In my blog, How Berwick, Pennsyslvania, USA, Got its Name, I asked if we can discover the first name and maiden surname of the wife, of John Brown or Robert Brown, as she was said to have come from Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Find A Grave has memorials to John, son of Robert and Mary McIntosh-Barrett; John Brown, born 1760 died 1839, (which lists his wife as Amelia or Susan F.) and Robert Brown, died 1821, which lists his wife as Mary McIntosh-Barrett, died 1838.
On Family Search, I looked for John Brown and Robert Brown with various combinations of their birth, death, and residence but there are too many of them and I found no Mary McIntosh-Barrett, though lots of Mary McIntoshes and Mary Barretts, who died in 1838. There are no McIntosh-Barretts listed in FindMyPast.
Are this John and Robert Brown the first settlers of Berwick, Pennsylvania, USA ?
Mary McIntosh-Barrett was married to Charles Barrett who died in 1773, so her maiden name is presumably McIntosh, but I've not found a marriage to Robert Brown (except in 1873).
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
How Berwick, Pennsyslvania, USA, Got its Name
Thanks to Berwick St David's Masonic Lodge who sent me a link to Berwick, Pennsyslvania's history page.
In 1786, Evan Owen, an Englishman, decided to settle on the land which is now called Berwick.
He persuaded fellow countrymen, John and Robert Brown to settle. They called the settlement “Owensburg” but Owen renamed the land “Berwick” because the wife of one of the Brown brothers came from Berwick-upon-Tweed.
I wonder if we can discover this wife's first name and maiden surname and find her family in Berwick-upon-Tweed?
In 1786, Evan Owen, an Englishman, decided to settle on the land which is now called Berwick.
He persuaded fellow countrymen, John and Robert Brown to settle. They called the settlement “Owensburg” but Owen renamed the land “Berwick” because the wife of one of the Brown brothers came from Berwick-upon-Tweed.
I wonder if we can discover this wife's first name and maiden surname and find her family in Berwick-upon-Tweed?
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