Capt. Benjamin Brown

Bef 1739 - 1798  (59 years)

• Name	Benjamin Brown  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Bef 18 Feb 1739	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1798	[drowned]   [3]
  Person ID	I321	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	19 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Bartholemew Brown
  Mother	Lydia Giles
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary M. Haskell,   b. 9 Apr 1740, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts d. Oct 1817, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1760	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Benjamin Brown,   b. Bef 15 Aug 1761, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts d. 30 Jan 1819, Bethel, Oxford, Maine (Age 57 years)   2. Anna Brown,   b. 15 Oct 1763, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts d. 11 Jun 1840, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 76 years)   3. Mercy Brown,   b. 28 Sep 1765, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 3 Mar 1847, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 81 years)   4. John Brown,   b. 10 Oct 1767, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Dec 1796, South Carolina (Age 29 years)   5. Thomas Brown,   b. 9 Nov 1770, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 14 Oct 1773, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 2 years)   6. William Brown,   b. 14 Nov 1771, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 12 May 1836, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 64 years)   7. Mary Brown,   b. 15 Sep 1773, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 4 Oct 1803, Granville township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 30 years)   8. Elizabeth Brown,   b. 24 Nov 1775, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   9. Robert Haskell Brown,   b. 31 May 1777, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   10. Thomas Brown,   b. 26 Nov 1779, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 17 Feb 1845, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 65 years)   11. Ruth Brown,   b. 18 Jan 1782, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 25 Jan 1796, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 14 years)   12. Sarah Brown,   b. 8 Aug 1786, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Schooner Hawk, Captain Benjamin Brown, Sr., master and owner, on a voyage from Annapolis, dragged from her anchorage in Yarmouth Sound on November 18, 1798, and became a total wreck on Hilton's Head. All hands were lost, including Josiah Porter, son-in-law of the owner.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43848] Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 15, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 20, 1997), Tree #1346 (Reliability: 0). Date of Import: Feb 1, 2000 [S43628] Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S43903] Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, genealogies transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald. [S27358] Genealogy of the descendants of Mark Haskell and Hannah Woodbury, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association).