Roxanna BROWN

Roxanna BROWN
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Roxana BROWN

Roxanna6 BROWN (Shubael5, Jedediah4, Jedediah3, John2, Thomas1) was born 17 Jan 1797 daughter of Shuabel BROWN and his wife Lydia PALMER, she married John BURROWS on 23 August 1821. They had 7 children. She died 20 Feb 1878. She is buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London, CT in the Denison section.

Stonington VR (Barbour Index) p. 57
Roxene, d. Shubael b. Jan 17, 1797 Vol. 4 Page 40

Gravestone Reads:
Roxanna BROWN/wife of John BURROWS/born Jan. 17, 1798 died/Feb. 20, 1878

"Resting in Heaven"

Roxanna is the mother of Eunice Eldridge Burrows (wife of Isaac Wheeler DENISON) and Mary Elizabeth Burrows (1st wife of Rev. John Ledyard DENISON) also buried in this plot in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT

This is a repost from 2007

Tombstone Tuesday

Elias BROWN
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Tombstone Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009

Elizabeth Denison Brown was a teacher. I knew I felt connected to this gravestone when I saw the name DENISON clearly on this stone! The 1880 census lists her occupation.

Elizabeth DENISON, was born and died in November. She was the daughter of Allen DENISON and Elizabeth PARKE. Lizzie married Elias BROWN on 6 Dec 1865 and had no children.

Denison Genealogy #3062 page 103-104
Elizabeth (Allen6, Robert5, Benadam4, William3, William2, George1) was born 27 Nov 1843 and died 8 Nov 1924.

Cap't Peter BROWN

Cap't Peter BROWN
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Carnival of Genealogy 75th ed. “Justice and Independence ”

I am hoping that I will be able to find out more about Capt. Peter BROWN, who is buried at Whitehall Cemetery #21 in Mystic, New London, CT. Capt. BROWN served in the American Revolution and is buried in the same cemetery with many other men who served in this war.

The DAR database lists his service as follows: "Sixth Regiment, Col. Parsons, 1775, 10th Company Capt. Abel Spicer and he served from May 10 to Dec 18, 1775." He is a recognized patriot by the DAR.

Peter was born in 1753 [calculated from his gravestone date] and died 20 Oct 1802. Probably he was born and died in Groton, Connecticut. He is listed in Grace Denison Wheeler's book, "Old Home of Stonington" on page 258 but he is not listed in the BROWN family in Grace's father's book, "The History of Stonington".

He married Mary ELLIOTT, who married Nehemiah GALLUP (1751-1843) after Peter's death, on 17 Feb 1782. Peter and Nehemiah served together in the Revolution and perhaps they were friends. When Mary, who was also called Mercy, died, he was buried next to her first husband, Capt. Peter BROWN. He gravestone is a favorite of mine and I will blog about her for the next Graveyard Rabbit Carnival.

All that I know about Capt. Peter BROWN is that he did not hold the rank of Capt. during the years he served and so he may have been called Capt. out of respect or maybe he was known as a sea captain. I do not know who is parents were but I do know that he had a daughter named Catharine/Catherine who married Jonathan DENISON [#1561 p. 54, 102 Denison Genealogy] in 1802.


[photo by Fred Burdick, used with permission, all rights reserved]

Catharine BROWN, wife of Jonathan DENISON

Catharine BROWN, wife of Jonathan DENISON
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Tombstone Tuesday [repost with new information]

Question! Who were the grandparents of Catherine/Catharine Brown because she is listed as a daughter of Peter Brown?

Catharine BROWN, wife of Jonathan DENISON was born 11 April 1781, she died 27 April 1863 and is buried next to her husband.

"Catharine/wife of/Jonathan Denison/Born April 11, 1781/Died April 27, 1863.

She married Jonathan in 1802 and the couple had 11 children. Their oldest son, Dudley and his wife are also buried here.

The DAR database indicates that she is the daughter of Capt. Peter BROWN (buried at Whitehall Burying Ground) and his first wife, Mercy [or Mary] ELLIOTT who married Nehemiah GALLUP after Peter BROWN died.

Prudence B. DEAN

Prudence B. DEAN
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Wife of Asa Fish
Died December 24, 1873
Aged 74 Years
& 6 Months

Wheeler's History of Stonington (page 333 #35) indicates that Prudence was an only child. Her grandparents on the Brown side (Wheeler page 268) were Joshua Brown and Joanna Rogers. This is the same Brown family whose family members are buried in the Denison plot not far from this area where Prudence is resting.

Prudence B. DEAN (top of gravestone)

Prudence B. DEAN
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This is the curved top of the gravestone for Prudence Brown Dean. She was the daughter of James Dean and Prudence Brown who are buried at the Whitehall Burying Ground in Mystic.

Mary P. BROWN

Mary P. BROWN
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Mary P. ["Polly"] BROWN, teenage daughter of Shubael Brown and his wife Lydia Palmer, was born 11 June 1794 and died 7 Aug 1810.

She is buried behind her parents and near her sister Roxanna who married John Burrows.

"In memory of Mary P. Brown/daughter of Shubael and Lydia Brown/who died Aug 7, 1801/aged 16 years."

Photograph # 334

Sources:
Wheeler's History of Stonington "Lynn Brown family": #227 p. 266
Barbour Index Stonington p. 56 BROWN, Polly, d. Shubael, b. June 11, 1794 Vol. 4 Page 60

Lydia PALMER

Lydia PALMER, wife of Shubael BROWN
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Lydia7 PALMER (Ichabod6, Ichabod5,Ichabod4, Ichabod3, Gershom2, Walter1) wife of Shubael BROWN was born 1 Nov 1766 in Stonington and died 15 August 1815. She was the daughter of Ichabod PALMER and his wife Mary Grant.

The children of Shubael and Lydia are listed at his blog entry.

"In memory of/Mrs. Lydia Brown/Relict of/ Mr. Shubael Brown/who died/Aug.t 15th 1815/aged 48 years."

Photograph # 523

Sources:
Wheeler's History of Stonington: p. 516

Shubael BROWN

Shubael BROWN
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Shubael5BROWN, (Jedediah4, [Jr.], Jedediah3, John2, Thomas1 ) father of Roxana BROWN (who was the wife of John BURROWS) and father of Mary P. BROWN, was born 5 Oct 1758 in Stonington. He was the husband of Lydia PALMER. They married 16 March 1785. He died 18 Aug 1806 in Stonington.

The Genealogy records of the Palmer family give a different date of their marriage, which as a reader points out does not "fit" with the dates of the children's births. There is a birth record for Shubael but no marriage record in the Barbour Index of Vital Records of CT.

"In memory of/Mr. Shubael Brown/who died/Aug. t 18th 1806, /in the 47th year/of his age./"

Shubael and Lydia were the parents of 6 children:

Philura [b. 1787], Nancy [b. 1790], Polly [b. 1794], Roxana [b. 1798], Shubael [b. 1700] and Betsey [b. 1801]

Photograph # 522

Sources:
Wheeler's History of Stonington "Lynn Brown family":#170, pages 264, 266