Amasa Brown and Eleanor Van Kirk

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Husband Amasa Brown ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 Sep 1777 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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           Died: 1829 - ? Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jesse Brown (1746-      ) 2
         Mother: Abigail Parke (      -      ) 2

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Wife Eleanor Van Kirk ^{2 3}

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1 M John Brown ^{2 4}

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2 M Amasa Brown, Jr. ⁴

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3 M Jesse Brown ^{2 4}

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4 M Oliver Hazard Perry Brown ^{2 5}

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           Born: 10 Jun 1820 - Phillipsburg (later Monaca), Beaver Co, PA 2
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           Died: 18 Nov 1892 - Rochester, Beaver Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Mary McCombs (1820-1889) 6 7
           Marr: Beaver Co, PA

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5 F Hannah Brown ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Alexander Richey (      -      ) 4
           Marr: Beaver Co, PA

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6 M Milton Brown ^{2 4}

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7 F Mary Brown ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Mary Brower 8
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         Spouse: James Todd (1828-Bef 1914) 1 9
           Marr: 1851 - Beaver Co, PA 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - Amasa Brown

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He worked with his father, learning the trade of a boat builder, in which he became a skilled mechanic. As an agent of Aaron Burr, he went to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1806, was made master builder at Bridgewater. Large flatboats were built, which were used to convey produce down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Amasa Brown was killed while launching one of these boats.

At the age of twenty-nine years, being a skillful ship carpenter and boat builder, he was engaged by Aaron Burr as master builder, and came to Bridgewater, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he superintended the building and launching of the fleet of boats with which Burr's company started down the Ohio on their expedition to set up an independent state in the southwest.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 902.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 61.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1048.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1049.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 261, 1049.

6 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 62.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 261.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 658.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 658, 1048.