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Martina
Hogan Brown
Martina Hogan was born in 1740. She was the first child born to Albany residents William and Susanna Lansing Hogan.
In
1761, a British army chaplain married her and St.
Peter's Rector Rev. Thomas Brown at the Albany church.
At least two of her children were baptized there
during the decade that followed.
While
at St. Peter's. Brown's family lived in both the
old and new minister's houses. In 1768, the Browns
left Albany. In 1772, he was appointed rector in
Dorchester, Maryland. After Brown's death in 1784,
Martina and the children returned home to Albany.
In
1790 and 1800, she was identified as the head of
an Albany household in the first ward that included
several children.
The
widow Martina Hogan Brown died about 1807. Her will
passed probate in March!
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Sources: The life of Martina Hogan Brown is CAP biography
number 4379. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
Despite
being listed on two census documents, her name is
absent from assessment rolls in 1788 and 1799. However,
several other Browns were included in the first ward
in 1799!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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