Martha Brown

1772 - 1862  (89 years)

• Name	Martha Brown  [1]
  Nickname	Patty
  Birth	27 Sep 1772  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Abt 1775	Suffolk Co., NY   [1]
  Burial	Union Cemetery, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	25 Jan 1862  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Death	25 Jan 1862	Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Name	Martha 'Patty' Brown
  Death	25 Jan 1862	Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Burial	Middle Island (Union Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I4490	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Mar 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	Bryant Davis,   b. 27 Jan 1770, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 4 Apr 1848, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1797	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Children	1. Hiram Davis,   b. 1791, Mount Sinai, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 21 Sep 1868, New York, United States (Age 77 years)   2. Nancy Davis,   b. 7 Jul 1793, Middle Island, Brookhaven Town, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 14 Apr 1870, Brookhaven Town, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 76 years)   3. Mary " Polly" Davis,   b. 20 Jul 1796, Middle Island, Long Island, New York, United States d. 19 Jan 1878, Middle Island, Long Island, New York, United States (Age 81 years)   4. Albert Bryant Davis,   b. 11 Sep 1798, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 17 Sep 1828, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 30 years)   5. Robert C. Davis,   b. Apr 1800, Brookhaven Township, Suffolk, NY d. 31 May 1800, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 0 years)   6. Briant Davis,   b. 17 Jul 1803, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 19 Mar 1811, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 7 years)   7. Betsey Davis,   b. 1806, Brookhaven Township, Suffolk, NY d. 17 Apr 1819 (Age 13 years)   8. Minor Davis,   b. Abt 1806, Brookhaven Township, Suffolk, NY d. 17 Apr 1819 (Age 13 years)   9. Sabra Davis,   b. 7 Aug 1809, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 9 Mar 1848, Ridge, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 38 years)   10. Urania Davis,   b. 14 Dec 1813, Middle Island, Suffolk, NY d. Dec 1898 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F2153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I1369 3. [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I01087&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. [S340] , Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ] (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I01087&tree=Brown. [S654] , Compiled by Gary Robert & Lynn (DiClemente) Brown, "Brown Family of England and Brookhaven,"; , Personal Collection (copy), . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). 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.