Ezekiel Brown

13 July 1720–29 April 1804 (Age 83)
Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, United States

The Life Summary of Ezekiel

When Ezekiel Brown was born on 13 July 1720, in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Eleazar Brown Jr, was 44 and his mother, Abigail Chandler, was 39. He married Abigail Davis on 14 May 1741, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 April 1804, in his hometown, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Ezekiel Brown
1720–1804
Abigail Davis
1721–1815
Marriage: 14 May 1741
Eunice Brown
1742–1829
Ezekiel Brown
1743–1824
Hephzibah Brown
1746–1814
Joshua Brown
1746–1749
Hannah Brown
1750–1808
Abigail Brown
1753–1832

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 May 1741Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (4)

    1775
    Age 55
    Historical Boundaries: 1775: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States
    1776
    Age 56
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 66
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Dunn
    Brunson
    Browning
    Browne
    Burnett
    Erjavec
    Borron
    Broun

    Sources (17)

    • Ezekiel Brown, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
    • Ezekiel Brown in entry for Hephzibah Brown, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    • Ezekiel Brown, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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