Ancestry of
John Brown

American Abolitionist

John Brown

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Owen Brown 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Mills   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 May 1800 
  • Birth Location:
  • Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Dec 1859 
  • Death Location:
  • Charles Town, Jefferson, Virginia (now West Virginia) 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, Essex, New York 
  • Notes: 

  • American Abolitionist

    John Brown was executed by hanging after an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry that resulted in his capture.

• Marriages for John Brown

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  • Spouse:
  • Diantha Lusk
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Jun 1820
  • Marriage Location:
  • Portage County, Ohio

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Ann Day
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Jul 1833
  • Marriage Location:
  • Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania

• Sources for John Brown

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Torrington, p. 10, Birth record for John Brown.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A015553.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/01/2015).
  • ⁴ New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952, Death and burial record for John Brown.
  • ⁵ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for John Brown and Diantha Lusk.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 1959, Vol. 35, p. 19.
  • ⁷ Johnson, Mary Coffin, The Higleys and their Ancestry: An Old Colonial Family, New York: D. Appleton and Company (1896), 100, 442.
  • ⁸ Loomis, Elisha S., Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America: And His Antecedents in the Old World, Berea, Ohio: unknown (1909), 129.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/08/2017).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "John Brown (abolitionist)", (accessed 04/01/2015).