# me: Joseph BROWN
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1799 in , , , USA 1
# Death: 2 FEB 1871 in East Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA 1
# Note:
In the obituary for Joseph Brown, Jr. it says Joseph Sr. came from Pa. and lived 9 miles from Queenston Heights in the Niagara Peninsula where he could hear rifle shots during the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812.
In January of 1835 they purchase Lot 13, in the 17th Concession of East Zorra - 200 acres - where they had settled in 1826, the purchase price being 56 pounds and 5 shillings. They lived in a log house near the road, just north of the present gateway and endured all the hardships of a pioneer life. They had few neighbors for many years. They ground their own corn in a stump. Their chief crop was maple sugar. The nearest grist mill was at Beachville and to go there one drove through the woods with an ox team, or walked and carried grain on one's back while going and flour on the return trip. Later they went to the mills at Paris. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived to see "large sections of bush replaced by smiling fields of waving grain."
About 1850 the first school house in the district was built on the South East corner of Joseph Brown's farm. The ground was given free for this purpose. The Browns were a studious family and well informed and many of their children obtained good educations. Grandsons of Joseph Brown have two large volumes on the History of the World and two on the History of the French Revolution and other simiar books from their grandfather's library.--The Early Days of Innerkip District.
Joseph was probably named for his great grandfather, Johann Joost Braun, who was born in 1660 in Thuringia, Germany, and was called Joost Braun. Joost doesn't have an exact translation in English, but "Joseph" was often used. Joseph's name also appears occasionally as J. Braun. Braun is the German spelling of Brown; using just the first initial is also typical of Germans. His family, living in the American colonies of New York and Pennsylvania, switched to the English spelling "Brown" about the 1770s as it became increasingly important to appear to be Americans, rather than Germans. By then they had intermarried with Dutch, English, French and Scottish immigrants and were no longer pure German. On the 1871 Canadian Census, his paternal origin was reported as German.
There are two mysteries about Joseph: where he was born, and who his mother was. "Early Days of Innerkip" by Hotson says Joseph, brothers William, John and Nelson, sister Charity, and half-brother Adam moved to Ontario with their "elderly father" about 1815. They stayed at St. David's, near Niagara Falls several years. Joseph married Keziah Stewart in St. Davids; his brother, William married Keziah's sister, Lydia Stewart.
About 1826 Joseph moved his family by ox team 60 or 70 miles to Oxford County, Ontario. He began working on a 200 acre lot in East Zorra Township which belonged to Lewis Clement, a cousin by marriage, and a friend of the Stewart family. In 1835 he bought the lot (Lot 13, Concession 17). Enoch Stewart handled the paperwork for the sale. Enoch was likely Joseph's wife's brother. Lewis Clement and his 2nd wife Frances lived in the Niagara area (Lewis' first wife had been Margaret Crysler, a cousin of Joseph); Keziah's Stewart family also had extensive land holdings in the Niagara area, which they had acquired as land grants because of James Stewart's involvement in the American Revolutionary War as a loyalist. Lewis Clement was also a loyalist; he probably acquired the land in East Zorra that he sold to Joseph Brown as a land grant to loyalists. The land records show that Lewis Clement was the first owner of the lot and that it was deeded to him by "The Crown". It does not appear that he ever intended to move to East Zorra.
When Joseph bought the 200 acres, it was virgin forest land; his first challenge was to cut down the trees, remove the stumps and brush, and clear enough land to grow enough crops to feed his family. Within the first 2 or 3 years, Joseph sold 100 of his 200 acres to his brother Nelson. When they first lived on their land, it was so isolated that they did not see any other people for six months.
Religion: Baptist, however, he may have been raised as a Lutheran. Joseph was baptized in 1829. He donated land to build the Free Will Baptist Church. He died of heart disease.
-- from Myrna Perry
Marriage 1 Keziah Anna STEWART b: 1803 in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, CANADA
* Married: ABT 1819 in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, CANADA 2
Children
1. Has No Children David BROWN b: ABT 1820 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
2. Has Children Anna Stewart BROWN b: 25 JUN 1822 in East Zorra Township, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
3. Has Children William C. BROWN b: ABT 1823 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
4. Has Children Eleanor Jane BROWN b: APR 1824 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
5. Has Children Sarah BROWN b: 1828 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
6. Has Children Joseph BROWN b: 7 MAR 1830 in Innerkip, East Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
7. Has Children Daniel BROWN b: OCT 1834 in East Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
8. Has Children Mary Louisa BROWN b: 1837 in East Zorra Township, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
9. Has Children James BROWN b: 7 MAR 1839 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
10. Has Children Enoch Stewart BROWN b: 1842 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
11. Has Children Emanuel David BROWN b: 25 DEC 1844 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
12. Has Children Charity BROWN b: 1847 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
13. Has Children Elizabeth BROWN b: 1849 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1799 in , , , USA 1
# Death: 2 FEB 1871 in East Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA 1
# Note:
In the obituary for Joseph Brown, Jr. it says Joseph Sr. came from Pa. and lived 9 miles from Queenston Heights in the Niagara Peninsula where he could hear rifle shots during the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812.
In January of 1835 they purchase Lot 13, in the 17th Concession of East Zorra - 200 acres - where they had settled in 1826, the purchase price being 56 pounds and 5 shillings. They lived in a log house near the road, just north of the present gateway and endured all the hardships of a pioneer life. They had few neighbors for many years. They ground their own corn in a stump. Their chief crop was maple sugar. The nearest grist mill was at Beachville and to go there one drove through the woods with an ox team, or walked and carried grain on one's back while going and flour on the return trip. Later they went to the mills at Paris. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived to see "large sections of bush replaced by smiling fields of waving grain."
About 1850 the first school house in the district was built on the South East corner of Joseph Brown's farm. The ground was given free for this purpose. The Browns were a studious family and well informed and many of their children obtained good educations. Grandsons of Joseph Brown have two large volumes on the History of the World and two on the History of the French Revolution and other simiar books from their grandfather's library.--The Early Days of Innerkip District.
Joseph was probably named for his great grandfather, Johann Joost Braun, who was born in 1660 in Thuringia, Germany, and was called Joost Braun. Joost doesn't have an exact translation in English, but "Joseph" was often used. Joseph's name also appears occasionally as J. Braun. Braun is the German spelling of Brown; using just the first initial is also typical of Germans. His family, living in the American colonies of New York and Pennsylvania, switched to the English spelling "Brown" about the 1770s as it became increasingly important to appear to be Americans, rather than Germans. By then they had intermarried with Dutch, English, French and Scottish immigrants and were no longer pure German. On the 1871 Canadian Census, his paternal origin was reported as German.
There are two mysteries about Joseph: where he was born, and who his mother was. "Early Days of Innerkip" by Hotson says Joseph, brothers William, John and Nelson, sister Charity, and half-brother Adam moved to Ontario with their "elderly father" about 1815. They stayed at St. David's, near Niagara Falls several years. Joseph married Keziah Stewart in St. Davids; his brother, William married Keziah's sister, Lydia Stewart.
About 1826 Joseph moved his family by ox team 60 or 70 miles to Oxford County, Ontario. He began working on a 200 acre lot in East Zorra Township which belonged to Lewis Clement, a cousin by marriage, and a friend of the Stewart family. In 1835 he bought the lot (Lot 13, Concession 17). Enoch Stewart handled the paperwork for the sale. Enoch was likely Joseph's wife's brother. Lewis Clement and his 2nd wife Frances lived in the Niagara area (Lewis' first wife had been Margaret Crysler, a cousin of Joseph); Keziah's Stewart family also had extensive land holdings in the Niagara area, which they had acquired as land grants because of James Stewart's involvement in the American Revolutionary War as a loyalist. Lewis Clement was also a loyalist; he probably acquired the land in East Zorra that he sold to Joseph Brown as a land grant to loyalists. The land records show that Lewis Clement was the first owner of the lot and that it was deeded to him by "The Crown". It does not appear that he ever intended to move to East Zorra.
When Joseph bought the 200 acres, it was virgin forest land; his first challenge was to cut down the trees, remove the stumps and brush, and clear enough land to grow enough crops to feed his family. Within the first 2 or 3 years, Joseph sold 100 of his 200 acres to his brother Nelson. When they first lived on their land, it was so isolated that they did not see any other people for six months.
Religion: Baptist, however, he may have been raised as a Lutheran. Joseph was baptized in 1829. He donated land to build the Free Will Baptist Church. He died of heart disease.
-- from Myrna Perry
Marriage 1 Keziah Anna STEWART b: 1803 in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, CANADA
* Married: ABT 1819 in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, CANADA 2
Children
1. Has No Children David BROWN b: ABT 1820 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
2. Has Children Anna Stewart BROWN b: 25 JUN 1822 in East Zorra Township, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
3. Has Children William C. BROWN b: ABT 1823 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
4. Has Children Eleanor Jane BROWN b: APR 1824 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
5. Has Children Sarah BROWN b: 1828 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
6. Has Children Joseph BROWN b: 7 MAR 1830 in Innerkip, East Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
7. Has Children Daniel BROWN b: OCT 1834 in East Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
8. Has Children Mary Louisa BROWN b: 1837 in East Zorra Township, Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
9. Has Children James BROWN b: 7 MAR 1839 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
10. Has Children Enoch Stewart BROWN b: 1842 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
11. Has Children Emanuel David BROWN b: 25 DEC 1844 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
12. Has Children Charity BROWN b: 1847 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
13. Has Children Elizabeth BROWN b: 1849 in , Oxford County, Ontario, CANADA
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