Mary Brown

When 12 to 14 years of age, she was with many others, forcibly taken, carried on board a ship & brought to Pennsylvania.  She was sold as a servant to Caleb Pusey, near Chester & served her time out.

"Stolen Children of Scotland" Mary Royal taken in 1697 and from Scotland. I don't believe they were of the Quaker faith when they were taken, but were converted or educated in that faith by the Quaker family's that they lived with and served. One of the termsof the indenture was that the master was to educate the indentured servant. The majority of the children that were kidnapped were between the ages of 8 and 16 years old.

Mary Royal and Alexander Stewart's indenture was sold in Chester Co., PA and George Slater (Slaitor) was indentured to John Lambert in Burlington Co., NJ.

Records for the kidnapped children can be found in the County Court records of the respective County their indentures were sold in. In my case, Chester Co., PA and Burlington Co., NJ. Strange as it may seem, the word kidnap originated in Scotland. I wonder if it came about because of the "Stolen Children" that we now claim as our ancestors.

At the Court of Quarter Sessions in Chester Co., PA 3 October 1693, the following children were brought to have their terms of indenture secured. All were to be released upon the age of 21 years. Alexander ROSS, Daniel MacDANIEL, James HERCULES, George LACEY, Alex MECANY, Magnis SIMSON, James CANIDE and James DIVER

At court held in the 9th month 1695--Andrew FRAISOR, James JOHNSON, Henry NICKOLS, Robert FLATT, John MacKELLFRAY and John ROBINSON At court held 14 7mo 1697--Mary ROYLE, John WILLIAMSON, both being bought by Caleb Pusey, a Quaker miller, Daniel CORMUTT, James BRUISS, Adam BEAKLY or BEATTY, Peter HOOD, John SLEDER, John MacKLENE or MACKLE, Hugh WOOLSON, Hugh REESE, William HUNTLEY or SUNKLY, George PRUISS, George GREEN, John MARTIN, George ROBERTSON, Robert JACK, Thomas TAYLOR, Mary FINLEY of Sinkler, Margaret CONNER, John ROBERTSON, James MASTERTOWNE, Emmole or Emmald DOELL, Alexander MOORE, George LINN, Robert MERSCER or MERSEER, John STELLER of Scotter, Magnis TAITE, John SLAITER, Andrew LEWIS and Alexander NICKLES or NISKLOR.

At court held in Burlington Co., NJ 21 July 1697--Daniel CAMRONE, George DOUGLAS, George SLAITER, James HADDYARD and John YOUNG. At court held in Chester Co., PA 5 October 1697--Daniel MacKINTOES, William CLOWNEY, Margaret MONGEY, William MacDANIELL, Elizabeth ALLEN, Alexander STEWART, Ann BEAN, Thomas HARPER, Andrew NORVILLL, John ROBINSON, Robert SINKLER and William MAUROE.

At court held in Chester Co., Pa 14 December 1697--terms for these children was begun from the seventh month (September), when it was thought they entered the Colonies--thirteen children's indenutures were sold. Alexander MacKENER had his term extended because he ran away from his master and tried to kill himself.

Alexander  MacLEENE was reassigned to a man in New Castle Co., DE--John MASTON, John FREEZER, Jenneth HOOSEEK who was sick, Robert GIBB, Alexander FREEZELL, george CLAUSTON or BLOUSTON, Robert SCOTT, John HUGHES, John GREENWATER, John DAVIDSON, Elizabeth TROTTEN or TROTTER and Barbara THOMPSON, whose master had great expense for her "cure", the court ordered 2 years to be added to her time.

All of the above children were imported by either James or Maurice Trent of Leith, Scotland. The following children were brought before the court in Chester Co., PA in 1696. It is not sure if they were imported by the above Trent, although the names are similar--Saundy HUNTER, Jean GORDON, William JOHNSTOWNE, George ROBINSON, Thomas ROBBINSON, Thomas BULLEN, Margaret CHAMBERS and William BRUISE or BRUCE.

At court held in Bucks Co., PA in November 1697--Neal GRANT and John DUNCAN.

Unfortunately not all of the above children became Quakers. In fact, only a handful of them did-- Mary Royal, Alexander Stewart, George Slater and Alexander Ross are the only ones that I know were Quaker converts, there could have been others.

I hope the above list will help some of you with your research. These are the only names that I have, but I am sure that there are more. If you suspect that your ancestor may have been one of the "Stolen Children of Scotland", you may want to check out the Quarter Sessions court records in the county that you suspect your ancestor first settled. James and Maurice Trent seem to be the only ones importing the children at that time 1693-1698 into New Jersery and Pennsylvania.

Alice L. Beard

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Mary Royal:

http://martisgenes.info/p432.htm#i5403

Mary Royal[1],[2] - F, d. say 1745

• Birth* Mary was born in Scotland.
• Marriage* She married William Coale say 1705?.[3]
• Marriage* She married Jeremiah Brown in January 1711.[4],[5],[6],[3]
  • (Ben M. Angel notes: This is likely a misinterpretation of 1 month 1710/11, which is really March 1711.)
• Death* Mary Royal died say 1745.

Family 1 William Coale

Family 2 Jeremiah Brown b. c 1687, d. 7 May 1767

• Children
  • Patience Brown+ b. 25 Jul 1712, d. 23 May 1783
  • Jeremiah Brown+ b. 2 Dec 1714, d. Nov 1762
  • Joshua Brown+ b. 5 Mar 1717, d. 15 Oct 1798
  • Isaac Brown+ b. 30 May 1720, d. 23 Jan 1781

Citations:

• 1.[S184] James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Genealogy of Clayton,m Reynolds, Beals, Brown and Descended and Related Lines, p. 42.
• 2.[S195] Quaker Records; Maryland, Cecil Co., Nottingham MM Twp., p. 19.
• 3.[S195] Quaker Records; Maryland, Cecil Co., Nottingham MM Twp.
• 4.[S185] James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Quarterly Newsletter of Quaker and Related Genealogy.
• 5.[S184] James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Genealogy of Clayton,m Reynolds, Beals, Brown and Descended and Related Lines.
• 6.[S187] Warren E Pickett, John Piggott Sr. (1680 ?- 1738) of Susquehannah Hundred in Cecil County MD. Together with some account of the Browne and Clayton families from whom his wife Margarey Brown Piggott descended.

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From Bryan Scott Godfrey's research on her husband Jeremiah Brown:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/d/Bryan-S-Godfrey/GE...

Mary Royall, born in Scotland?[967]; died Bef. 20 May 1749 in probably Nottingham, Chester Co., PA[968].

The following is quoted from page 50 of "Nicholson Family History" (1970) by Caroline Nicholson Jacob (1891-1991) of Round Top, Chester County, Pennsylvania:

Jeremiah Brown, father of Patience, married a Mary Royal or Royle who had a romantic rather than a distinguished background. According to the story she told her children she had been kidnapped in Scotland when she was only a girl in her early teens and had been taken as an indentured servant to America where she served out her term in the household of Caleb Pusey in Chichester in a house that has been recently restored as a museum piece.

She married as soon as her term of service was over; her husband [William Coles] died and she married Jeremiah Brown and thus became the mother of Patience and the great-grandmother of Rhoda Holaday who walked by the covered wagon over the mountains to Indiana.

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More About Mary Royall:

• Name 2: Mary Royale, (widow of Wm. Coale)
• Date born 2: 1687, Sutherland Co., Scotland
• Died 2: 31 Jul 1749, Nottingham, Chester, PA

Children of Jeremiah Brown and Mary Royall are:

• i. Patience Brown, born 25 May 1712 in Nottingham, Chester Co., PA or present-day Rising Sun area of Cecil Co., MD; died 23 May 1783 in Snow Camp area of Chatham Co. or Alamance Co., NC; married Joshua Hadley 1735 in Chester Co., PA.
• ii. Jeremiah Brown, Jr., born 02 Dec 1714 in New Garden MM, Chester Co., PA; died Nov 1762[968]; married Esther Gatchel 31 Mar 1739[968]; died 10 Apr 1776[968].

References:

• 967. Caroline Nicholson Jacob (1891-1991) of Round Top, West Chester, PA, Nicholson Family History, (Compiled in 1970), p. 50 .
• 968. James E. Bellarts (1931-1994) of Oregon, The Descent of Some Of Our Quaker Ancestors From...(royalty)...FACTS, FICTION, FOLKLORE AND FAKELORE, p. 78.

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According to Bill Putnam: http://www.billputman.com/THE%20PATTERSON%20FAMILY.htm

Jeremiah Brown married Mary Royal, a widow, in 1710.

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According to John Marshall: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd12.htm#id2741

Jeremiah Brown married Mary Royal in 1711.

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Mary Winter: http://martisgenes.info/p511.htm#i6305

Mary Winter[1],[2],[3] F, d. 19 November 1769

• Marriage* She married Jeremiah Brown on 20 May 1749.[4],'[5]
• Will* She made a will 9 November 1769 in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Will proved 30 Nov 1769.[6]
• Death* Mary died on 19 November 1769 .[7]

Family Jeremiah Brown b. c 1687, d. 7 May 1767

• Child
  • 1. Stephen Brown b. 24 Nov 1754, d. 24 Nov 1754

Citations:

• 1.[S185] James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Quarterly Newsletter of Quaker and Related Genealogy.
• 2.[S184] James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Genealogy of Clayton,m Reynolds, Beals, Brown and Descended and Related Lines, p. 42.
• 3.[S195] Quaker Records; Maryland, Cecil Co., Nottingham MM Twp., p. 19.
• 4.[S184] James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Genealogy of Clayton,m Reynolds, Beals, Brown and Descended and Related Lines.
• 5.[S651] Brown, LDS Family Group Record Collection.
• 6.[S2952] Pennsylvania Chester County, Wills 1713-1825.
• 7.[S195] Quaker Records; Maryland, Cecil Co., Nottingham MM Twp.

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From Bryan Scott Godfrey's research on her husband Jeremiah Brown: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/d/Bryan-S-Godfrey/GE...

Her Will: Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825

Date: 9 Nov 1769, Prove Date: 30 Nov 1769;

Mary Brown, Widow of Jeremiah, West Nottingham. written 11/9/1769, probated Nov. 30, 1769.

To step-grandson Stephen son of Isaac Brown 20 pounds being the payment coming to me from Esther Brown, at interest until he is 21.

Best wearing apparel to be sent to my 3 sisters Elizabeth, Abigail and Catherine in Ireland.

To cousin Elizabeth Thornton now living in Carolina 20 pounds.

To Mary wife of Henry Reynolds case of drawers which was her mother's.

To Sarah daughter of Isaac Brown riding mare and saddle.

To Mary Lockland, my maid, bed at 18.

All remainder to Elisha, Mary, Jeremiah and Saml., children of Joshua Brown, and George, Jeremiah, Isaac and Elisha, children of Isaac Brown.

Executors: Elisah son of Joshua and Jeremiah son of Isaac Brown.

From Bill Putnam's information on the Brown family: http://www.billputman.com/THE%20PATTERSON%20FAMILY.htm

Jeremiah Brown later married Mary Winter on May 20, 1749.

From John Marshall's information on her husband Jeremiah Brown: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd12.htm#id2741

Jeremiah Brown married Mary Winter 2mo 20 1749; 2nd wife;

Ben M. Angel notes: 2 month is April, not May.

May have been abducted along with her mother at age 12 or 14 in Scotland and put on a ship to the USA. Might have been an indentured servant (along with her mother); to Caleb Pusey in Pennsylvania. After her "term" as a servant was up, she married William Cole(s). She was widowed from him, then married Jeremiah Brown.

DIRECT LINE OF: Marcia Allenby; Don Harvey, Columbus IN; Barbara Ann ____ ; Patricia Pickens; Eugene Hadley Alexander, Frankfort IN; Dorothy Woodru ff; Jackie Bohan, El Cajon, CA; Robert Brown, Carmel, IN; Tom Gray; Hel en Whitehill Lent; Tom Townsend; Susan Rubel; Tom Rosenberger ;

!BIRTH: date estimated.

!1. exh. from Hinshaw Vol I, prov by Cheska Wheatley 2. d date, marr f rom: "A Hadley Genealogy" Vol I, pub by the Hadley Genealogical Soc. of S o. Calif.; 1974, page 21 of Chester Co. Pa. She was born in Scotland. Whe n twelve or fourteen yrs of age she, with many others, was forably taken , carried on board a ship, and taken to PA. There she was sold as a serva nt to Caleb Pusey and served her time out. When free, she married William Coles and settled in Nottingham. As a widow, she married 2nd mo, 1711 , Jeremiah Brown.

Find a Grave

Birth: 1686, Scotland

Death: unknown Nottingham (Chester County) Chester County Pennsylvania, USA

Was abducted, likely by Maurice Trent, from her home in Scotland and sold as a bonded servant to Caleb Pusey in Pennsylvania. Married first to William Coles, second to Jeremiah Brown.

Family links:

Spouse:

• Jeremiah Browne (1687 - 1767)*

Children:

• Patience Brown Hadley (1712 - 1783)*

Burial: Unknown probably at W. Nottingham MM

The following conflates (apparently incorrectly) Mary with Maria of the Royall family of New England, in contradiction to many secondary sources that place her birth in Scotland, and her immigration to America as the result of her being kidnapped and indentured. The source "The New-England Royalls", which seems to cover that family rather thoroughly, doesn't assert her as being the same person who ended up in Pennsylvania. Until definitive (primary or reliable secondary source) proof does show up supporting her placement with the family of William and Mary Royall of Dorchester, I'm going to separate her from that family. -Ben M. Angel.

https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-399971341-1-500376/mar...

Mary Royale (Widow Of Wm Coale) Browne (born Royale) 1687 - 1749

• Birth: 1687 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Baptism: June 8 1690 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Arrival: 1697 - Pennsylvania
• Marriage: Marriage to: William COALE - 1704 in Little Britain, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
• Marriage: Marriage to: Jeremiah Brown - Apr 12 1711, in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Death: July 31 1749 - Rising Sun, Cecil County, Province of Maryland
• Burial: 1749 - Probably West Nottingham Friends Cemetery, Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, USA

Family members

Parents:

• William Royall 1639 - 1724
• Mary Royall 1649 - 1718

Husband:

• Jeremiah Brown 1689 - 1767

Husband:

• William Coale 1687 - 1711

Siblings:

• 1. Isaac Royall, Sr. 1672 - 1739
• 2. Hannah Paul (born Royall) 1677 - 1748
• 3. Martha Cheney (born Royall) 1679 - ?
• 4. Jacob Royall 1682 - ?
• 5. Waitstill Royall 1685 - 1701
• 6. Sarah "Dunten" Dunton (born Royall) 1687 - 1773
• 8. Jimima Royall 1693 - 1709
• 9. Samuel Royall 1696 - 1784

Children:

• 1. William Coale 1705 - 1758
• 2. Stephen Brown 1710 - 1754
• 3. Patience Hadley (born Brown) 1712 - 1783
• 4. Jeremiah Brown 1714 - 1763
• 5. Joshua Brown, Rev. 1717 - 1798
• 6. Isaac Browne 1720 - 1781
• ??. Anna Brown 1746 - 1817

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