Neill Brown Journal

Following are excerpts from Neill Brown's Journal which pertain to family events and records. Included are names of children of Malcolm Smith and Sarah Patterson, parents of Ann Smith Brown; marriage date of Archibald Smith Brown to Ann Holmes; Hugh Brown Sr. date of death; John Brown (brother of Neill Brown) date of death; William Brown's (brother of Neill Brown) date of death; names and births of Daniel Smith and Catherine Brown's children; dates of marriage of Margaret Brown (daughter of Neill Brown) and date of death of her first husband Rev. Gilbert Murphey; and finally directions to Alex Brown's home in Scotland.

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The names and ages of the children of Malcolm Smith and Sarah Patterson, his wife:

Peggy Smith was born Thursday 18th May 1746

John Smith was born Tuesday 20th June 1748

Patrick Smith was born Sunday 17th June 1750

Anna Smith was born Friday 17th July 1752

Malcolm Smith was born Thursday 4th July 1754

Archibald Smith was born Friday 28th August 1756

Duncan Smith was born Saturday 22nd December 1758

Neill Smith was born Friday 26th June 1761

Daniel Smith was born Monday 2nd of October 1764

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Archibald S. Brown married to Ann Holmes on Monday the 3^rd November 1817 by the Rev. McIver.

Page 17

Hugh Brown, Sr. departed this life on Saturday, October 18^th 1794, age 77 or 78.

Page 29

John Brown was born December 28, 1751 in North Carolina, Cumberland County, on Cape Fear River, and departed this life the 16^th day of January 1794 whose age was 42 years and 20 days.

William Brown died on Wednesday the 8^th of March 1826, age 70 years, three months and 16 days.

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The name and ages of the children of Daniel Smith and Catherine Brown, his wife:

Neill Smith was born 21 March 1777

Daniel Smith was born 26 February 1779

Hugh Smith was born 26 February 1779

John Smith was born 13 October 1782

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Gilbert Murphey and Margaret Brown was married on Thursday 16^th day of December 1819 by the Rev. Malcolm McNair and died on the 26 day of November eighteen minutes after five o'clock in the evening, 1820.

Margaret married the second time to George McIntosh, the 7^th day of October 1828.

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Each of the children of Daniel Smith received 89 lbs., 14 shillings of their father's estate at one time and $25 each afterward.

Daniel received after that, five dollars for each of them again, and Hugh received $22, which they agreed to give their brother Neill; only five Hugh kept.

Directions to Scotland:

Alex Brown

Lickgruinart Parish [Leekgrunart Parish]

Of Kilchoman Island

Of Islay, Argyll shire