Hannah Brown

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name
Hannah Brown
aka
[Hannah Ellingwood]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Richard Ellingwood (1790-1864), probably married in 1809, and probably the mother of Elijah Ellingwood. Born about 1786, probably on Cape Cod, she was living with Richard in Dearborn County, Indiana, at Clay Township in 1850 and at Manchester in 1860.
born
date
c. 1786
place
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-clay-township-ellingwood, census-1860-manchester-ellingwood]
note
64, born "Cape Cod", in the 1850 census. The Ancestry tree has 28 Feb 1786 at Pownal; FamilySearch 20 Jan 1786 at Gorham.
died
date
25 Mar 1871
place
Manchester, Dearborn County, Indiana
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
As the trees have it; the same day and month as her husband's death in 1864, so it needs checking.
residences
date
1850
place
Clay Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-clay-township-ellingwood]
note
In her husband's household.
date
1860
place
Manchester, Dearborn County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1860-manchester-ellingwood]
note
In her husband's household. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
father
name
Benjamin Brown of Gorham
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, book-mclellan-1903-history-gorham]
research
research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md
note
FamilySearch's candidate: Hannah, born at Gorham, Maine, 20 Jan 1786, to Benjamin Brown and Sarah Phinney (McLellan, History of Gorham, p. 415). For it: the year; a family that came from Eastham, which could explain "Cape Cod"; a brother named Isaac Cole Brown; and Gorham and Pownal both in Cumberland County. Against it: McLellan has her born at Gorham and does not say whom she married. Possible, no better.
alternatives
name
Benjamin Brown of New Ipswich, N.H., and Bethel, Maine
claimed_by
the Ancestry tree
confidence
disproven
note
Born 1769, married Hannah Russell, died at Bethel 1819. The Bethel records give "Benjamin & his wife Hannah" children only from 1798; a New Hampshire family with no Cape Cod tie, and a father 16 or 17 in 1786. Very probably not hers.
mother
name
Sarah Phinney
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, book-mclellan-1903-history-gorham]
note
Daughter of Col. Edmund and Betty Phinney of Gorham, if the Gorham Hannah is she.
alternatives
name
Hannah Russell
claimed_by
the Ancestry tree
confidence
disproven
note
Wife of Benjamin Brown of Bethel; see her father.

Wife of Richard Ellingwood (1790-1864), married in 1809 (the family Bible, per Gray; source), and the mother of his nine or ten children. With him at Clay Township, Dearborn County, in 1850, aged 64 and born on Cape Cod (record), and at Manchester in 1860 (record). The Ancestry tree recorded her only as Hannah Ellingwood.

Open questions

  • Her parents. Her Cape Cod birth would fit a family that knew the Holdershaws of Eastham; the Gorham Browns had land from a George Brown of Eastham. No Hannah Brown of the right age is in the Harwich or the printed Eastham records. Cumberland County probate of Benjamin Brown of Gorham, Gorham or Pownal town records naming "Hannah Ellingwood," or the source of FamilySearch's "Sept 1809, Pownal" marriage would settle it. The Bethel family is in the town records (record).
  • Her death.
  1. ---
  2. name: Hannah Brown
  3. aka: [Hannah Ellingwood]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Richard Ellingwood (1790-1864), probably married in 1809, and probably the mother of
  8. Elijah Ellingwood. Born about 1786, probably on Cape Cod, she was living with Richard in
  9. Dearborn County, Indiana, at Clay Township in 1850 and at Manchester in 1860.
  10. born:
  11. date: c. 1786
  12. place: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [census-1850-clay-township-ellingwood, census-1860-manchester-ellingwood]
  16. note: 64, born "Cape Cod", in the 1850 census. The Ancestry tree has 28 Feb 1786 at Pownal; FamilySearch 20 Jan 1786 at Gorham.
  17. died:
  18. date: 25 Mar 1871
  19. place: Manchester, Dearborn County, Indiana
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: possible
  22. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  23. note: As the trees have it; the same day and month as her husband's death in 1864, so it needs checking.
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1850"
  26. place: Clay Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [census-1850-clay-township-ellingwood]
  30. note: In her husband's household.
  31. - date: "1860"
  32. place: Manchester, Dearborn County, Indiana
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [census-1860-manchester-ellingwood]
  36. note: In her husband's household. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  37. father:
  38. name: Benjamin Brown of Gorham
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: possible
  41. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, book-mclellan-1903-history-gorham]
  42. research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md
  43. note: 'FamilySearch''s candidate: Hannah, born at Gorham, Maine, 20 Jan 1786, to Benjamin Brown and Sarah Phinney (McLellan, History of Gorham, p. 415). For it: the year; a family that came from Eastham, which could explain "Cape Cod"; a brother named Isaac Cole Brown; and Gorham and Pownal both in Cumberland County. Against it: McLellan has her born at Gorham and does not say whom she married. Possible, no better.'
  44. alternatives:
  45. - name: Benjamin Brown of New Ipswich, N.H., and Bethel, Maine
  46. claimed_by: the Ancestry tree
  47. confidence: disproven
  48. note: 'Born 1769, married Hannah Russell, died at Bethel 1819. The Bethel records give "Benjamin & his wife Hannah" children only from 1798; a New Hampshire family with no Cape Cod tie, and a father 16 or 17 in 1786. Very probably not hers.'
  49. mother:
  50. name: Sarah Phinney
  51. basis: compiled
  52. confidence: possible
  53. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, book-mclellan-1903-history-gorham]
  54. note: Daughter of Col. Edmund and Betty Phinney of Gorham, if the Gorham Hannah is she.
  55. alternatives:
  56. - name: Hannah Russell
  57. claimed_by: the Ancestry tree
  58. confidence: disproven
  59. note: Wife of Benjamin Brown of Bethel; see her father.
  60. ---
  62. Wife of Richard Ellingwood (1790-1864), married in 1809 (the family Bible, per Gray;
  63. [source](/files/sources/book-gray-1988-maine-families-1790/)), and the mother of his nine or ten children. With him at
  64. Clay Township, Dearborn County, in 1850, aged 64 and born on Cape Cod
  65. ([record](/files/sources/census-1850-clay-township-ellingwood/)), and at Manchester in 1860
  66. ([record](/files/sources/census-1860-manchester-ellingwood/)). The Ancestry tree recorded her only as Hannah Ellingwood.
  68. ## Open questions
  70. - Her parents. Her Cape Cod birth would fit a family that knew the Holdershaws of Eastham; the
  71. Gorham Browns had land from a George Brown of Eastham. No Hannah Brown of the right age is in the
  72. Harwich or the printed Eastham records. Cumberland County probate of Benjamin Brown of Gorham, Gorham
  73. or Pownal town records naming "Hannah Ellingwood," or the source of FamilySearch's "Sept 1809,
  74. Pownal" marriage would settle it. The Bethel family is in the town records
  75. ([record](/files/sources/town-records-bethel-maine/)).
  76. - Her death.
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