OWEN BROWN born February 16, 1771 in West Simsbury (now Canton Center) Connecticut (Simsbury Vital Records, TM4, p. 277); died May 8, 1856 in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio and is buried in the Old Hudson Township Burying Ground;
married (1) Ruth Mills in February 1793; she was born January 26, 1772, the daughter of Gideon Mills Jr. & Ruth Humphrey Mills; she died December 10, 1808 in Hudson, Ohio and is buried in the Old Hudson Township Burying Ground;
he married (2) Sarah (Sally) Root on November 8, 1809 in Hudson, Ohio; she was born February 1, 1789 and died Aug. 11, 1840 in Hudson, Ohio, buried in the Old Hudson Township Burying Ground;
he married (3) Lucy Drake Hinsdale, widow of Hermon Hinsdale, in April of 1841; she was born April 18, 1796 in Torrington, Connecticut and died Sept. 17, 1876 in Hudson. She is buried in Markillie Cemetery, Hudson.
Children of Owen & Ruth:
- Salmon Brown born June 29, 1794 in Canton Center, Connecticut and died February 18, 1796 in Norfolk, Connecticut.
- infant son, unnamed, died at birth, 1796.
- Anna Ruth Brown born Norfolk, Connecticut July 5, 1798 and died June 12, 1838; married Hiram King
- JOHN BROWN born West Torrington, Connecticut May 9, 1800 (Torrington Vital Records Vol. 1, p. 17); died Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia) December 2, 1859; married (1) Dianthe Lusk; married (2) Mary Ann Day;
- Salmon Brown born West Torrington, Connecticut April 30, 1802 (Torrington Vital Records, v. 1, p. 17); died at Thibodeau, Latourche Parish, Louisiana September 6, 1833; No Issue.
- Oliver Owen Brown born Oct. 26, 1804 (Torrington Vital Records, v.1, p. 17 say Oct. 20) in West Torrington, Connecticut; died September 20, 1858 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; married (1) Mary Bassett July 21, 1826 in Hudson; married (2) Grace Sarah Bassett 1833;
- Frederick Brown born Hudson, Ohio February 13, 1807; died July 15, 1877 at Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin; married Juliette Merriam November 3, 1825.
- [Sally] Brown; died a few hours after birth in Hudson, Ohio December 9, 1808
Children of Owen & Sally:
- Sally Marion Brown born April 19, 1811 in Hudson, Ohio; died July 29, 1894 in Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio; married Titus S. Hand October 3, 1832 in Hudson
- Watson Hugh Brown born July 22, 1813 in Hudson, Ohio; died Jan. 29, 1832 in Hudson; buried Old Hudson Township Burying Ground; No Issue.
- Florella Brown born Hudson, Ohio May 19, 1816; died February 6, 1865 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas; married Samuel L. Adair November 24, 1841 in Hudson, Ohio; for a detailed biography see Gerald McFarland’s A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West
- Jeremiah Root Brown born Hudson, Ohio November 7, 1819; died Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California February 22, 1874; married Abi Cornelia Hinsdale February 7, 1840 in Hudson, Ohio.
- Edward Brown born Hudson, Ohio July 5, 1823; died March 23, 1883 in Duke, Pennsylvania ; married Samantha Perkins March 15, 1850.
- Martha Brown born Hudson, Ohio Sept. 21, 1825; died September 18, 1826 in Hudson.
- Lucien Brown born September 18, 1829 in Hudson; died in Hudson December 1, 1847; No Issue.
- Martha Lucretia Brown born Hudson, Ohio June 18, 1832; died Bendon, Michigan June 28, 1910; married Stephen Calendar Davis on January 20, 1853.
In addition, Owen Brown adopted Levi Blakeslee, born 1796 in Hartland, Connecticut; he died Nov. 27, 1864 in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio; he married (1) Abigail Patchen and (2) Julia A. Ostrander.