James Brown (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of October 6, 2020:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of James Brown for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Still to do as of October 6, 2020
- NGS/WGS test for subclade under R-L2.
Biography
Parentage of James Brown
John Brown(e)[1] was born about 1591[2] and died at Rehoboth 10 Apr 1662.[3] He was in Plymouth Colony by 1635 as he was made freeman 5 Jan 1635/6. He married by about 1616[4] to Dorothy _____ who died at Swansea 27 Jan 1673/4 "being the ninety and eighth year of her age or thereabouts"[5]. They had three children (daughter Mary and sons James & John).
First Generation
James Brown was born before 1627[6] and died at Swansea 29 Aug 1710. He married about 1655 to Lydia Howland. They had three[7] children: James (1655), Dorothy (1666) and Jabez (1668).
Second Generation
(Lieut.) James Brown (II) was born Rehoboth 4 (or 21) May 1655 and died prob. at Barrington (now part of RI) 15 May 1718. He married Swansea 5 Jun 1678 Margaret Denison and they had twelve children (prob. in that part of Swansea now Barrington): Lydia (1678/9-1678/9), Mary (1680), Margaret (1682 dy), Anne[8] (1684), James (1685), Margaret (1687), Peleg (1688/9 d.y.), William (1690), Benjamin (twin, 1694), Dorothy (twin, 1694), Mercy (1699) and Isaac (1702).
Jabez Brown was born Swansea 9 Jul 1668 and died in what is now Barrington, RI in Jul 1747. He married twice, first Jane ____ and second Barrington (now part of RI) 17 Feb 1740/1 Abijah Wheaton. Jabez only had children by his first wife (born Swansea): Oliver (1696), Hezekiah (1698), Rebecca (1700), Jerusha (1702 dy), (Elizabeth 1702 dy), Asa (1706 dy), Lydia (1709 dy), John (1710), Jane and poss. Mary.
Third Generation
James Brown (III) was born Swansey (now Swansea) 7 Sep 1685 and died Barrington, RI 21 Feb 1724. He married Swansea 20 Dec 1711 Elizabeth BOWEN Hunt and they had five children (Swansea): Elizabeth (1714), James (1715//6 m Rebekah Perry & Sarah HOWLAND Lawton), Abijah (dau, 1717), Micah (1719-1747 unm.) and Lydia (c1720).
William Brown was born Swansea 2 Jun 1690 and died Rehoboth 26 Feb 1731/2. He married twice, first abt 1710 Elizabeth ___ and second Rehoboth 27 Oct 1725 Rebecca Follett. By his first wife William had seven children: Consider (1711 unm.), Amos (1714 m Mary Wilmarth & Rebeckah Wilmarth), Elizabeth (1716), Bethiah (1718), Jerusha (1720), Ezra (1722 m Lydia Wilmarth & Mary Bubier) and Rebecca (1725). By his second wife, William had four more children (Rehoboth): Noah (1726 m Deborah Wilmarth), Isaac (1728 m Susanna May), Ann (1729-1731) and Ann (1731/2-1743).
Benjamin Brown was born Swansea 7 May 1694 and died Rehoboth 12 Aug 1762. He married twice, first Rehoboth 20 Dec 1722 Keziah Brown and second (int. Rehoboth 16 May 1756) Abigail Paine (no children). By his first wife, Benjamin had seven children (Rehoboth): Benjamin (1723-1725), Nathan (1725 m Dorothea HUNT Franklin), Benjamin (1727-1754 unm.), Rachel (bp 1730), Sarah (1730/1), Lucy (1736-1749) and Eliphalet (1740-1740).
Isaac Brown was born Swansea 2 Dec 1702 and died Rehoboth before 16 Dec 1735. He married twice, first (int. Rehoboth 5 Jun 1725) Mary Brown and second (int. Rehoboth 15 Mar 17289) Esther Bowen. By his first wife Isaac had two children: Peleg (d. 1747) and Daniel (1726/7 d.y.). By his second wife, Isaac had three more children (Barrington): Esther (d. bef 1746), Mary (1730/1) and Thomas (1733 m Ruth ___ & Hannah Jones).
Oliver Brown was born Swansea 3 Feb 1696 and died bet. 19 Dec 1733 - 15 Jan 1734. He married twice, first Bristol (now part of RI) 27 Mar 1729 Ann Bullock and second 27 Sep 1731 Sarah Bullock (no children). By his first wife, Oliver had two children: Rebecca (b. 1728) and Anna (bp 1730).
Hezekiah Brown was born Swansea 18 Nov 1698 and died Warren, RI 26 Sep 1756. He married Johannah/Hannah Barnes and they had seven children (Rehoboth): Asa (m Chloe Hunt & Anne Shepard), Jameb (m Molly ___), Keziah (1735), William (1737 m Althea Kent), Nathaniel (1739 m Lucy Russell), Solomon (d bef 1760 s.p.) and Hezekiah (d. bef 1760 s.p.)
John Brown was born Swansea 10 Jul 1710 and died aft 1780. He married Martha brown and they had six children (Rehoboth): Ichabod (1739 m Lydia Wells), Lydia (1743), Isaac (1745 m Dorothy Paine & Sarah Bullock), Gideon (1749 m Molly Martin & Ruth Miller), John (1751 m Ann Tingley) and Martha (1753).
- ↑ Anderson, The Great Migration I:420-429
- ↑ based on estimated date of marriage.
- ↑ Published Rehoboth VRs p. 804
- ↑ The Great Migration I:426
- ↑ Published Swansea VRs, p. 26
- ↑ He appeared on the Able to Bear arms list of 1643, so was at least age 16 at that date.
- ↑ Many sources, including the George Bowman files, list more children, but none of the others were mentioned in the will of either their father or their maternal grandmother.
- ↑ Birth record had Lydia, but all other records had Anne
DNA Results R-L2
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Brown-Browne-Braun DNA Study Project (Group No. 048) had two individuals who claims his Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA) was John Brown 1579-1662.[1] None of the individuals have done any Y-SNP testing and FTDNA simply predicts they fall under R1b-M269. One individual in this group has SNP tested R-P312>>U152>L2. Another individual claiming John Brown as his MDKPA and Y111 STRs has not SNP tested. The NevGen Haplogroup Predictor Tool states this individual is most likely R1b U152>L2>Z49>Z142>Z51 with a 58.76% probability (all other predictions are less than 3% with a 34.3% prediction of falling into an "unsupported subclade".
- ↑ this group has other close STR matches who list various MDKPAs, but all are somehow closely related to each other.
NGS/WGS testing
NGS testing of Y-DNA descendants of John Brown (and ideally descendants of his son, James) would refine the placement of this family.
References and External Links
Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 23 (Howland) part 1 (first 4 generations of some children), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2006
