!B.G., Vol. II. Married Lury D. Carter.

Mary Rogness's - Fifth cousin 4 times removed

Death info from Broome Co. Surrogate Court. Film No. 809370. Estate No.395;
Date of Letters, Aug. 11, 1884, Letters of Administration, Book 3, Page345.
Brown says Peleg M. born in 1814, which jibes closely with 1855 censusbelow,
so DAR reading of tombstone (below) may be an error.

1855 census says Peleg was 38, b. Herkimer Co., and lived in Broome Co.22
years, so presumably he left Herkimer in 1833. 1855 census says wife Lura
also was born in Herkimer.

Film 837,367, Vol. 107, DAR record for Glen Castle Cemetery, on U.S.Highway
Route 11 between Binghamton and Whitney Point in Twp. of Chenango, lists:
Ida Brown
Louis Brown, son of P.M. and Lura, d. Aug 3, 1873, ae 19
Frances Brown
Nancy Brown
Nancy Ann Lee, wife of Peleg Brown, d. Nov. 22, 1848, ae 32
Peleg Brown d. April 6, 1884, ae 79 (Born 1804 or 1805? A typo by DAR?If
age at death was 69, it could well be 1814 as birth date.)

Marriage listed for two dates: Film 811545 says April 16, 1849, andmarried by
A.J. Dana of Chenango. Both Peleg and "Lucy" listed from Chenango. Film
8445579, Broome County vitals, lists April 15 as date.

Gravestones (see Peleg M.) say name is Lura, not Lucy, and this jibeswith an
earlier census interpretation.

Mary Rogness's - Spouse of fourth cousin 5 times removed

1. 1. Frank Watson BROWN b. 22 Jan 1857, Binghamton,Broome,Ny.
2. Clara Ida BROWN b. 21 Feb 1861; d. 12 Dec 1887, Susquehanna,Susquehanna,Pa.
3. Louis Alfred BROWN b. 22 Jan 1864, Binghamton,Broome,Ny; d. 3 Aug 1883.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, 1915, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pages 289.
They eloped when married. Mr. Brown, after the death of his wife,moved to Litchfield, and later to Lisle, NY, finally settling atBinghamton, NY, on a farm that now joins land where the State Hospitalstands. In 1864 Mr. Brown sold his farm and went to live with his oldestson, Hiram, at West Winfield, Herkimer Co., NY. He was a Baptist in hisearly years, but took exceptions to two of the ministers, and justly so,and left the church. It is said he was a good student of the Bible, buthe measured the whole church by the peculiar ideas of the two ministers.He is buried on the old farm at West Winfield, with his father andmother.

Sources: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II; Broome County land records; DARcemetery record; An Intimate History of Winfield by Timothy Smith;History of Herkimer County (1879); New York census records.
BG: Eleazer Brown, born at Leyden, Mass., 17 Nov. 1779. (Leyden atthat time time was in Hampshire County, but in 1811 it was in the areadesignated as Franklin County.)

1850 New York census: From Chenango town. Page 386. Eleazer III islisted as a farmer, with real estate valued at $5,000. On the same censuspage are:
Son Eleazer IV, farmer; wife Rachel, 25, and daugher Mary, 3.
Son German S. Brown (but recorded erroneously as German P. Brown) withwife and children. Listed as a farmer.
Son Peleg M. Brown, 35, farmer, $2,000 in real estate; wife Lura, 22,and daughter Ellen E., 4.

1855 New York census, film No. 809,005, lists:
Jerome Brown, 29, b. Herkimer Co., New York, and residing in town(later Binghamton), for 21 years.
Eleazer Brown III, German S. Brown, Peleg M. Brown and Eleazer BrownIV, all residing in town for 22 years and all born in Herkimer County.Actually Eleazer III was born in Massachusetts, another census error.
This 1855 census information is on a single page coming afterBinghamton entries, indicating all lived near each other. It accounts forfour of Eleazer III's sons. Hiram bought West Winfield land from Eleazeron July 2, 1834, so he apparently had returned to Herkimer County before1855 to live. A Chauncey Brown, 37, farmer, was found in 1850 census forLisle, Broome County. This is probably the sixth son because BrownGenealogy, Vol. 2, says Chauncey (no birthdate listed), died at Lisle in1853. Eleazer III distributed much of his Broome County property to hissix sons, according to county land records. Films 573101, 573104, 573095and 573091.

An Intimate History of Winfield by Thomas W. Smith (1979) says Eleazercame to West Winfield about 1800 from Connecticut. (His father, Peleg,purchased his W.W. land in 1797.) Smith says he settled there on "thelarge acreage, a part of Cochran's patent. Its lands straddled that earlyroadway which crosses westerly to Woods Corners and which is littlechanged today. Very likely that road was there before the right of waywas established of Burrows Road, as it runs on down to the swamp."Eleazer's Cape Cod house was still standing in 1990.

History of Herkimer County, 1879, says Eleazer arrived about 1792,but this must be an error. He would have been only about 13 years old,and the date is five years before Peleg purchased his property. But the1879 book does say Eleazer was one of the first settlers in West Winfield. According to Leyden, Mass., marriage records, he was living inRichfield, later West Winfield, in 1798. He probably came with his father, who bought land in 1797.

Both "History of Herkimer County" by Harden and Brown Genealogy say Eleazer had a son Hiram, a grandson H. Clark Brown and a great-grandson H.C. Brown.

Eleazer III is buried in a cemetery on the old family farm. Theproperty is now owned by the Tennessee Gas Co., which has constructed a pumping station to pump natural gas to New England. Smith says thecemetery "was for many years overgrown with wild roses, brambles and berry bushes. The Tennessee Gas Company restored it, set up the fallen stones and fenced it in when establishing the plant there." Subsequentlythe company said it was difficult to maintain the cemetery and received permission to bury the headstones and mark the cemetery's corners. Perhaps, also, it wanted to discourage visitors, thus reducing liability problems in case of injuries.
One headstone, Peleg Brown's, stands in the middle of the cemetery site. He was a Revolutionary War veteran, and Daughters of the AmericanRevolution members complained until the company agreed to leave the stone. A bronze plaque listing some information from the headstones wasplaced at the site. (Eleazer's birth date is off by 20 years.)

Film No. 836,761, Page 26, of Vol. 15, DAR records (Winfield ScottChapter, 1928) says: "Old overgrown cemetery in the southern part of thetown of Winfield, Herkimer Co., New York. It is in a dense grove near theold Lewis Day homestead." Tombstone information includes:

Eleazer Brown d. June 8, 1866, age 87 years.
Patty Brown, wife of Eleazer Brown, d. Feb. 8, 1825, age 47 years.
Mr. Peleg Brown d. Jan. 26, 1814, age 71 years.
Experience Brown, wife of Mr. Peleg Brown, d. June 16, 1852, age 92years.

Eleazer and his mother, Experience, were named to administer Peleg'sestate.

Brown Genealogy, Vol. II, says Eleazer III and Martha "Patty" Clarkeloped. Not so. Leyden town records show they filed an intention of marriage with the town clerk and later were married by the Baptist minister. At this time (1799) Eleazer was residing in Richfield, Otsego County, N.Y. The area later became West Winfield, Herkimer County, N.Y.
After her death in 1825 he moved to Litchfield, Herkimer Co., andlater to Lisle, Broome County, (dropping off son Chauncey?) and finally settling (1833) in Chenango (now Binghamton), Broome County, N.Y. There his farm joined land where the state hospital now stands. Sometime before1833 he married Affa Wilcox. After her death, he sold his farm in 1864 and went to live with his oldest son, Hiram, in West Winfield. Eleazer apparently was well cared for by Hiram's wife Susan because he named herin his will and decreed she have a share of his estate equal to those of his heirs at law.

Film No. 836,759, Page 195, says Eleazer was admitted to the UnadillaForks Branch of the Free-Communion Baptist Church of Plainfield, nearWest Winfield, Herkimer County, in November 1803. He was elected sixth trustee on 12 March 1807, but he was excommunicated on 1 June 1815. The church minutes for 6 July 1815 do not report a cause for Eleazer's excommunication. But Brown Genealogy, Vol. 2, states: "He was a Baptist in his early years, but took exceptions to two of the ministers, and justly so, and left the church. It was said he was a good student of the Bible,but he measured the whole church by the peculiar ideas of the two ministers."
How did this descendant of early Massachusetts settlers, probably Puritans, wind up a Baptist?

Sources: Brown Genealogy, Vols. 1 and 2; History of Leyden, Mass.;Leyden Town Records (film 866,466); History of the Connecticut Valley inMass.; Colonial Families of the USA; 1790 MA census.

The 1790 census lists Clarks in Leyden, Mass., along with Peleg Brown,father of Eleazer Brown III. Family tradition says Eleazer eloped withMartha Brown (also known as Patty), but Leyden town records belie thistradition.
Leyden Town Records (film 866,466), page 188: "An Intention ofMarriage between Eleazar (sic) of Ritchfield (sic) and Patty Clarke ofLeyden was entered in the office December 11, 1798." And, page 224,"Jannuary (sic) 9th
1799 Personally appeared before me Eleazar Brown and Polly (sic) Clarkand was joined in marriage--Asa Hebard Pastor." The Ritchfield refers toRichfield, New York.
[Asa Hebard was the Baptist minister. He died in 1830 and apparentlythe Leyden church died with him (see CT Valley History). No LeydenBaptist records are found at the FHL.]
Peleg Brown bought land 7 Dec. 1797 in what was then called Richfield,N.Y., so Eleazer must have accompanied him to New York, before, during orafter the land purchase process. And it is possible his older brother,Peleg Jr., also was involved. A "purpose of marriage" between Peleg Brownof Litchfield (sic) and Anna Clark of Leyden was entered in the LeydenTown Office 5 Oct. 1797. [Have not yet found a notice of the actualmarriage.]

It appears that Eleazer made a trip north in the dead of winter to getmarried.

CT Valley History: Most of the Leyden settlers were from Connecticutand Rhode Island, with a few from Seekonk and Rehoboth, Mass. There weremany Clarkes in Rhode Island, and Colonial Families of the USA notes anElisha Clarke of Westerly, who was living in Leyden in 1806. Elisha'swill names daughter Martha Brown, deceased, and Anna Brown, apparentlythe wife of Eleazer's brother, Peleg Brown Jr. In Leyden, theClark/Clarke name was spelled both ways.

Mary Rogness's - Spouse of third cousin 6 times removed

1. Nancy BROWN b. 1800, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. Abt 1874, Herkimer,Herkimer Co.,New York; bur. Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York.
2. Alvira BROWN b. 5 Sep 1803, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 24 Apr 1887, Cherry Creek,New York.
3. Sabrina BROWN b. Abt 1804, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. Columbus,Pennsylvania.
4. Hiram BROWN b. 5 May 1805, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 15 Apr 1878, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York.
5. Soflora BROWN b. 1806, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 1898, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; bur. Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York.
6. Chauncey C. BROWN b. Abt 1808, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 1853, Lisle,Broome Co.,New York.
7. Climena BROWN b. Abt 1810, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 17 Mar 1870, Herkimer,Herkimer Co.,New York; bur. Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York.
8. Ursula BROWN b. Abt 1822, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 1880, Flemingville,Tioga Co.,New York.
9. 2. Peleg Morgan BROWN b. 1814, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 6 Apr 1884, Binghamton,Broome Co.,New York; bur. Glen Castle Cemetery,Broome Co.,New York.
10. Martha Frances BROWN b. Abt 1812, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. her youth.
11. German S. BROWN b. 1818, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 30 Apr 1860, Binghamton,New York.
12. Jerome Bonaparte BROWN b. Abt 1819, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. Baltimore,Maryland.
13. Eleazer BROWN b. 14 Feb 1820, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. Jan 1897, Waverly,New York.

Sources: Barbour's CT births and marriages, film 2,898; 1790 census;Broome County, N.Y., land records; Brown Genealogy, v1 & 2; ContinentalArmy Lineages Book; Record of Service of Connecticut Men..., 974.6, M2ca;History of Herkimer County, N.Y.; An Intimate History of Winfield byTimothy Smith; Congregational
Church of North Stonington records, film 5081; Stonington vitals, Vol. 3,film 1,309,972, Item 2, and film 1,309,871, Item 2; History of Leyden,Mass., (974.422/L2, H2a); DAR cemetery record; 1790 Census.
Church: Peleg, son of Eleazer Brown and wife Mary, baptized 16 Dec.1744.
Stonington vitals, both films: Born 26 Sept. 1744.
CT births: Born 26 Sept. 1744. Stonington vitals, v3, p69. [Doesn'tjibe with tombstone. See Eleazer II notes for mention of this problem.]
History of Leyden: Peleg Brown was an early settler--"1st settler nearW. Leyden mill site" on the River Road. Earliest he could have come toLeyden would be 1775, the book indicates. He was listed in the 1790census for
Leyden, MA., and the 1800 New York census for Otsego County, NY. The areawhere he bought property in 1797 is now West Winfield, Herkimer County.
DAR cemetery list from Gen. Winfield Scott Chapter in 1928 says Pelegis buried in an old overgrown cemetery in the southern part of the townof Winfield, in a dense grove near the old Lewis Day homestead.
Tombstone information:
Mr. Peleg Brown, d. Jan 26, 1814, ae 71 yrs.
Experience Brown, w. of Mr. Peleg Brown, d. June 16, 1852, ae 95 yrs.
[This indicates Peleg was born about 1742. Brown says he was born 26Sept. 1744, and Wheeler says 26 Sept. 1749. Various vitals say 1744 andchurch baptismal date is 14 Dec. 1744. This indicates the tombstone ageof
death is off a couple of years.
[Peleg has been confused with Peleg Brown of Stonington (not NorthStonington), a native of Rhode Island who married Mercy/Marcy Denison.This Peleg, who died 13 April 1796, was an officer during theRevolutionary War, while my Peleg was a private.]
Also buried in West Winfield is son Eleazer Brown III, who died in1866, and his wife, Martha "Patty" Clark, who died in 1825. Eleazer IIIand Experience were named to administer Peleg's will. In 1810 Pelegapparently had three sons at home: two 16-26 and one 26, according to thecensus that year.

The cemetery property is now owned by the Tennessee Gas Co. It hasbeen cleared of all but one tombstone, Peleg's. His was left at theinsistence of the DAR because he was a Revolutionary War veteran, thetown historian said. Peleg served only a six-month hitch, July 1 to Dec.31, 1780, in the 5th Connecticut Regiment, Capt. Joseph Wright's company.Peleg was a private.
The Continental Army Linages book says the 5th Connecticut was in the2nd Connecticut Brigade when the brigade was relieved Nov. 27, 1780, fromthe Main Army and assigned to the Highlands Department. Perhaps this iswhy Peleg was mustered out early on Dec. 13, 1780.
Record of Services: List of levies in the 5th Regiment, ConnecticutLine, in 1780 says Peleg Brown enlisted 1 July 1780 and was discharged 13Dec. 1780.
Land records say three sons--Benjamin F. Brown (wife Polly), GustavusA. Brown (wife Sophonia), and Jessie* Brown (wife Hannah)--along withwife Experience sold some of Peleg's property after his death. Thisindenture very confusing re Gustavus' name. First mention says GustavusA., second says Augustus A. and the third Gustavus A. again. BrownGenealogy, Vol. II, says his name is Adolphus. Also mentioned in theindenture is Benjamin F. Brown, while B.G. says Franklin. Assume thenames are Gustavus Adolphus Brown and
Benjamin Franklin Brown.

*In other sources all references are to various Jesse Browns.

The Eleazer Brown in Winfield "in 1792" (cited in History of HerkimerCounty, 1879) has to be Peleg's son, Eleazer III. The date must be anerror. Timothy Smith's book, "An Intimate History of Winfield", saysEleazer III came to W.W. about 1800. He would have been about 21 then.Harden's History of Herkimer County says Eleazer was one of the firstsettlers in West Winfield. Both history books and Brown Genealogy, Vol.II, say Eleazer III had a son Hiram, a grandson Hiram C. and agreat-grandson H.C. Brown.
Peleg's half-brother, Elder Eleazer, was 21 years older than Peleg,never moved to New York and died in 1795. Therefore, he could not be the1792 Eleazer. He was minister of the First Baptist Church in Stonington.
His son, Elder Eleazer Brown, also a minister, moved to Brookfield(which is near West Winfiedl and now is in Madison Co.), N.Y., andfathered a distinguished line.
Lineage Book XXVI, National Society, Daughters of the AmericanRevolution, Page 161, says Peleg and Experience were married Dec. 14,1802. Must be an error since their third child was born in 1770 or 1775and first
child was named Experience, making it improbable that Experience wasPeleg's second wife.
Film 1,023,771: Sale of land Dec. 7, 1797, by Thomas R. Clark ofRichfield, Otsego County, N.Y., to Peleg Brown, Richfield, for $1,050.The 107 acres, located in Richfield, was part of the Schuyler Patent andMorgan's Purchase.
Before 1816 the territory now embracing the town of West Winfield wasa part of the towns of Richfield and Plainfield, Otsego County. In 1816county boundary lines were changed and West Winfield wound up in HerkimerCounty. This makes land sale records confusing. A sale executed in OtsegoCounty before the 1816 change often was not recorded until many yearslater--in Otsego County. So a sale of property in Otsego county in 1815would be recorded in 1820 in Otsego County records even though theproperty was then in Herkimer County.

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Checking records in Leyden involves several jurisdictions. Leydenoriginally was in Bernardston, but it was set off as the town of Leydenin 1784. At that time it was in Hampshire County, Mass. In 1811, however,Franklin County, was formed from Hampshire County, with Leyden winding upin Franklin County.
History of the Town of Bernardston, Vol. 1, p252 (974.22/Bl, H2h):Elisha Clarke and Peleg Brown appeared on the Bernardston town rate in1781--each one poll., and each living in the area that later becameLeyden.

Batch #: 7505211, Sheet #: 98, Source Call #: 935364.
Batch #: 7450311, Source Call #: 002898

Mary Rogness's - Spouse of second cousin 7 times removed

Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Conn., andA History of James Morgan say Experience was born July 22, 1749. Thisdoes not jibe with info on headstone as reported in DUP reading. Based onabove date, she would have been 102 at time of death. The tombstoneinformation is corroborated by info on a bronze plaque placed at the siteof the graveyard. However, the Fairfield man who made her coffin says inhis records she died June 11, 1843. This would place her birth at 1747,much closer to the above. He had the right date for Eleazer III's death.(Film 836,759, Page 266). I'll go with the coffin maker. At least I knowhe was right once. Another source says born 22 July 1756.
DUP record from 1928 says:
Buried on the old West Winfield family farm. (It is now Tennecoproperty.)
Headstone says: Experience Brown, w. of Mr. Peleg Brown, d. June 16,1852, ae 95 yrs.

Third child, John Brown, was born 1770 (B.G.) or 1775 (DAR record).Latter seems most probable, since next two were born in 1776 and 1779.Assuming first child was born 1771 and second in 1773, then marriagewould be about 1770--otherwise would be about five years earlier.

Experience Brown was named in the will of her father, dated 6 Jan.1794, so she had to have been married before then.
She probably was named after her aunt, Experience Morgan, sister ofTimothy.

Mary Rogness's - Second cousin 7 times removed

1. Experience BROWN b. 17 Nov 1771, Groton,New London,Connecticut; d. 22 Jul 1838, Oswego Co.,New York.
2. Peleg BROWN b. EST 1773, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. John BROWN b. 1775, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 13 Jan 1855, Richfield , Oswego , New York.
4. Timothy BROWN b. 29 Feb 1776, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts.
5. 4. Eleazer BROWN b. 17 Nov 1779, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts; d. 8 Jun 1866, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York.
6. Deborah BROWN b. Abt 1781, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts.
7. Jesse BROWN b. 19 Aug 1783, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts; d. 24 Nov 1857, Howard,New York.
8. Samuel BROWN b. Abt 1785, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts.
9. Benjamin Franklin BROWN b. Abt 1787, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts.
10. Gustavus Adolphus BROWN b. Abt 1789, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts.