Brief Life History of Isaac
When Isaac Brown was born on 12 August 1810, in Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, United States, his father, Stace Brown, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Cain, was 26. He married Juliaette Adams about 1834, in Greene, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States for about 20 years. He died on 4 July 1878, in Coxsackie, Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Coxsackie, Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States.
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- Isaac Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
- Isaac Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
- Isaac Brown in entry for Margaretta Palmer, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
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