Isaac Brown

Notes:

parents Jeremiah and Mary Brown (nee Royall)

Isaac married Lyddia/Lydia Slater 3 Sep 1743 (Society of Friends), East Nottingham, Chester County, Maryland. Lyddia/Lydia was born 1724, East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died 14 Nov 1811, East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Brick Meeting House, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

1. Samuel Brown was born 7 Jun 1764, New Garden, Chester Co., PA; died 1845, E. Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
2. George Brown was born 17 Aug 1744, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Jeremiah Brown was born 25 Sep 1746, Chester County, Pensylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Sarah Brown was born 1 Mar 1749, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Isaac Brown was born 19 Dec 1751, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Elihu Brown was born 19 Apr 1754, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Steven Brown was born 23 Oct 1756, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
8. James Brown was born 29 Apr 1759, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Nathan Brown was born 2 Mar 1762, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Son of James Brown and Honour Clayton, d/o William Lankford and Prudence Clayton. Honour is sister to Prudence Reynolds (nee Lankford) who married Henry Reynolds.

Buried:
have been to this Cemetery and there are a lot of field stones but not a lot of headstones.

Jeremiah married Mary Royale/Royall abt. 1710/1711, probably Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mary was born 1686, Glasgow City, Scotland; died 1749, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Brick Meeting House, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

from findagrave

She was a widow 'Coal/e" at time of marriage to Jeremiah on 02mon/Apr 12/1711. Her first husband is "William Coles" The Will of William Coale, dated 11mo/Jan 31, 1710, Chester Will Bk C, pg 210, leaves his entire estate to wife Mary, and at her death to be divided between their 2 children, William and Mary Coale....please see record attached.

The area in which they lived changed boundries for counties and states during her life time. I added a map from 1715, please note red dot.

"West Nottingham was established about 1710, held at the houses of the members initially, with a preparative meeting being set up about 1730. The land on which the meetinghouse sits was donated by James King and William Harris. The current meeting house was built in 1811 and became known as ?Little? Brick?. The Nottingham meetings were both originally under Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, but were joined to Nottingham Quarter when the Cecil county meetings were transferred to Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1819.

After the settlement of the Mason-Dixon Line/boundary, only 1,300 acres of the original Nottingham Lots remained in Chester County and the other 16,700 acres became part of Cecil County, Maryland. East and West Nottingham remained in Chester County, PA, however East Nottingham / Brick Meeting House (1st built from logs in 1709 and of brick in 1724 on Nottingham Lot #30) was just 4 miles south of the boundary, and fell under Cecil County, Maryland".
Burial records are taken from Nottingham MM records, also posted.

The following was shared by Claudia Davenport-Sullivan (47345651):
I've done some research on Mary Royle and the brothers Wm, James + Maurice Trent, who were prominent merchants from Inverness, Scotland and actively involved with selling child servants shipped from Scotland without indentures. Caleb Pusey (abt 1650-1727) bought the indentures of many of these children, one was Mary Royle in 1697. It appears that Mary Royle was among those children that earlier included Alexander Ross (1682-1748) and they were brought to the colonies by Maurice Trent and then sold to Caleb Pusey by William Trent. In 1697 Mary Royle to serve 5 yrs; in 1693 Alexander Ross to serve until age 21

[I have extensive research on Alexander Ross as he was a pioneer of Shenandoah Valley and received a grant for 40,000 acres from Lord Fairfax in 1730; he was 11 years of age when brought by the Trents to the colonies in 1693 and his indenture was sold to Caleb Pusey where he learned a trade at Pusey's mill on Chester Creek, Chester Co]

Between 1693 and 1697, Maurice Trent appeared in the courts of Chester and Bucks counties in with at least 112 Scottish child servants without indentures, both male and female.

At the end of Mary Royle's 5 year indenture, about 1702/03, she married William Coale and had two children before his death about Apr 1710 in Nottingham. He mentions in his Will #167 [PA Will Bk C, pg 210] his wife Mary and children William (b. 5mo/Jul 9, 1705) and Mary Coale (b. 3mo/May 4, 1708).

Mary (Royle) Coale then married 2nd Jeremiah Brown (1687-1767) and had 4 more children, Patience, Jeremiah, Joshua and Isaac Brown. Mary died about 1748 as Jeremiah Brown then married Mary Winter on 5mo/Jul 20, 1749 at Nottingham Mtg. The marriage record is extant and the witness list shows his son Isaac + Lydia (Slater) Brown and his step-daughter Mary (Coale) and husband Henry Reynolds, among others.

Jeremiah Brown Senr and 2nd wife Mary (Winter) had one son Stephen. His death is recorded by Nottingham Mtg wherein it states: ?Stephen Brown, son of Jeremiah Brown Senr and half-brother to Jeremiah Brown Junr departed this life the 24 of the 11th month 1754.? This provides evidence that Jeremiah Junr and Stephen did not share the same mother.

Jeremiah Brown died on 7 Mar 1767 at West Nottingham and left his will dated 21 Dec 1762 [Chester Will Bk D, Vol 4, pg 645]. He names the 4 children had by his first wife Mary (Royle) - Patience (Brown) Hadley, Joshua and Isaac - and heirs of his deceased son Jeremiah Brown Junr.

Mary (Winter) Brown died on 19 Nov 1769 at West Nottingham and left her will dated 9 Nov 1769 wherein she mentions her "beloved step-grandson Stephen, son of Isaac Brown". This provides further evidence that she is not one and the same as his first wife Mary (Royle) Coale in that she further devised "To Mary, wife of Henry Reynolds, a case of drawers which was her mothers."

The above daughter is Mary Coale, b. 1708; she married Jacob Haines on 2mo/Apr 22, 1725 and they had 8 children before Jacob died in 1742 [Chester Will Bk B, pg 116]. Mary, now Haines, married Henry Reynolds in Jun 1743 and had 5 more sons. Henry Reynolds died 17 Dec 1779.

I have some more research to do regarding Henry Reynolds as it appears he was married 3 times - Hannah Brown in 1717; Ann Worley in 1733; then Mary Coale in 1743, the daughter of Mary Royle.

An interesting connection here is that Henry Reynold?s 2nd wife Ann (Worley) Howell, was the granddaughter of Anne (Stone) Worley (1645-1726). Ann (Stone) Worley was the 2nd wife of Caleb Pusey (1650-1727) ? the same man that purchased Mary Royle?s indenture in 1697 as well as many of these ?stolen? Scottish children. It would appear that Caleb Pusey cared for these children and helped them to attain a better future in a strange land after being taken from their homelands.

Died:
a year later Jeremiah went on to marry 2nd wife.

James married Honor/Honour Clayton 8 Aug 1679, Burlington, NJ. Honor/Honour (daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lansford) was born 18 Mar 1662, North Chichester, Sussex England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Children shown for Honour Clayton are James Brown b. 17 1mo 1681 at Marcus Hook who was a non-quaker and
William Brown who married Esther (Hester) Baker of Bucks Co., PA. She was b. 28 6mo 1680 W. Darbye Lancaster Co. England d/o Henry and Margaret Herdman.

Jeremiah: Brother of James Brown; WIlliam Brown; Clayton Browne; Ann McKay; Margery Piggott; Daniel Browne; Mary Butterworth and Joshua Brown

Richard married Mary Norton. Mary (daughter of Edward Norton, Sr. and Jane Rose) was born Est 1712, Armagh, Ulster, Ireland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Mary Brown formerly Norton
Born 1712 in Armagh, Ulster, Irelandmap
Daughter of Edward I Norton and Jane (Rose) Norton
Sister of Edward Norton
Wife of Richard Brown ? married October 24, 1733 in Nottingham Mm,Chester,Pennsylvaniamap
[children unknown]
Died after 1748 [location unknown]

Notes:

YORK COUNTY VIRGINIA RECORDS [WILLS]

William Pryor 21 Jan 1646-30 Jan 1646: Oldest Daughter Margaret; daughter Mary; eldest son of my brother in law Joseph Clayton; wife of Richard Kemp, Esq; Capt. Thomas Harrison of the ship "Hannor" Capt. Thomas Harwood; to Mrs. Mary Kerton; two daughters to be executrixes; friends Joseph Clayton, Capt. Thomas Harrison and Capt. Thomas Harwood to be overseers; witnesses John Rose, William Hockaday. (See Histories)

This book is Early Virginia Records; Will of Wm. Pryor mentions Claytons and others associated with the Reynolds of Lancaster and Cecil and Lansfords. I expect William Pryor is an ancestor of of the Susanna Lansford and Reynolds group who had son, Pryor Reynolds. -mfe

William married Prudence Lansford 7 Nov 1653, Pancras Parish, Chichester, Sussex, England. Prudence was born Abt 1636. [Group Sheet]