Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Rebecca Brown (b. circa ? - d. circa ?)
MSA SC 3520-15834
Baltimore City, Maryland
Biography:
Rebecca Brown was married to Thomas
Brown, an African American who, in 1792, sought election to one of
the two seats in the House of Delegates allotted to Baltimore City.1
Rebecca showed up in tax lists through 1826. She may have been the Mrs.
Brown who was living in Baltimore City in 1820, in what had become Ward
11. The census recorded her as white, with three sons and one daughter
living with her.2
1. The
Mail, or Claypoole's Daily Advertiser, October 2, 1792, MSA SC 5634
(Papenfuse Newspaper Collection).
2. U.S.
Census Record (Census Bureau, MD) for Mrs. Brown, 1820, Baltimore City,
Ward 11, Page 449, Line 2 [MSA SM61-63, SCM 2064].
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