John Brown
John Brown
1710-1753
James was born in 1710 to William Brown and Hester Baker-Yardley (1)
Hester Baker-Yardley was the widow of Thomas Yardley (son of William Yardley). Thomas and their children, Hester and William, tragically died in 1702-1703.
Hester and William Brown married in 1704 and had five children, including John. They were Margaret, James, Daniel, and William. Margaret and William married Churchman siblings.
After William Brown's death, Hester then married Richard Hough. They had a son, John’s half-brother, Richard Hough, named after his father.
John Brown married Hannah Hague in 1731 (2). They had six children: John Jr., Hannah, Mercy, Esther, Benjamin, and Mahlon.
The Brown family lived in two homes that still exist in LMT today. The first is located at 930 Stoney Hill Road (3), directly adjacent to Wegmans which was known as Prickett Farm (4). The second, at 949 Mirror Lake Road, was part of Thomas Janney’s original grant (5). Brown purchased it from Abel Janney in 1731. It is on Patterson Farm and now occupied by Artists of Yardley (AOY) (6). John passed away at the young age of 43 in 1753. His son John Jr inherited his farm (7). John Sr’s wife Hannah survived him and married Benjamin Cutler in 17 living until 1769 (8).
