David Brown and Margaret Oliver

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Husband David Brown ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 13 Jul 1757 or 1758 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jan 1841 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian) Church, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Matthew Brown (      -      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1799 1

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Wife Margaret Oliver ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1769 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jun 1843 3
         Buried:  - Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian) Church, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: [Unk] Oliver (      -      )
         Mother: [Unk] Erskine (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Mary Brown ^{1 2 3 5}

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           Born:  - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nathaniel Alexander (      -      ) 2 3 4 5

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2 M Thomas Oliver Brown ^{1 2 3 5 6}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1800 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jun 1866 7
         Buried:  - Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian) Church, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Nancy Beattie (Abt 1809-1839) 4 7
           Marr: 12 Jan 1832 1

         Spouse: Sarah Patterson (1799/1801-1857) 5 6 7
           Marr: 9 Dec 1841 6

         Spouse: Margaret Campbell (      -1875) 5 7

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3 F Elizabeth Erskine Brown ^{1 2 7 8}

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           Born: Abt 1802 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Gailey (1799-      ) 4 7 8

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4 M David Brown ^{1 2 5 7}

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           Born: Abt 1804 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Apr 1879 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Maria Beattie (Abt 1806-1849) 7
           Marr: 1835 10

         Spouse: Nancy McClellan (Abt 1820-1874) 10

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5 F Margaret Brown ^{1 2 7 11}

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           Born:  - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John M. Coleman (      -      ) 2 4 7 11

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6 M James Brown ^{1 2 5 7}

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           Born:  - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth Wilson (      -      ) 4 5 7

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General Notes: Husband - David Brown

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He took the oath of allegiance before Humphrey Fullerton, a justice of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, the original certificate of which was still in the possession of the family over one hundred years later. He purchased, in 1802, a farm at the mouth of the White Thorn run, near New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, later (1909) owned by John Oliver Brown.

He was one of the early settlers of Salem township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coming with his family from Green Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1800.

In 1802 removed to near New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm, upon which he died.

He came from Ireland to America during the Revolution. He was a stone mason, as well as farmer, and aided in erecting the first stone house in Harrisburg, and in constructing, in 1785, the stone arch bridge over the Conococheugue near Greencastle, where he lived. He worked at his trade for several years in the Cumberland valley. He settled on the Brown homestead, a farm at the mouth of the White Thorn run, near New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1802, having purchased it in 1799 from his brother Samuel. He repurchased it in 1803 from General Alex. Craig, who held the legal title. The land was surveyed in pursuance of a warrant dated July 29, 1784.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Oliver

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She had been, like her husband, a resident of near Londonderry, Ireland, and was connected with other members of the same family in York County and western Pennsylvania.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 139.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 737.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 25.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 396.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 380.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 738.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 396, 439.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 140.

11 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 396, 435, 508.