"RHEUA Wife of Samuel Brown" is on her tombstone and on the Connecticut Death Record, but was spelled "Rhuama" on the 1850 census, "Ruhamah" on the 1860 census and "Reuhamah" in Samuel Brown's will. The 1850 census has her born in Connecticut, but the 1860 Federal Census has her born in New York. She died in Pound Ridge and is buried in Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford. It is safe to say that the 11+ miles separating Pound Ridge and Stamford is the area that she lived her whole life.
Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934:
Name: Rheua Brown
Birth Date: abt 1777
Age at Death: 88
Death Date: 17 Jul 1865
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: Stamford, Connecticut
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Samuel
The maiden name of Rheua Brown is unknown. Some have suggested that her maiden name is Jones. In 'Descendants of Robert Lockwood: Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A. D. 1630' (1889), Holden and Lockwood show Rheua Jones, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Lockwood Jones, with siblings: Rufus, Ebenezer, and Sally Jones. Rheua and Samuel Brown named their first child Mary.
The April 15, 1939 Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society published this query:
"Desire parentage and ancestry of Ruhamah (Rheua), wife of Samuel Brown, of Poundridge, Westchester County, New York. She was born April 23, 1777 and died July 17, 1865. They had the following children: Mary, Clarrisa, Arent [Aaron], Harriet, Sandy and Eliza, all born in Poundridge." Yet the calculation of her birthdate is April 17, 1777.
"RHEUA Wife of Samuel Brown" is on her tombstone and on the Connecticut Death Record, but was spelled "Rhuama" on the 1850 census, "Ruhamah" on the 1860 census and "Reuhamah" in Samuel Brown's will. The 1850 census has her born in Connecticut, but the 1860 Federal Census has her born in New York. She died in Pound Ridge and is buried in Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford. It is safe to say that the 11+ miles separating Pound Ridge and Stamford is the area that she lived her whole life.
Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934:
Name: Rheua Brown
Birth Date: abt 1777
Age at Death: 88
Death Date: 17 Jul 1865
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: Stamford, Connecticut
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Samuel
The maiden name of Rheua Brown is unknown. Some have suggested that her maiden name is Jones. In 'Descendants of Robert Lockwood: Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A. D. 1630' (1889), Holden and Lockwood show Rheua Jones, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Lockwood Jones, with siblings: Rufus, Ebenezer, and Sally Jones. Rheua and Samuel Brown named their first child Mary.
The April 15, 1939 Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society published this query:
"Desire parentage and ancestry of Ruhamah (Rheua), wife of Samuel Brown, of Poundridge, Westchester County, New York. She was born April 23, 1777 and died July 17, 1865. They had the following children: Mary, Clarrisa, Arent [Aaron], Harriet, Sandy and Eliza, all born in Poundridge." Yet the calculation of her birthdate is April 17, 1777.
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"In Memory of Rheua wife of Samuel Brown who died July 17, 1865
AE 88 y'rs & 3 mo's"
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