ABRAHAM BROWN II was born 8 May 1754 in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He was the son of ABRAHAM BROWN I and HANNAH OSGOOD, both of whom died before 1760. I have not yet found records indicating who raised ABRAHAM BROWN II aft 1760. He would have been six years old at the time of his father's death. His father may have married again after the death of his first wife, HANNAH OSGOOD, in 1755. ABRAHAM may have had siblings, but at this time I am not certain that they survived to adulthood.
In 1775, at age 21, ABRAHAM enlisted with the New Hampshire Militia as a drummer, under several different commanders, for a period of three years. Then, in 1780, he was commissioned as Ensign and Adjutant in Capt DANIEL GORDON's regiment, under Gen THOMAS BARTLETT and served until the end of the war. An Adjutant is an officer who serves as chief administrative assistant to a Commander, in charge of managing correspondence, records, reports, and other administrative duties. The order came from (then Colonel) THOMAS BARTLETT, at West Point.
ABRAHAM married MARY "POLLY" BUTLER on 27 May 1777 in Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. MARY was the daughter of Rev BENJAMIN BUTLER, a Harvard Graduate (and Mayflower descendant), and his wife DORCAS ABBOTT. They lived in Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, where Rev BENJAMIN BUTLER was the minister of the town's Congregational Church for twelve years, then a Civil Magistrate until his death in 1804
ABRAHAM and MARY had a large family of nine children. They lived first in the town of Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and then in Northfield, which later was in Merrimack County.
ABRAHAM BROWN II died 8 March 1824 in Northfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He is buried in Arch Hill Cemetery.
MARY, his wife, received his Revolutionary War Pension in 1832. She survived him by over 20 years, dying 13 July 1846. She is also buried in Arch Hill Cemetery.
ABRAHAM BROWN II is in the lineage of my maternal grandmother RUBY BOLTON BROWN MARTINE.
SOURCES:
Abraham Brown II's Rev War Pension File
DAR Patriot Index
"History of Northfield NH" by Lucy Rogers Cross Hill; publ 1905
"History of Town of Canterbury NH" by James Otis Lyford; publ 1912
"History of the Town of Andover, NH" by John R Eastman
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Betty
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