Descendants of John Sr Brown

" I was born January1787, in the town of Lynn, County of New London, State of Connecicut.  My Fathers's name was John Brown. He was born in England.  His father's name was also John Brown and his mother's name was Betsey Abbott.  My father had one brother named Mike, and two sisters named Betsey and Nelly.  My mother's name was Eunice Robbins.  Her father's name was Elijah Robbins and her mother's name was Betsey Lovewell.  They were both born in New London Co. Connecicut.       My parents were both from Lynn, near the mouth of the Connecicut River where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean, north of Long Island Sound.  My father moved from Lynn when when I was a year old (1789) to Suffield in the northern part of Connecticut.  After three years he moved to Springfield, Mass. and stayed there seven years, then moved to what is called the Unidella, a wildeness, in New York State.  In the country were deer, bear, wolves, wild cats, coons, foxes, martins, fish, otter, muskrats and some beaver.  Indians were plenty civalized and great hunters.       Rachel, my wife, was born in the year 1798.  She died March 18, 1847.             These lines are engraved on her tombstone:                   With heavnely weapons I have fought                   The battle of the Lord.                   I have finished my course and kept the faith,                   and won the sure reward.             Put down in remembrance of my father and mother and my grandfathers and grandmothers"             Added: Rachel was a Seneca Indian.  Her grave is on the Seneca Indian                           Reservation at Salamania, Cattaragus County, New York.

Children of Joseph Brown and Rachel Indian are:   4.    i.    John (4) Brown , b. January 21, 1816 ; d. January 14, 1904        ii.     Esther Brown , b. August 3, 1818.        iii.    William Brown , b. July 22, 1819.        iv.    Lucy Brown , b. May 11, 1821.        v.     Usilla Brown , b. Januaru 23, 1823.        vi.    Dama Eunice Brown , b. April 11, 1825.        vii.   Joseph Jr Brown , b. November 24, 1828.        viii.  Rachel Brown , b. December 19, 1831.        ix.    Elizabeth Brown , b. May 31, 1836.        x.     Margaret Brown , November 17, 1839.        xi.    Adelaide Brown , b. October 4, 1841.        xii.   Lyman Brown , January 11, 1844.

Generation No. 4   4.    John (4) Brown ( Joseph Sr 3 , John Jr 2 , John Sr 1 ) was born January 21, 1816 and died January 14, 1904.  He married ( 1 ) Margaret Tate.  He married ( 2 ) Catherine Domer February 28, 1850.   Notes for John Brown:         John Brown, oldest child of Joseph and Rachel, came to Western Pa., when a young man and settled in Rockland Township, Venengo Co., Pa.  His first wife was Margaret Tate.  They lived at Brandon Ferry on the Allegheny River abd she is buried in a small cemetery.  She was born in 1824 and died in 1848.       After the death of his first wife, he was married to Catherine Domer on Feb. 20, 1850.  He purchased a part of the Domer Farm and built a log house at first.  Later he built a frame house where he lived the rest of his life.  The house still stands and is in use by Wilbur Mahle.  It is near Domer Chapel.       John Brown died Jan. 14, 1904.  His obituary was printed in the Franklin paper, The Citizen Press, and I, (Mabel Manson) have pasted a copy by my mother in the record. Children of John Brown and Margaret Tate are:   (5)  i.  Hester Lititia (5) Brown , b. March 20, 1841; d. 1920; m. Robert Smith.        ii.     Rachel Ellen Brown , b. February 8, 1843; d. 1918.        iii.    Hannah Jane Brown , b. August 19, 1844; d. 1926.        iv.    John Jr Brown , b. Abt. 1844; d. Abt. 1844        v.     Maggie Brown , b. Abt. 1845; d. Abt. 1845.   Children of John Brown and Catherine Domer are:   (6)  vi.    Wesley Mathis (5) Brown , b. Jan. 17, 1851; d. Sept. 30, 1912        vii.   Martha Ann Brown , b. August 25, 1853; d. August 1932        viii.  John Henry Brown , Feb. 2, 1855; d. Oct. 1, 1955        ix.    Jacob Fletcher Brown , b. April 12, 1857; d. April 12, 1885        x.     Susannah Brown , b. March 15, 1859; d. Oct. 11, 1859        xi.    Dama Alice Brown , b. March 20, 1861; d. May 18, 1919        xii.   Hulda Mary Brown , b. February 11, 1863; d. January 27, 1950

Generation No. 5   5.    Hester Lititia (5) Brown (John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1) was born March 20, 1841, and died 1920.  She married Robert Smith, son of William Smith and Elizabeth Smith.   Children of Hester Brown and Robert Smith are:   7.    i.    Abraham Lincoln (6) Smith, b. Aft. 1861 8.    ii.   Harriet Smith, b. Aft. 1862

6.    Wesley Mathis (5) Brown (John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1) was born January 17, 1851, and died September 30, 1912.  He married Sarah Jane Forker, daughter of Levi Forker and Isabella Bell.   Children of Wesley Brown and Sarah Forker are:            i.    Infant 1 Daughter (6) Brown, born/died nov. 8, 1881          ii.   Infant 2 Daughter Brown, b. Feb. 9, 1883; d. Feb. 13, 1883.          iii.  Charlie Jacob Brown, b. May 17, 1886; d. Aug. 10, 1886 9.      iv.  Nora Bernice Brown, b. July 26, 1888; d. Oct. 8, 1915                     Bradleytown, Venango County, Pennsylvania 10.    v.   John Howard Brown, b. Aug. 1, 1890, Rockland, Pa.                     d. Jan. 8, 1964, Fresno, California           vi.  Walter Levi Brown, b. May 17, 1892; d. Sep.24, 1892. 11.    vii.  Almyra Alice Brown, b. March 12, 1896; d. Oct. 30, 1965.

Generation No. 6   7.      Abraham Lincoln (6) Smith          (Hester Lititia 5 Brown, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1) was born Aft. 1861.  He married Maud Pryer in Rockland, Pa.   Children of Abraham Smith and Maud Pryer are:               i.    Harry (7) Smith, b. Aft. 1881 12.      ii.   Roy Smith, b. Aft. 1882. 13.      iii.  Nellie Smith, b. Aft. 1883.            iv.  Hester Smith, b. Aft. 1884; m. Leonard Cutshall, Utica, Pa. 14.      v.   Dorothy Smith, b. Aft. 1885            vi.   Angelina Smitm, b. Aft 1886            vii.  Olive Smith, b. Aft.1887. 8.    Harriet (6) Smith        (Hester Lititia 5 Brown, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1) was born Aft. 1862. She married Wallace Pryor in Rockland, Pa.   Children of Harriet Smith and Wallace Pryor are:   15.    i.    Bessie (7) Pryor, b. Aft. 1882          ii.    Ruth Pryor, b. Aft 1883

9.    Nora Bernice (6) Brown        (Wesley Mathis 5, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1) was born July 26, 1888, and died October 8, 1935 in Bradleytown, Venango Co., Pa.  She married Leo Shirley Bumpus, February 19, 1916 in Cooperstown, Venango Co., Pa. son of Frederick Bumpus and Elma Davison. Children of Nora Brown and Leo Bumpus are:   17.    i.      Bernice Jane (7) Bumpus, b. Dec. 13, 1919, Bradleytown, Venango                  Co., Pa. - d. Oct. 17, 1985, Bradleytown, Venango Co., Pa.                  Married, Robert (Bob) G. Noel 18.    ii.     Margaret Elma Bumpus, b. July 14, 1921, Bradleytown, Venango                  Co., Pa. - d. Aug. 17, 1997, Butler, Butler Co., Pa.                  Married, J. Harold McBride          iii.    Infant Daughter Bumpus, born/died 1924          iv.    Frederick Wesley Bumpus, b. Nov. 20, 1926.                  d. April 15, 1942, Bradleytown, Venango Co., Pa.          v.     Ruth Shirley Bumpus, born/died 1928 19.   vi.    Florence Elizabeth Bumpus, b. Jan 8, 1930, Bradleytown, Venango                   Co., Pa.  Married, Elery L. Smith

10.      John Howard (6) Brown            (Wesley Mathis 5, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)            was born August 1, 1890 in Rockland, Pa. and died January            8, 1964, in Fresno, California.  Married, Daisy Pryor.   Children of John Brown and Daisy Pryor are:   20.      i.    Lucille (7) Brown, b. 1917 21.      ii.   John Sr. C. Brown, b. Aug. 29, 1919.            iii.  June Brown, b. June 9, 1923. Married, Thomas Griffin.   11.      Almyra Alice (6) Brown            (Wesley Mathis 5, John 4, John Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)            was born March 12, 1896, and died Oct. 30, 1965            She married John B. Moorehead Aug. 12, 1024.   Children of Almyra Brown and John Moorehead are:   22.      i.    William Victor (7) Moorehead, b. Aug. 13, 1926             ii.   Theo Margaret Moorehead

Generation No. 7   12.      Roy (7) Smith  (Abraham Lincoln 6, Hester Lititia 5 Brown,                                         John 4, Joesph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)            was born Aft. 1882. He married Florence Moore in Rockland, Pa. - Divorced   Child of Roy Smith and Florence Moore is:   i.      Arnold (8) Smith   13.      Nellie Smith (7) Smith  (Abraham Lincoln 6, Hester Lititia 5 Brown,                                                        John 4, John Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)             was born Aft. 1883.  She married Charles Morrow in Rockalnd, Pa.   Children of Nellie Smith and Charles Morrow are:              i.    Perry (8) Morrow, b. Aft. 1903, m. Cubbins            ii.   Violet Morrow, b. Adt. 1904.            iii.  Clare Morrow, b. Aft. 1905; m. Norman Edwards.            iv.  Mary Morrow, b. Aft. 1906; m. Baker            v.   Dwight Morrow, b. Aft. 1907 14.      Dorothy (7) Smith  (Abramham Lincoln 6, Hester Lititia 5 Brown,                                                 John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)             was born Aft. 1885.  She married Richard Hancox in Franklin, Pa.   Children of Dorothy Smith and Richard Hancox are:              i.    Richard Smith (8) Hancox, Aft. 1903            ii.   Joan Smith Hancox, b. Aft. 1904; m. James Sr Barron, Franklin, Pa. 15.      Bessie (7) Pryor  (Harriet 6 Smith, Hester Lititia 5 Brown,                                             John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)            She married Raumond Feltenberger in Coal City, Pa.   Children of Bessie Pryor and Raymond Feltenberger are:            i.    Alice (8) Feltenberger, b. Aft. 1903; m. Carey Marshal          ii.   Frances Feltenberger, b. Aft. 1904; m. George Himes.          iii.  Milton Feltenberger, b. Aft. 1905; m. Wilma Bell. 16.      Ruth (7) Pryor  (Harriet 6 Smith, Hester Lititia 5 Brown, John 4,                                          Joesph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)             was born Aft. 1883. She married Clint Feltenberger.   Children of Ruth Pryor and Clint Feltenberger are:              i.    Demis Verne (8) Feltenberger, b. Aft 1903; m. Charlotte Way.            ii.   Hertha Feltenberger, b. Aft. 1904            iii.  Merle Feltenberger, b. Aft. 1905; m. Wilma Bell            iv.  Chester Feltenberger, b. Aft. 1906

G7.     17.      Bernice Jane (7) Bumpus  (Nora Bernice 6 Brown, Wesley                     Mathis 5, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)           was born Dec. 13, 1919 in Bradleytown, Venango Co. Pa.           and died Oct. 17, 1985, Bradleytown, Venango Co., Pa.                      Married, Robert (Bob) G. Noel, Oct. 22, 1943.           He died Oct. 24, 1994.  Both buried at Sunville, Venango Co., Pa.   Children of Bernice Bumpus and Robert Noel are:   G8.     i.    Alice Kay (8) Noel, b. Nov. 21, 1949;            ii.   Jane Lucinda Noel, b. Nov. 13, 1951 - d. Nov. 11, 1960.            iii.  Denise Elizabeth Noel, b. Aug. 24, 1957;

G7.      18.    Margaret Elma (7) Bumpus  (Nora Bernice 6 Brown,                      (Wesley Mathis 5, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)                       was born July 14, 1921 in Bradleytown, Venango Co., Pa.                       and died Aug. 17, 1997 in Butler, Butler Co., Pa.                       She married James Harold McBride, Nov. 3, 1944                       in Slippery Rock, Pa.  (son of Ralph Allison and                       Margaret Eleanor Book)   Children of Margaret Bumpus and J. Harold McBride are:   G8.      i.    Darla Sue McBride, b. Dec. 3, 1945             ii.   Bonnie Jo McBride, b. Nov. 16, 1946             iii.  James Edward McBride, b. May 11, 1949             iv.  Jeffrey Bruce McBride, b. Jan. 21, 1955             v.   Gregory Bryce McBride, b. Dec. 24, 1955         Note:  J. Harold McBride married a 2nd time to                         Kathleen Dixon Cunningham, Dec 23, 2000

G7.      19.    Florence Elizabeth (7) Bumpus  (Nora Bernice 6 Brown,                       Wesley Mathis 5, John 4, Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)                      was born Jan. 8, 1930 in Bradleytown, Venango Co.,Pa.                      She married Elery L. Smith, Nov. 10, 1951.   Children of Florence Bumpus and Elery Smith are:   G8.     i.    Noreen Gail (8) Smith, b. Aug. 1, 1952.            ii.   Keith Edward Smith, b. Dec. 1, 1954.            iii.  Cheryl Ann Smith, b. Aug. 1, 1956.            iv.  David Wesley Smith, b. Aug. 17, 1960.

20.      Lucille (7) Brown  ( John Howard 6, Wesley Mathis 5, John 4,                                                Joseph Sr 3, John Jr 2, John Sr 1)             She married Frank Waters.   Child of Lucille Brown and Frank Waters is:              i.  Bryce (8) Waters, m. Wanda Coulter, 1956