Notes:

x "DUKE-SHEPHERD-VAN METRE FAMILY" by Smyth, (Allen County Pub. Lib.,
Ft. Wayne, IN) "Memoranda of journey of William Brown and Thomas
Shepherd--Shepherdstown to Wheeling: On Apr. the 18th, 1786, Wm.
Brown and Thomas Shepherd set out for Wheeling. Route out: Opequon,
Cauffmans, Boyd's Ferry, Kings, Griers, the Mountains and Thos. Wills
(places spent the night) Returning: Catfish (Washington, PA),
Chrisians Gap, Monongahela, Levi Springers (Uniontown, PA), Mountains,
Griers, Wm. Grays, Springs (Berkeley Springs, W. Va.) and
Shepherdstown." "In relation to the road taken by Thomas Shepherd
and William Brown in 1786 when they visited the region west of the
Alleghany Mountains, where John Grove and his wife Mary Brown Grove
had settled,..."( letter M.M. Hopwood, Apr. 19, 1907) It is unknown
if this is William Brown, Mary's father or brother. The Thomas
Shepherd would probably be her uncle.

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]

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. 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.