During the Revolution Robert served in Capt Thos Stokeley's Co, Col Loughrey's Regmt, Westmoreland County Rangers.
The DAR records show his spouse as Mary Bowel, 1774-1836.
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Per Explorer (#48206092)
The Will for Robert Brownfield Junior of Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania is filed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and is dated 15 Jan 1815. Signed and sealed in presence of Richard Patton and Robert Brownfield. Proved and probated in Court on 16 Mar 1815. Executors are wife Mary Brownfield, Charles Brownfield, and David Ross.
Family listed in will are wife Mary, eldest son Bazil, son Bowel, daughters - Lydia who is under age 18, Nancy, Mary, Rachel, and Elenor, grandson - Robert Freeman who is under age 21, and son-in-law - Benoni Freeman (name is hard to read for son-in-law).
Important items mentioned in will:
son Bowell is to bequeathed 100 acres of land to be surveyed out of the land lying in east side of Morgantown road now in possession of my FATHER ROBERT BROWNFIELD SENIOR
Regarding the family graveyard:
Robert Brownfield Junior writes that "It is my will that one half of an acre of land to be laid of in a square on the south side of town of Smithfield aforesaid for a family graveyard so as to include the graves that are at present on said ?? and fifty dollars or as much more be appropriated by my Executors to enclose the same..."
Fayette County, PA
Deed Bk: T Pg: 249 - 251 in 1835 Robert Brownfield Jr's children and spouses sign land documents to transfer ownership of land to Robert Freeman grandson listed in will. It lists children with spouses as they all sign and includes daughters' married names and where they live if out of county. That list includes:
Basil Brownfield and wife Sarah
Elenor Wiley and her husband Samuel
Rachel Showalter and her husband Reuben
Mary Gaddis and her husband Thomas
Lydia Brownfield and her husband Henry Brownfield
Bowel Brownfield of LaSalle County, Illinois (Note: Land records show his full name is Thomas Bowell Brownfield and he appears to be in Green County,WI on the 1850 and 1860 census)
Nancy Allensworth and her husband Mathias of Jefferson County, Ohio
The DAR records show his spouse as Mary Bowel, 1774-1836.
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Per Explorer (#48206092)
The Will for Robert Brownfield Junior of Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania is filed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and is dated 15 Jan 1815. Signed and sealed in presence of Richard Patton and Robert Brownfield. Proved and probated in Court on 16 Mar 1815. Executors are wife Mary Brownfield, Charles Brownfield, and David Ross.
Family listed in will are wife Mary, eldest son Bazil, son Bowel, daughters - Lydia who is under age 18, Nancy, Mary, Rachel, and Elenor, grandson - Robert Freeman who is under age 21, and son-in-law - Benoni Freeman (name is hard to read for son-in-law).
Important items mentioned in will:
son Bowell is to bequeathed 100 acres of land to be surveyed out of the land lying in east side of Morgantown road now in possession of my FATHER ROBERT BROWNFIELD SENIOR
Regarding the family graveyard:
Robert Brownfield Junior writes that "It is my will that one half of an acre of land to be laid of in a square on the south side of town of Smithfield aforesaid for a family graveyard so as to include the graves that are at present on said ?? and fifty dollars or as much more be appropriated by my Executors to enclose the same..."
Fayette County, PA
Deed Bk: T Pg: 249 - 251 in 1835 Robert Brownfield Jr's children and spouses sign land documents to transfer ownership of land to Robert Freeman grandson listed in will. It lists children with spouses as they all sign and includes daughters' married names and where they live if out of county. That list includes:
Basil Brownfield and wife Sarah
Elenor Wiley and her husband Samuel
Rachel Showalter and her husband Reuben
Mary Gaddis and her husband Thomas
Lydia Brownfield and her husband Henry Brownfield
Bowel Brownfield of LaSalle County, Illinois (Note: Land records show his full name is Thomas Bowell Brownfield and he appears to be in Green County,WI on the 1850 and 1860 census)
Nancy Allensworth and her husband Mathias of Jefferson County, Ohio
During the Revolution Robert served in Capt Thos Stokeley's Co, Col Loughrey's Regmt, Westmoreland County Rangers.
The DAR records show his spouse as Mary Bowel, 1774-1836.
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Per Explorer (#48206092)
The Will for Robert Brownfield Junior of Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania is filed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and is dated 15 Jan 1815. Signed and sealed in presence of Richard Patton and Robert Brownfield. Proved and probated in Court on 16 Mar 1815. Executors are wife Mary Brownfield, Charles Brownfield, and David Ross.
Family listed in will are wife Mary, eldest son Bazil, son Bowel, daughters - Lydia who is under age 18, Nancy, Mary, Rachel, and Elenor, grandson - Robert Freeman who is under age 21, and son-in-law - Benoni Freeman (name is hard to read for son-in-law).
Important items mentioned in will:
son Bowell is to bequeathed 100 acres of land to be surveyed out of the land lying in east side of Morgantown road now in possession of my FATHER ROBERT BROWNFIELD SENIOR
Regarding the family graveyard:
Robert Brownfield Junior writes that "It is my will that one half of an acre of land to be laid of in a square on the south side of town of Smithfield aforesaid for a family graveyard so as to include the graves that are at present on said ?? and fifty dollars or as much more be appropriated by my Executors to enclose the same..."
Fayette County, PA
Deed Bk: T Pg: 249 - 251 in 1835 Robert Brownfield Jr's children and spouses sign land documents to transfer ownership of land to Robert Freeman grandson listed in will. It lists children with spouses as they all sign and includes daughters' married names and where they live if out of county. That list includes:
Basil Brownfield and wife Sarah
Elenor Wiley and her husband Samuel
Rachel Showalter and her husband Reuben
Mary Gaddis and her husband Thomas
Lydia Brownfield and her husband Henry Brownfield
Bowel Brownfield of LaSalle County, Illinois (Note: Land records show his full name is Thomas Bowell Brownfield and he appears to be in Green County,WI on the 1850 and 1860 census)
Nancy Allensworth and her husband Mathias of Jefferson County, Ohio
The DAR records show his spouse as Mary Bowel, 1774-1836.
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Per Explorer (#48206092)
The Will for Robert Brownfield Junior of Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania is filed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and is dated 15 Jan 1815. Signed and sealed in presence of Richard Patton and Robert Brownfield. Proved and probated in Court on 16 Mar 1815. Executors are wife Mary Brownfield, Charles Brownfield, and David Ross.
Family listed in will are wife Mary, eldest son Bazil, son Bowel, daughters - Lydia who is under age 18, Nancy, Mary, Rachel, and Elenor, grandson - Robert Freeman who is under age 21, and son-in-law - Benoni Freeman (name is hard to read for son-in-law).
Important items mentioned in will:
son Bowell is to bequeathed 100 acres of land to be surveyed out of the land lying in east side of Morgantown road now in possession of my FATHER ROBERT BROWNFIELD SENIOR
Regarding the family graveyard:
Robert Brownfield Junior writes that "It is my will that one half of an acre of land to be laid of in a square on the south side of town of Smithfield aforesaid for a family graveyard so as to include the graves that are at present on said ?? and fifty dollars or as much more be appropriated by my Executors to enclose the same..."
Fayette County, PA
Deed Bk: T Pg: 249 - 251 in 1835 Robert Brownfield Jr's children and spouses sign land documents to transfer ownership of land to Robert Freeman grandson listed in will. It lists children with spouses as they all sign and includes daughters' married names and where they live if out of county. That list includes:
Basil Brownfield and wife Sarah
Elenor Wiley and her husband Samuel
Rachel Showalter and her husband Reuben
Mary Gaddis and her husband Thomas
Lydia Brownfield and her husband Henry Brownfield
Bowel Brownfield of LaSalle County, Illinois (Note: Land records show his full name is Thomas Bowell Brownfield and he appears to be in Green County,WI on the 1850 and 1860 census)
Nancy Allensworth and her husband Mathias of Jefferson County, Ohio
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