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William Brown

Male 1774 - 1774


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Brown was born on 24 Mar 1774 (son of William Brown and Elizabeth Shepherd); died in 1774.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Brown was born on 13 Sep 1724 in Of Mechlenburg, VA (son of Thomas Brown); died on 24 Jul 1801.

    William married Elizabeth Shepherd on 3 May 1762 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Shepherd and Elizabeth Van Meter) was born on 3 Oct 1738 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA; died in 1788 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Shepherd was born on 3 Oct 1738 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA (daughter of Thomas Shepherd and Elizabeth Van Meter); died in 1788 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    Children:
    1. John Brown was born on 16 Feb 1763.
    2. Elizabeth Brown was born on 27 Dec 1764.
    3. Thomas Abraham Brown was born on 25 Feb 1767; died in Nov 1768.
    4. Mary Brown was born on 15 Sep 1768; died on 15 Jan 1842.
    5. Sarah Brown was born in Sep 1771.
    6. 1. William Brown was born on 24 Mar 1774; died in 1774.
    7. Shepherd Brown was born on 14 Apr 1775; died in 1817.
    8. George W. Brown was born on 22 Oct 1777.
    9. Hannah Matilda Brown was born on 22 Nov 1781.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Brown died in 1756.
    Children:
    1. 2. William Brown was born on 13 Sep 1724 in Of Mechlenburg, VA; died on 24 Jul 1801.

  2. 6.  Thomas Shepherd was born in 1705 (son of William Shepherd and Sarah, son of William Shepherd and Sarah); died in 1776 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Van Meter about 1733 in Monacacy, Frederick, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of John Van Metre and Margaret Mollenauer) was born in 1715 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Elizabeth Van Meter was born in 1715 in Somerset County, NJ (daughter of John Van Metre and Margaret Mollenauer); died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    Children:
    1. David Shepherd was born in 1734; died on 2 Feb 1795 in Ohio, VA; was buried in Wheeling, Ohio, W.VA, Stone Church Cem.
    2. Sarah Shepherd was born about 1736; died on 18 Oct 1780 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    3. 3. Elizabeth Shepherd was born on 3 Oct 1738 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA; died in 1788 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    4. William Shepherd was born about 1741; died in 1824 in Wheeling, VA.
    5. Thomas Shepherd was born about 1745; died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    6. John Shepherd was born about 1750.
    7. Mary Shepherd was born in 1752; died on 31 Jul 1812 in Brooke, VA.
    8. Martha Shepherd was born in 1752; died about 1825 in Brooke, VA.
    9. Abraham Shepherd was born in 1754; died on 7 Sep 1822 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    10. Susanna Shepherd was born in 1758; died on 13 Apr 1835 in Wheeling, VA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William Shepherd (son of Thomas Shepherd); died in Prince George County, MD.

    William married Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Sarah
    Children:
    1. William Jr. Shepherd died in Rock Creek.
    2. John Shepherd died in 1765 in Frederick County, MD.
    3. 6. Thomas Shepherd was born in 1705; died in 1776 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.

  3. 14.  John Van Metre was born on 14 Oct 1683 in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY; was christened on 14 Oct 1683 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY (son of Joost Jan(Sen) Van Metern and Sarah Du Bois); died on 13 Aug 1745 in Winchester, VA.

    John married Margaret Mollenauer in 1710 in Somerville, Somerset County, NJ. Margaret (daughter of Art Mollenbaur) was born about 1687 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1745 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Margaret Mollenauer was born about 1687 in Somerset County, NJ (daughter of Art Mollenbaur); died in 1745 in Frederick, County, VA.
    Children:
    1. Rebecca Van Meter was born in 1711 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1770 in VA.
    2. Isaac Van Meter was born in 1713; died on 3 Sep 1745 in Frederick, County, VA.
    3. 7. Elizabeth Van Meter was born in 1715 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV.
    4. Henry Van Meter was born in 1717; died in 1793 in Berkeley County, WV.
    5. Rachael Van Meter was born in 1719; died in 1744.
    6. Abraham Van Meter was born in 1721; died in 1783 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV.
    7. Jacob Van Meter was born in 1723; died on 16 Nov 1798 in Hardin County, KY; was buried in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, KY.
    8. Rebecca Van Metre was born about 1723 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV.
    9. Maudlina Van Meteren was born in 1725.
    10. Mandlina Van Meter was born about 1725.
    11. Magdalena Van Metre was born in 1725 in Somerset County, NJ.


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