Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Brownlee and Martha Shearer




Husband Thomas Brownlee 1

            AKA: James Brownlee 2
           Born:  - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Archibald Brownlee (      -      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Hamilton (      -      ) 4 5


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Greathouse (      -      ) 2



Wife Martha Shearer 2 6

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Children
1 M Hamilton Brownlee 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1882
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2 M Archibald Brownlee 6

           Born: 12 Jan 1795 - Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1882
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Keziah Brownlee (      -      ) 6


3 M David Brownlee 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1882
         Buried: 



4 F Margaret Brownlee 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1882
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5 F Jane Brownlee 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1882
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6 F Martha Brownlee 2 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1882
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Brownlee (      -Abt 1873) 2



General Notes: Husband - Thomas Brownlee


When the Revolu­tionary War broke out, he enlisted under General Washington, and was one of his ferrymen crossing the Delaware. He was also one of Washington's select marksmen, and was a man of great muscular power, weighing from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds.
After the Revolution he went west, locating in Buf­falo township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He there entered 600 acres of land.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 47, 1080, 1241.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 677.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 47, 1241.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 63.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 47, 1080.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1241.


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