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     Joseph was born in December 1718 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of William Crocker and Mary Crocker. Joseph died in 1741.¹

     Clair was born on 27 January 1871 at Berlin Hights, Erie, Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of Hudson Tuttle and Emma Dianis Rood. Clair Tuttle married Frank L. Yerance on 3 February 1897 at Madrid, New York.²

     Carl was born on 22 July 1861 at Berlin Hights, Erie, Ohio.^1,2 He was the son of Hudson Tuttle and Emma Dianis Rood. Doctor Carl Tuttle married Agnes Fowler, daughter of George Fowler and Hester Hill, on 16 October 1884 at Berlin Heights, Ohio.² Carl died on 27 November 1949 at Berlin Heights, Ohio, at age 88.²

     Nicholas was born on 14 February 1820 at Garrard County, Kentucky. He was the son of Francis Menifield Brown and Martha (Patsy) Marksbury. He married Mary A. York on 2 April 1840. Nicholas died on 27 March 1875 at age 55.

     William was born on 12 August 1826 at Washington County, Indiana. He was the son of Francis Menifield Brown and Martha (Patsy) Marksbury. He married Jane Weaver on 17 May 1849. William died on 24 March 1910 at age 83.

     John was born on 3 July 1839 at Crawford, Illinois. He was the son of Francis Menifield Brown and Martha (Patsy) Marksbury. He married Martha A. York on 23 December 1858. John died on 4 February 1925 at age 85.

     Elizabeth was born on 17 June 1817 at Garrard County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Francis Menifield Brown and Martha (Patsy) Marksbury. She married Merit Nichols on 8 November 1836. Elizabeth died on 27 January 1892 at age 74.

     Lydia was born on 20 May 1822 at Garrard County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Francis Menifield Brown and Martha (Patsy) Marksbury. She married Thomas Barbee on 11 November 1841. Lydia died on 3 June 1870 at age 48.

     William was born.³ He married NN---- Menefee at Virginia.¹
     
      Colonel William Brown was from North Carolina and served in the Revolutionary War and at one time was on General Washington's staff. He was with General Francis Marion some of the time. William later came to Indiana to lay his land grant. He started out on horseback with an ax and blazed trees all day, and this land was his....where Greencastle now stands. He then went back home to North Carolina and never came back and let the land go by defult. General Marion rode a fine stallion named Selam. William Brown had sons Robert and Francis. The name Marion has been given to some of the boys and they all have horses named Selam.
     
      Washburn Chapter DAR Records
     
     
      "William Brown enlisted from Fauquier Co., VA. In the battles of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis. Mr. Cornell stood at the head of his grave when he was buried in 1831 or 1832 on the old Robert Brown place about a mile east of the Hanna Crossing on the south side of St. Rd. 36 (later known as the Lincoln Wimmer farm). Grave is marked. Nancy Singleton daughter of William Brown, owned the adjoining farm (Andrew Wimmer place). William Brown was the father-in-law of William Banks, Revolutionary, who had a son Wesley.
     
     
      Data from a letter dated 24 October 1929, from Laura B. Boardman."
     
     
      William died near Brainbridge, Putnam Co., IN.


William Brown, of Culpeper Co; removed 1794, to Mercer Co. , KY; 1799 to Garrard Co., to Putnam Co., Ind; 1826-1829; d. there 1830; m. NN---- Menefee, daughter of James Strother Menefee.
     
     


William died in 1830 at Putman County, Indiana.

     Robert was born on 22 February 1785 at Virginia. He was the son of Colonel William Brown and NN---- Menefee. He married Nancy Ann Brown. Robert died on 20 November 1870 at age 85.

     She married Mathew Moorehead.¹

     She married Mathew Moorehead.¹ Jerusia died.

     Robert was born in 1803.¹ He was the son of Mathew Moorehead and Lydia Davids. Robert died in September 1850.¹

     Ann was born in 1804.¹ She was the daughter of Mathew Moorehead and Lydia Davids. Ann died on 13 April 1852.¹

     Jane was born.¹ She was the daughter of Mathew Moorehead and Lydia Davids.

     Mathew was born on 15 October 1809.¹ He was the son of Mathew Moorehead and Lydia Davids.

     Anna was born on 6 November 1842.¹ She was the daughter of Joshua Nye and Mary C. Moorehead. Anna died on 14 August 1871 at age 28.¹

     William was born.¹ He was the son of Robert Moorhead and Ann NN----.

     Thomas was born.¹ He was the son of Robert Moorhead and Ann NN----.

     John was born.¹ He was the son of Robert Moorhead and Ann NN----.

     Ann was born.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Moorhead and Ann NN----.

     Jane was born.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Moorhead and Ann NN----.

     He was a bishop. Lave died.
     
     Lave Nye
     
     ________________________Denmark
     
     
      The name Nye as a family name made its first appearance about the middle of the thirteenth century in the Sjelland Section of Denmark. At that time there were great internal uprisings in Sweden and many of the Swedes fled to adjoining countries to escape the dangers which threatened them at home. These people settled in little communities throughout Denmark and we find traces of their settlements in such compound names as Ny-borg, Ny-stead and of other towns named after their Swedish homes; in like manner to the naming of a New Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers in America; the prefix Ny in the Danish language, meaning new or new comer.
     
     
      In the adoption of surnames which hitherto had been practically unknown they employed much the same method. Great confusion often resulted from the lack of a surname and so to distinguish a man he was given a surname which suggested itself from some characteristic of the man as for instance a trade or occupation, such as Baker, Carpenter, or Gardener, often his figure made the necessary suggestion, as Broad, Short, or Tallman; or the simple addition of son, as Johnson, Williamson, or Robinson.
     
     
      And so one of these emigrants from Sweden was given by the inhabitants of his new country the name Nye or Newcomer.
     
     
      For the ancestry of this man we must look to the traditional history of Denmark. There are several stories of his origin but one will be sufficient to give us a point from which we may start. This tradition tells us that about the middle of the thirteenth century a person came and settled in Fredericksborg Bailiwick and Slangerup Parish in the Sjelland Section of Denmark. There was a rumor that he was the descendant of Harold Blautand who died in 985, through his daughter, who married one of the most famous of the Swedish heroes, Styribiorn, Son of Olaf, King of Sweden.
     
     
      LAVE NYE was a son of this descendant of the royal house of Sweden and is the first whose name appears on record. He became a man of great prominence and in 1316 was Bishop of Roskilde in the Sjelland Section. (Lexicon over Adelige Familier in Danmark, Norge og Hertogdommene).
     
      "Benjamin Nye of Sandwich, Massachusetts, His Ancestors and Descendants"
     . He lived in 1316 at Roskilde, Sjelland Sec., Denmark.¹