Submitted by
Harold B. Whitmore, Wilmington, Delaware
Family Records of Clayton and
Sarah Jane Hildreth Brown
The bible pages were torn from the bible itself at some time in the past, and are presently owned by Alpha Gillespie, of Flint, Michigan. Material in brackets [ ] added by the transcriber and not part of the original record.
Page 1, "Family Record, Marriages"
Clayton BROWN & Sarah Jane, HILDRITH [sic] married May 23rd 1842
| Sarah Jane Brown | Clayton Brown | ||
| Born Sept. 22, 1821 | Born Apr. 9, 1813 | ||
| Died Sept. 7, 1878 | Died Jan 9, 1887 |
[Transcriber's note: Both Clayton and Sarah Jane are reported on census records as born in New York, Clayton probably in Tioga County, New York and Sarah Jane probably in Minisink, Orange County, New York. The wedding probably took place in South Creek, as that was the location of the marriage of Sarah Jane's sister, Susan Corey Hildreth, to Clayton's brother, Charles Brown, in December 1843, as reported in the Elmira Gazette for 4 January, 1844. Sarah Jane (Hildreth) Brown died in Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan and Clayton Brown in Cedar Township, Antelope County, Nebraska.]
Page 2, "Family Record, Births – Deaths"
| George M. [Mickle] Brown | Died Feb. 11-1927 | ||||||||||
| Born March 1st 43 | [Detroit, Michigan] | ||||||||||
| Joseph [Crane] Brown | Died 1907 or 8 | ||||||||||
| Born July 10th 45 | [Port Huron, Michigan May 4, 1907] | ||||||||||
| Daniel H. [Hildreth] Brown | Died May 12th 1915 | ||||||||||
| Born Sept 24th 47 | [Saginaw, Michigan] | ||||||||||
| [Tioga Township, Tioga County] | |||||||||||
| Amanda J. [Jane] Brown | Died Feb 12 1937 | ||||||||||
| Born Nov 3rd 49 | [Owosso, Michigan] | ||||||||||
| [Tioga Township, Tioga County] | |||||||||||
| Elmira Brown | Jan 27 1937 | ||||||||||
| Born Jan 31st 52 | [Lincoln, Nebraska] | ||||||||||
| Clayton Brown, Jr. | Died August 29th, 55 | ||||||||||
| Born February 6th 1854 | [Pennsylvania] | ||||||||||
| Page 3 | |||
| John H. Brown | Jan 8, 1936 | ||
| Born April 10th /56 | [El Reno, Oklahoma] | ||
| Emanet Brown | Feb. 26-1928 | ||
| Born May 3rd /58 | [Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan] | ||
| Elmer E. Brown | Died December 21st 1882 | ||
| Born 25th May /61
[Brown Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania] |
[Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan]
[Date could be read as 1888, but from his gravestone in the Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, we know that this is 1882.] |
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The following information, on two small sheets of lined paper, appears to have been kept with the above bible records. Births are listed on one sheet, deaths on the same line on the second sheet. The corner of sheet 1 has been torn off, so that the year of birth for Daniel is missing.
| Daniel Hildreth | Daniel Hildreth | |
| Born January the 3 17?? | Died October 5th 1876 | |
| [South Creek, Bradford County; buried in the Doty Hill Cemetery] | ||
| Sarah Crain [sic] | Sarah Hildreth | |
| Born June the 27 1793 | died April the 17 1872 | |
| [South Creek, Bradford County; buried in the Doty Hill Cemetery] | ||
| The children of Daniel and Sarah Hildreth | ||
| Mary Ann Hildreth | Mary Ann Brown | |
| Born Aprl the 6 1816 | Died Oct the 7 1869 | |
| [Married Smith Brown; buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, NY] | ||
| Harriet Eliza Hildreth | Harriet Eliza Hildreth | |
| Born January the 3 1818 | [Married Gilbert Denton Coleman. Died 28 September 1893. Buried in Doty Hill Cemetery.] | |
| Charls [sic] Foster Hildreth | ||
| Born October the 2 1819 | ||
| Sarah Jane Hildreth | Sarah Jane Hildreth | |
| Born September the 23 1821 | Died Sept 6th 1878 | |
| [Married Clayton Brown, died in Michigan] | ||
| Evelinda H. Hildreth | Evelinda H. Hildreth | |
| Born April the 26 1823 | [Married Norman Stevens. Died 9 March 1897. Buried in the Doty Hill Cemetery.] | |
| Susan C. Hildreth | Susan C. Hildreth | |
| Born March the 1 1825 | [Married Charles Brown. Died 10 Jan 1893, Wellsville, New York.] | |
| Smith H. [Halstead] Hildreth | Smith H. [Halstead] Hildreth | |
| Born January the 20 1827 | [Died 15 July 1898, Elmira, Chemung, NY. Buried in the Ashland Township Cemetery, Wellsburg] | |
| Elmira H. Hildreth | Elmira W. Evens | |
| Born April the 12 1829 | Died March the 12 1866 | |
| [Covington Township, Tioga County] | ||
| Daniel Floyd Hildreth | [Died 22 January 1892. Buried in the | |
| Born March the 15 1831 | Doty Hill Cemetery.] | |
| Julia Antoinette Hildreth | [Died 3 February 1925, Fassett, Bradford County. Buried in the Ashland Township Cemetery, Wellsburg, in the lot of her brother, Smith H. Hildreth.] | |
| Born June the 3 1823 |
[All the children were probably born in Minisink, Orange County, New York]
Another old record of the Hildreth births was apparently copied from the record above. This sheet was among the papers of Sepha Coquigne Tupper, the second daughter of Emmanet (Brown) Coquine, a daughter of Sarah Jane (Hildreth) Brown. This passed to Sepha Tupper's niece, Jennie Hildreth (Waterous) Vincent, and is now in the possession of the transcriber. This duplicates all the above Hildreth birthdates, but shows a complete birth date for Daniel Hildreth as January 3rd 1787.
Transcribed by Harold B. Whitmore, Wilmington, Delaware, June 6 1997.
Halwhitmore@attglobal.net