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• Nickname	Patty
  Birth	8 Feb 1777
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Feb 1825	West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York
  Person ID	I43044	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Mar 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Eleazer BROWN, b. 17 Nov 1779, Leyden,Hampshire Co.,Massachusetts
  Married	9 Jan 1799	Leyden,Franklin Co.,Massachusetts
  Children	> 1. Nancy BROWN, b. 1800, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 2. Alvira BROWN, b. 5 Sep 1803, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York   3. Sabrina BROWN, b. Abt 1804, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 4. Hiram BROWN, b. 5 May 1805, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York   5. Soflora BROWN, b. 1806, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 6. Chauncey C. BROWN, b. Abt 1808, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 7. Climena BROWN, b. Abt 1810, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 8. Ursula BROWN, b. Abt 1822, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 9. Peleg Morgan BROWN, b. 1814, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York   10. Martha Frances BROWN, b. Abt 1812, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 11. German S. BROWN, b. 1818, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 12. Jerome Bonaparte BROWN, b. Abt 1819, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York > 13. Eleazer BROWN, b. 14 Feb 1820, West Winfield,Herkimer Co.,New York
  Family ID	F18781	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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