John Brown^[1]

about 1826 -

• Name	John Brown  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Born	about 1826	Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland   [2]
  Immigration	15 November 1851  [3]
  Occupation	1851: Journeyman Blacksmith  [2]
  Person ID	I71158	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 June 2007

  
  

  Father	Thomas Tait,   b. 25 June 1815, Kirkpatrick Durham, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 25 September 1891, Foster Twp., McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Moffat,   b. 1813, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 8 January 1885, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F49479	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John brown was actually a journeyman apprentice to Thomas Tait, but by all accounts was treated as an adopted son, and was brought with the family to America. “Grandfather adopted (?) John Brown, a young man in his teens, from some charitable institution about seven years after his marriage. John helped in the shop and was treated like a son--going to school... “John Brown ran away with $100 Grandfather was saving to come to America--came back and was forgiven and brought to this country... “John Brown was helping in the sugar bush [in PA] making sugar troughs. When Grandfather passed near him his axe slipped, hitting Grandfather on the right hip. They carried him home on the stone boat and called the doctor (Dr. Peckham).” 1851 Scotland Census Name: John Brown Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Relationship: Lodger Gender: Male Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian Parish Number: 823 Civil parish: Durisdeer County: Dumfriesshire Address: Enterkinfoot Occupation: Journeyman Blacksmith Household Members: Name Age John Brown 25 Agness Tait 6 Elizabeth Tait 35 Elizabeth Tait 8 Jannet Tait 1 Joseph Tait 9 Marrion Tait 4 Thomas Tait 35, [2, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1398] GEDCOM file from file “AdamMoffatDesends”, submitted by Alaric Faulkner. [S1370] Scotland Census, 1851. [S1372] Barque Junior, arrived from Glasgow to New York Harbor on November 15, 1851. [S1362] Reminiscences of Elizabeth Tait Gallaher -- Notes of Estella Fox Beam.