Brown Josiah

Notes:

First to break the home ties and leaving Concord was Captain Josiah Brown who, in 1765, traveled forty miles to settle in the emerging town of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, settling on Flat Mountain, one half mile east of where his brother, John, later settled.

Josiah and his family moved along with five of his brothers to Whitingham, VT around 1800, immediately after his marriage, and settled upon Flat Mountain, half a mile eastward from his brother, and soon became a prominent man in military and in religious matters. his name is borne upon the Concord roll as that of a sergeant, he was first lieutenant in Capt. Towne's company at bunker Hill, and claimed to have fired the last gun before the retreat; and he afterward was captain in command of a company largely composed of his fellow townsmen which responded with great promptness to the calls for immediate aid. He was one of the foremost in the organization of the Baptist church, in which he was made the first deacon. Like many men of intense vision and prompt action, he may have lacked something in breadth of view, but work in the evolution of a new society can hardly be overvalued.( p. 269, History of New Ipswich, NH)


Combining civic purpose with matrimony, Josiah and his bride, Sarah Wright, the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Heywood) Wright, also of Concord, cast their lots with other Concord citizens in the effort to reinforce by their physical presence the claim of the Massahusetts Bay colony to title to this disputed area. While New Hampshire eventually prevailed over Massachusetts in the contest for this land, Joseiah and Sarah met with success in establishing themselves in the frontier environment.

At the time of Josiah's migration there was but one church in the new community, the Congregational meeting house, in which he purchased a corner pew for 43 pounds on 25 November 1768. In the latter part of the century he became prominent in the organization of the Baptist church and waas its first deacon. In addition to church activities and farming, Josiah found time for civic duties, serving three terms as a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection, in 1775, 1776 and 1778. He led two marches to Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War and also fought at Bunker Hill, progressing from the rank of sergeant, when he was on the roster of a company of Concord, Massachusetts minutemen at the time of the Concord fight, to that of captain. Of his thirteen children, all but one grew to maturity. Five eventually moved to Whitingham, Vermont, but Josiah and his wife lived out their days in New Ipswich. He has been described as "one of those men whose work in the evolution of a new society can hardly be overvalued."

Fourteen years after Josiah had moved to the wilderness, he was joined by an elder brother, John and his wife, Elizabeth Bateman.

While most of their children moved from place to place, the fourth daugher, Hannah, and her husband, Aaron Brown, remained in New Ipswich throughout their lives. A linchpin in the family structure, their home became a confluence throught which the family news from points as distant as Canada, northern Vermont and western New York occasionally ebbed and flowed.

Hannah preserved thirteen letters as well as her "own" family Bible and passed them on to succeeding generations. After her death, two additional letters were place in the collection, written by her grandson, Addison Prescott Brown.

Josiah married Wright Sarah on 31 Oct 1765 in Ipswich, Essex County, MA. Sarah was born on 27 Nov 1744 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 08 Aug 1821 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Wright Melicent on 19 Apr 1792. Melicent was born in 1767; died in 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph moved along with five of his brothers to Whitingham, VT sometime around 1800. His death in Cavendish, VT is not certain, according to an ancestor of his. He is thought to have died in Whitingham, Vt.

Joseph married Preston Sophronia in 1788. Sophronia was born in 1763 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH; died on 08 Feb 1821 in Whitingham, Windham County, VT; was buried in Davidson Cemetery, Whitingham, Windham County, VT.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He move along with five of his brothers to Whitingham, VT sometime around 1800.

Jonas married Russell Lois on 20 Feb 1796. Lois was born on 22 Dec 1774 in Rindge, Cheshire County, NH; died in Whitingham, Windham County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Brown Reuben on 01 Jul 1793. Reuben (son of Brown John and Bateman Elizabeth) was born on 15 Mar 1769 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 17 Jul 1853 in Brock, Ontario Province, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Aaron sturdily maintained the activities of his father, Captain Josiah, as he was a lieutenaant and also a prominent supporter of the Baptist church and a deacon. He built the Baptist church mostly at his own expense and donated a large share of the minister's salary. He was also a selectman for several years.

After the death of his father-in-law, John Brown, in 1803, he aquired his farm which was a half-mile east of that of his father, Captain Josiah's on Flat Mountain between Barrett and Kidder mountain near the crest of the turnpike that was later built. He also maintained a store close to his home after the construction of the turnpike.

Aaron married Brown Hannah on 16 Apr 1795 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH. Hannah (daughter of Brown John and Bateman Elizabeth) was born on 28 Apr 1767 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 15 Feb 1852 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amos moved with five of his brothers to Whitingham, Vt around 1800.

Amos married Tarbell Sarah on 05 Apr 1803. Sarah was born in 1782; died on 11 Jun 1861 in Whitingham, Windham County, VT; was buried in Cutting Cemetery, Whitingham, Windham County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Capt. married Jaquith Polly on 10 Dec 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Capt. married Ayer Polly on 16 May 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Perry Nathan. Nathan was born on 08 Oct 1773 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, NH; died on 23 Oct 1849 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Genealogical and family history of northern New York, anonymous author, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1910Page 340Levi, son of Captain Josiah Brown, was born at New Ipswich, August 6, 1780, died september 10, 1840. He removed with others of the family from New Ipswich to Lewis, Essex county, New York, and settled on land of his father there. He was an active and prominent citizen, a well-to-do farmer, deacon of the Baptist church. He commanded a company at the battle of Plattsburgh in war of 1812. He married, May 15, 1803, Betsey Temple. Children: Eliza, Elewisa, Sally, Phebe, Betsey, Levi DeWitt and Benjamin.
"Deacon" Brown was an early settler and commanded a Lewis company at the battle of Plattsburg. He located east of the village on the Boquet. Near him was Asa Farnsworth who had a forge and a saw-mill. Visited cem 09/92 , unable to find grave fvp.He COMMANDED A COMPANY AT THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH ,He was in the War of 1812.. See "Pleasant Valley" by G.L. BrownHe was a Baptist, married his wife, Betsey in Walpole, Cheshire County, NH by Rev. Thomas Fensaken of Walpole..He left Lewis to go to Elizabethtown, NY by 1827. He was still in Lewis, Essex County during the 1820 census.
BURIAL: Stone reads: Deacon Levi Browndied Sep 10 1840aged 60 yearsBetsey his widowdied Apr 10 184271 years, 4 mo, 6 da(Precious in the eye of the Lordare the death of His Saints..

Levi married Temple Elizabeth (Betsey) on 15 May 1803 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH. Elizabeth was born on 04 Dec 1770 in Alstead, Cheshire County, NH; died on 10 Apr 1842 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY; was buried in Lewis Center Cemetery, Lewis, Essex County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nathan and his wife moved to Whitingham, Vt shortly after the birth of their son, Nathan in 1807.

Nathan married Goldsmith Betsey on 03 Jun 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heywood married Wolcott Sally on 15 Feb 1809. Sally was born in 1788; died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Farnsworth Asa. Asa was born on 01 Feb 1785 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH; died on 17 Apr 1863 in Lewis, Essex County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died in infantcy

Notes:

George acquired a good education early in life and left as a young man for the State of Pennsylvania.

Notes:

According to the History of Whitingham, he moved to Halifax shortly before he died. The history said he was 49 years of age at the time of his death.

Family/Spouse: Eames Polly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Rice Sophronia on 13 Jan 1820 in Hillsboro, VT. Sophronia was born on 01 May 1798 in Conway, Franklin County, MA; died on 22 Jan 1890 in Readsboro, Bennington County, VT; was buried in Jacksonville Center Cemetery, Whitingham, Windham County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a letter written by Mr. and Mrs. Amos Brown of Whitingham, VT to Deacon Aaron Brown of New Ipswich on Mar. 6, 1824, Jemima is mentioned that she was not doing very well. In the History of Whitingham, she is mentioned as an invalid for many years and was supported by the town for several years before her death. She died a lingering disease, by some called the leprosy. Jemima also spelled her name Jemmima.

Jeremiah married Fowler Clarissa about 1837 in North Adams, Berkshire County, MA. Clarissa was born in 1802; died in 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Peebles James on 27 Feb 1820 in Whitingham, Windham County, VT. James was born on 22 Feb 1796 in Whitingham twp., Windham County, VT; died on 06 May 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eames Joseph. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fuller Lucenda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Peebles Joseph on 18 May 1823 in Whitingham, Windham County, VT. Joseph was born on 29 Apr 1799 in New Salem, Franklin County, MA; died on 09 Jun 1879 in Marathon, Cortland County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leonard married Martin Lucinda on 09 Feb 1834 in Whitingham, Windham County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lois married Fowler Daniel on 29 Jan 1829 in Whitingham, Windham County, VT. Daniel was born in Of Halifax, Windham County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aldrich Emeline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unmarried but was a scholar at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He died there at the age of 23.

Martin married Stacey Mary A. in 1835 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died in infancy

Family/Spouse: Horseley Lucy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rev. married Stone Sophia on 14 Nov 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Carey Zenas on 21 Jan 1819. Zenas was born in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abner married French Lucy on 27 Sep 1829. Lucy was born in 1805; died in 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Herrick Lucy on 13 Sep 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the Brown family Bible, kept by Sophronia Rice Snow Brown, Betsy died of skull fractures from a kick in the head by a horse.

Notes:

Aaron died of Scarlett Fever.

Notes:

Addison graduated from Harvard in 1826. He became a pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. According to the family bible, he died of complications of diseases.

Addison married Wetherbee Ann Elizabeth on 13 Dec 1832 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH. Ann was born on 26 Aug 1807 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, NH; died on 07 Nov 1906 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Herman died of complications of bladder and kidney desease.

Herman married Prescott Sophronia Potter about 1826. Sophronia (daughter of Prescott Samuel Potter and Brown Elizabeth) was born on 11 Dec 1802 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died in West Acton, Middlesex County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Billings William in Mar 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ripley Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Davis F. G.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Kneeland Lovina on 04 May 1841 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY. Lovina was born on 24 Nov 1820 in Charleston Twp, Mongomery County, NY; died on 15 May 1911 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reverend Nathan Brown joined the Baptist mission in Burma, India in 1832. Although he was born in New Ipswich in 1807, he spent his childhood in Whitinham, VT, where his parents had moved shortly after his birth.

After graduation from Williams College, he was ordained in Rutland, VT four months before his departure for the Far East. He was a missionary in Burma for 20 years, and he translated the Bible into Burmese and Assamese. Later he became the first American baptist missionary to Japan, where he translated the New Testament into Japanese. In the period between his foreign missionary assignments, he took an active part in the antislavery movement as editor of The American Baptist, a journal devoted to abolition, from 1856 to 1871.

He was also devoted to the study of languages, organizing the American Philological Association.

He died in 1888, and his grave in Yokohoma,Japan,probably marks the outer limits of the migration started by his uncle, Josiah.

His prolific correspondence constitutes the basis for his biography, E. W. Brown's "The Whole World Kin" (Philadelphia, 1890) Also see the American Philological Association, Proceedings, 1 (1869):7ff.



William Goldsmith Brown was born on March 3, 1812 in Whitingham, Vermont. William Goldsmith was the second son of Nathan Brown sr. and Betsey Goldsmith Brown. William’s brother Nathan jr., as mentioned earlier, was 5 years older. There were also, 2 daughters, Sophia and Nancy, of which I find only brief mention.

William Goldsmith and his older brother Nathan, shared a passion for education, both attending William College. Nathan graduated Valedictorian in 1827 at the age of 20. In 1833 William Goldsmith entered Williams College but was forced to leave at the end of his junior year because of poor health. William had received a serious hip injury from a fall from a horse drawn wagon when in his teens, an injury from which he never fully recovered. All of his life he walked with a limp and often used a cane. His name was later placed on the alumni roll at Williams College.

Nathan married Eliza Ballard, sister of a classmate at Williams College. William Goldsmith married Eunice Fisher of Halifax, Vermont, a nearby town. William and Eunice had 5 children; Anna Judson, Addison, Mary E. Fred C. and Francis Fisher. Eunice Fisher Brown died in Wisconsin sometime before 1868.

William Goldsmith received his early schooling in New Hampton, NH and at the Bennington, Vt. seminary where his brother Nathan was a teacher. In spite of his injury, William became a teacher and at various times taught school in Bennington, Whitingham, Holyoke and Shelburne Falls.

William Goldsmith took up the challenge of a newspaper editor and publisher in 1840 as editor of the Vermont Telegraph, then later, The Voice of Freedom, both papers were published in Brandon, Vt. and still later, the Chicopee Journal, in Chicopee, MA. When William Goldsmith left Brandon, Vermont, he turned the publishing of the Voice of Freedom paper over to his brother, Nathan.

While in college Nathan had written a poem that he attempted to have published, he was just nineteen years old. The poem entitled “The Missionary’s Call” was offered to a number of publishers without success. No one was interested in publishing his work at that time, but he was heard to say, that if ever his poem was published, it would be his sign from God for him to enter the mission field. When Nathan took over the job as publisher of the Brandon newspaper from his brother, he published his own poem! His message from God heeded, he began to prepare for the mission field.

In 1832 Nathan resigned his position with the Telegraph and enrolled in Newton Seminary (presently Andover Newton) to study for the ministry. In December of that same year Nathan and his wife embarked for Burma as a missionary for the Baptist church. For two years he was stationed at Maulmain, Burma. Nathan learned the Burmese language and then was transferred to a station 800 miles from Calcutta into the country of Assam. He then had the challenge of learning yet another language. In 1855, after twenty-two years of toil and suffering in Assam, India the Browns returned to America. Two of their children died while in India. Much of his story is told in the book, The Whole World Kin, edited and compiled by Nathan’s wife, Mrs.E.W.Brown.

Seventeen years later, after recovering his health and after working as editor of a publication for the Baptist church, in America, he completed his life’s work in Japan.

In 1873 he left his home in Claremont, New Hampshire for Yokohama, Japan. Learning yet another language. He died in Yokohama in 1886 at the age of 79. One of the projects he is remembered for is the translation of the Bible into Vernacular Japanese. A copy of that Bible is in the archives at Harvard Theological College library.

There is enough material on record to write a whole book just on the life of Nathan Brown. I do not thing I will attempt it. I will say this though; Nathan left a long list of accomplishments in America, India and Japan. He was known as a linguist and found languages easy to comprehend and translate.

In 1856 William Goldsmith moved his family to Springfield, Mass. where he lived while editor and publisher of the Chicopee Journal. His son Francis Fisher attended high school there in Chicopee. Shortly before the Civil war William Goldsmith went west, eventually locating in Farmington, Wisconsin. His daughter, Anna Judson joined him there in 1865 when she was twenty-five years of age.

Written by William Goldsmith Preston

Family/Spouse: BALLARD Eliza. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Goldsmith Brown was born on March 3, 1812 in Whitingham, Vermont. William Goldsmith was the second son of Nathan Brown sr. and Betsey Goldsmith Brown. William’s brother Nathan jr., as mentioned earlier, was 5 years older. There were also, 2 daughters, Sophia and Nancy, of which I find only brief mention.

William Goldsmith and his older brother Nathan, shared a passion for education, both attending William College. Nathan graduated Valedictorian in 1827 at the age of 20. In 1833 William Goldsmith entered Williams College but was forced to leave at the end of his junior year because of poor health. William had received a serious hip injury from a fall from a horse drawn wagon when in his teens, an injury from which he never fully recovered. All of his life he walked with a limp and often used a cane. His name was later placed on the alumni roll at Williams College.

Nathan married Eliza Ballard, sister of a classmate at Williams College. William Goldsmith married Eunice Fisher of Halifax, Vermont, a nearby town. William and Eunice had 5 children; Anna Judson, Addison, Mary E. Fred C. and Francis Fisher. Eunice Fisher Brown died in Wisconsin sometime before 1868.

William Goldsmith received his early schooling in New Hampton, NH and at the Bennington, Vt. seminary where his brother Nathan was a teacher. In spite of his injury, William became a teacher and at various times taught school in Bennington, Whitingham, Holyoke and Shelburne Falls.

William Goldsmith took up the challenge of a newspaper editor and publisher in 1840 as editor of the Vermont Telegraph, then later, The Voice of Freedom, both papers were published in Brandon, Vt. and still later, the Chicopee Journal, in Chicopee, MA. When William Goldsmith left Brandon, Vermont, he turned the publishing of the Voice of Freedom paper over to his brother, Nathan.

While in college Nathan had written a poem that he attempted to have published, he was just nineteen years old. The poem entitled “The Missionary’s Call” was offered to a number of publishers without success. No one was interested in publishing his work at that time, but he was heard to say, that if ever his poem was published, it would be his sign from God for him to enter the mission field. When Nathan took over the job as publisher of the Brandon newspaper from his brother, he published his own poem! His message from God heeded, he began to prepare for the mission field.

In 1832 Nathan resigned his position with the Telegraph and enrolled in Newton Seminary (presently Andover Newton) to study for the ministry. In December of that same year Nathan and his wife embarked for Burma as a missionary for the Baptist church. For two years he was stationed at Maulmain, Burma. Nathan learned the Burmese language and then was transferred to a station 800 miles from Calcutta into the country of Assam. He then had the challenge of learning yet another language. In 1855, after twenty-two years of toil and suffering in Assam, India the Browns returned to America. Two of their children died while in India. Much of his story is told in the book, The Whole World Kin, edited and compiled by Nathan’s wife, Mrs.E.W.Brown.

Seventeen years later, after recovering his health and after working as editor of a publication for the Baptist church, in America, he completed his life’s work in Japan.

In 1873 he left his home in Claremont, New Hampshire for Yokohama, Japan. Learning yet another language. He died in Yokohama in 1886 at the age of 79. One of the projects he is remembered for is the translation of the Bible into Vernacular Japanese. A copy of that Bible is in the archives at Harvard Theological College library.

There is enough material on record to write a whole book just on the life of Nathan Brown. I do not thing I will attempt it. I will say this though; Nathan left a long list of accomplishments in America, India and Japan. He was known as a linguist and found languages easy to comprehend and translate.

In 1856 William Goldsmith moved his family to Springfield, Mass. where he lived while editor and publisher of the Chicopee Journal. His son Francis Fisher attended high school there in Chicopee. Shortly before the Civil war William Goldsmith went west, eventually locating in Farmington, Wisconsin. His daughter, Anna Judson joined him there in 1865 when she was twenty-five years of age.
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In the U.S. Census of 1870, William Goldsmith Brown, Eunice Brown, Anna J. Preston and Frank Preston all lived in Farmington.
Later moving to a farm in Linwood, Wisconsin, which was near his shingle mill on Mill Creek.

William Goldsmith Brown had a talent for writing, especially poetry. Over the years he acquired a name for himself as an author and editor and eventually was honored by being declared Poet Laureate of Portage County, Wisconsin.

A selection of Brown’s poetry follows this chapter.

Their son Francis Fisher Brown, carried on the tradition of writer and author. During his lifetime he made a name for himself with the Dial Magazine in Chicago. One of Francis fisher’s best known works, “The Everyday life of Abraham Lincoln” has been reprinted and declared to be one of the best accounts of the life of Abraham Lincoln ever written.

Francis Fisher Brown was is business in Chicago and one year before the famous Chicago fire, he lost his printing business to fire. His friend Frank Lloyd Wright, designed his new reading room and publishing house there in Chicago.

*Just a note: Francis Fisher Brown was of frail health from a sickness suffered during the Civil War of which he never fully recovered his physical strength. He operated his publishing business in Chicago and raised his family in Pasadena, California. A close friend and fellow writer in California was John Muir the naturalist.

William Goldsmith’s brother Nathan had a heart for God. In his boyhood he established his role as a missionary.

The following is a quote from the book the Whole World Kin as compiled by Nathan’s wife, many years later.

“One day some seventy-five years ago a little lad came out of the doorway of a low, unpainted farm-house in Vermont, with a sorrowful, yet determined expression on his face. He trudged along the country road for a considerable distance; his countenance growing more troubled as he proceeded, till at length overcome, apparently by fear or distress, he turned and ran home, the tears coursing down his cheeks. After being comforted and encouraged by his mother, he started out again, but was overcome and turned back as before. He had evidently undertaken some difficult or unpleasant business, but it was not given up; again he set out, furnished now with a trifling commission from his mother, to open the way for his own more serious errand. On he marched with more heart to the house of a rather remote neighbor. It was Mr.---, an isolated, rough-mannered man, of whom the country people reported strange things; that he believed in no life apart from this green earth; that he had been heard to say that he should come back as one of the birds, squirrels or cattle when done with this body; and worse than all, that the Bible was not true, and that there was no God! Filled with concern by these reports, the little boy had for some days been thinking the matter over; had become oppressed I with a sense of responsibility, and determined to visit the atheist. His mother had noticed his seriousness, discovered his plan and fearing that he might encounter harshness and profanity, had tried to dissuade him from going, till, finding that the idea was a fixed conscientious purpose, she had at length consented, and the child has set out on his errand. At last the two mile walk along the hilly road was accomplished; the house was reached, and the mother’s message delivered. The real object of the visit was then discovered by the question. “Mr.---do you believe the Bible?” “No; no more than I believe in the dog’s barking.” Not daunted by this blunt negative, the little missionary commenced trying to convince the unbeliever that there is a God. “Who the h*$#&*---sent you here to tell me that?” was the angry retort.

“Nobody sent me,” returned the boy, “but I came to tell you THERE IS A GOD.” He said it as he would have told a blind man there is a sun; and then turned homeward, his mission accomplished, his mind at rest.

Transcript of a letter from Alice Mable Preston Eggelston believed to be written in 1965. As a child of 12, Alice talked to her grandfather, William Goldsmith Brown, hearing many stories, words of wisdom and more. She was able to capture the following bits of family history.

“The Ancestors of this Brown family came to America from England to join his brother Peter Brown of the Mayflower colony in 1600 **see note. Joshua Brown was born in the 1700’s and he and his brothers served in the Revolutionary War. A record of all these facts is written in the book the Whole World Kin.


Written by William Goldsmith Preston

Family/Spouse: FISHER Eunice. Eunice was born in Halifax, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alpheus married Green Marcia M. in 1848. Marcia was born in 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Moses married Hamilton Caroline on 17 Jun 1857 in Wilmington, Windham County, VT. Caroline was born on 13 Dec 1839 in Halifax, VT; died on 26 Nov 1911 in Readsboro, Bennington County, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Cook Lewis H. in 1854. Lewis was born in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Diana in 1846 in NY. Diana was born in Oct 1830 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1860, Jonas had real estate valued at $1200. and personal estate of $100. He and wife, Jane, had another person living with them by the name of Abbey,? Was she a sister to Jane?

Family/Spouse: Jane. Jane was born about 1837 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He worked in a blacksmith shop in 1870 in Marathon, Cortland county, NY.

Notes:

Never married.

Ann married Schuster Christian Frederic on 30 May 1853. Christian was born in Mȍchern, Saxon, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Addison, Jr. married his wife, Florida S. Starr of Rockford, IL on Feb. 7, 1863 in Washington, D. C. by Rev. William H. Channing.

Addison was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and died at Harrisburg, PA on his way home. He was a noble and brave man and served his country faithfully and honorably. (Written in the family Bible)

Addison married Starr Florida S. on 07 Feb 1863 in Washingtgon, D. C.. Florida was born in Of Rockford, Winnebago County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the family Bible, he is said to be living in Rockford, Winnebago County, IL.

Charles married Starr Elizabeth on 20 Aug 1867 in Rockford, Winnebago County, IL. Elizabeth was born on 05 Jan 1846 in Tallahassee, Leon County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Farr Dennis W. on 31 Jul 1863 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. Dennis was born on 07 Jan 1840; died on 05 May 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Dunton Col. Augustus T. on 07 Feb 1867 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. Col. was born on 22 Aug 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His address given in the family Bible was Room 51 Evening Post, New York City, NY.

Family/Spouse: Chase Frances Louisa. Frances was born in 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Davis Lucy A. on 08 Feb 1854 in Concord, Merrimack County, NH. Lucy was born on 04 Sep 1836 in Bow, Merrimack County, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married Galo Margaret E. on 20 Jan 1872 in Canterbury, Merrimack County, NH. Margaret was born on 16 May 1857 in Of Canterbury, Merrimack County, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Burroughs Charles H. on 21 May 1857 in Paxton, Worcester County, MA. Charles was born on 09 May 1832 in Alstead, Cheshire County, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna Judson was born in Woodford, Vermont August 8, 1840. and died in Wisconsin in 1916 at the age of 76. Anna was given the name Judson in honor of William Goldsmith’s brother Nathan’s mentor and friend Adonaram Judson who was a fellow missionary to India.

It was in Farmington that Anna Judson Brown and Frank Preston married in 1869.

Frank Preston, who came from England, had previously lived in Springfield, Mass and was at one time the acting captain of an eastern company during the civil war. He was a flute player in the White House band at the time of Lincoln’s assassination.

More about Frank Preston in the chapter on the Preston family.

Written by William Goldsmith Preston

Anna married PRESTON Frank in 1869 in Farmington, WI. Frank died on 20 Sep 1880 in WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]