 1797 - 1856 (~ 58 years)
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| Name |
Brown, John |
| Christened |
27 Dec 1797 |
Ashbury, Berkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
11 Jul 1856 |
St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England |
| Person ID |
I07368 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
Brown, William, b. 7 Apr 1763, Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire, England , bur. 30 Dec 1837, Ashbury, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Mother |
Brown, Mary, c. 2 May 1763, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England , bur. 11 Aus 1821, Ashbury, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 57 years) |
| Married |
18 May 1789 |
St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England |
| Family ID |
F02166 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Brown, Catherine, c. 5 Jun 1796, Avebury, Wiltshire, England , bur. 10 Jan 1871, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Married |
29 May 1834 |
Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire, England |
| Last Modified |
4 Jun 2015 |
| Family ID |
F02324 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Is this John Brown of Adlbourne who leaves a will date 1856??
Has a wife Catherine.
No children mentioned. Mentions siblings Martha, Mary, Thomas, Sister married to George Brown, Ann and Sarah.
1851 Census Aldbourne: HO107/1686/~F563
Brown John [Wife: C] 53 Head Farmer Of 830 Acres Employing 33 Labourer Ashbury, Berkshire Upper Upham Farm, Aldbourne, Wiltshire Brown C 54 Wife Framer Wife Avebury, Wiltshire Upper Upham Farm, Aldbourne, Wiltshire Brown S 19 Niece Visitor Monkton, Wiltshire Upper Upham Farm, Aldbourne, Wiltshire
John BROWN was born on 20 Dec 1797 at Ashbury, Berks. He was baptized on 27 Dec 1797 at Ashbury, Berks. He lived at Aldbourne, Wilts, on 29 May 1834 (bachelor). He married Catherine BROWN, daughter of John BROWN and Catherine CROOK, on 29 May 1834 at Berwick Bassett, Wilts (by licence). Prob this John Brown, Lower Upham - he was a member of the Ramsbury and Aldbourne General Association for the protection of property and the prosecution and punishment of felons and other offenders in 1835. He was living on 15 Dec 1835 (occupying Leigh and Woodsend Farm in Aldbourne). He leased Lower Upham Farm, Aldbourne (about 627 acres together with Blake's Farm) from John Stone at the time of the Aldbourne Tithe Apportionment circa 1838. He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 28 Sep 1839. He was living on 2 Sep 1840. He appeared on the census of 7 Jun 1841 at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts (farmer, with wife, and also her sister Martha Owen). He lived at Aldbourne, Wilts, on 16 Jan 1843 (yeoman). 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. He lived at Aldbourne, Wilts, circa 1848 (farmer). He reported to the anniversary meeting of the Wiltshire Flax association in Feb 1848 that he had made a clear profit of £3 an acre on that crop compared to a loss the previous year. He appeared on the census of 31 Mar 1851 at Lower Upham Farm, Aldbourne, Wilts (farmer of 830 acres employing 33 labourers, with wife, also niece S[arah] visiting). He lived at Lower Upham, Wilts, on 6 Jun 1851. He lived at Lower Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts, on 19 Apr 1853 (He attended the presentation of a testimonial to George Brown of Avebury). He lived at Aldbourne, Wilts, circa 1855 (farmer). He was living on 22 Sep 1855. He left a will on 25 Mar 1856 at Aldbourne, Wilts (Gent). He was living (He owned land including a house and land at Aldbourne, recently bought from William Brown of the Warren Farm, a cottage and garden at Snap in the parish of Aldbourne, and Leigh Farm in Aldbourn). He died on 6 Jul 1856 at South View, Aldbourne, Wilts, aged 58 (of South View). He was buried on 11 Jul 1856 at Aldbourne, Wilts. His estate was proved on 2 Sep 1856. He gave the interest of £200 each towards the support of the Church of England schools in the parishes of Aldbourne and Little Hinton. The money bacame available after his wife died in 1871.
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