Dorothy Brown

Abt 1775 - 1801  (26 years)

• Name	Dorothy Brown  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1775	Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Dolly
  Death	1 Jan 1801	Ridge, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Burial	Ridge (Randall Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I11506	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  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	Jeremiah Randall,   b. 26 Mar 1771, Ridge, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 20 Mar 1840, Ridge, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1797	Ridge, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F5156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I01080&tree=Brown. [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. [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I01078&tree=Brown.