He was captain of the Winchester Militia Fourth Regiment. They had
three sons and six daughters, Elizabeth, Polly, Clarissa, Walter, Electa,
Brinton Paine, Benajah, Stella and Harriet (born April 01, 1802).
After the revolution Benajah Brown bought land on the Genessee River N. Y. at a
place called Big Tree or Painted Point, now called Genessa. He lost
the property and was financially ruined in a court case over the property.
He left V P. A. in 1797 as he felt his trial had been unfair and
came to Canada crossing at Fort Erie. He stayed there for a year
then moved to Bow Park farm on the Grand River where he worked for 3 years
for Chief Bront teaching the Indians. In 1801 he and family moved
to Oxford County two miles west of Ingersoll on the Thames River.
In the winter of 1805 he went to Little York (Toronto) to get supplies and was
drowned crossing the ice at Hamilton Bay Jan. 25, 1805. Buried in
Ingersoll Cemetery. His widow Violetta was left with a large family
and in 1806, she married Solomen Nicholes and moved to a farm two miles east
of Port Rowan. She died at her daughter's (Electa) and is buried
in Burdick cemetery.
Source: "Copied from a sketch compilied by Enoch Burdick Brown
Sent to Mrs. L. C. Brown by Mrs. A. E. Russell of Hamilton, who's
great grandmother was Brinton Paine Brown's sister Harriet, who
married Abram Brown. Their son Abram was Russell's
grandfather. Information obtained Sept. 14, 1961."