Benajah Brown (1762-1805)

Parents	Jonathan Brown Jr. and Hannah Swetland
Birth	October 23, 1762 in Lebanon Township, New London, Connecticut
Death	January 25, 1805, Burlington Bay, Wentworth, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Buried	Ingersoll Cemetery, Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Farmer
Marriage Sep 8, 1784	Violetta Paine Born September 16, 1767 in Ellington Parish, Tolland, Connecticut. Died October 15, 1844 in Malahide Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Buried in Burdick Cemetery, Malahide Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Gravestone: Married Paul Dusten Sr. (will) after death of Benajah

Children
Elizabeth	Born July 1, 1785, Genesee County, New York, USA Married William Bowen (b. 1774, d. March 26, 1860) February 28, 1801 at Niagara, Ontario (buried, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada). Children: William, Henry, Polly, Robert, Nelson, John, Hannah, Walter, Clarissa, Edward, Barbara.	Died July 8, 1875, Bertie Township, Welland County, Ontario, Canada Buried, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.
Polly	Born January 1, 1787, New York, USA	Died 1789, New York, USA
Clarissa	Born April 12, 1789, Genesee County, New York, USA Married Marvel White in 1802 at age 13	Died July 12, 1805, West Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario Canada
Walter	Born April 7, 1791 Genesee District, New York, USA.	Died April 11, 1876 Dunboyne, Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario
Electa	Born January 18, 1794, Genesee District, New York, USA Married 1st, Thomas Dowling in 1810 in Ontario Married 2nd, Roswell Spencer, February 13, 1833 Married 3rd, Samuel Harper, May 10, 1843	Died August 12, 1868, Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario
Brinton Paine	Born August 1, 1797 Genesee District, New York, USA.	Died December 9, 1883 Brownsville, Dereham Township, Oxford County, Ontario.
Estella	Born January 24, 1800, Ontario Married Eli Brown (b. abt. 1796, d. 1865, buried Aylmer Cemetery, Aylmer, Ontario, Canada) Children: Calvin (b. abt. 1820, d. Dec. 07, 1882) married Emeline Bray, children - Edward Ryler Brown, Eli Mailand Brown, Electa Marcella Brown Electa Brown	Died May 30, 1879, Malahide Township, Ontario, Canada Buried, Aylmer Cemetery, Aylmer, Ontario, Canada
Harriet Elizabeth	Born April 1, 1802, Ontario Married Abraham Brown photo  in 1824, children Enoch, Electa, George Thomas, Jane, Abraham, Harriet	Died October 16, 1832, Houghton Township, Ontario Buried Bayview Cemetery, Port Rowan, Walsingham, Ontario
Benajah Malery	Born January 23, 1804, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada	Died October 06, 1884, Stewartsville, Missouri Buried Lebanon Church Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri, USA
Other Information
Text from a writing by Edna (Young) Johnson (1942)
Text from "Ancestry of Brinton Paine Brown" By: Enoch B. Brown
Text Copied from a sketch compiled by Enoch Burdick Brown sent to Mrs. L. C. Brown by Mrs. A. E. Russell of Hamilton, who's great grandmother was Brinton Paine's sister Harriet who married Abram Brown. Their son Abram was Russell's grandfather. Information obtained Sept. 14, 1961."
More writings on how Benajah came to Canada and how he died.

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