Person:Mary Brown (84)

Watchers
  1. Mary Ann Wentworth Brown1795 - 1879
m. 11 Dec 1817
  1. Henry Brown Williams1820 - 1890
  2. Mary Ann Wentworth Williams1822 - 1907
  3. Edward Higginson Williams1824 - 1889
  4. Charles Storrow Williams1827 - 1890
  5. Louisa Jane Williams1830 - 1841
  6. Norman Williams1835 - 1899
  7. Susan Arnold Williams1838 - 1842
Facts and Events
Name Mary Ann Wentworth Brown
Gender Female
Birth? 24 Nov 1795 St. Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
Marriage 11 Dec 1817 Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United Statesto Norman Williams
Death? 6 Nov 1879 Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Designed the Vermont state seal

Colonial families of the United States of America: Volume 1 page 592 NORMAN WILLIAMS, m. at Woodstock, 11th December, 1817, Mary Ann Wentworth BROWN, b. in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, 24th November, 1795; d. in Montclair, N. J., 6th November, 1879; dau. of Henry Barlow and Rebecca (APPLETON) BROWN of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and Woodstock, Vt. While he was Secretary of State, Mrs. Williams made the sketch from which the present great Seal of Vermont was cut; she had previously designed seals for the Probate, County, and other Courts, which seals are now in use; during the Civil War, [p.592] Mrs. Williams was at the head of the Christian Commission;