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 1679 - 1744 (65 years)
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| Name |
Preserve Brown |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
1679 |
Monmouth County, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Religion |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America [1] |
Address:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting |
Preserve Brown produced to this Meeting for himself wife & son Preserve from Chesterfield Montyly Meeting in New Jersey date the 5th June Last Which wwe read & well Recd. & sent up to the Women Friends.
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| Buried |
Jun 1744 |
Burlington County, New Jersey, United States [2, 3] |
Address:
Friends Buring Ground |
Burial- Grounds. For very many years the Friends for miles around buried at Crosswicks Meeting-house ground, but in 1740 Joseph Borden deeded to them the lot now known as the Quaker graveyard. As their meeting-house was built that year, it is probable the ground was soon used for the purpose designated, and that every portion of it has been occupied. Sometimes, but very rarely at an early date, tombstones erected to the memory of Friends are found in their graveyards. Preserve Brown seems to have been especially honored in this respect. He was buried in the northwest corner of the ground, and a solitary tombstone with this inscription marks the spot:
"In memory of Preserve Brown, who died the 26th day of the 4th month, 1744, aged 65 years."
This stone is of blue marble, about two feet high with the top scrolled in the usual style of the day, and is undoubtedly the first one put up in Bordentown, and probably the oldest to be found in any Friends' ground in the State. (p484, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties New Jersey)
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| Died |
26 Jun 1744 |
Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America [3, 4] |
| Person ID |
I1316 |
TangledRoots |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Abraham Brown, b. 1642, Worcestershire, England , d. 10 Jul 1714, Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Mary, b. 1646, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. 1714, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1665 |
| Family ID |
F741 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary _____, d. Aft 1695 |
| Children |
| | 1. Preserve Brown, Jr., b. Abt 1699, Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 22 Jul 1760 (Age 61 years) |
| | 2. Mary Brown, b. Abt 1701, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 19 Aug 1749 (Age 48 years) |
| | 3. Lydia Brown, b. 1704, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 23 Sep 1737, Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America (Age 33 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F733 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
...In the year 1710, Preserve Brown, Sr., removed from Chesterfield Monthly Meeting to Burlington monthly Meeting, residing at Mansfield, a few miles from Bordentown, N. J. About this time there lived in that vicinity four persons bearing the Quaint Names, Preserve Brown, Safety Borden, Safety Magee and Hananiah Gaunt. Preserve Brown and his wife were highly esteemed and regarded as "valuable Friends." At his death he was buried in Friends' Burying Ground, located on what is now Prince Street, near Church Street, Bordentown. As a mark of special honor and respect the Friends erected to his memory a tombstone bearing the inscription:
...When John Montgomerie was appointed Governor of New Jersey, 1728, the Grand Jury addressed the King a congratulatory message of a somewhat fervid character, rejoicing in the :daily accessions to Your Glory,: promising faithful adherence, etc. Preserve Brown was one of the signers, with a number of Quakers, who added a line, saying: "We agree to the matter and Substance of this Address but make some exceptions to the Stile." From this unique paper we quote:
"We cant without a rapture of thankfulness, recount our obligation to Your Majestie,
for Your Parental care of Your People in this Distant Collonie.
"...We Shall not Trepass farther upon Your Royal Patience, but shall offer up our fervent
prayers to the King of Kings, that he will please to direct Your Majesty by his unerring
wisdom, & always encline Your heart to his Glory & Encompass Your Sacred Person with his
Favour as with a Shield, & make your Goverment an universal blessing to all Your Dominions."
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| Sources |
- [S1675] United States: Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Preserve Brown produced to this Meeting for himself wife & son Preserve from Chesterfield Montyly Meeting in New Jersey
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Preserve Brown
- [S1888] Find A Grave.
Preserve Brown
BIRTH 1679 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 26 Jun 1744 (aged 64–65) Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
BURIAL Friends Burying Ground, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
MEMORIAL ID 146365812
Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey
Preserve Brown 1679-1744
- [S2177] Book: History of Burlington and Mercer Counties New Jersey, p459.
Sometimes, but very rarely, at an early date tombstones erected to the memory of Friends are found in their graveyards. Preserve Brown seems to have been especially honored in this respect, as a solitary tombstone in the Friends' burying-gound in this city contains this inscription:
"In memory of Preserve Brown, who died the 26th day of the 4th month, 1744, aged 65 years." (p459, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties New Jersey)
p484, Preserve Brown
- [S587] Book: Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, vol. II, pg 132 - Brown of Monmouth.
... PRESERVE BROWN, son of Abraham Brown, died 5 mo., 22, 1760.
... Lydia Brown; married, as his second wife, Isaac Ivins and had
Issue Diadainia Ivins, born 1 mo., 22, 1734; died 1813; married, April, 1753, John,
son of Joseph and Sarah (Foulke) Thorne, born 3 mo., 4, 1730; died Aug.
22, 1807.
...Preserve Brown, Jr.
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