Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameHonour CLAYTON 
52, 2141
52, 2141Birth Date18 May 1662
Birth PlaceRumbaldaweeke, Sussex, England
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Death Date24 Dec 1737 Age: 75
Death PlaceNottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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ReligionQuaker
FatherWilliam CLAYTON , 4282 (1632-1689)
MotherPrudence MILLER , 4283 (1638-1728)
Spouses
1James BROWN Sr. 52, 2140
52, 2140Birth Date27 Mar 1656
Birth PlacePuddington, Northamptonshire, England
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Death Date2 Aug 1715 Age: 59
Death PlaceNottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
OccupationQuaker Minister, With Brother William Helped Found Nottingham, Pennsylvania
ReligionQuaker
FatherRichard BROWNE , 4280 (1633-1662)
MotherMary MASTERS , 4281 (1634-1662)
Family ID7161
Marr Date8 Jun 1679
Marr PlaceMaryland, Society Of Friends
Marr MemoMaryland, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777
Notes for Honour CLAYTON
ENGLISH IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR on the vessel “Kent” in 1678.
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CHAPTER 6 BROWN
I Richard Brown, born ca 1625, Boarsworth, near Wellingborough, County Northampton, England.
His sons:
II A William Brown, ca 1650.
II B JANES BROWN, 1656. Married VI-8, 1679, Burlington, New Jersey, HONOUR CLAYTON(E of Chapter 2).
William and James Brown went from New Castle, Delaware, into the wilderness that is now "Nottingham Township", in Cecil County Maryland, in the fall of 1701. They settled at a spring on the trail from Chester County to the Trading Post on Palmer's Island. When they were later forced to return to New Castle for provisions, they were joined by others of the Friends community and soon were leaders in a fluorishng community.
The son of JAMES BROWN and HONOUR CLAYTON:
JERIMIAH BROWN, ca 1690. Married MARY ROYAL, of Scotland. Their daughter:
PATIENCE BROWN, V-25, 1712, Cane Creek Township, Orange County (Now Alamance County), North Carolina. Married 1735, Cane Creek Township, JOSHUA HADLEY, (Chapter 1, Part IV). d i e d 111-23, 1733, Cane Creek Township, where she is buried.685
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4. Elizabeth, born 1695, 4, 23; declared her intentions of marriage before Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 1717, 3, 4, and was married to Daniel, son of James and Honor Brown, or Nottingham.
On ancestry from klbaldwin50.
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Among the passengers of the Kent were William Clayton and a very young man named James Brown. Records of the first minutes of Burlington Monthly Meeting state that "the said friends in those upper parts have found it needful according to our practice in the place wee came from to settle Monthly Meetings for the well ordering of the Affairs of ye Church it was agreed that accordingly it should be done and accordingly it was done the 15th of ye 5th mo 1678."
The following year, the marriage confirmation of James Brown and Honour Clayton appear in the minutes of the Burlington, New Jersey Monthly Meeting: 1679, 6, 8 James Brown of Markors Hook, m Honor Clayton, Burlington, Burlington MM, New Jersey. Honour, the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford, was born 29 January, 1662, in Sussex, England and probably died in Chester County Pennsylvania after her husband's will was written in 1715/6.
James Brown, the son of Richard Brown, an English Quaker, was born 27 March, 1656 in Puddington, Northamptonshire, England and died 1st February, 1715/6 in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He sat on the first jury under British rule on 13 September, 1681, and, later sat on a jury with his brother William on 1st July. 1684. William was later arrival to New Jersey. Although James became a resident of Marcus Hook before his marriage, he remained in contact with other Quakers of Burlington, New Jersey. In his will, James refers to himself as `Yoman.'
Biography Author: Jacqueline Frank Strickland #200 References
Bel!arts. James E. The Descent of Some of Our Quaker Ancestors, Facts, Fiction. Folklore and FakeloreHinshaw William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol.!!, pp 200.207 The Handy Book for Genealogists. Seventh Edition National Society Descendants of Early Quakers Plain Language. Vol.3, 1990 Will of James Brown, 15 January 1715/6. Township of Nottingham province of Pennsylvania, Chester County Archives and Records Service.
On Ancestry from LVandiverCA.
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CHAPTER 6 BROWN
I Richard Brown, born ca 1625, Boarsworth, near Wellingborough, County Northampton, England.
His sons:
II A William Brown, ca 1650.
II B JANES BROWN, 1656. Married VI-8, 1679, Burlington, New Jersey, HONOUR CLAYTON(E of Chapter 2).
William and James Brown went from New Castle, Delaware, into the wilderness that is now "Nottingham Township", in Cecil County Maryland, in the fall of 1701. They settled at a spring on the trail from Chester County to the Trading Post on Palmer's Island. When they were later forced to return to New Castle for provisions, they were joined by others of the Friends community and soon were leaders in a fluorishng community.
The son of JAMES BROWN and HONOUR CLAYTON:
JERIMIAH BROWN, ca 1690. Married MARY ROYAL, of Scotland. Their daughter:
PATIENCE BROWN, V-25, 1712, Cane Creek Township, Orange County (Now Alamance County), North Carolina. Married 1735, Cane Creek Township, JOSHUA HADLEY, (Chapter 1, Part IV). d i e d 111-23, 1733, Cane Creek Township, where she is buried.685
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4. Elizabeth, born 1695, 4, 23; declared her intentions of marriage before Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 1717, 3, 4, and was married to Daniel, son of James and Honor Brown, or Nottingham.
On ancestry from klbaldwin50.
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Among the passengers of the Kent were William Clayton and a very young man named James Brown. Records of the first minutes of Burlington Monthly Meeting state that "the said friends in those upper parts have found it needful according to our practice in the place wee came from to settle Monthly Meetings for the well ordering of the Affairs of ye Church it was agreed that accordingly it should be done and accordingly it was done the 15th of ye 5th mo 1678."
The following year, the marriage confirmation of James Brown and Honour Clayton appear in the minutes of the Burlington, New Jersey Monthly Meeting: 1679, 6, 8 James Brown of Markors Hook, m Honor Clayton, Burlington, Burlington MM, New Jersey. Honour, the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford, was born 29 January, 1662, in Sussex, England and probably died in Chester County Pennsylvania after her husband's will was written in 1715/6.
James Brown, the son of Richard Brown, an English Quaker, was born 27 March, 1656 in Puddington, Northamptonshire, England and died 1st February, 1715/6 in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He sat on the first jury under British rule on 13 September, 1681, and, later sat on a jury with his brother William on 1st July. 1684. William was later arrival to New Jersey. Although James became a resident of Marcus Hook before his marriage, he remained in contact with other Quakers of Burlington, New Jersey. In his will, James refers to himself as `Yoman.'
Biography Author: Jacqueline Frank Strickland #200 References
Bel!arts. James E. The Descent of Some of Our Quaker Ancestors, Facts, Fiction. Folklore and FakeloreHinshaw William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol.!!, pp 200.207 The Handy Book for Genealogists. Seventh Edition National Society Descendants of Early Quakers Plain Language. Vol.3, 1990 Will of James Brown, 15 January 1715/6. Township of Nottingham province of Pennsylvania, Chester County Archives and Records Service.
On Ancestry from LVandiverCA.
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Notes for James (Spouse 1)
ENGLISH IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR on the vessel “Kent” in 1678.
Arrival in America 1678. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
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CHAPTER 6 BROWN
I Richard Brown, born ca 1625, Boarsworth, near Wellingborough, County Northampton, England.
His sons:
II A William Brown, ca 1650.
II B JANES BROWN, 1656. Married VI-8, 1679, Burlington, New Jersey, HONOUR CLAYTON(E of Chapter 2).
William and James Brown went from New Castle, Delaware, into the wilderness that is now "Nottingham Township", in Cecil County Maryland, in the fall of 1701. They settled at a spring on the trail from Chester County to the Trading Post on Palmer's Island. When they were later forced to return to New Castle for provisions, they were joined by others of the Friends community and soon were leaders in a fluorishng community.
The son of JAMES BROWN and HONOUR CLAYTON:
JERIMIAH BROWN, ca 1690. Married MARY ROYAL, of Scotland. Their daughter:
PATIENCE BROWN, V-25, 1712, Cane Creek Township, Orange County (Now Alamance County), North Carolina. Married 1735, Cane Creek Township, JOSHUA HADLEY, (Chapter 1, Part IV). d i e d 111-23, 1733, Cane Creek Township, where she is buried.685
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4. Elizabeth, born 1695, 4, 23; declared her intentions of marriage before Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 1717, 3, 4, and was married to Daniel, son of James and Honor Brown, or Nottingham.
On ancestry from klbaldwin50.
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Among the passengers of the Kent were William Clayton and a very young man named James Brown. Records of the first minutes of Burlington Monthly Meeting state that "the said friends in those upper parts have found it needful according to our practice in the place wee came from to settle Monthly Meetings for the well ordering of the Affairs of ye Church it was agreed that accordingly it should be done and accordingly it was done the 15th of ye 5th mo 1678."
The following year, the marriage confirmation of James Brown and Honour Clayton appear in the minutes of the Burlington, New Jersey Monthly Meeting: 1679, 6, 8 James Brown of Markors Hook, m Honor Clayton, Burlington, Burlington MM, New Jersey. Honour, the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford, was born 29 January, 1662, in Sussex, England and probably died in Chester County Pennsylvania after her husband's will was written in 1715/6.
James Brown, the son of Richard Brown, an English Quaker, was born 27 March, 1656 in Puddington, Northamptonshire, England and died 1st February, 1715/6 in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He sat on the first jury under British rule on 13 September, 1681, and, later sat on a jury with his brother William on 1st July. 1684. William was later arrival to New Jersey. Although James became a resident of Marcus Hook before his marriage, he remained in contact with other Quakers of Burlington, New Jersey. In his will, James refers to himself as `Yoman.'
Biography Author: Jacqueline Frank Strickland #200 References
Bel!arts. James E. The Descent of Some of Our Quaker Ancestors, Facts, Fiction. Folklore and FakeloreHinshaw William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol.!!, pp 200.207 The Handy Book for Genealogists. Seventh Edition National Society Descendants of Early Quakers Plain Language. Vol.3, 1990 Will of James Brown, 15 January 1715/6. Township of Nottingham province of Pennsylvania, Chester County Archives and Records Service.
On Ancestry from LVandiverCA.
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William Brown was born 1, 29, 1658 in England, the son of Richard & Mary Browne. William immigrated to America in 1682 or 1683, and settled first near Marcus Hook in Chester County, PA, where his elder brother James had settled in 1678.
In the spring of 1701, William Penn, with a company of Friends, including James & William Brown, spent several days on horseback exploring the southern portion of Penn's colony. Tradition states William Brown was the first white man to take his axe and fell a tree there, by a spring on the trail from Chester County to the trading post on Palmer's Island, at what became the settlement called Nottingham Lots, 40 miles west of Marcus Hook. William Brown returned with his family the following year, and later was joined by his brother James.
William was a Quaker ministers, as was his father Richard. The first Nottingham Friends Meeting was held in William Brown's house in 1704, and continued there until the erection of a meetinghouse in 1708-9; William and his third wife, Katharine, were two of the four first elders. William Brown's house was by a spring of water one mile east of the present village of Rising Sun, near the Nottingham "Brick Meeting House." In 1767, the Mason-Dixon line determined that this are was in Cecil County, Maryland, not in Chester County, Pennsylvania, as had been thought by the early settlers.
William's first wife Dorothy is believed to have died at sea during the voyage to America, leaving him with one son, Joseph.
William married second, in 1684 to Ann Mercer; she died in 1696, leaving him with six more children: Mercer, Ann, William, John, Richard, & Thomas.
William married third, in 1699 to Katharine Williams of Philadelphia; she died after giving him three children: Samuel, Hannah, & Mary.
William married fourth, in 1711 to Mary Matthews; two more children: John & Elizabeth, for a total of 12.
William died 6, 23, 1746, in West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA. His 1743 will left his Negro slave Jenny her freedom and "that bed & bedding whereon She now lies, Together with those other Small Things my Wife gave her before her Decease. I also leave my said Negro Jenny that Chest which was James Jones & Orders her all her Wearing Apparel."
Written on the back of the will the following year: "...with respect to my Negro Woman within Mentioned I find it needful to explain my Intention... & confirm unto her her bed & beding whereon she lies which is one feather bed & chaff bed under it; two pillows & one pair of sheets. & two blankets, & one coverlet. & a mat, & a new bed cord. I also confirm to her that chest within mentioned. & What my Wife gave her My Said Negro Woman Named Jenny. I likewise confirm to her the particulars follows (viz) one great wheel & one small wheel (spinning wheels: the large wheel was used for spinning wool and the small wheel for spinning flax). One iron pott. pott lid & hooks. One small brass kettle. Two pewter dishes, and two pewter basons. one tin pan & three tin cups. One pewter quart. half a dozen of spoons. One dozen of trenchers. three noggins & two wooden platters. Two milk bowls & two milk pans. One milk pail. Two cheesepotts. four glass bottles, Her Mistresses Clothes box, three pudding pans. four earthern porringers. One chamber pott. One small spit. One pewter mustard pot. One box iron & two heaters. One brass scimmer. One brass ladle. One flesh fork. One grid iron. One pair of tongs. & one frying pann... & to confirm the same I do hereto sett my hand & seal this twentyeighth day of October Anno Dominy One thousand Seven hundred and forty four."
On Find A Grave.
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Arrival in America 1678. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
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CHAPTER 6 BROWN
I Richard Brown, born ca 1625, Boarsworth, near Wellingborough, County Northampton, England.
His sons:
II A William Brown, ca 1650.
II B JANES BROWN, 1656. Married VI-8, 1679, Burlington, New Jersey, HONOUR CLAYTON(E of Chapter 2).
William and James Brown went from New Castle, Delaware, into the wilderness that is now "Nottingham Township", in Cecil County Maryland, in the fall of 1701. They settled at a spring on the trail from Chester County to the Trading Post on Palmer's Island. When they were later forced to return to New Castle for provisions, they were joined by others of the Friends community and soon were leaders in a fluorishng community.
The son of JAMES BROWN and HONOUR CLAYTON:
JERIMIAH BROWN, ca 1690. Married MARY ROYAL, of Scotland. Their daughter:
PATIENCE BROWN, V-25, 1712, Cane Creek Township, Orange County (Now Alamance County), North Carolina. Married 1735, Cane Creek Township, JOSHUA HADLEY, (Chapter 1, Part IV). d i e d 111-23, 1733, Cane Creek Township, where she is buried.685
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4. Elizabeth, born 1695, 4, 23; declared her intentions of marriage before Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 1717, 3, 4, and was married to Daniel, son of James and Honor Brown, or Nottingham.
On ancestry from klbaldwin50.
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Among the passengers of the Kent were William Clayton and a very young man named James Brown. Records of the first minutes of Burlington Monthly Meeting state that "the said friends in those upper parts have found it needful according to our practice in the place wee came from to settle Monthly Meetings for the well ordering of the Affairs of ye Church it was agreed that accordingly it should be done and accordingly it was done the 15th of ye 5th mo 1678."
The following year, the marriage confirmation of James Brown and Honour Clayton appear in the minutes of the Burlington, New Jersey Monthly Meeting: 1679, 6, 8 James Brown of Markors Hook, m Honor Clayton, Burlington, Burlington MM, New Jersey. Honour, the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford, was born 29 January, 1662, in Sussex, England and probably died in Chester County Pennsylvania after her husband's will was written in 1715/6.
James Brown, the son of Richard Brown, an English Quaker, was born 27 March, 1656 in Puddington, Northamptonshire, England and died 1st February, 1715/6 in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He sat on the first jury under British rule on 13 September, 1681, and, later sat on a jury with his brother William on 1st July. 1684. William was later arrival to New Jersey. Although James became a resident of Marcus Hook before his marriage, he remained in contact with other Quakers of Burlington, New Jersey. In his will, James refers to himself as `Yoman.'
Biography Author: Jacqueline Frank Strickland #200 References
Bel!arts. James E. The Descent of Some of Our Quaker Ancestors, Facts, Fiction. Folklore and FakeloreHinshaw William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol.!!, pp 200.207 The Handy Book for Genealogists. Seventh Edition National Society Descendants of Early Quakers Plain Language. Vol.3, 1990 Will of James Brown, 15 January 1715/6. Township of Nottingham province of Pennsylvania, Chester County Archives and Records Service.
On Ancestry from LVandiverCA.
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William Brown was born 1, 29, 1658 in England, the son of Richard & Mary Browne. William immigrated to America in 1682 or 1683, and settled first near Marcus Hook in Chester County, PA, where his elder brother James had settled in 1678.
In the spring of 1701, William Penn, with a company of Friends, including James & William Brown, spent several days on horseback exploring the southern portion of Penn's colony. Tradition states William Brown was the first white man to take his axe and fell a tree there, by a spring on the trail from Chester County to the trading post on Palmer's Island, at what became the settlement called Nottingham Lots, 40 miles west of Marcus Hook. William Brown returned with his family the following year, and later was joined by his brother James.
William was a Quaker ministers, as was his father Richard. The first Nottingham Friends Meeting was held in William Brown's house in 1704, and continued there until the erection of a meetinghouse in 1708-9; William and his third wife, Katharine, were two of the four first elders. William Brown's house was by a spring of water one mile east of the present village of Rising Sun, near the Nottingham "Brick Meeting House." In 1767, the Mason-Dixon line determined that this are was in Cecil County, Maryland, not in Chester County, Pennsylvania, as had been thought by the early settlers.
William's first wife Dorothy is believed to have died at sea during the voyage to America, leaving him with one son, Joseph.
William married second, in 1684 to Ann Mercer; she died in 1696, leaving him with six more children: Mercer, Ann, William, John, Richard, & Thomas.
William married third, in 1699 to Katharine Williams of Philadelphia; she died after giving him three children: Samuel, Hannah, & Mary.
William married fourth, in 1711 to Mary Matthews; two more children: John & Elizabeth, for a total of 12.
William died 6, 23, 1746, in West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA. His 1743 will left his Negro slave Jenny her freedom and "that bed & bedding whereon She now lies, Together with those other Small Things my Wife gave her before her Decease. I also leave my said Negro Jenny that Chest which was James Jones & Orders her all her Wearing Apparel."
Written on the back of the will the following year: "...with respect to my Negro Woman within Mentioned I find it needful to explain my Intention... & confirm unto her her bed & beding whereon she lies which is one feather bed & chaff bed under it; two pillows & one pair of sheets. & two blankets, & one coverlet. & a mat, & a new bed cord. I also confirm to her that chest within mentioned. & What my Wife gave her My Said Negro Woman Named Jenny. I likewise confirm to her the particulars follows (viz) one great wheel & one small wheel (spinning wheels: the large wheel was used for spinning wool and the small wheel for spinning flax). One iron pott. pott lid & hooks. One small brass kettle. Two pewter dishes, and two pewter basons. one tin pan & three tin cups. One pewter quart. half a dozen of spoons. One dozen of trenchers. three noggins & two wooden platters. Two milk bowls & two milk pans. One milk pail. Two cheesepotts. four glass bottles, Her Mistresses Clothes box, three pudding pans. four earthern porringers. One chamber pott. One small spit. One pewter mustard pot. One box iron & two heaters. One brass scimmer. One brass ladle. One flesh fork. One grid iron. One pair of tongs. & one frying pann... & to confirm the same I do hereto sett my hand & seal this twentyeighth day of October Anno Dominy One thousand Seven hundred and forty four."
On Find A Grave.
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