Harrower Family Tree » Peter Brown (1786-????)

Personal data Peter Brown 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born on February 10, 1786 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was baptized on March 5, 1786 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 2, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1808 Collier in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1851 Coal Miner in Wellington Place, Easter Millerhill, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 2, 4
    • in the year 1861 Formerly Coal Miner in Millerhill, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
    • in the year 1841 Coal Miner in Millerhill, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 2, 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Wellington Place, Easter Millerhill, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 2, 4
    • in the year 1861: Millerhill, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1841: Millerhill, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 2, 3
  • A child of John Brown and Agnes Fluccar

Household of Peter Brown

He is married to Isabel Archibald.

They got married on April 15, 1808 at Newton, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Sources 2, 6


Child(ren):

  1. Peter Brown  ± 1830-????
  2. Margaret Brown  ± 1826-????
  3. Helen Brown  ± 1826-????
  4. Euphemia Brown  ± 1834-????
  5. Christina Brown  ± 1828-????
  6. Betsy Brown  1833-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on April 15, 1808 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland : Peter Wilson, Andrew Archibald.Sources 2, 6

Event (Proclamation of Marriage) on February 27, 1808 in Inveresk and Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland .Sources 2, 6

1808 BROWN, PETER ISABEL ARCHIBALD 15/04/1808 696/ 40 341 Newton

1808 BROWN, PETER ISABELL ARCHIBALD 27/02/1808
689/ 130 210 Inveresk and Musselburgh

Notes about Peter Brown

1. This line descends to, the author of 'Scottish Coalmining Ancestors' by Lindsay Sivewright Reeks

2. Ref Scottish Coalmining Ancestors by Lindsay S. Reeks Page 62-68.
Peter Brown & Isabel Archibald Pr. of m.1808 at Newton was on 28 Feb., and they were m. 15 Apr. 1808 at Newton p. [8]. The m. was also proclaimed 27 Feb. 1808, in Inveresk p., where it was indicated Peter Brown was a collier of Newton p. Witnesses were, Peter Wilson for man, and Andrew Archibald, for woman. Andrew Archibald likely to be her Father.
In the 1841 census for Millerhill, Newton p., Peter Brown is shown as a Coal Miner . With him resides his wife, Isabella Archibald, also a Coal Miner , and six children, Peter 11, Margaret, 15, Helen 15, and Christina 13, all coalminers, and Betsy 8, and Euphemia 7.
On 20 Dec. 1842, Newton KSM state that one shilling weekly be paid for Elizabeth Brown, residing with her grandfather, Peter Brown, at Millerhill [11]. This probably refers to Elizabeth Brown, who was bp. in Newton p. in 1832 [22], her father, Andrew, being buried in Newton p. in 1834 [15].
Newton KSM for 5 Jun. 1848, state the clerk was instructed to inform Peter Brown of Millerhill, that he, having withdrawn himself from attendance of divine worship, the session consider him no longer a member of the congregation [11]. It is possible that he joined another church, such as the Free Church of Musselburgh, since Newton KSM for 26 Nov 1849, indicate that his likely son, George, of Millerhill, had previously been a member of the Free Church of Musselburgh, and desired to be restored to Newton church [11].
In the 1851 census, Peter Brown and his wife, Isabella, lived alone in Easter Millerhill, Newton p. [12]. In Newton KSM for 5 Dec. 1856, the moderator said that Alexander Brown of Squaretown, Adam Jack, and Peter Brown, of Millerhill, were becoming infirm and not in favourable circumstances to enable them to keep up the regular payment of the Friendly Societies, of which they are members. The session agreed to allow payments be made out of session funds [1]
Friendly societies started in the Glasgow area in 1816. They consisted of colliers banded together for betterment of wages and aid for impoverished miners. Later they became involved in seeking benefits for illness and accidents, and sprang up throughout the coalfields of Scotland [14]
The 1861 census for Newton p., shows Peter Brown 75, formerly a Coal Miner , and his wife, Isabella, 73, continue to live in Millerhill, in a one-room cottage, with one or more windows [24]

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter Brown

Peter Brown
1786-????

1808

Isabel Archibald
1788-1870

Peter Brown
± 1830-????
Margaret Brown
± 1826-????
Helen Brown
± 1826-????
Euphemia Brown
± 1834-????
Christina Brown
± 1828-????
Betsy Brown
1833-????

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Sources

  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Brown Parish: Newton; ED: 2; Page: 7; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1861_133 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Peter Brown
    Name: Peter Brown
    Age: 75
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Isabella Brown
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Newton, Edinburghshire
    Registration Number: 696
    Registration district: Newton
    Civil parish: Newton
    County: Midlothian
    Address: Millerhill
    Occupation: Formerly Coal Miner
    ED: 2
    Household schedule number: 27
    Line: 2
    Roll: CSSCT1861_133
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Peter Brown 75 Head
    Isabella Brown 73 Wife
  2. Scottish Coalmining Ancestors by Lindsay S. Reeks, Lindsay S. Reeks, Scottish Coalmining Ancestors by Lindsay S. Reeks (Baltimore, USA, Gateway Press, 1986). I had been trying to get a copy of this book for nearly 20 years, eventually finding this copy at "WeBuyBooks", which I ordered on 10.04.2018 at a price of £42.71
    Scottish Coalmining Ancestors, author Lindsay S. Reeks. Gateway Press, Baltimore 1986.

    Scottish coalmining ancestors
    by Lindsay S. Reeks

    Published 1986 by Gateway Press, Direct book orders to L.S. Reeks in Baltimore, Pleasant Hill, Calif .
    Written in English
    Subjects
    Genealogy, Registers of births, Coal miners
    Places: Scotland, England, Australia
    Times: Begins over 300 years ago.

    About the Book

    This book is a work of over 30 years research of records of coalmining parishes of Scotland in the counties of Midlothian, Fife, West Lothian, East Lothian, Lanark, and Stirling; the counties of Northumberland and Durham in England, and a few areas of Australia.

    The families include ANDERSON, ARCHIBALD, BLACK, BOYD, BROWN, CHEYNE, CRAWFORD, CUNNINGHAM, FLEUCKER, JACK, JOHNSTON, KING, LINDSAY, LOURIE, MILLER, MOFFAT, NEILSON, PENTLAND, PORTEOUS, REID, ROBERTSON, RUSSEL, SMITH, STEEL, WALKER, WILLIAMSON, WILSON, and others. Many of them are traced back well over 300 years. Each line, treated alphabetically, is fully documented with sources used, contains supportive evidence, and an index of complete names. Some information on Scottish family research, and on Scottish coalminers, is also given.

    The book is 293 pages, hardcover, and is illustrated.
  3. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Brown Parish: Newton; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 900; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
    Record for Peter Brown
    Name: Peter Brown
    Age: 50
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Midlothian, Scotland
    Civil parish: Newton
    County: Midlothian
    Address: Millerhill
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    Parish Number: 696
    Household Members Age
    Peter Brown 50
    Peter Brown 11
    Margaret Brown 15
    Helen Brown 15
    Christina Brown 13
    Betsy Brown 8
    Euphemia Brown 7
    Isabella Archibald 50
  4. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Brown Parish: Newton; ED: 4; Page: 23; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_190; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Peter Brown
    Name: Peter Brown
    Age: 65
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Isabella Brown
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Newton, Midlothian
    Parish Number: 696
    Civil Parish: Newton
    Town: Easter Millerhill
    County: Midlothian
    Address: Wellington Place
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 4
    Page: 23
    Household Schedule Number: 84
    Line: 10
    Roll: CSSCT1851_190
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter Brown 65
    Isabella Brown 63
  5. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1786 BROWN, PETER J (Old Parish Registers Births 696/20 238 Newton) Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/112387180/person/200097122912/media/08b9ca15-902c-4d85-9ba7-8d056adafc62
    1786 BROWN, PETER J (Old Parish Registers Births 696/20 238 Newton)
    Newton February 10th: 1786
    This day was born Peter lawful Son to John Brown and Agnes Flucar and he was baptised the fifth day of March next witnesses James Brown Son and Jas Brown Son?
  6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1808 BROWN, PETER ISABELL ARCHIBALD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 689/ 130 210 Inveresk and Musselburgh) 27/02/1808 1808 BROWN, PETER ISABEL ARCHIBALD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 696/ 40 341 Newton) 15/04/1808 Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/3003680/person/24221307192/media/2ea4b483-5f7c-4bb3-acc0-5b0b66bedc6d
    1808 BROWN, PETER ISABELL ARCHIBALD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 689/ 130 210 Inveresk and Musselburgh)
    27/02/1808

    1808 BROWN, PETER ISABEL ARCHIBALD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 696/ 40 341 Newton)
    15/04/1808

    Marriages Newton 1808
    Newton 28th Feby 1803
    Brown and Archibald
    Peter Brown in this Parish and Isabell Archibald in the Parish of Inveresk gave in their Names for Proclamation of Marriage. They were Married the 15th April next by the Rev. Mr. Moodie

Historical events

Birthday February 10, 1786

  • The temperature on February 10, 1786 was about 4.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
    • June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
    • August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
    • August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
    • August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
    • September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

Christening day March 5, 1786

  • The temperature on March 5, 1786 was about -7 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
    • August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
    • August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
    • August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
    • November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
    • December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

Day of marriage April 15, 1808

  • The temperature on April 15, 1808 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
    • April 6 » John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
    • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
    • May 3 » Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
    • September 14 » Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
    • October 14 » The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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