Comments on: John Brown's Family: A Living Legacy

By: Rod Koch

Rod Koch — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:38:32 +0000

I am a great grandson of Augustus Gordon Cary, whose second wife was an Ann, Anne, or Anna Brown, said to be related to the John Browns. They lived in Wisconson, He died early 1900s. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

By: Sharon Moeller

Sharon Moeller — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:02:52 +0000

Thank you for the info. My Day goes back to PA. I will see what I can find.

By: Kristine Day Magee

Kristine Day Magee — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:04:21 +0000

I am a descendant of Mary Day Brown (1816); everything I have found says that Charles Day was her Father, not her former husband… Charles and his wife (also named Mary) moved to Meadville, PA from Hebron, (Washington County), NY when Mary was a little girl. I believe Charles Day was a brother to my 4X Grandfather but have yet to confirm the connection.
She married John Brown in 1833 at the age of 17. He was 34 and had 5 surviving children by his 1st wife who had died in childbirth a year earlier. Together they had 13 children…including Watson and Oliver.
Check the "John Brown Farm State Historic Site" in North Elba, NY, they are actually having a quilt show there August 4th and I'm sure they would love to hear from you.

By: leah

leah — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:40:10 +0000

Mary Ann (Little) Brown is the mother of Watson and Oliver Brown. She was the former wife of Charles Day.

By: John Brown

John Brown — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:32:17 +0000

I'm 99% positive one of my grandfather married a hubbard. I remember the name when I was doing the ancestry.com lineage. Get on Ancestry and I bet you'll find it.

By: Olivia Starkey

Olivia Starkey — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:47:11 +0000

Hey! My name is Olivia Starkey. John Brown is one of my grandfathers. His son Salmon, is another one. Then Salmons daughter, May, had my great grandma Laura. Laura Had Orrin. Orrin married Bonnie. They had Ginger, along with 5 other daughters. Ginger married Troy. And they had me and my brother Malachi. That is how i am related to John Brown.

By: Sharon Moeller

Sharon Moeller — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:42:12 +0000

Wow, I never thought of that. It might explain some of the odd shapes sewn into this little quilt. Any web sites I should should look at first?

By: DBrown

DBrown — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:42:02 +0000

I have been reading about the encrypted messages that were left for slaves along the Underground Railroad on these certain quilts. Are you thinking it may be one of those quilts? Interesting none the less.

By: Sharon Moeller

Sharon Moeller — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:41:22 +0000

All my life I have been told that we are related to John Brown, but I cannot find the connection. I have a beautiful crazy quilt made by my great grandmother Emma Brown, and her mother. I am desperate to find the connection so that I can donate this to one of the John Brown Museums. I do not think my connection is through the Brown name, but rather through the Day name. Day and Brown are both dead ends for me. I do not have the resources to subscribe to ancestry.com, or any other such resource for help. As Cheryl Spaulding said in her post, I also see facial features that look so much like my grandmother. Does anyone have an expanded family tree of John Brown? I'm not sure any of my children would care one iota about this quilt so this is something I feel I want to do if I can find the connection. I have always said "when I find it," but now I have to say "IF."

By: cheryl spaulding

cheryl spaulding — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:18:52 +0000

I am trying to follow a path back to John Brown. Several of my family members still look like him, but the elders no longer remember names connecting us back. My maternal grand parents where Leroy Brown and Margaret Smeaton. Does anyone one know Leroy's parents names and anything going back to John. would love any info Thanks, Cher