June 1961.[17]
    6. Jessie Brown b. at Lancaster County on 9 October 1878, d. at Lancaster on 3 March 1956; m. ________ Logan.[18]
    7. Anna B. Brown b. at Lancaster County on 8 April 1888, d. at Honey Brook, Chester County, on 29 November 1967; m. b. at Pennsylvania on 4 April 1885, d. at Lancaster on 29 November 1958.[19]
    8. Roy B. Brown b. at Lancaster County on 16 September 1888, d. at Wallace Township, Chester County, on 27 April 1951.[20]
  5. JOHN A. BROWN b. at Pennsylvania on 19 September 1849; d. on 7 August 1888.[21]
  6. SAMUEL M. BROWN b. at Pennsylvania about 1851-2.[22]
  7. LOUISA BROWN b. at Quarryville, Lancaster County, on 1853, d. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 8 January 1930; m. ALFRED BROWN.[23]
  8. JACOB A. BROWN b. at Pennsylvania about 1855-6.[24]
  9. GEORGE LEWIS BROWN b. at Pennsylvania on 20 March 1855, d. at Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on 11 May 1940; m. FANNIE NEWSWANGER b. at Lancaster County on 5 April 1858, d. at Atgln, Chester County, on 11 November, 1936.[25]
  10. SUSAN ALICE BROWN b. at Pennsylvania on 24 August 1860, d. at West Sadsbury Township, Chester County, on 31 May 1941; m. AMBROSE PARK BERKEY b. at Pennsylvania on 3 October 1873, d. at West Sadsbury on 20 December 1947.[26]
  11. CATHARINE BROWN b. at Pennsylvania about 1860-1.[27]
  12. ADAM T. BROWN b. at Lancaster County on 31 July 1864; d. on 6 October 1864.[28]
  13. STEPHEN S. BROWN b. at Lancaster County on 31 July 1864; d. there on 1 January 1865.[29]

NOTES

1Mount Hope United Methodist Cemetery, Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Isaac N. Brown.
2Mount Hope United Methodist Cemetery, Quarryville, Christiana Brown.
3Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 466, p. 289, Isaac Brown; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2020); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Strasburg Township., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 789, p. 92A, household 228, Isaac Brown family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2015); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Eden, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1122, p. 420, household 163, Isaac Brown family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2015); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
61860 Census, Providence, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1125, p. 623, household 283, Benjamin Hess family.
7Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Drumore, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 178, roll 1144, p. 561B, household 44, Isaac Brown family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2015); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8"Mrs. Mary C. Johnson," obituary, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Intelligencer Journal, 22 October 1929; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 16 June 2020). p. 2. "Henry W. Brown," obituary, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Intelligencer Journal, 4 January 1933; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 16 June 2020). p. 2.
9Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 108, p. 7, household 129, William Wickersham family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 June 2020); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
10Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 35248, Annie E Wickersham, 1907; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 June 2020); Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Series 11.90. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; certificate 01626, William Wickersham, 1907. 1900 Census, Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, ED 108, p. 7, household 129, William Wickersham family.
111850 Census, Strasburg Township., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 789, p. 92A, household 228, Isaac Brown family.
12Quarryville Cemetery, Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrve.com : accessed 24 January 2019), Henry W. Brown; Created by: Tom Donahue; Henrietta Brown; Created by: Tom Donahue; day month and place provided by informant. "Henry W. Brown." 1900 Census, Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 5, p. 15, household 323, Henry Brown family.
13Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 84005, Charles A Brown, 1954.
141880 Census, Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 177, roll 1144, p. 545B, household 89, Henry Brown family.
15Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 41459, John Steven Brown, 1954.
161880 Census, Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 177, roll 1144, p. 545B, household 89, Henry Brown family. Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 092401-60, Harry W Brown, 1960; certificate 44178, Clara Brown, 1959.
17Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 44536, Effie B Rutter, 1946; certificate 056820-61, Howard T Rutter, 1961.
18Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 24650, Jessie S Logan, 1956.
19Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 106260-67, Anna B. Roop, 1967; certificate 101375, Clement M Roop, 1958.
20Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 32810, Roy W Brown, 1951.
21Mount Hope United Methodist Cemetery, Quarryville, John A.. Brown,
221860 Census, Eden, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1122, p. 420, household 163, Isaac Brown family.
23Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 107, Louisa Brown, 1930.
241860 Census, Eden, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1122, p. 420, household 163, Isaac Brown family.
25Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 52803, George Lewis Brown, 1940; certificate 101191, Fannie Ann Brown, 1936.
26Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, cartificate 46748, Susan A Berkey, 1941; certificate 106521, Ambrose Park Berkey, 1947.
271880 Census, Drumore, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 178, roll 1144, p. 561B, household 44, Isaac Brown family.
28Mount Hope United Methodist Cemetery, Quarryville, Adam T. Brown.
29Mount Hope United Methodist Cemetery, Quarryville, Stephen S. Brown .

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