Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Brown and Martha [Unk]




Husband Thomas Brown 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1769 1
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 1760 1



Wife Martha [Unk] 2

            AKA: Martha Bard,2 Martha Beard 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1780 - Snyder Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

   Other Spouse: Capt. John Potter (Abt 1705-1757) 3 4 5 6 7 8


Children

General Notes: Husband - Thomas Brown


He was the ancestor of the Brown family, of Brown's Mill, in Antrim township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was one of the earliest settlers in the Conococheague Valley.


General Notes: Wife - Martha [Unk]


Her maiden name may have been Bard or Beard.

Her death occurred at Gen. James Potter's, on Middle Creek (Snyder County, Pennsylvania), some time after the runaway of 1778.

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Sources


1 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 310.

2 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 309.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 402.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 109.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 6.

6 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 12.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 856.

8 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 303.


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