Margaret Sharpe
Born ca 1743 (born in Piles Grove, Salem County, in pre-revolution New Jersey)
Parents
Married Abia/Abiah Brown who had served as a deputy in the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776. He had significant real estate holdings related to iron mining and smelting.
Abia was born in the Township of Notingham in the County of Burlington, in pre-revolutionary New Jersey, and died in New Jersey.
Ancestor of Father of Texas Stephen Austin
8 Children
1 Mary Brown Austin
She liked to be called "Maria" (pronounced differently than typical for this particular spelling; the enunciation is like that of the first name of the singer Mariah Carey).
After the death of her mother, Mary's father asked Benjamin Fuller to board Mary and one of her sisters
Fuller was connected to Abia by marriage into the Sharp family and actually was her uncle.
Mary's son Stephen F. Austin's middle name is credited to his great uncle, Benjamin Fuller.
Mary's children:
Eliza, died young
Stephen F,
Emily Austin Perry (first married to James Bryan and later to James F. Perry),
James Elijah Brown Austin
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NOTES ON HER HUSBAND ABIA
Abia Brown (1743 – 1785) served as a Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 (at Trenton) and 1776 (at New Brunswick).
As Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, Abia Brown represented Sussex County, New Jersey along with Casper Shafer.
This position of "Deputy" was then a geographic representative position, and not to be confused with a modern day bailiff or a law enforcement agent present mainly to keep order.
Abia also served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex County in 1772 which at the time was a position of greater stature than present day judicial positions by the same name.
Abia was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor of New Jersey province.
Abia also served on the Counsel of Safety during the Revolutionary War
Abia's father was Preserve Brown, Jr., (whose father was Preserve Brown) and his grandmother was Mary French, daughter of Richard French or Mary Sykes.
Abia's parents and grandparents were Members of the Society of Friends and attended Quaker meetings at the Meeting House in Chesterfield
Abia's father-in-law was Joseph Sharp, also Quaker, leading to a conclusion that Abia's wife Margaret was also Quaker.
These facts lead to an intriguing question about the lapse of direct formal Quaker practice in favor of Episcopal, Anglican, or non-denominational practice among immediate descendants of Maria Brown Austin.
One explanation is the influence of Moses Austin, who was not Quaker, and another is the physical remoteness from the Quaker structure and population in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Born ca 1743 (born in Piles Grove, Salem County, in pre-revolution New Jersey)
Parents
Married Abia/Abiah Brown who had served as a deputy in the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776. He had significant real estate holdings related to iron mining and smelting.
Abia was born in the Township of Notingham in the County of Burlington, in pre-revolutionary New Jersey, and died in New Jersey.
Ancestor of Father of Texas Stephen Austin
8 Children
1 Mary Brown Austin
She liked to be called "Maria" (pronounced differently than typical for this particular spelling; the enunciation is like that of the first name of the singer Mariah Carey).
After the death of her mother, Mary's father asked Benjamin Fuller to board Mary and one of her sisters
Fuller was connected to Abia by marriage into the Sharp family and actually was her uncle.
Mary's son Stephen F. Austin's middle name is credited to his great uncle, Benjamin Fuller.
Mary's children:
Eliza, died young
Stephen F,
Emily Austin Perry (first married to James Bryan and later to James F. Perry),
James Elijah Brown Austin
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NOTES ON HER HUSBAND ABIA
Abia Brown (1743 – 1785) served as a Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 (at Trenton) and 1776 (at New Brunswick).
As Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, Abia Brown represented Sussex County, New Jersey along with Casper Shafer.
This position of "Deputy" was then a geographic representative position, and not to be confused with a modern day bailiff or a law enforcement agent present mainly to keep order.
Abia also served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex County in 1772 which at the time was a position of greater stature than present day judicial positions by the same name.
Abia was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor of New Jersey province.
Abia also served on the Counsel of Safety during the Revolutionary War
Abia's father was Preserve Brown, Jr., (whose father was Preserve Brown) and his grandmother was Mary French, daughter of Richard French or Mary Sykes.
Abia's parents and grandparents were Members of the Society of Friends and attended Quaker meetings at the Meeting House in Chesterfield
Abia's father-in-law was Joseph Sharp, also Quaker, leading to a conclusion that Abia's wife Margaret was also Quaker.
These facts lead to an intriguing question about the lapse of direct formal Quaker practice in favor of Episcopal, Anglican, or non-denominational practice among immediate descendants of Maria Brown Austin.
One explanation is the influence of Moses Austin, who was not Quaker, and another is the physical remoteness from the Quaker structure and population in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Margaret Sharpe
Born ca 1743 (born in Piles Grove, Salem County, in pre-revolution New Jersey)
Parents
Married Abia/Abiah Brown who had served as a deputy in the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776. He had significant real estate holdings related to iron mining and smelting.
Abia was born in the Township of Notingham in the County of Burlington, in pre-revolutionary New Jersey, and died in New Jersey.
Ancestor of Father of Texas Stephen Austin
8 Children
1 Mary Brown Austin
She liked to be called "Maria" (pronounced differently than typical for this particular spelling; the enunciation is like that of the first name of the singer Mariah Carey).
After the death of her mother, Mary's father asked Benjamin Fuller to board Mary and one of her sisters
Fuller was connected to Abia by marriage into the Sharp family and actually was her uncle.
Mary's son Stephen F. Austin's middle name is credited to his great uncle, Benjamin Fuller.
Mary's children:
Eliza, died young
Stephen F,
Emily Austin Perry (first married to James Bryan and later to James F. Perry),
James Elijah Brown Austin
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NOTES ON HER HUSBAND ABIA
Abia Brown (1743 – 1785) served as a Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 (at Trenton) and 1776 (at New Brunswick).
As Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, Abia Brown represented Sussex County, New Jersey along with Casper Shafer.
This position of "Deputy" was then a geographic representative position, and not to be confused with a modern day bailiff or a law enforcement agent present mainly to keep order.
Abia also served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex County in 1772 which at the time was a position of greater stature than present day judicial positions by the same name.
Abia was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor of New Jersey province.
Abia also served on the Counsel of Safety during the Revolutionary War
Abia's father was Preserve Brown, Jr., (whose father was Preserve Brown) and his grandmother was Mary French, daughter of Richard French or Mary Sykes.
Abia's parents and grandparents were Members of the Society of Friends and attended Quaker meetings at the Meeting House in Chesterfield
Abia's father-in-law was Joseph Sharp, also Quaker, leading to a conclusion that Abia's wife Margaret was also Quaker.
These facts lead to an intriguing question about the lapse of direct formal Quaker practice in favor of Episcopal, Anglican, or non-denominational practice among immediate descendants of Maria Brown Austin.
One explanation is the influence of Moses Austin, who was not Quaker, and another is the physical remoteness from the Quaker structure and population in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Born ca 1743 (born in Piles Grove, Salem County, in pre-revolution New Jersey)
Parents
Married Abia/Abiah Brown who had served as a deputy in the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776. He had significant real estate holdings related to iron mining and smelting.
Abia was born in the Township of Notingham in the County of Burlington, in pre-revolutionary New Jersey, and died in New Jersey.
Ancestor of Father of Texas Stephen Austin
8 Children
1 Mary Brown Austin
She liked to be called "Maria" (pronounced differently than typical for this particular spelling; the enunciation is like that of the first name of the singer Mariah Carey).
After the death of her mother, Mary's father asked Benjamin Fuller to board Mary and one of her sisters
Fuller was connected to Abia by marriage into the Sharp family and actually was her uncle.
Mary's son Stephen F. Austin's middle name is credited to his great uncle, Benjamin Fuller.
Mary's children:
Eliza, died young
Stephen F,
Emily Austin Perry (first married to James Bryan and later to James F. Perry),
James Elijah Brown Austin
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NOTES ON HER HUSBAND ABIA
Abia Brown (1743 – 1785) served as a Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 (at Trenton) and 1776 (at New Brunswick).
As Deputy to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, Abia Brown represented Sussex County, New Jersey along with Casper Shafer.
This position of "Deputy" was then a geographic representative position, and not to be confused with a modern day bailiff or a law enforcement agent present mainly to keep order.
Abia also served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex County in 1772 which at the time was a position of greater stature than present day judicial positions by the same name.
Abia was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor of New Jersey province.
Abia also served on the Counsel of Safety during the Revolutionary War
Abia's father was Preserve Brown, Jr., (whose father was Preserve Brown) and his grandmother was Mary French, daughter of Richard French or Mary Sykes.
Abia's parents and grandparents were Members of the Society of Friends and attended Quaker meetings at the Meeting House in Chesterfield
Abia's father-in-law was Joseph Sharp, also Quaker, leading to a conclusion that Abia's wife Margaret was also Quaker.
These facts lead to an intriguing question about the lapse of direct formal Quaker practice in favor of Episcopal, Anglican, or non-denominational practice among immediate descendants of Maria Brown Austin.
One explanation is the influence of Moses Austin, who was not Quaker, and another is the physical remoteness from the Quaker structure and population in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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