Johan Jacob Braun

1730 - 1808  (78 years)

• Name	Johan Jacob Braun
  Born	27 Feb 1729/30	Ruschberg, Pfalz, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	01 Apr 1808	Telford, Washington, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I2712	My Roots
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Stephen Christian Braun,   b. 02 Feb 1702/3, Niedermohr, Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1763, Rowan, North Carolina, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Maria Eva Hamen,   b. 28 Apr 1710, Ruschberg, Pfalz, Germany ,   d. Rowan, North Carolina, USA
  Married	03 Mar 1728/29	Ruschberg, Pfalz, Germany
  Family ID	F715	Group Sheet  |  Family chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Goettgen,   b. Abt 1731
  Married	Abt 1751	East Cocalico Townshp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. Phillip Brown,   d. 07 Apr 1848   2. Conrad Brown   3. Jacob Brown, Jr.,   b. 1752,   d. 10 May 1841, Washington, Tennessee, USA  (Age 89 years)   4. George Brown,   b. 1755, Rowan, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1846, Alexander, Illinois, USA  (Age 91 years)   5. Abraham Brown,   b. 1756, Rowan, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 20 Jul 1842, Vermilion, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)   6. Margaret Brown,   b. 1757   7. David Brown,   b. 1759,   d. 1833, Greene, Tennessee, USA  (Age 74 years) + 8. Mary Brown,   b. 1774   9. Catherine Brown,   b. Abt 1776   10. John Brown,   b. 15 Oct 1778,   d. 1830  (Age 51 years)   11. Solomon Brown,   b. 04 Dec 1779,   d. Aft 1850  (Age > 72 years)
  Family ID	F710	Group Sheet  |  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Feb 1729/30 - Ruschberg, Pfalz, Germany Married - Abt 1751 - East Cocalico Townshp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Died - 01 Apr 1808 - Telford, Washington, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Known as the 'Waggonmaker'. Landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1738 with his parents. He relocated to Salisburg, NC about 1759. Jacob served in the NC Militia against the Indian raids. Birth: 1731 Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Death: Nov., 1807 Telford Washington County Tennessee, USA Johan Jacob "Wagonmaker" (Braun) Brown, born 1731 in Ruschberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, was the oldest son of Johan Stephen Christian Braun (1702-1762) and Maria Eva Hamen. His paternal grandparents were Johan Hans Jacob, blacksmith and farrier, and his wife Verena Agnes Braun; his maternal grandparents, Michael Hamen, court bailiff and his wife Anna Catherina Schneider Hamen. Jacob, along with his parents and younger siblings, arrived 9 September 1738 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship, GLASGOW. The family settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and resided there until the 1750's, when they moved southward to Rowan County, North Carolina. After arriving in Rowan County, the family began spelling their name "BROWN". In 1760 and 1761, Jacob purchased two tracts of land on Crane Creek, Rowan County, from the Earl of Granville. A portion of this land adjoined that of Jacob's brother, Michael Brown (1732-1807). Jacob was a wagonmaker, and performed patriotic service during the American Revolution by making and repairing wagons. 1751, Jacob married Elizabeth Goettgen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Johannes Goettgen and Christina Hamen. They were the parents of eleven children: In 1796, Jacob moved from Rowan County, North Carolina to Washington County, Tennessee. Three of his sons, George, Jacob, Jr., and Abraham, had settled in Washington County several years earlier. Jacob purchased 235 acres of land on a branch of Little Limestone Creek from John Rimeal 17 July 1796. Later that year, he sold portions of this farm to his sons, Jacob, Jr. and David. As years passed the small stream that flows from east to west through the farm became known as the Brown Branch. This farm remained in the Brown family for nearly 150 years, with the last Brown owner selling out in the 1940's; it is presently owned by John W. Howze of Telford. Mr. John W. Hawze, passed away in 2009, I do not know who owns the property now. An old log cabin that was located on this farm was believed to have been Jacob's home; in January 1987, the cabin was dismantled by two descendants, James C. and James T.Dykes, and stored for future restoration. After moving to Washington County, Jacob began to be referred to as "wagonmaker" in deeds and other legal documents in order to distinguish him from another, unrelated Jacob Brown, who lived near the Nolichucky River. Several of Jacob Brown's children attended Cherokee Baptist Church, a short distance south of the Brown farm; however, it is not known whether Jacob attended services there. Many of Jacob's children, grandchildren and other descendants were blacksmiths, wagonmakers, and wheelwrights. Jacob died between November 1807, Washington County, Tennessee and was buried in the family cemetery on his farm. As was the custom at that time, his grave was marked with a hand-lettered piece of limestone with the inscription: "Jacob Brown N 1807." As time passed, the cemetery fell into disuse and the gravestones were broken and scattered. Jacob Brown's gravestone was "rediscovered" in 1987 by James T. Dykes, Nell Fox, and Bill Fox and was removed from the farm, with the owner's permission, for safekeeping.