• Note the Abenaki Native idea on the the Brown family website “is not” a solid theory . Only one descendant tested autosomally and applied his results to our history. I am a direct male Descendant of William Brown . Taking the exact DNA Consultants test I tested for positive Cherokee DNA and no Abenaki DNA to match his theory .

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It is more safe to Say, our Margaret was of Native descent. We have Native Ancestors in our family tree, therefore it still shows on our DNA tests today.

It is incorrect of the Brown family website to take an autosomal DNA test find results in self and then apply it to a particular ancestor. Most of our Autosomal DNA which is expressed in our autosomal tests is most inherited from our past 4 grandparents max.

It makes more since, that our Brown relative, who posted his AbenakiDNA results had an Abenaki ancestor within his family tree somewhere else in his last 4 sets of grandparents.
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http://www.brownhistory.org/Abenaki.htm
Brown Family History and Library - Abenaki Native American with Portuguese Ancestry

After the American Revolutionary War, in 1788 the western portion of the now much smaller Rowan County was organized as Iredell County, and in 1822 the eastern part became Davidson County. Finally, in 1836 that part of Rowan County north of the South Yadkin River became Davie County and Rowan County was reduced to its present size.[7]

A John BROWN and a William BROWN are found listed next to each other in 1772  Rowan County, NC, Tax List of William Sharp, which List areas are reported as:  “area of western Davie, '''northern Iredell''', southern Wilkes, Yadkin counties” at page 115 of Jo White Lynn’s Rowan County, North Carolina Tax Lists 1757-1800, Annotated Transcriptions.  This is the year of their father’s death, and perhaps after his death, the two brothers traveled a little further northwest, up the Yakin River, to claim land together

Note: * All dates from William and Margaret Brown are ONLY estimates .

• dates for children have also been estimated Stated on : Brown family history Website:

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Estimated – William and Margret Brown’s Birth and Marriage Years:

   Once the birth order and years are estimated for their children, the marriage and birth dates of William and Margret may be better estimated.  Thus, William and Margret may have been married in about 1742, one year before the estimated birth, 1743, of their first named child, Charity Robson.  William also may have been born about 1717 by subtracting the standard 25 year birth-to-marriage assumption from his estimated marriage year 1742.  Margret may have been born about 1722 by subtracting the standard 21 year birth-to-marriage assumption from the 1742 marriage year.

Under investigation as Catawba Native. We have Stillwell court case files with testimony stating our Whole Brown Family Were Considered Mixed Blood or Colored. Through 8 different Y DNA tests I show no African DNA except for Morocco, so it is safe to say the family was being called colored or mixed blood because of their native ancestry.

• see Stillwell court file:

https://media.geni.com/p13/00/4b/6b/d8/534448475914bafc/stillwellcourtcaseclaimingmybrownswerecoloredmixedblood_original.pdf?hash=da8a45e8b308af9e3fa0e9032171ea656b987030c76f51a3d1d500a1e5f4ad8c.1744268399
The wonderful and special benefit from this case is we can see the names listed are the same names listed on William Brown's Will therefore it is confirmed our family and not another Brown line.

William was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War 1775-1783. (independent solider)

William Brown and Margret Brown had 9 children:
1- William Brown b. 1753; md. Diana Davis on 6 May 1772 in Rowan County
2- John Brown b. 1755, 3- James Brown, Sr. b. 1757; md. Mary or Polly Williams Emberson or Emmerson; d. 1823 4- Charity Brown Robson/Robeson/Robison b. 1749, 5- Hannah Brown Elliott b. 1751; md. Joseph Elliott or Ellit, 4 June 1767 in Rowan County 6- Constant Brown Wynn/Winn b. 1758 ; md.John Wynn or Winn 7- Susannah Brown Brown b. 1760; md. Brown, daughter named Margaret Brown 8- Elizabeth Brown Hendrix/Hendricks b. 1762, 9- Margaret Brown Stillwell Roberts b. c.1763; md. Thomas Stillwell in Rowan County c.1778, had a son named Thomas Stillwell. In the late 1770s or early 1780s, they moved to Johnston County, North Carolina, where Margaret later married a Mr. Roberts c.1780. All born in Rowan County, North Carolina, during pre-American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).

Kristine A. Card, a 2nd great granddaughter of Captain James Brown, living in North Carolina, noticed that some of the printed copies of the will of William Brown (d. 1772) left out one daughter, namely, Margaret. This prompted her to go to the State Archives in Raleigh, North Carolina, to look at the original. She made copies of the original will and noticed that the fold in the paper had made it difficult to read the line which included the name of his daughter, Margaret.