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John Brown
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1800-1859
Parents
- Father: Owen Brown (b. 16 February 1771, d. 8 May 1856)
- Mother: Ruth Mills (b. 1771, d. 1808)
Biography
- John Brown was born on 9 May 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut.1
- He married Dianthe Lusk in 1820.2
- John and Dianthe had 7 children.2
- He married Mary Ann Day in 1832.3
- John and Mary had 13 children.3
- He died on 2 December 1859 in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), at age 59.1
- The cause of his death was hanging for insurrection at Harper's Ferry.1
- He was buried in John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba now Plattsburg, New York. Plot: 219946128.4,1
- Two memorial tablets.4
Gravestone
Gravestone
Story
Other Information
- Relationship: 3rd cousin 6 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Famous Ancestors/Relatives, Forbes Family, John Brown and Leslie, Lewis Family, Recent Changes
- Last Edited: 15 November 2024 16:43:09
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Gideon Mills1
Parents
- Father: Gideon Mills (b. 15 August 1715, d. 4 August 1772)
- Mother: Elizabeth Higley (b. 1723, d. 26 July 1774)
Child with Ruth Humphrey (b. 26 July 1751)
- Ruth Mills+ (b. 1771, d. 1808)
Biography
- Gideon Mills was born on 16 October 1749 in Simsbury, Connecticut.1
- The following notice was in the newspaper, on 15 June 1765.2
Newspaper - Gideon was a Lieutenant.1
- He married Ruth Humphrey estimated 1770.3,4
- He died in 1813 at age ~64.1
- He was buried in Barkhamsted Center Cemetery, Barkhamsted, Connecticut.5
Gravestone
Other Information
- Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: John Brown and Leslie, Lewis Family
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Ruth Humphrey1
Child with Gideon Mills (b. 16 October 1749, d. 1813)
- Ruth Mills+ (b. 1771, d. 1808)
Biography
- Ruth Humphrey was born on 26 July 1751 in Simsbury, Connecticut.1
- Father: Oliver Humphrey (b 13 Apr 1720 Simsbury CT) - Mother: Sarah Garrett (b 22 Jan 1723/24 Simsbury CT.)1
- She married Gideon Mills, son of Gideon Mills and Elizabeth Higley, estimated 1770.1,2
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Gideon Mills1
Parents
- Father: Peter Mills (b. about 1668, d. 1756)
- Mother: Joanna Porter (b. 7 February 1670/71, d. 14 May 1756)
Child with Elizabeth Higley (b. 1723, d. 26 July 1774)
- Gideon Mills+ (b. 16 October 1749, d. 1813)
Biography
- Gideon Mills was born on 15 August 1715 in Windsor, Connecticut.1
- Gideon Mills was a minister.1
- He married Elizabeth Higley on 23 November 1748 in Simsbury, Connecticut.1
- He died on 4 August 1772 in West Simsbury (now Canton), Connecticut, at age 56.1
- The cause of his death was cancer of the jaw.1
- He was buried in Dyer Cemetery, Canton, Connecticut.2
Other Information
- Relationship: 7th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: John Brown and Leslie, Lewis Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Elizabeth Higley1
Child with Gideon Mills (b. 15 August 1715, d. 4 August 1772)
- Gideon Mills+ (b. 16 October 1749, d. 1813)
Biography
- Elizabeth Higley was born in 1723.1
- Father: Ensign Brewster Higley (b c 1681 Windsor CT) - Mother: Esther Holcomb (b Feb 1684.)1
- She married Gideon Mills, son of Peter Mills and Joanna Porter, on 23 November 1748 in Simsbury, Connecticut.1
- Elizabeth Higley died on 26 July 1774 in Simsbury, Connecticut, at age ~51.1
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Dianthe Lusk1
Biography
- Dianthe Lusk was born on 12 January 1801 in Hudson, Ohio.1
- Father: Amos Lusk (b 1773) - Mother: Mary Adams (b 1768.)1
- She married John Brown, son of Owen Brown and Ruth Mills, in 1820.1
- John and Dianthe had 7 children.1
- She died on 10 August 1832 at age 31.1
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Mary Ann Day1
Biography
- Mary Ann Day was born on 15 April 1816 in Granville, New York.1
- Father: Charles Day (b 1777) - Mother: Mary Eleanor Gould (b 1780.)1
- She married John Brown, son of Owen Brown and Ruth Mills, in 1832.1
- John and Mary had 13 children.1
- She was buried in Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California. Plot: Block 13, Lot 1, No 3, North side.1
- She died on 29 February 1884 in San Francisco, California, at age 67.1
Story
The headstone reads: "Mary A., wife of John Brown of Harpers Ferry."
She married the militant abolitionist in Pennsylvania in 1832, raising five children of his first wife and bearing thirteen of her own, of whom six survived to adulthood. Her sons Watson and Oliver died in John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Mary bravely went to visit John on the day before his hanging on December 2. She brought his body home for burial in New York (now a state historic site), but Mary and her daughters emigrated to California in a wagon train in 1864.
She supported her husband's work to end slavery, and honored his memory until her death in 1884. Two daughters are buried next to her, "Daughters of John Brown."
Children of John Brown and Mary Ann Day Brown
Sarah Brown 1834-1843
Watson Brown 1835-1859
Salmon Brown 1836-1919
Charles Brown 1837-1843
Oliver Brown 1839-1859
Peter Brown 1840-1843
Austin Brown 1842-1843
Annie D Brown 1843-1926
Amelia Brown 1845-1846
Sarah Brown 1846-1916
Ellen Brown 1848-1849
Infant Brown 1852-1852
Ellen Brown 1854-1916
Bio changed and updated by Alice Keesey Mecoy 1/26/14
Additional Information
Brief biography of Mary A, Day wife of John Brown of Harpers Ferry"
Source: http://www.academia.edu/24400040/Brief_biography_of_Mary_Ann_Day_Brown
Blacksmith Charles Day (1777-1852) emigrated from central New York to Crawford County in western Pennsylvania, about 1825. Daughter Mary Ann Day was raised by his second wife Mary Ann Little (1787-1882). Her mother, Mary Eleanor Gould, born 1780 passed away in 1819, leaving young Mary and two older brothers (Horace Day (1805-1863) and John C. (1815-1880). Older half-sister Martha Day (1802-1862) married Thomas Delameter in upstate New York; the family emigrated together. John Brown and his first wife Dianthe Lusk Brown emigrated from Hudson, Ohio in the same period (1826).
Brown built a tannery which was innovative in methods. He organized a school with the Delameters; their oldest sons were contemporaries and lifelong friends. Brown was appointed postmaster of Richmond Township by President John Quincy Adams. The tannery is owned by the John Brown Heritage Association of Meadville, named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Dianthe died with complications of childbirth in 1832, leaving five children between the ages of three and twelve.
Mary was asked by the widowed John Brown to be his second wife while she assisted the household following the death of Dianthe. They married in 1833, when she was seventeen and John Brown was thirty-three. Mary bore thirteen children in the next twenty years, only six of whom survived to adulthood. Four were taken in a cholera epidemic in Franklin, Ohio, where Brown had moved in 1835 to begin new businesses. In 1846 John Brown and Col. Simon Perkins, son of the founder of Akron, Ohio began a wool-manufacture which brought him and his young family to Springfield, Massachusetts.
Frederick Douglass met the Browns in Springfield in 1848 and wrote movingly of Mary's participation in the Underground Railroad for people seeking freedom. In 1849 an agreement was made with Gerrit Smith, an abolitionist in New York, for John and Mary to live in a cooperative African American community in the Adirondack Mountains. John Brown joined his older sons and their families who emigrated to Kansas to lead armed defense of freestate settlers from 1855 to 1858; Mary and the children remained in the Adirondack community of North Elba. When her husband was hanged in Virginia on December 2, 1859, Mary journeyed with abolitionists to visit him in jail and returned John Brown's body to their New York farm, which is now a state memorial park.
The story of John Brown embracing an enslaved mother and child on his way to execution is Mary's deliberate contribution to the meaning of the sacrifice of her family. She was entrusted with the letter expressing his last wish that slaves be his attendants rather than southern ministers. Mary was the only visitor allowed to see Brown on the day before his hanging. She read the contents to the New York press, meeting them in interview alone outside the jail. Before the letter was delivered to Mrs. George Stearns in Massachusetts the widow Mary Brown hand-copied it for her husband's legacy , which was recognized by Boyd Stutler as her handwriting. She advised artist Louis Ransom who painted the scene envisioned by the poets and journalists in 1860 and actively participated with biographer James Redpath. Mary Brown, three daughters, and only surviving son Salmon came to California in a yearlong journey that ended in Tehama County in 1864. She is remembered as "a ministering angel and wagon train leader of determination and spirit.
There was real danger to Mary and her family from Confederates as they crossed the country. Protection came from other emigrants, including an African American group who joined them for that purpose, dashing headlong for a full week to reach a U. S. military fort. Daughters Annie and Sarah taught at "Colored" schools in and near Red Bluff, publicly supporting an end to racial segregation, as did their mother. Sarah mentored the first African American teacher to become certificated in California, Clara Logan Frazier. People in the community raised $450 to build Mary a home in January 1866 which still stands today and is recognized for her residence. When the Colored School was burned by arson in 1869, Mary and her daughters moved to Rohnerville, Humboldt County, where Salmon and his family were raising sheep. Annie married Samuel Adams and remained; Ellen married teacher James Fablinger from Illinois in 1876.
Finding employment at the Oak Street School, James brought Mary Brown, Sarah, his wife and three very young children to Saratoga in 1881. They purchased a cabin on top of the mountain from Rufus L. Higgins of Santa Clara, who led a contribution campaign for the family of abolitionist John Brown. Finding the commute too steep the family rented the McGrew House on Saratoga Avenue. In 1882 Mary learned that her son Watson who died at Harpers Ferry, his remains liberated by the Union Army in the Civil War, was to be ceremoniously interred with his father at North Elba. Leaving Sarah at her new job at the U. S. Mint in San Francisco, Mary journeyed alone to Meadville to visit relatives, then to Boston and the Adirondack farm for Watson's burial. On her return she visited Kansas for the first time, speaking about her husband and the end of slavery. She donated the gold Medal of Honor from France struck for John Brown to the Kansas Historical Society.
Her August -December 1882 journey went to Humboldt County to visit Annie and the grandchildren, returning to Saratoga where she lived but another year. She sold the mountain property to her daughters for $1 in 1883, passing away from cancer on February 29, 1884. Mary Brown and her daughter Sarah are known for missionary activities with the Saratoga Congregational Church and forthright opposition to anti-Asian laws and discrimination. Sarah requested that a mission established in China following the exclusion and expulsion of pioneer Chinese laborers in the late 1800's be named for her mother.
As Japanese family immigration began in the early 1900's Sarah learned the language from local residents in order to teach English within the auspices of the Congregational Church of Saratoga and the American Missionary Association. Community friendships of Mary and her namesake Fablinger granddaughter with Amanda and Florence Cunningham have the lasting result of permanent stewardship at the Saratoga History Museum. The friendship of Sarah Brown with Lucy Higgins of Santa Clara, both ardent suffragists, is a legacy remembered and passed on at The Bancroft Library, The University of California, Berkeley, in the present day.
Contributor: Dave Peck (46966140) • davepeck208@hotmail.com.
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Augusta Hinsdale1
Parents
- Mother: Amelia Shephard Hinsdale (b. October 1842)
Child with William Leggett Speed (b. 2 May 1862, d. 1932)
- Margaret Amelia Speed (b. October 1892, d. February 1893)
Biography
- Augusta Hinsdale was born in 1860.1
- Father: Charles W Hinsdale (b 1832) - Mother: Amelia H Shepard (b 1842.)1
- She married William Leggett Speed, son of Sylvanus Speed and Jane Helen Leggett, about 1886.1,2
- Augusta Hinsdale appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census of 609 Diamond St, Hudson, Columbia County, New York, enumerated on 5 June 1900, in the household of her mother Amelia Shephard Hinsdale. and her husband.2
- Augusta Hinsdale died in 1937 at age ~77.1
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Margaret Amelia Speed
1
- Sargent Lineage: William9, Jane Helen Leggett8, Emily Augusta Sargent7, Frazier6, Daniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: William Leggett Speed (b. 2 May 1862, d. 1932)
- Mother: Augusta Hinsdale (b. 1860, d. 1937)
Biography
- Margaret Amelia Speed was born in October 1892.1
- She died in February 1893 at age 0.1
- She was buried in Hudson City Cemetery, Hudson, New York.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 5th cousin 1 time removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
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Amelia Shephard Hinsdale1
Child
- Augusta Hinsdale+ (b. 1860, d. 1937)
Biography
- Amelia Shephard Hinsdale was born in October 1842 in New York.1
- She appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census of 609 Diamond St, Hudson, Columbia County, New York, enumerated on 5 June 1900. Also listed with the household was Agnes Hover age 21, servant.1
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Isaac Underhill
1
Parents
- Father: Abraham Underhill (b. 1697, d. October 1750)
- Mother: Hannah Cromwell (b. 1701, d. October 1750)
Child with Sarah Field (b. 6 February 1734, d. 20 March 1814)
- Joshua Underhill+ (b. 7 July 1765, d. 14 February 1839)
Biography
- Isaac Underhill was born on 21 June 1725.1
- He married Sarah Field on 18 August 1756.1
- He died on 28 December 1814 at age 89.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 2nd cousin 8 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Sarah Field1
Child with Isaac Underhill (b. 21 June 1725, d. 28 December 1814)
- Joshua Underhill+ (b. 7 July 1765, d. 14 February 1839)
Biography
- Sarah Field was born on 6 February 1734.1
- She married Isaac Underhill, son of Abraham Underhill and Hannah Cromwell, on 18 August 1756.1
- Sarah Field died on 20 March 1814 at age 80.1
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Joshua Underhill1
Parents
- Father: Isaac Underhill (b. 21 June 1725, d. 28 December 1814)
- Mother: Sarah Field (b. 6 February 1734, d. 20 March 1814)
Child with Mary Sutton (b. 7 March 1767, d. 12 July 1820)
- Mary Sutton Underhill+ (b. 8 September 1805, d. 10 April 1894)
Biography
- Joshua Underhill was born on 7 July 1765 in New York.1
- He married Mary Sutton on 13 October 1789.1
- He died on 14 February 1839 in New York City, New York, at age 73.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 3rd cousin 7 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Mary Sutton1
Child with Joshua Underhill (b. 7 July 1765, d. 14 February 1839)
- Mary Sutton Underhill+ (b. 8 September 1805, d. 10 April 1894)
Biography
- Mary Sutton was born on 7 March 1767 in Somers, New York.1
- Father: Richard Sutton - Mother: Elizabeth Quimby.1
- She married Joshua Underhill, son of Isaac Underhill and Sarah Field, on 13 October 1789.1
- Mary Sutton died on 12 July 1820 at age 53.1
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Mary Sutton Underhill1
Parents
- Father: Joshua Underhill (b. 7 July 1765, d. 14 February 1839)
- Mother: Mary Sutton (b. 7 March 1767, d. 12 July 1820)
Child with William Wood (b. 6 May 1797, d. 9 April 1877)
- Elizabeth Underhill Wood (b. 7 April 1842, d. 10 February 1922)
Biography
- Mary Sutton Underhill was born on 8 September 1805 in New York City, New York.1
- She married William Wood on 11 November 1835 in New York City, New York.1
- She died on 10 April 1894 at age 88.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th cousin 6 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
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William Wood1
1797-1877
Child with Mary Sutton Underhill (b. 8 September 1805, d. 10 April 1894)
- Elizabeth Underhill Wood (b. 7 April 1842, d. 10 February 1922)
Biography
- William Wood was born on 6 May 1797 in New Rochelle, New York.1
- He married Mary Sutton Underhill, daughter of Joshua Underhill and Mary Sutton, on 11 November 1835 in New York City, New York.1
- William Wood died on 9 April 1877 at age 79.1
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Elizabeth Underhill Wood1
Parents
- Father: William Wood (b. 6 May 1797, d. 9 April 1877)
- Mother: Mary Sutton Underhill (b. 8 September 1805, d. 10 April 1894)
Biography
- Elizabeth Underhill Wood was born on 7 April 1842 in New York City, New York.1
- She died on 10 February 1922 in New York City, New York, at age 79.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 5th cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
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Charles A Yeatman1
Child with Jennette Mackey Hayward (b. 25 March 1905, d. 3 May 1968)
Biography
- Charles A Yeatman was born in 1902 in Illinois.1,2
- He completed 4 years of college.3
- He married Jennette Mackey Hayward, daughter of Ralph Baker Hayward and Mary Etta MacMaster, estimated 1932.1,4
- Charles A Yeatman was employed by Shell Oil Company, Bakersfield, California.5
- He and Jennette appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census, enumerated on 11 April 1940. Also listed was Clea Black age 49 maid. They rent their home for $70.3
- He died about February 1954 in New York at age ~52.1
- The cause of his death was heart failure.5
- An obituary was published in The Bakersfield Californian on 31 March 1954.5
Obit - He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, California.2
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Donna Yeatman1
- Sargent Lineage: Jennette Mackey Hayward8, Ralph7, George6, Hartwell5, Anna Sargent4, Nathan3, Jonathan2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: Charles A Yeatman (b. 1902, d. about February 1954)
- Mother: Jennette Mackey Hayward (b. 25 March 1905, d. 3 May 1968)
- Relationship: 6th cousin 1 time removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant, Lydia Chipman: Mayflower Descendants
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Duane Paul Jordan1
- Sargent Lineage: Paul11, Georgia Rathbun10, Sarah Jane Kirkpatrick9, Eunice Evelilne Atwood8, Reuben7, Reuben6, Jonathan5, Hannah Arnold4, Mary Sargent3, John2, John1, William0
1935-2020
Parents
- Father: Paul Rathbun Jordan (b. 14 October 1912, d. 27 May 1989)
- Mother: Mary Agnes Killion (b. 29 November 1914, d. 3 August 1985)
Biography
- Duane Paul Jordan was born on 17 July 1935 in Glendale, California.1
- He died on 5 December 2020 in Lubbock, Texas, at age 85.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 9th cousin 1 time removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Jason Isom1
- Sargent Lineage: Roger10, Thomas9, Nancy Linn Dougherty8, Mary Alice Cummings7, Joseph6, Sophia Waite Sargent5, Nathan4, Nathan3, Jonathan2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: Roger Isom
- Mother: Judy (née unknown) Isom
- Relationship: 7th cousin 1 time removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant (#1), Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant (#2), Lydia Chipman: Mayflower Descendants
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
Citations
Monica (née unknown) Isom1
Children with Jason Isom
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Missy Isom1
- Sargent Lineage: Roger10, Thomas9, Nancy Linn Dougherty8, Mary Alice Cummings7, Joseph6, Sophia Waite Sargent5, Nathan4, Nathan3, Jonathan2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: Roger Isom
- Mother: Judy (née unknown) Isom
Children with Darin Beachy
- Relationship: 7th cousin 1 time removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant (#1), Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant (#2), Lydia Chipman: Mayflower Descendants
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
Citations
Darin Beachy1
Children with Missy Isom
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Mikayla Isom1
- Sargent Lineage: Jason11, Roger10, Thomas9, Nancy Linn Dougherty8, Mary Alice Cummings7, Joseph6, Sophia Waite Sargent5, Nathan4, Nathan3, Jonathan2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: Jason Isom
- Mother: Monica (née unknown) Isom
- Relationship: 7th cousin 2 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant (#1), Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant (#2), Lydia Chipman: Mayflower Descendants
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29