Sylvanus Brown
1747 - 1822 (75 years)
Person ID: I2622
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Name Sylvanus Brown Born 24 May 1747 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 
[1] Birth 14 Mar 1749 Bennington, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Gender Male Died 6 Jul 1822 Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States [1] Siblings None -
Parents
Father Philip Brown, b. 6 Jul 1724, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States , d. 2 Dec 1765, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 41 years) Mother Priscilla Carpenter, b. 1 May 1728, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Keziah Cushman, b. 13 Aug 1752, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. 5 Feb 1844, Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States (Age 91 years) Married 12 Mar 1773 Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States [1, 4] Children + 1. Keziah Brown, b. 7 Sep 1773, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. 13 Sep 1829, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States (Age 56 years)2. Susanah Brown, b. 1 Jun 1775, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. 20 Jul 1854 (Age 79 years)+ 3. Sylvanus Brown, b. 13 Aug 1776, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. 18 Jan 1866, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States (Age 89 years)4. Charles Edward Brown, b. 1778, New York, United States , d. 1850, Plantation, Osceola, Florida, United States (Age 72 years)5. Oliver Brown, b. 22 Sep 1780, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. Sep 1864, Madison, New York, United States (Age 83 years)6. Isaac Brown, b. 29 Jun 1783, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. 16 May 1864, Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 80 years)7. James Brown, b. 13 May 1785, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States , d. 5 Aug 1858 (Age 73 years)8. Abijah Brown, b. 1786, New York, United States , d. Bef 1820 (Age < 33 years)9. Murray Brown, b. 1787, Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States , d. 1852, United States (Age 65 years)10. Brown, b. 1790, Vermont, United States 11. Polly Brown, b. 18 Sep 1791, Vermont, United States , d. 11 May 1886 (Age 94 years)12. Harvey Brown, b. 14 Apr 1796, Herkimer, New York, United States , d. 21 Feb 1884, Brock, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States (Age 87 years) -
Other Personal Events
DAR ID A015887 Family Search ID K67V-PQR Family Search ID LW6W-YNW Military Service From 1775 to 1783 [2, 3] American Revolution, Continental Army - The volume used to verify this patriot's service, Rolls of the Soldiers In The Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783, compiled by John Goodrich, 1904, lists him sometimes as a private, and sometimes as a sergeant for purposes of pay.
DAR listing:
Service: VERMONT Rank(s): SERGEANT
Service Description:
1) ALSO PVT, CAPTS ROBINSON, SALISBURY,
2) JOHN SMITH, WILLIAMS, ALLEN, BGEN ALLEN
_UID A4523B6DBCF04462BD217718441B48F3F700 - The volume used to verify this patriot's service, Rolls of the Soldiers In The Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783, compiled by John Goodrich, 1904, lists him sometimes as a private, and sometimes as a sergeant for purposes of pay.
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Event Map
Born - 24 May 1747 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 
Birth - 14 Mar 1749 - Bennington, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States 
Married - 12 Mar 1773 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States 
Died - 6 Jul 1822 - Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S1403] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #663051 Name Restricted to Ancestor #A015887 Sylvanus Brown", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..
- [S1389] Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research Center, "Ancestor Database - Revolutionary Era Ancestors", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1)., Sylvanus Brown #A015887.
- [S1503] John Ellsworth Goodrich, editor, The State of Vermont, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783, (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1904), Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/rollsofsoldiersi00verm/page/92/mode/2up: accessed 13 May 2023)., pp. 27, 57, 93, 296, 310.
- [S1531] Henry Wyles Cushman, compiler, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, The Puritan, From the Year 1617 to 1855, (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855), Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/historicalbiogra00cush: accessed 13 May 2023)., p.201.
- [S1403] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #663051 Name Restricted to Ancestor #A015887 Sylvanus Brown", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..