Joseph Brown, >

1690 - 1751  (61 years)

• Name	Joseph Brown  [1, 2]
  Suffix	>
  Birth	Jun 1690	Oyster Pond, Suffolk, New York, United States   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Jun 1690	Oyster Pond, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Name	Joseph Brown
  Death	14 Jun 1751	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I3881	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Brown, (i) >,   b. Abt 1661, Orient, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 1 May 1711, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Jane Mapham,   b. 1659   d. Abt 1697, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1688	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F5163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Tuthill, >,   b. 1694, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 7 Feb 1774, Southold, Suffolk, NY (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1699–1700  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Joshua Brown, Sr,   b. 1716, Southold, Suffolk Co., NY d. 7 Mar 1797, Goshen, Orange, New York (Age 81 years)   2. Hannah Brown,   b. Abt 1719, Orient, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 4 Sep 1770, Oyster Pond, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 51 years)   3. Bethia Brown,   b. Abt 1734, of Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York   4. Justice Benjamin Brown, >,   b. Abt 1720, Orient, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 29 Apr 1774, Oysterponds (Orient), Southold, Suffolk, NY (Age 54 years)   5. Dorothy Brown,   b. 1721, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 14 Sep 1785, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 64 years)   6. Jeremiah Brown,   b. 1726, Suffolk, New York d. Yes, date unknown   7. Selah Brown,   b. 18 Dec 1727, Oyster Pond, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. Bef 1734 (Age < 6 years)   8. Abigail Brown,   b. 18 Dec 1727, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States d. Feb 1768, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 40 years)   9. Joseph Brown, Jr.,   b. 30 Oct 1731, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 14 Jan 1750/1 (Age 19 years)   10. Joseph Brown, Jr.,   b. 3 Oct 1733, Orient, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Nov 1783, Miller Place, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 50 years)   11. Mary Brown,   b. Abt 1735, Oysterponds, Suff., N.Y. d. Yes, date unknown   12. Jeremiah Brown,   b. 1726, Suffolk,New York   13. Mary Brown,   b. Abt 1735, Oysterponds, Suff., N.Y.
  Family ID	F1863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Most compilations place Joseph as a son of Walter and Jane (Conkline) Brown, overlooking the obvious—that "Walter was perhaps a widower in 1698, living with his sons Daniel and Joseph....", and that Walter and Jane did not marry until 15 May 1699/00. Joseph's brother Daniel was also mentioned in Joseph's will. I have therefore placed Joseph as a son of Walter by his first marriage, her name not known. Of course, this placement does not resolve the ambiguity of Joseph's parentage. While most have concluded that Justice Joseph Brown, Jr. is of the Walter Brown line, it leaves hanging Joseph Brown Sr. who died 14 Jan. 1751 (Salmon Record). While "Sr./Jr." did not always indicate a "father/son" relationship, but rather a way to distinguish "older/younger" individuals of the same name within the sparsely populated early settlements, it would be more satisfying if Joseph Brown, Sr. could be firmly placed in the early Southold Browne family—of which better researchers than I have apparently been unable to do. Most important, just moving a name around in a database does not make it so.

  
  

• Sources

  [S103] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), Vol. 31, Nos. 2 & 3, p. 166, footnote: Lucy D. Ackerly, "A Brief Account of the Family of Lieutenant Richar Browne, of Southold, of the Island if Nassau, or Ling Island.". *The parentage of Justice Joseph Brown, who d. in Southold Town, 14 Jan. 1751, has never been satisfactorily accounted for. Joseph Brown, Sr., d 11 Dec., 1739 (Salmon Record.) Griffin says that Justice Joseph Brown was son of Israel Brown, and both were noble hearted men. There is no evidence whatever of any Israel Brown of Southold at so early a date; nevertheless the names Selah and Jeremiah, of two of the childrn of Joseph Brown, lead to the belief that they might have been of Reeve, or Vail ancestry. Joseph Brown m. Dorothy Tuthill (John[5], John[4], Henry[3], Henry[2], John[1]). His will, Liber 17, p.412, N.Y. City Wills, names his wife Dorothy, his das. married and unmarried, calling but one, Dorothy, by name; his sons Benjamin and Joseph, and his three youngest sons, Joshua, Selah and Jeremiah, and his brother Daniel Brown. Benjamin, named above, m. Mary Tuthill. It is doubtless his will dated 22 April 1774, proved the 10 May 1774, which mentions his wife Abigail, his children: Gershom; George; Israel; Mary; Jemima; Elizabeth and Bethia. (Liber 29, p. 396, N.Y. City Wills.) Joseph Brown, Jr., b. in 1731, m. Mehitable, da. of Jeremiah Vail 4th, and his wife Elizabeth Youngs. Mehitable was b. 30th May, 1738. An account of their 18 children will be found in Griffin's Journal. Dorothy, da. of Joseph and Dorothy Brown is supposed to have married James Brown; it is not proven fact yet. See Dorothy, da. of Capt. Richard Brown, No. 6. Hannah, da. of Joseph and Dorothy Brown, is said to have married Joseph Youngs. Abigail, da of Joseph and Dorothy Brown, b. probably 1734-'37, was the 1st wife of John King, Jr.[5] of Southold, (John[4], Samuel[3], Samuel[2], William[1]). He was b. 18 Dec., 1727, married 13 March, 1754, d. 14 July 1792). (See Pdigree of King, of Salem.) According to Chad. Brown, Genealogical Memoirs, and Mailman's History of Shelter Island, Daniel Brown, (Supervisor of the Town of Shelter Island, in 1745, and thereafter,) was a descendant of Chad. Brown family of Providence, R. I The entries in the Salmon Record regarding the Daniel Browns of Southold are: "Daniel Brown m. Pheobe Wiggins, 13 Sept, 1742." "Daniel Youngs Brown, drowned 14 Sept., 1750." "Daniel Brown's wife Experience, d. 24 Sept., 1752." "Daniel Brow, Jr., d. 4 July, 1754." [S332] Compiled by Gary Robert & Lynn (DiClemente) Brown, "Brown Family of England and Brookhaven,"; , Personal Collection (copy), . ... The Southold census of 1698 shows that he [Walter] was living without a wife, but his two sons, Daniel and Joseph are named. Who his [Walter's] first wife was and when she died is unknown.... Joseph Browne, s. of Walter Browne, was known as Justice Browne, meaning Justice of the Peace, which was, in Colonial days, an appointive office and one that was an agency of the King. That he was the son son of Walter Browne is determined by the fact that he is given in the Southold census of 1698 with Walter and Daniel Browne as being one of a family by themselves and also in his will made in 1751, he mentions his brother, Daniel, who is known to have been the son of Walter. He m. Dorothy, dau. of John and Mehitable (Wells) Tuthill. She d. Feb. 4, 1774. His will is dated May 30, 1751, and proved July 16, 1751. In it, he gives his wife, Dorothy, use of all his real estate during her widowhood, except a piece of land on the north side of Oyster Pond Neck, which he gives to his s. Joshua. He mentions his children as: Dorothy, Joshua, Benjamin and unnamed "Daughters married and unmarried+ also Joseph, Selah, and Jeremiah and makes dau., Dorothy, and brother, Daniel, his executors. [S103] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), Vol. 31, Nos. 2 & 3: Lucy D. Ackerly, "A Brief Account of the Family of Lieutenant Richar Browne, of Southold, of the Island if Nassau, or Ling Island.". 5. Walter Brown, of Southold. It is to be regretted that we have not fuller details of Walter, the 4th son of Lieut. Richard Browne. He was born after 1659. Letters on his estate were issued to his widow Jane, 1 May 1711. (Liber 8, p. 48, N.Y. City Wills). Walter was perhaps a widower in 1698, living with his sons Daniel and Joseph, as all three are mentioned together in the Census of that year. [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I6444&tree=Tooker. This source, like many similar compilations, by placing Joseph as a son of Walter and Jane, suggests a birth date of abt 1700, after their marriage.