He is listed as an 82-year-old resident of the Town of Rye, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in King Street Baptist Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he died on October 12, 1851, aged 83 years, 8 months, and 16 days. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163068335/merritt-brown BROWN, Nehemiah Two men named Nehemiah Brown were residing in Rye, New York, when John Macdonald was conducting his interviews: Nehemiah Brown (1766-1847), a son of Samuel Brown and Amy Merritt, and Nehemiah Brown (1775-1855), a son of Nathaniel Brown. It appears that Nehemiah Brown (1766-1847) was the only person by that name who was interviewed by John Macdonald. He was a brother of interviewee Merritt Brown. His tombstone in the Brown Family Burial Ground in Port Chester, New York, indicates that he died on December 4, 1847, aged 81 years, 10 months, and 11 days (WCHS Book #15, p.59; Book #17, p.82).
See also Spencer P. Mead, Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911), p.506. BRUNDAGE, Silas Silas Brundage is listed as a 52-year-old carpenter in the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in the Anderson Cemetery in Greenwich indicates that he died on August 4, 1866, aged 71 years, 7 months, and 24 days (WCHS Book #17, p.85). BRUSH, Benjamin Benjamin Brush's tombstone in New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he died on March 8, 1847, aged 82 years, 8 months, and 3 days. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25203316/benjamin-brush