Dennis Brown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Dennis Brown (son of Mercer Brown). Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Mercer Brown (son of Richard Brown). Children:
- 1. Dennis Brown
Generation: 3
4. Richard Brown was born on 2 Oct 1767 (son of Mercer Brown and Sarah Piggott); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Quaker Meeting: 23 Sep 1784, South Carolina, USA; Removed to South Carolina
- Quaker Meeting: 5 Mar 1785, Wrightsborough, Columbia County, Georgia, USA; Received certificate
Children:
- 2. Mercer Brown
Generation: 4
8. Mercer Brown was born on 7 May 1740 (son of Richard Brown and Mary Norton); died on 20 Dec 1802 in Columbia, Georgia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Quaker Meeting: 31 Mar 1764, Fairfax, Loudoun, Virginia, USA; Disowend
- Quaker Meeting: 26 Jul 1770, Fairfax, Loudoun, Virginia, USA; Reinstated
- Quaker Meeting: 23 Sep 1784, South Carolina, USA; Removed to South Carolina
- Quaker Meeting: 5 Mar 1785, Wrightsborough, Columbia County, Georgia, USA; Received certificate
- Court Record: 2 Oct 1802, Columbia, Georgia, USA
- Will: 30 Oct 1802, Columbia, Georgia, USA; Will of Mercer Brown
- Probate: 8 Mar 1803, Columbia, Georgia, USA
Notes:
BROWN
Mercer (also listed Messer) born 7 May 1740; removed to South Carolina 1784; son of Richard and Mary (Norton) Brown of Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia; reported January 1764 as being engaged to a young woman not a member of our society; was prprecautioned and left for a trip to Carolina; she met him on the way and they were married by a Priest; he was disowned 31 Mar 1764. Mercer and wife, Sarah (he having been reinstated after disowned) and their 3 children, listed below, received by request 26 Jul 1770.
Children:
Mary 14 Aug 1765
Richard 2 Oct 1767
Sarah 22 Dec 1769
Ann 13 Mar 1772
Elizabeth 15 May 1774
Margaret 16 nov 1776
Phebe
Mercer
Mercer and Sarah and six children, Richard, Sarah, Ann, Margaret, Phebe and Mercer granted certificate Bush River Monthly Meeting, South Carolina, 25 Sep 1784.
From Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, vol VI p. 476 (Fairfax Monthly Meeting, VA)
Will:
Georgia
Columbia County
Personally appears in Open Court: Richard Batten, Mark P. Davis, and Peter Dill being duly qualified to the form of their prosepisa saith that they was present and saw Mercer Brown deceased sign the written will that they subscribed the same as Witness in the presence and at the request of the deceased and at the time of signing the same the deceased was of sound mind and disposing memory. /s/ Richard Battin, M.P. Davis, Peter Dill
Sworn in open court
This 20th Dec. 1802
By A. Crawford, Clerk
Georgia
Columbia County
Ordinarys Office
Registered in Book A fol 154 & 155 this 24 Dec 1802
By A. Crawford, Clerk
To all whom these may concern
Know ye that I Merer Brown of Columbia County in the State of Georgia, being sick and weak in body but of Sound Disposing mind and memory, Calling to mind the mortality of my body knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, and being desirous of Settling & Disposing of my outward affairs while of Ability, to make & Ordeain this my last will & Testament in manner of form following
First my will and desire is that my funeral expenses by Discharged, together with all my just debts by my Executor hereafter Named
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah during her widowhood all & Singular the Profits and Emoluments arising from my Grist Mill & Saw Mill & Plantation I now live on; Likewise the Profits of my moveable Effects whilst she remains my widow and no longer
Item I give & Bequeath to my son Richard Brown that Plantation and Tract of Land whereon he now lives, Also that Tract of Land in the Piney Woods near the head of Germany's Creek likewise any part of Land & Mill on Sweetwater Creek
Item I give & Bequeath to my Son Mercer Brown the Plantation I now live on & Likewise my Grist my & Saw Mill with all & Singular the Privileges & Appurtenances thereto belonging to be Entered upon & Enjoyed by him Immediately after the Death or Marriage of my above named wife.
Item I Give & Bequeath to my four Daughters Namely, Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Phebe and my deceased daughter Ann's son Benjamin Lancaster, all the moveable property remaining at the decease of my widow to be equally divided between them share & share alike.
Lastly I make, ordain, constitute & Appoint my beloved sons Richard and Mercer Brown Executors of this my last Will & Testament, Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament, In Winess whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this Thirty-eth day of the Tenth Month in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and Two.
Signed, Sealed and Declared by the Po(?) Mercer Brown as his last will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names Richard Battin, Peter Dill, Mark P. DavisMercer married Sarah Piggott on 31 Mar 1764 in South Carolina, USA. Sarah (daughter of William Piggott and Sarah Pike) died in 1810 in Preble, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Sarah Piggott (daughter of William Piggott and Sarah Pike); died in 1810 in Preble, Ohio, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Quaker Meeting: 23 Sep 1784, South Carolina, USA; Removed to South Carolina
- Quaker Meeting: 5 Mar 1785, Wrightsborough, Columbia County, Georgia, USA; Received certificate
Children:
- Betsy Brown was born on 8 Jan 1764; died on 6 Sep 1769.
- Mary Brown was born on 14 Aug 1765; and died.
- 4. Richard Brown was born on 2 Oct 1767; and died.
- Sarah Brown was born on 22 Dec 1769; and died.
- Ann Brown was born on 13 Mar 1772; died about 23 Mar 1780.
- Elizabeth Brown was born on 15 May 1774; died on 17 Apr 1778.
- Margaret Brown was born on 16 Nov 1776; and died.
- Phebe Brown was born on 5 Mar 1778 in Fairfax, Loudoun, Virginia, USA; and died.
- Mercer Brown was born on 20 Aug 1781; and died.