Maj. George G Brown

1779 - 1856  (76 years)

• Name	George G Brown  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Maj.
  Birth	17 Sep 1779	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Apr 1856	Fireplace, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Burial	Woodland Cemetery, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I11227	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Capt Gersham Brown, >,   b. 28 Jan 1747, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Sep 1801, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary Miller, >,   b. 1746, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 1 Nov 1802, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1768	Suffolk, New York
  Family ID	F5155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Woodruff, ^,   b. 29 Oct 1783, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 22 Nov 1840, Fireplace, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1800	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. Albert Brown,   b. Abt 1810   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Apollos Brown,   b. Abt 1820   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Hettie Brown,   b. Abt 1810   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Ann Brown,   b. 23 Jun 1803, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 22 Aug 1874, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 71 years)   5. Gershom Y Brown,   b. 28 Feb 1805, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 1844, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 38 years)   6. Jason B Brown,   b. 12 Sep 1807, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 21 May 1869, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 61 years)   7. Eliza Brown,   b. 1813, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 8 Sep 1892, New Haven Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States (Age 79 years)   8. Charlotte E. Brown,   b. 13 Jun 1816, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 16 May 1903, Bellport, Suffolk County, New York (Age 86 years)   9. Phoebe Brown,   b. 14 Apr 1819, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 8 Oct 1889, Center Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F4693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I4581&tree=Tooker. [S332] Compiled by Gary Robert & Lynn (DiClemente) Brown, "Brown Family of England and Brookhaven,"; , Personal Collection (copy), . 5. Gersham Brown, s. of Benjamin Browne by his 1st w. Mary Tuthill, b. in Oyster Ponds (Orient) cir. 1746; d. in Middle Island, Sept 22, 1801 in 55th year of his age. Buried Middle Island Cemetery. M. Mary Miller of Miller's Place, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, N.Y. She was b. Jan 1746; d. Nov 1, 1802, as 56 years, 10 m. Owned and lived on the land willed to him by his father Benjamin. He signed the "Association" in Brookhaven Town, in support of the Provincial Congress of New York and the Continental Congress, thus entitling his descendants to join the Sons of the Revolution or the Daughters of the Revolution. Children as named in his will: 1. George, b. Sept 17, 1779, ancestor of the Robinsons, Hamlyns, and other old Bellport families through marriages of his daughters into these families. 2. Benjamin, b. Sept 25, 1784; drowned off Old Inlet, Nov. 5, 1813 3. Mary, who m. Baily or Bayles 4. Martha, who m. Bryant Davis; d. Jan 25, 1862, æ. 89-3-20. 5. Dorothy, who m. s Randall 6. Sabra ("Sabery") probably d. unmarried. He (Gersham) seems to have been the first one of his line to have dropped the final e from his name, spelling it just plain Brown.