Son of James Brownlee &
Jane Leaman
One of eleven children;
2 sisters & 8 brothers
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1777 John***see below
1779 Archibald***see below
1782 Hugh d. 1861 PA
1784 Elizabeth (Brownlee)***see below
1786 William "Sheep Billy"***see below
1787 Thomas***see below
1789 Samuel***see below
1791 Joseph***see below
1793 Jane B. (McCoy)***see below
1797 David***see below

Married Ann Clark
05 May 1803 Washington Co, PA
Father of one daughter
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1808 Anne Clark (McKinney)

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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Name: James Brownlee
Gender: Male
Birth Place: PA
Birth Year: 1780
Spouse Name: Ann Clark
Marriage State: PA

Married Mary Jolly
05 Jul 1810 Washington Co, PA
Father of five children;
1 daughter & 4 sons
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1808 Mary Jane (Ritner) d. 1844 IA
1812 Archibald Ebenezer***see below
1813 Elisha d. 1897
1818 John d. 1822
1819 James, Jr. d. 1853

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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Name: Mary Jolly
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1789
Spouse Name: James Brownlee
Spouse
Birth Place: PA
Spouse Birth Year: 1780
Marriage
Year: 1810
Marriage State: PA

Married Eleanor Finnical
27 May 1824 Somerset Co, PA
Father of five children;
3 daughters & 2 sons
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1825 Harrison
1827 Sarah Caroline (Noles) d. 1898 CO
1830 Jackson
1834 Mary
1836 Margaret (Allen)

Note***
1850 Census, now widowed he is living in Mercer Co, IL with four of his five youngest children; Harrison age 25, Jackson age 20, Mary age 16 and Margaret age 14

Biographical Sketch
Warren County, Illinois History and Families, 2003 Page 106
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James Brownlee Jr. living in Taylorstown, a spot in the road near Washington, Pennsylvania was a Justice of the Peace. In late 1700's and early 1800's it meant serving in a quasi-legal manner. He is also reputed to run a hostelry, a stopping point on the National or Cumberland Road (1805).
It was very common for church congregations to settle in one place, moving westward as a group. Pioneers seem to go to church communities where they knew people. In time, James Jr. followed his daughters, Jane and Abraham Ritner, Ann and Abraham McKinney to Monmouth, Illinois area. He settled with Eleanor and his new family just across the Warren county line in Mercer county, near Aledo, Illinois. Here in the County Courthouse in Box 27 are his estate papers. In Aledo he again works as a Justice of the Peace and at the time of his death people owed him $2,223, a great deal of money in 1850. Ironically he died intestate. By 13 December 1850, his death date, both daughters, Ann and Jane were dead.

In the weeds of the abandoned Brownlee cemetery (now a tended plot of prairie grass) on a county road, a stone was found lying on the ground with the name broken off but with his death date.