Thankful BROWN

1774 - 1868  (93 years)

• Name	Thankful BROWN
  Born	21 Dec 1774	Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850, 1860	Cortland Co, NY
  Died	10 Aug 1868  [4]
  Buried	Forest Hill Cemetery, Blodgett Mills (Cortland), Cortland Co, NY   [5]
  Person ID	I77342	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Benjamin BROWN,   b. APR- -1732/33, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT ,   d. 1 Jan 1792, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT
  Mother	Hannah BENJAMIN,   b. 22 May 1737, Preston, New London Co, CT
  Family ID	F25298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jirah PEABODY,   b. CA 1777, Vermont ,   d. 6 Aug 1854  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Notes	No record of Thankful Brown's birth or marriage has been found. 1850 Census, Cortland Co, New York (town of Cortlandville), enumerated on Aug 14 1850: Harvey Spencer, 27, b. NY, farmer; Lydia J. Spencer, 23, b. NY; Fayette Spencer, 4, b. NY; Jirah Peabody, 73, b. Vermont, farmer; Thankful Peabody, 74, b. Connecticut. (Note: Dr. Harvey Spencer, 1823-1886, Lydia J. Price Spencer, 1826-1881, and Fayette Spencer, 1846-1916, are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. Their relationship, if any, to Jirah and Thankful, is not known.) 1860 Census, Cortland Co, New York (town of Marathon), enumerated on Jun 26 1860: Thankful Peabody, 84, b. Connecticut; Mary Hammond, 77, b. Vermont; Eliza A. Hammond, 49, b. NY, milliner. In the 1820 Census of Cortland Co, NY (Virgil Twp), the household of Jirah Peabody consisted of himself and six others (not named). In the 1840 Census of Cortland Co, NY, the household of Jirah (Israh ?) Peabody consisted of himself and four others (not named). The two adjoining households were those of Bial Brown, elder and younger.
  Children	1. Jirah PEABODY,   b. 3 Jul 1807,   d. 6 Jun 1827  (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F33058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. [S184] 1850 Census. [S1791] 1860 Census. [S5] Headstone. [S2527] Interment.net, (http://www.interment.net), http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/cortland/forest_hill/forest_lz.htm.