He was born at Rye, Westchester County, November 29, 1775, and until his death, on November 1, 1855, occupied the lands on which he was born, and which had been held by his family since the first settlement of the town. Few men were better known in his county or held in higher esteem. Of sound judgment, inflexible integrity, withal genial and given to hospitality, his counsel was widely sought and valued. He received a captain's commission in the War of 1812, but, as far as is now remembered, was not engaged in the field, being detailed to assist in the fortifications of Throgg's Neck and other points in the vicinity of New York. He served as a member of the Legislature in 1824, and two terms as county judge, occupying the bench with Judges William Jay, Constant and others. A righteous man and beloved, he left a rich heritage of memories to his family and friends'.

Judge Brown's first wife was Mary, daughter of Major Seymour, of Greenwich, Conn. The second was Pamelia, daughter of Dr. Clark Sanford, of Petersburg, Va. The third and surviving wife was j Abby Jane, daughter of David Brown, of Rye. His ' only children were by his second wife, viz. : Sanford C. Brown, a young man of exceeding promise, who, although dying at the age of twenty-eight years, from exposure in Asia Minor, on business for his firm, waa[l a prominent director and member of the Stamfon

• Bultun'ii " History of Wcstchoster."