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About Benjamin Brown Sr.
. . . a bit of history of the Brown family who settled in
Albemarle as early as 1747.
The Browns who settled in Brown's Cove came from Hanover County,
where they had considerable holdings prior to making purchases
of land in Albemarle County. Between the 24th of March 1725 and
September 12th, 1733, Benjamin Brown had purchased in Hanover
County 4200 acres of land, comprising two purchases of 300 acres
each and nine purchases of 400 acres.
Benjamin Brown's original purchase in Albemarle County was
October 1, 1747 for two lots of land, one lot of 37 acres and
the second lot of 190 acres. Then on June 1, 1750, two
additional purchases were made, one of 100 acres for Benjamin
Brown, Jr., and 740 acres for himself, for which he paid three
pounds and fifteen shillings or approximately $20 of today's
money. This grant specifies as do all of the early grants to be
of good and lawful money.
The family of Browns were referred to as the "B" Browns because
all of the boys names began with the letter "B". Benjamin Brown
of Hanover Co., was of Welsh descent and his people came from
Wales in 1600, possibly toward the close of the century. Their
home in Wales was near Mount Snowdon, and in leaving the low
country of Hanover and seeking the mountains, some have said it
was their desire to be in a country like their native Wales, but
others claim the move was prompted by the desire to be out of
the Malaria section of the state, which latter reason the writer
feels was one of the basic reasons for leaving Hanover.
The fear of Malaria did not affect the two oldest boys,
Benjamin, Jr. and William (Billy), who served as executors of
Benjamin Sr's., estate and returned to Hanover to claim their
father's holdings there.
( this information came from rootsweb.ancestry.com--EB 10-17-2015)
Re: the Hescott/Thompson/Dabney mystery
We know of two marriages for Benjamin Brown, first to “Unknown” Hescott (about 1734) and second to Sarah Thompson (about 1745). Miss Hescott was born about 1710 and died in 1744, at the age of only 32. Sarah was just 21 years of age when she married the then 50 year old Benjamin Brown. Benjamin Brown died at his home, Trinidad, in Brown’s Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia, on November 9, 1762, at the age of 67. His last child, Brightberry Brown, was only 9 months of age when the elder Benjamin Brown passed away. Sarah Thompson lived on until 1794 and passed away at the age of 70.
Sarah Thompson was the daughter of Robert Thompson and Jane Hescott, who lived in Louisa County, Virginia, at the time of Sarah’s marriage to Benjamin Brown. Therefore, it is conceivable that our Miss Hescott and Sarah Thompson could have been first cousins – the daughters of a brother and sister – or, since Sarah Thompson was 14 years younger than our Miss Hescott, Sarah’s mother could have been the older sister of our Miss Hescott. Whichever is the case, we now know that all eleven of Benjamin Brown, Sr.’s children are also descendants of the Hescott family of Kent and Louisa Counties in Virginia at the turn of the 18th century.
But what about Sarah Dabney and Dr. Charles Brown's claim to the Dabney fortune in England? Well - that mystery is also now solved. Many of the “B” Brown children and grandchildren married back into the Dabney, Thompson, Jarman, and Hescott families. One of the grandchildren, Dr. Charles Brown, maintained that he was entitled to a portion of the vast English Dabney estate – and he also made several references to his grandmother having been Sarah Dabney. Somehow, many of the “B” Brown descendants came to believe that Dr. Brown’s grandfather, Benjamin Brown, was married to Sarah Dabney instead of Sarah Thompson. However, very few folks take the time to realize that Dr. Brown’s parents were Bernard Brown and Elizabeth Dabney. Sarah Dabney was Dr. Brown’s MATERNAL grandmother – and it was through his mother, Elizabeth Dabney Brown, that Dr. Charles Brown was basing his claim to the Dabney fortune.
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dabney/753/
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-5190
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The Family of Joseph Alston and Caroline Green Hatcher "The Family of Joseph Alston and Caroline Green Hatcher." Hirsch, Jean WorldConnect Project. RootsWeb, 5 May 2013. Web. @R281@
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ID: I18066 0 Name: BENJAMIN BROWN Sex: M Birth: ABT 1695 in New Kent County, Virginia Death: BEF 8 NOV 1762 in Trinidad, Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia Will: Written: 15 April, 1762: proved: 11 Nov 1762: Will Book 2, Page 130, Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia
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The Family of Joseph Alston and Caroline Green Hatcher "The Family of Joseph Alston and Caroline Green Hatcher." Hirsch, Jean WorldConnect Project. RootsWeb, 5 May 2013. Web. @R281@
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ID: I18066 0 Name: BENJAMIN BROWN
Sex: M Birth: ABT 1695 in New Kent County, Virginia Death: BEF 8 NOV 1762 in Trinidad, Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia Will: Written: 15 April, 1762: proved: 11 Nov 1762: Will Book 2, Page 130, Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia
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The Family of Early: Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Its Connection with Other Families The Family of Early: Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Its Connection with Other Families Ruth Hairston Early Brown-Morrison, 1920 - 328 pages @R275@
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pg. 32 0 Benjamin Brown came from Wales to Hanover county thence to Albemarle settled in Brown's Cove at a place called Trinidad m Sarah Thompson His 2d son Captain Bezaleel Brown m Polly dau of Nathaniel Thompson and his wife Lucy Brown Benjamin Brown was a member of Lighthorse Harry Lee Troop in the Am Rev n his son Bezaleel was a captain with command of a company in the 9th Va Reg Benj Brown adopted a plan of giving his children names beginning with the letter B which was followed by his descendants but as time wore on it became necessary to distinguish names which became repeated by the prefix of others.
John Richard Early James Early John Early Capt James Early John Early Jer h Early Sr Thomas Early John Early m Sarah T dau of Col Wm T Brown son of Capt Belazeel Brown and his wife Polly Thompson of Brown's Cove and his wife Mary Ann Jarman Mrs Early d aged 77 yrs in 1909 at Mt Fair Albemarle county.
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Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia "Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia." Pettibon, Bessie Z. Trans. Eleanor Williams Bradley. Virginia Genealogist, 13 (1969): n. pag. Allendale County, South Carolina. The USGenWeb Project, 2009. Web. @R162@
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(http://sciway3.net/clark/allendale/BrownFamily3.htm : accessed 15 Dec 2014) Records of Early Settlers > Brown > The William “Billy” Brown Family of Brown’s Cove, Virginia who settled in South Carolina at Brier’s Creek, opposite Burton’s Ferry on the Savannah River, 1769. 0 Entries were made by Reuben Dabney Brown, son of Bernard and Elizabeth Dabney Brown, grandson of Benjamin and Sarah Thomson (Thompson) Brown, Sr.
“My great grandfather, John Brown, came from England and settled in Hanover County, VA; exact time is not known to me. Benjamin Brown, my grandfather, came from England with his father as above stated and settled and married in Hanover County, Virginia. I think his first wife’s maiden name was Wilson, and he had five children by her: Benjamin, Billy, Bartlett, Lucinda (Elizabeth) and Agnes. He lost his wife and (then) married Sarah Thompson, had two children, Lucretia and Barzalia, and in 1747 he moved to Walnut Level, where they had Benajah in 1748, Bernard, my father, was born 28 Jan 1750 and died Feb 1800, Bernis, born 1752, Bezaleel, born 29 July 1754 and died 9 Jan 1829, Brightberry, died Feb 18??, …. Bernard married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anna Harris Dabney. …” (end Bible source)
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Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia "Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia." Pettibon, Bessie Z. Trans. Eleanor Williams Bradley. Virginia Genealogist, 13 (1969): n. pag. Allendale County, South Carolina. The USGenWeb Project, 2009. Web. @R162@
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(http://sciway3.net/clark/allendale/BrownFamily3.htm : accessed 15 Dec 2014) Records of Early Settlers > Brown > The William “Billy” Brown Family of Brown’s Cove, Virginia who settled in South Carolina at Brier’s Creek, opposite Burton’s Ferry on the Savannah River, 1769. 0
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Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia "Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia." Pettibon, Bessie Z. Trans. Eleanor Williams Bradley. Virginia Genealogist, 13 (1969): n. pag. Allendale County, South Carolina. The USGenWeb Project, 2009. Web. @R162@
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(http://sciway3.net/clark/allendale/BrownFamily3.htm : accessed 15 Dec 2014) Records of Early Settlers > Brown > The William “Billy” Brown Family of Brown’s Cove, Virginia who settled in South Carolina at Brier’s Creek, opposite Burton’s Ferry on the Savannah River, 1769. 0
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Benjamin Brown Sr.'s Timeline
| 1695 |
1695
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New Kent, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
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1730
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Brown's Cove, Albemarle, VA
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1734
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1735
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Hanover County, VA, United States
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January 21, 1737
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Albemarle County, VA
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January 21, 1737
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Brown's Cove, ALbemarle, VA, United States
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1742
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VA, United States
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January 1, 1744
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Brown's Cove, Goochland County, Virginia
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January 1, 1744
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Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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