Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NamePatience BROWN 690,685, 535
Birth Date25 May 1712
Birth PlaceNottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
MemoMillennium File
Death Date23 May 1783 Age: 70
Death PlaceOrange County, North Carolina
MemoMillennium File
Burial PlaceCane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina
ReligionQuaker Disowned, But Reinstated
FatherJeremiah BROWN Sr. , 1070 (1687-1767)
MotherMary ROYAL , 1071 (1689-1749)
Spouses
Birth Date6 Mar 1703
Birth PlaceKilcleagh, Westmeath, Ireland
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Death Date10 Nov 1760 Age: 57
Death PlaceOrange County, North Carolina
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Burial PlaceCane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina
ReligionQuaker Disowned
FatherSimon HADLEY Jr. , 1068 (1675-1756)
MotherRuth KERAN , 1069 (1677-1750)
Family ID8193
Marr DateMar 1735
Marr PlaceNew Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Marr MemoU.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
ChildrenSimon (1737-1803)
 Mary Ruth , 267 (1739-1810)
 Jeremiah (1741-1786)
 Joshua (1743-1815)
 Joseph (1745-1793)
 Deborah (1747-1768)
 Hannah (1749-1783)
 Catherine (1752-1819)
 Lydia (1756-1837)
Notes for Patience BROWN
Joshua Hadley was born 6 March 1703 Ireland, son of Simon and Ruth (Keran) Hadley. On 2nd of the 7th month 1725 he married Mary Rowland, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Royle-Coles) Brown of Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They were married by a "priest" (any minister other than a Quaker) and disowned by the Society. Patience regained her membership. She died 23rd of the 5th month 1783 and is buried at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina.

In 1748 Joshua Hadley purchased 400 acres of land in Augsta (now Botecourt) County, Virginia, and about 1755 moved to Orange County, North Carolina. He died in the Fall of 1760 and is buried at Cane Creek.690

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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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JOSHUA HADLEY, 1703 , Ireland. Second son of Simon Hadley II and Ruth Kernan. Came to New Garden in 1712. Married as his first wife, Mary Rowland, in 1724. She died in 1730.
He married as his second wife, 1735, New Castle, Pennsylvania, PATIENCE BROWN, daughter of Jerimiah Brown and Mary Royal. They migrated south, first to Augusta County, Virginia around 1740, and then to Cane Creek Township, Orange County, North Carolina, around 1755.

His children: (by Mary Rowland)
a. Thomas Hadley, 1728. New Garden, Pennsylvania. Married 111-30, 1750, Mary Thompson. Killed in the American Revolution in 1781.
b. Joseph Hadley, ca 1730.
c. Simon Hadley, ca 1730.
d. Benjamin Hadley, ca 1730.
e. Ruth Hadley, ca 1730. Married - Marshal.
f. Sarah Hadley, ca 1730. Married - - Ford.
g. Deborah Hadley, ca 1730.
h. Katherine Hadley, ca 1730.

NOTE: Too many children for a 5 year marriage!

His children: (by Patience Brown)
i. Jerimiah Hadley, 1-7,1741, Pennsylvania
j. Joshua Hadley, V-23,1743, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Below.
k. Lydia Hadley, XI-24, 1756, Orange County, North Carolina.
l. Mary Hadley, 1-30, 1739, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Married Benjamin Piggott, son of John Piggott. Died X-31, 1810, Orange County, North Carolina.
m. Hannah Hadley, 11-26, 1749, Agusta County, Virginia. Married Jesse Johnson, son of John Johnson. 685

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Joshua Hadley (I) moved with Patience and his family first to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in about 1748. Then, eight years later in 1756, they relocated again to Cane Joshua Hadley (I) moved with Patience and his family first to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in about 1748. Then, eight years later in 1756, they relocated again to Cane Creek, North Carolina. These movements were nearly certainly down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Route, which was not more than ruts passing over the Appalachian mountains and through the endless forests, down through Virginia to the Carolinas, as shown in the map below. Cane Creek in Chatham County, North Carolina is not far from this wagon route.

On Ancestry from Cheryl Sheeder.

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Notes for Joshua Lindley (Spouse 1)
IRISH IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR, Arrival 1712 New Castle, Delaware.

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

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Alternative death date 25 Sep 1772 Cane Creek, Orange, North Carolina.

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Joshua Hadley was born 6 March 1703 Ireland, son of Simon and Ruth (Keran) Hadley. On 2nd of the 7th month 1725 he married Mary Rowland, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Royle-Coles) Brown of Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They were married by a "priest" (any minister other than a Quaker) and disowned by the Society. Patience regained her membership. She died 23rd of the 5th month 1783 and is buried at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina.

In 1748 Joshua Hadley purchased 400 acres of land in Augsta (now Botecourt) County, Virginia, and about 1755 moved to Orange County, North Carolina. He died in the Fall of 1760 and is buried at Cane Creek.690

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SIMON HADLEY II, 1676, County West Meath, Ireland. Married 1697, Ruth Kernan who was born 1677, Ireland, and died XII-18,
1750-1 at Mill Creek,.Delaware. Simon Hadley came from Ireland in 1712, and settled in New Castle County, where he served as a Justice for many years, and was from 1726, a Judge of the New Castle Courts. He married as his second wife, Phebe, widow of Richard Buffington of Bradford, Chester County. Her maiden name was Grubb. Simon Hadley II died at Southwood, Delaware, XI-17, 1756. His children:

Joseph Hadley, VIII-25,1698, County West Meath, Ireland. Married, 1721, Amy Gregg.
Deborah Hadley, I I -25, 1701, County West Meath, Ireland, married (1) Benjamin Fredd, (2) Jacob Howell.
Joshua Hadley, 111-6, 1703, Ireland.
Simon Hadley, X11-23, 1704-5. Died XI-4, 1730-1 (1-4, 1730?).
Hannah Hadley, XI-16, 1709-10. Ireland. Married (1) Thomas Dixon, (2) John Stanfield.
Ruth Hadley, XII-6, 1711-12, New Garden, Pennsylvania.
Katherine Hadley, 11-25, 1715. New Garden, Pennsylvania. Married 1732, Robert Johnson.
Ann Hadley, X11-7, 1717-18, New Garden, Pennsylvania. Married Richard Cregg.685
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JOSHUA HADLEY, 1703 , Ireland. Second son of Simon Hadley II and Ruth Kernan. Came to New Garden in 1712. Married as his first wife, Mary Rowland, in 1724. She died in 1730.
He married as his second wife, 1735, New Castle, Pennsylvania, PATIENCE BROWN, daughter of Jerimiah Brown and Mary Royal. They migrated south, first to Augusta County, Virginia around 1740, and then to Cane Creek Township, Orange County, North Carolina, around 1755.

His children: (by Mary Rowland)
a. Thomas Hadley, 1728. New Garden, Pennsylvania. Married 111-30, 1750, Mary Thompson. Killed in the American Revolution in 1781.
b. Joseph Hadley, ca 1730.
c. Simon Hadley, ca 1730.
d. Benjamin Hadley, ca 1730.
e. Ruth Hadley, ca 1730. Married - Marshal.
f. Sarah Hadley, ca 1730. Married - - Ford.
g. Deborah Hadley, ca 1730.
h. Katherine Hadley, ca 1730.

NOTE: Too many children for a 5 year marriage!

His children: (by Patience Brown)
i. Jerimiah Hadley, 1-7,1741, Pennsylvania
j. Joshua Hadley, V-23,1743, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Below.
k. Lydia Hadley, XI-24, 1756, Orange County, North Carolina.
l. Mary Hadley, 1-30, 1739, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Married Benjamin Piggott, son of John Piggott. Died X-31, 1810, Orange County, North Carolina.
m. Hannah Hadley, 11-26, 1749, Agusta County, Virginia. Married Jesse Johnson, son of John Johnson. 685

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Joshua Hadley (I) moved with Patience and his family first to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in about 1748. Then, eight years later in 1756, they relocated again to Cane Joshua Hadley (I) moved with Patience and his family first to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in about 1748. Then, eight years later in 1756, they relocated again to Cane Creek, North Carolina. These movements were nearly certainly down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Route, which was not more than ruts passing over the Appalachian mountains and through the endless forests, down through Virginia to the Carolinas, as shown in the map below. Cane Creek in Chatham County, North Carolina is not far from this wagon route.

On Ancestry from Cheryl Sheeder.

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