Brown, Thomas

1787 - 1846  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Brown, Thomas
  Christened	28 May 1787	St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Aug 1846	Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England
  Person ID	I01960	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Brown, Thomas,   c. 3 Jul 1760, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 15 Mar 1819, Ashbury, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Pearce, Sarah,   c. 10 May 1761, Ashbury, Berkshire, England ,   d. Abt 1817, Ashbury, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1786	Ashbury, Berkshire, England
  Family ID	F00938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Neate, Mary Ann,   c. 15 Feb 1791, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 9 Oct 1829, Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	20 May 1813	Bath, Somerset, England
  Children	1. Brown, Sarah,   c. 17 Mar 1814, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 2 Feb 1838, Buderop, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 23 years)   2. Brown, Mary Ann Neate,   c. 31 Jul 1815, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 22 May 1901, Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 85 years) + 3. Brown, Thomas Pearce,   c. 23 Jul 1817, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 13 Oct 1900, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 83 years)   4. Brown, Ellen,   c. 14 Jul 1819, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 13 Sep1819, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England   5. Brown, Robert,   b. 25 Jul 1820, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 28 Mar 1902, Sussex, England  (Age 81 years)   6. Brown, John,   c. 5 Jul 1822, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 03 Aug1907, Woodside, Crawley Down, Sussex, England  (Age ~ 84 years)   7. Brown, Martha Neate,   c. 25 Apr 1824, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, Englan d  [Birth]   8. Brown, Arabella,   c. 4 Oct 1826, Burderop, Wiltshire, England
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F00188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Crowdy, Sarah,   b. Abt 1790, Of Swindon, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 2 Jan 1871, Speen Hill, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	01 Nov 1831	Swindon, Wiltshire, England
  Children	1. Brown, Lucy Crowdy,   c. 21 May 1837, Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Aft 1901  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F02343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Could this be Thomas Pearce Brown whose will is PRO 11/2035 ? Probably not- Of Middlesex and mentions brother Samuel Brown? Is he related: Perhaps a brother of the William Brown? Reading University, Rural History Centre: Aldbourne Farm, Aldbourne, Co. Wilts: 1628-1953 Catalogue Ref.: WIL 11 Creator(s): Brown family of Aldbourne, Wiltshire According to some family recollections written by Henry Brown in about 1920, the Browns of Aldbourne can be traced in the Aldbourne parish registers to the later 17th century. The first to be mentioned is a John Brown, baptised in 1669, who was apparently the son of a Roger Brown who owned some property in Aldbourne. Henry Brown's grandfather and father lived at Lower Upham, co. Wilts. His father, William Brown, bought the Manor house and some adjoining land at Aldbourne in about 1812 and in 1840 took possession of Warren Farm, Aldbourne, where he lived after his marriage on 22 June 1841. When William Brown died on 17 May 1875, Aldbourne Farm and Warren Farm were taken over by his son, also named William, who transferred it to Henry Brown in 1908. Aldbourne Farm was apparently sold in 1904; Baydon Farm, and various other small plots of land in the Aldbourne area, had been sold earlier; Henry Brown remained at Warren Farm until his retirement in 1919, when it was sold. Aldbourne Farm: 390 acres; Baydon Farm: unknown; Warren Farm: 790 acres; owner occupier Salisbury Journal Salisbury. Monday, June 14, 1813 "Lately was married, at Bath, Mr.Thomas Brown, of Auborn, in this county, to Miss Neate, of Purton, near Swindon." Possible second marriage?? Day: 28 Month: Oct Year: 1831 Groom Forenames: Thomas Groom Surname: BROWN Groom's parish: Chiseldon Groom's county: Wiltshire,England Groom's condition: wid Groom's occupation: Groom's age: Groom's notes: Mr Bride Forenames: Sarah Bride Surname: CROWDY Bride's parish: Swindon Bride's county: Wiltshire,England Bride's condition: sp Bride's age: Bride's notes: Miss Place of Marriage: Swindon Bondsman 1: Bondsman 2: Jurisdiction: The Bishop of Salisbury in Wiltshire and Berkshire Thomas BROWN (eldest son) was born circa 1787. He was baptized on 28 May 1787 at Aldbourne, Wilts. He and Mary Anne NEATE obtained a marriage license on 19 May 1813 (He of p. of Aldbourne, bach, she of p. of St Michael, Bath, spinster, both over 21). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 20 May 1813 (bachelor). He married Mary Anne NEATE, daughter of Thomas NEATE and Elizabeth HUGHES, on 20 May 1813 at St Michael, Bath, Somerset (by licence). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, in 1814 (Gent - he was a constable of Selkley Hundred Court). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 17 Mar 1814 (farmer). He was living on 31 Dec 1814. He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 31 Jul 1815 (farmer). Prob this person - he charged David Westall with stealing (with William Beckingham) some unthrashed white oats from his barn at Baydon on 28 May 1816. He was living on 12 May 1817. He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 23 Jul 1817 (farmer). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 3 Jul 1818 (owned land at Baydon). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 14 Jul 1819 (farmer). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 18 Aug 1820 (farmer). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 5 Jul 1822 (farmer). He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 25 Apr 1824 (farmer). He left Lower Upham and took a tenancy of Burderop and Hodson Field Farms from Thomas Calley on 25 Mar 1825 at £1000 a year. The lease was renewed at £1100 a year in 1838, and he remained there until 1844, when his son Thomas Pearce Brown took over the tenancy. Burderop Farm consisted of 460 acres arable, 310 acres down and 92 acres pasture with the house and garden etc. Hodson Field Farm was 120 acres of arable land. Burderop Farms had been let to John and Richard Canning in 1798. He lived at Burderop Farm, Chisledon, Wilts, on 4 Oct 1826 (yeoman). He was living on 15 Jan 1828. He witnessed the marriage of William NASH and Mary Anne BROWN on 28 Feb 1828 at Compton, Berks. He was living on 25 Sep 1828. In about 1829 Thomas Brown's landlord Thomas Calley let Burderop Park to Major Astley, who wrote many letters to J R Mullings, the solicitor acting as agent, to complain about the state of disrepair of the house and various other matters. He had a particular fury about anything which interfered with the game on the estate, and accused Thomas Brown of coursing over his farm (all game rights were reserved to the landlord), and of keeping a pack of cur dogs which he used to hunt. On 27 Nov 1829 he wrote that "notwithstanding Farmer Brown's assertions to the contrary, I beg to say that he did beat part of his Farm, and he did kill a Hare on that Farm, on the day that I mentioned to you, it was a thick Fog, and I suppose he thought he should not be seen, he also keeps a couple of Curs that are continually hunting the plantations round the House, in short he has done all in his power to annoy me, ever since I have been at Burderop." He and Sarah CROWDY obtained a marriage license on 28 Oct 1831 (He of Chiseldon, widower; she of Swindon, spinster). He lived at Chiseldon, Wilts, on 1 Nov 1831 (widower). He married Sarah CROWDY, daughter of James CROWDY and Elizabeth Henrietta MORSE, on 1 Nov 1831 at Christ Church, Swindon, Wilts (by licence, married by Anthony Crowdy). He lived at Burderop, Chiseldon, Wilts, circa 1832 (owned land at Chipping Lambourn). There is a short and uninteresting letter from him to J R Mullings dated 27 Feb 1832 in the Wiltshire Record Office concerning felling some trees at Burderop. He was a subscriber to the Wootton Bassett hiring fair when it started in 1836. His will mentions a marriage settlement. He lived at Burderop on 21 May 1837 (Gent). He won a prize for his sheep at the Wootton Bassett show on 12 Dec 1837. He lived at Burderop, Wilts, on 2 Feb 1838 (Esq). Amelia Baker was charged with stealing a table cloth, the property of Thomas Brown at Chisledon on 1 May 1840. He bought Tokers Green Farm at Caversham, Oxon on 2 May 1841. He appeared on the census of 7 Jun 1841 at Burderop Farm, Chiseldon, Wilts (with wife Sarah and three children, also Thomas, Mary, Sarah and Catherine Holgate - not yet identified). He witnessed the marriage of John SHARP and Mary Ann Neate BROWN on 22 Nov 1843 at Chisledon, Wilts. He lived at Caversham, Oxon, on 22 Nov 1843. He was among the large number of people who signed their names inviting T H S Sotheron to stand in the election for a new MP for North Wiltshire on 8 Feb 1844. Gent on 23 Mar 1844 at Caversham, Oxon. His son Thomas Pearce Brown took over the tenancy of Burderop Farm on 25 Mar 1844. Gentleman on 18 Sep 1845. He left a will on 7 Oct 1845 at Caversham, Oxon (Gent). He wrote a codicil on 7 Aug 1846. He leased Grove Farm and Tanner's Farm, and also owned the freehold of a house and 100 acres at Toker's Green, Caversham, recently bought from the estate of John Stevens. He also owned farms and land at Baydon, in the parish of Ramsbury, houses etc. at Langford, Berks, the Hare & Hounds Inn at Chipping Lambourne, Berks, a house at Wootton Bassett, bought from William Cripps and in the occupation of John Gardner, and another house at Copped Hall in the parish of Wootton Bassett with about 20 acres, in the occupation of Mary Mills, widow. He died on 17 Aug 1846 at his son's house at Burderop, Chisledon, Wilts (of Caversham, Oxon, Gent, after a long and painful illness "borne with great fortitude and truly Christian resignation". The cause of death was heart disease of many years standing, attacks of acute rheumatism, etc). According to the death notice in the newspapers "his high and manly character secured the respect and esteem of all who knew him; to his family and relations he was especially endeared by his kind and affectionate dispostion, and the agricultural labourer will never cease to preserve a grateful recollection of a benefactor as prompt to relieve their necessities as he was habitually watchful in promoting their truest interests." He was buried on 21 Aug 1846 at Chisledon, Wilts. His estate was proved on 7 Nov 1846. ? Forenames: Thomas Surname: BROWN Place: Chisledon County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 14167 Notes: of Parsonage Minety Check 1841 census Order will -of Caversham, Oxford.