Re: Elijah Brown
Nice to meet you Earle. Thanks very much for the information.
Sara
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> The Elijah Brown story is quite complicated and I do not profess
to
> know what was happening, but, we know Elijah is the son of James
Brown
> and Ann of Machias Maine because James and Ann are listed as
parents
> in his baptismal record for the Methodist Church when he was about
50
> years old. Their names and his birth date were the three points of
> "proof" I originally used. Negatively, I searched documents for
the
> area for many years and found no other parents of the name and of
the
> correct time. James' family had sons, among others, James, Samuel,
> Green (yes, Green Brown), and Elijah, all of whom (plus others)
appear
> on application for a land grant in New Brunswick. It was signed by
> James, Samuel, and Green, and Elijah made his mark. This was after
he
> was married in Parrsboro; the application date is April 17, 1804.
> Elijah applied for Lots No 1 & 2 in the block letter T - Fanning
> Division. Noted at the end of the application is "21st March,
1806,
> may be registered for the vacant lots as marked within"
>
> As for Elijah's land in NS, Index Sheet No. 50 shows land granted
to
> Robinson Cross, later purchased by Gaius Nelson and then by Elijah
> Brown. This is across the West Brook road from his place of
burial.
> Since it is not extensive as one would want for logging, it was
> probably the homestead. I can't find, this evening, my grant map
for
> the Lynn Road area but if you consult it you will see the large
grant
> of land to Elijah Brown. This grant must have been for logging; it
> certainly wasn't "arable". I presume it was to the older Elijah
because
> land was being "snapped up", but maybe not. The younger Elijah
lived
> with Evelina near the Southampton end of the Lynn Road and the
home is
> described in the Lodge papers.
>
> The Genealogy quoted from was a "limited circulation" document
meant
> for the family on a special occasion. However I will try to answer
> questions.