THE BRUEN FAMILY TREE
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The Markhams are related to the Bruens through the McCormick/Kitchel/Bruen lineage by virtue of the marriage of Sarah Bruen to Abraham Kitchel.
Descendants of Robert le Brun

Generation No. 1

ROBERT LE BRUN

Notes for ROBERT LE BRUN:
Appears in a grant of land bearing the date 1230

Children of ROBERT LE BRUN are:
      i. THOMAS LE BRUYN.
      ii. EVA LE BRUYN, m. PHILLIP DE STRATTON.
      iii.ROBERT LE BRUN.

Generation No. 2

ROBERT LE BRUN (ROBERT)

Notes for ROBERT LE BRUN:
Heir of Bruen, Stapleford. Living 1262

Child of ROBERT LE BRUN is:
      i.EMMA LE BRUN.

Generation No. 3

EMMA LE BRUN (ROBERT) She married ROGER LE BRUYN.

Notes for EMMA LE BRUN:
Only daughter and sole heiress of Robert le Brun. Married Roger le Bruen, living in 1304.

Children of EMMA LE BRUN and ROGER LE BRUYN are:
      i. JOAN LE BRUYN, m. JOHN HOLFORD.
      ii.ROBERT LE BRUYN.
      iii. RICHARD LE BRUYN.
      iv. WILLIAM LE BRUYN.

Generation No. 4

4.ROBERT LE BRUYN (EMMA)

Notes for ROBERT LE BRUYN:
Heir by deeds dated 1316, 1318, 1354 & 1370.

Children of ROBERT LE BRUYN are:
      i. ROBERT LE BRUYN.
      ii.ROGER LE BRUYN.

Notes for ROBERT LE BRUYN:
Commanded a company of archers in France in 1357

Generation No. 5

ROGER LE BRUYN (ROBERT) He married CATHERINE DE LEIGH, daughter of JOHN DE LEIGH.

Notes for ROGER LE BRUYN:
Son & heir by deeds dated 1318

Children of ROGER LE BRUYN and CATHERINE DE LEIGH are:
      i. GEOFFREY LE BRUYN.
      ii.NICHOLAS LE BRUYN.

Notes for GEOFFREY LE BRUYN:
Ancestor of the Bruens of Tarvin.

Generation No. 6

NICHOLAS LE BRUYN (ROGER) He married ELLENA PRAERS 1363, daughter of ROGER DE PRAERS.

Children of NICHOLAS LE BRUYN and ELLENA PRAERS are:
      i. THOMAS LE BRUYN.
      ii.ROGER LE BRUYN.

Notes for NICHOLAS LE BRUYN:
Son and heir of full age 1362; living 1380

Notes for ELLENA PRAERS:
Sister and sole heir of henry de Praers of Duddon.

Generation No. 7

ROGER LE BRUYN (NICHOLAS) He married  CATHERINE NORREYS  1383, daughter of JOHN NORREYS.

Child of ROGER LE BRUYN and CATHERINE NORREYS is:
      i.THOMAS LE BRUYN.

Generation No. 8

THOMAS LE BRUYN (ROGER) He married ALICE GREENWAY, daughter of THOMAS GREENWAY.

Children of THOMAS LE BRUYN and ALICE GREENWAY are:
      i. JOHN BRUYN.
      ii. ROBERT LE BRUYN.
      iii.JAMES BRUYN.

Generation No. 9

JAMES BRUYN (THOMAS) He married DEDWODE, daughter of JOHN DEDWODE.

Child of JAMES BRUYN and DEDWODE is:
      i.JAMES BRUYN.

Generation No. 10

JAMES BRUYN (JAMES) He married  ANNE STARKIE, daughter of GODFFREY STARKIE and SYBILLA DUTTON.

Child of JAMES BRUYN and ANNE STARKIE is:
      i.JOHN BRUYN.

Generation No. 11

JOHN BRUYN (JAMES) He married MARY OTLEY, daughter of OTLEY.

Child of JOHN BRUYN and MARY OTLEY is:
      i.JOHN BRUEN, b. 1566; d. 1587.

Generation No. 12

JOHN BRUEN (JOHN) was born 1566, and died 1587. He married (1)ANNE DONE. He married (2)DOROTHY HOLFORD, daughter of SIR HOLFORD and JANE BOOTH.

Children of JOHN BRUEN and DOROTHY HOLFORD are:
      i.JOHN BRUEN, b. 1560; d. January 18, 1625.
      ii. CATHERINE BRUEN.

Generation No. 13

JOHN BRUEN (JOHN) was born 1560, and died January 18, 1625. He married (1)ELIZABETH HARDWARE COWPER. She was born 1552, and died 1596. He married (2)ANNE FOX, daughter of WILLIAM FOX. She died 1606. He married (3) MARGARET (ALLEN) RUTTER 1613.

Children of JOHN BRUEN and ELIZABETH COWPER are:
      i. GILBERT BRUEN, d. Infant.
      ii. JOHN BRUEN, d. 1647.
      iii. ANNE BRUEN, b. 1585.
      iv. JAMES BRUEN, b. 1587; d. 1621.
      v. HENRY BRUEN, b. 1588.
      vi. ELIZABETH BRUEN, b. 1590.
      vii. CALVIN BRUEN, b. 1591.
      viii. PRISCILLA BRUEN, b. January 25, 1595.

Notes for CALVIN BRUEN:
Mayor and Sheriff of Chester 1655

Children of JOHN BRUEN and ANNE FOX are:
      ix. NATHANIEL BRUEN, b. July 23, 1598; d. August 13, 1598.
      x. SAMUEL BRUEN, b. March 07, 1600.
      xi. KATHERINE BRUEN, b. March 07, 1601.
      xii. ABIGAIL BRUEN, b. April 03, 1603; d. April 21, 1603.
      xiii. JOHNATHAN BRUEN, b. January 06, 1604; d. January 13, 1605.
      xiv. DEBORA BRUEN, b. December 15, 1605.
      xv.OBADIAH BRUEN, b. December 25, 1606; d. Bet. 1680 - 1681, Newark/NJ.

Children of JOHN BRUEN and MARGARET RUTTER are:
      xvi. JOSEPH BRUEN, b. 1614.
      xvii. MARGARET BRUEN, b. 1616.
      xviii. MARY BRUEN, b. 1622; d. Infant.

Generation No. 14

OBADIAH BRUEN (JOHN) was born December 25, 1606, and died Bet. 1680 - 1681 in Newark/NJ. He married SARAH. Children of OBADIAH BRUEN and SARAH are:
      i.JOHN BRUEN, b. June 02, 1646, Gloucester/MA; d. Abt. 1695, Newark/NJ.
      ii. MARY BRUEN, m. JOHN BALDWIN, SR.
      iii. SARA REBECCA BRUEN, m. THOMAS POST.
      iv. HANNAH BRUEN.

Generation No. 15

JOHN BRUEN (OBADIAH) was born June 02, 1646 in Gloucester/MA, and died Abt. 1695 in Newark/NJ. He married ESTHER LAWRENCE, daughter of DEACON RICHARD LAWRENCE.

Children of JOHN BRUEN and ESTHER LAWRENCE are:
      i. ELEAZER BRUEN, b. 1675; d. December 1711.
      ii. JOSEPH BRUEN, b. 1677; d. February 01, 1753.
      iii.SARAH BRUEN, b. 1679; d. April 30, 1745.
      iv. JOHN BRUEN, b. 1690; d. 1767.
      v. ESTHER BRUEN, m. JOSEPH BALDWIN.

Generation No. 16

SARAH BRUEN (JOHN) was born 1679, and died April 30, 1745. She married  ABRAHAM KITCHEL, son of SAMUEL KITCHEL and GRACE PIERSON. He was born 1679 in Newark/NJ, and died December 02, 1741 in Whippany/NJ.

Children of SARAH BRUEN and ABRAHAM KITCHEL are:
      i. SAMUEL KITCHEL, b. 1704; d. November 09, 1732.
      ii.JOSEPH KITCHEL, b. 1710; d. March 22, 1779.
      iii. JOHN KITCHEL, b. 1714; d. January 09, 1777; m. (1) MARIA PHEONICE; m. (2) UNKNOWN; m. (3) (3)MARY PARKHURST.
      iv. GRACE KITCHEL, m. LINSLEY.
      v. MARY ALLIS KITCHEL, b. 1715; d. March 29, 1762; m. PAUL LEONARD.
      vi. ABIGAIL KITCHEL, m. EDMUND CRANE.
      vii. DAVID KITCHEL, b. 1723; d. December 26, 1753.

Notes for ABRAHAM KITCHEL:
Removed to Hanover, New Jersey in 1710 and was a prominent man in that settlement.

A Lieut. in Captain John Howard's company in Hanover 1722. Justice of the Peace in Hunterdon 1725 and Deacon of the Whippany church.

Generation No. 17

JOSEPH KITCHEL (SARAH) was born 1710, and died March 22, 1779. He married  RACHEL BATES. She died December 24, 1789.

Children of JOSEPH KITCHEL and RACHEL BATES are:
      i.ABRAHAM KITCHEL, b. August 26, 1736, Rockaway/Morris/NJ; d. January 11, 1807, Parsippany/Morris/NJ.

      ii. MOSES KITCHEL.
      iii. AARON KITCHEL, b. 1744; d. June 25, 1820.
      iv. ASA KITCHEL, b. October 28, 1748.
      v. JOHN KITCHEL.
      vi. SARAH KITCHEL, m. BENJAMIN LINDSEY.
      vii. GRACE KITCHEL, m. SAMUEL FORD, January 1757; b. 1731; d. November 1818.
      viii. JOANNA KITCHEL, m. JOHN BRIDGE.
      ix. PHOEBE KITCHEL, m. BEACH & RANDALL.
      x. JEMINA KITCHEL, m. PHINEAS FERRAND.

Notes for MOSES KITCHEL:
Revolutionary War Soldier

Notes for AARON KITCHEL:
Prominent Revolutionary soldier and member of "Commission of Forfeited Estates".
NJ Legislature

Congressman 1799-1807 U.S. Senator 1807-1811 NJ

Notes for ASA KITCHEL:
Revolutionary War Soldier

Notes for JOHN KITCHEL:
Revolutionary War Soldier

Notes for PHINEAS FERRAND:
Lieut.... in Revolutionary War

Generation No. 18

ABRAHAM KITCHEL (JOSEPH) was born August 26, 1736 in Rockaway/Morris/NJ, and died January 11, 1807 in Parsippany/Morris/NJ. He married (1)REBECCA WARD FARRAND, daughter of EBENEEZER FERRAND and REBECCA WARD. She was born February 05, 1750 in Rockaway/Morris/NJ, and died January 09, 1829 in Parsippany/Morris/NJ. He married (2) SARAH (CHARITY) FORD.

Children of ABRAHAM KITCHEL and REBECCA FARRAND are:
      i. LEWIS KITCHEL, b. 1778; m. MARY COMPTON.
      ii. JJOSEPH KITCHEL, b. November 11, 1779, Rockaway/Morris/NJ; d. November 26, 1847, Lake Co/IN; m. (1) UNKNOWN; d. 1833; m. (2) NANCY ALLEN, 1800; b. 1773, Rockaway/Morris/NJ; d. 1825, Washington Co/PA.
      iii. ABRAHAM KITCHEL, b. August 20, 1781.
      iv. CHARITY KITCHEL, b. April 14, 1783; m. JOHN ALLEN.
      v. NANCY KITCHEL, b. February 25, 1785; d. May 27, 1867.
      vi. CYRUS KITCHEL, b. January 29, 1787; m. MARY FAIRCHILD.
      vii. EBENEEZER KITCHEL, b. July 1789; d. Infant.
      viii. REBECCA KITCHEL, b. July 1789; d. Infant.
      ix. REBECCA KITCHEL, b. March 06, 1792; d. 1868; m. DEMAS BADGLEY.
      x. EBENEEZER KITCHEL, b. December 11, 1784; m. JOHANNA TUTTLE.

Children of ABRAHAM KITCHEL and SARAH FORD are:
      xi. JAMES KITCHEL, b. November 07, 1759; d. October 01, 1842; m. (1) HANNAH DAY; m. (2) HANNAH TUTTLE.
      xii. SARAH KITCHEL, b. December 08, 1761; d. 1833; m. THOMAS GARDNER.
      xiii. ELIZABETH KITCHEL, b. February 14, 1764; d. 1831; m. DAVID STILES.
      xiv. EUNICE KITCHEL, b. September 02, 1766; d. February 08, 1863; m. DARIUS PIERSON.
      xv. FORD KITCHEL, b. January 28, 1770; d. September 1842; m. ELIZABETH MCCARTY.
      xvi. DEMAS KITCHEL, b. March 03, 1772.
      xvii. LEWIS KITCHEL, b. February 06, 1775; d. December 01, 1776.

Notes for ABRAHAM KITCHEL: Prominent and active member of the church and a leader in the community. Served on the Committee of Safety at Rockaway, N.J., Revolutionary War.

Notes for JOSEPH KITCHEL:
Served in War of 1812 under Gen. Andrew Jackson at New Orleans

Notes for JAMES KITCHEL:
James served as a soldier in the Revolution

Generation No. 20

JOSEPH KITCHEL (ABRAHAM) was born November 11, 1779 in Rockaway/Morris/NJ, and died November 26, 1847 in Lake Co/IN. He married (1)UNKNOWN. She died 1833. He married (2)NANCY ALLEN1800, daughter of CAPT. ALLEN and MARY MINTON. She was born 1773 in Rockaway/Morris/NJ, and died 1825 in Washington Co/PA.

Child of JOSEPH KITCHEL and UNKNOWN is:
      i. MARTHA KITCHEL, d. Abt. 1838.

Children of JOSEPH KITCHEL and NANCY ALLEN are:
      ii. HARRIET KITCHEL, b. April 30, 1802, NJ; d. April 16, 1847, Indiana.
      iii. JULIA KITCHEL, b. June 24, 1804; d. 1866.
      iv. RACHEL KITCHEL, b. May 05, 1806; d. 1891.
      v. ABRAHAM KITCHEL, b. January 02, 1808.
      vi.JOHN KITCHEL, b. January 01, 1809, Rockaway/Morris/NJ; d. March 03, 1860, Palmyra/Warren/IA.
      vii. AGAL KITCHEL, b. April 04, 1811.
      viii. ELIZABETH KITCHEL, b. April 03, 1813; d. 1872, Cincinnati/OH.
      ix. MARY ANN KITCHEL, b. April 16, 1817; d. October 24, 1845.
      x. REBECCA KITCHEL, b. January 16, 1819, Washington Co/PA; d. September 24, 1894, Ellis/Kansas.
      xi. SARAH KITCHEL, b. October 11, 1820; d. Childhood.
      xii. JOSEPH CYRUS KITCHEL, b. February 11, 1823, Fredericktown/Washington Co/PA; d. January 04, 1890, Ormond/FL.
      xiii. NANCY KITCHEL, b. May 06, 1825; d. 1901.

Notes for JOSEPH KITCHEL:
Served in War of 1812 under Gen. Andrew Jackson at New Orleans

Generation No. 21

JOHN KITCHEL (JOSEPH) was born January 01, 1809 in Rockaway/Morris/NJ, and died March 03, 1860 in Palmyra/Warren/IA. He married  ESTER PECK  April 04, 1833 in Mt. Vernon/Knox/OH, daughter of PETER PECK and SARAH COLGROVE. She was born April 09, 1813 in Burlington/NY, and died October 22, 1910 in Upland/San Bernardino/CA.

Children of JOHN KITCHEL and ESTER PECK are:
      i. LUCY KITCHEL, b. March 24, 1834, near Crown Point/Lake Co/IN; d. January 28, 1905, near Pueblo/CO; m. MICHAEL LAVERTY, August 25, 1854; b. January 11, 1824, Park Co/IN; d. December 11, 1901, near Pueblo/CO.
      ii. SARAH KITCHEL, b. May 13, 1836, near Crown Point/Lake Co/IN; d. December 01, 1839.
      iii. NANCY KITCHEL, b. March 02, 1838, near Crown Point/Lake Co/IN; d. April 13, 1887, Winterset/IA; m. (1) ROBERT FINK, October 25, 1860; b. September 24, 1836, Scott Co/MO; m. (2) REV. W. C. MARTIN, November 05, 1874.
      iv. CHARLES WESLEY KITCHEL, b. March 01, 1840; d. March 03, 1918, Little Rock/AR; m. MARY MORRIS, September 29, 1867, Palmyra/Warren/IA; d. December 1909, De Soto/IA.
      v. AARON KITCHEL, b. April 23, 1842; d. November 06, 1910, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO; m. (1) MARY HART, September 29, 1868, Palmyra/Warren/IA; d. December 06, 1895, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO; m. (2) MARY HAMILTON, November 25, 1897; d. September 07, 1908, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO.
      vi.HARRIET GAYLOR KITCHEL, b. January 22, 1844, Crown Point/IN; d. July 02, 1943, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO; m. (1) SIDNEY A. GAYLOR, December 23, 1863; m. (2)MONTGOMERY MCCORMICK, September 04, 1871, Palmyra/Warren/IA; b. June 17, 1843, Spencer/IN; d. February 22, 1914, College Springs/Page/IA.
      vii. JAMES KITCHEL, b. January 28, 1846; d. January 16, 1932, Antioch/CA; m. ALEYZAN WEBSTER, September 03, 1868; b. January 29, 1850, Abington/Knox Co/IL; d. January 09, 1889, Antioch/CA.
      viii. MARY ELIZABETH KITCHEL, b. February 24, 1848, Crown Point/IN; d. September 04, 1935, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO; m. HERBERT MERRITT LEWIS, October 05, 1868, Palmyra/Warren/IA; b. April 17, 1843, Barry Co/Mich...; d. September 30, 1908, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO.
      ix. ESTHER ELIZA KITCHEL, b. December 19, 1849, Crown Point/IN; d. November 11, 1944, Grants Pass/OR; m. WILLIAM ATCHISON, September 15, 1875, Des Moines/Des Monies/IA; b. February 21, 1850, Williamstown/IN; d. December 03, 1934, Grants Pass/OR.
      x. JOHN WHITNEY KITCHEL, b. March 20, 1852; d. December 01, 1853.

Notes for ROBERT FINK:
enlisted April 1862 as Sgt in Co. E 23rd Iowa Vol.. Inf. killed Millkens Bend, near Vicksburg, June 7, 1863

Notes for CHARLES WESLEY KITCHEL:
enlisted at Indianola/IA in Co. G 15th Iowa Vol. Inf., Romulus Hanks, Capt., to serve three years or until the close of the war. Discharged Dec. 6, 1863 by reason of re-enlistment as 1st Sgt. under Capt. Edw. P. Bryce, Co G. 15th Iowa. Discharged July 24, 1865 at Louisville/KY by reason of General Order #26. He served under Generals McPherson and O.O. Howard, 3rd brigade, 4th Div. 17th Corps, General Crocker, brigade commander, General W. T. Sherman Commanding the Army of Tennessee.

He participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. Among those were: Shiloh, Cornith, Siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, the Atlanta campaign, Sherman's march to the sea, the surrender of Johnson and the Grand Review in Washington. He was wounded twice in battle.

Notes for AARON KITCHEL:
Served Aug 12, 1862 to July 26, 1865 Co. E. 23rd Iowa Vol. Inf. Wounded at Millikens Bend June 7, 1863. With his regiment he participated in the march from West Plains to Iron Mountain, thence to New Madrid, MO., was at the siege of Vicksburg, battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Ridge, the assault on Vicksburg, Millikens Bend and the Siege of Mobile. After the fall of Vicksburg, he was promoted to corporal and served in the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's march to the sea.

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