Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . who married John Vernet. was a daughter of JesseBrown, born 1747, died Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,January 7, 1816, and his wife Anna Rudd. This JesseBrown during the Revolution was in the service ofConnecticut as express and confidential manager forthe council of safety, and his services are recorded inConnecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, page628. He was head of the shipping firm of Jesse Brown& Sons in the West Indies trade, and the firms vesselswere seized during the embargo of 1812. John Vernetand
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . who married John Vernet. was a daughter of JesseBrown, born 1747, died Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,January 7, 1816, and his wife Anna Rudd. This JesseBrown during the Revolution was in the service ofConnecticut as express and confidential manager forthe council of safety, and his services are recorded inConnecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, page628. He was head of the shipping firm of Jesse Brown& Sons in the West Indies trade, and the firms vesselswere seized during the embargo of 1812. John Vernetand his family subsequently removed to Anna Rudd. wife of Jesse Brown, wasdescended from Jonathan Rudd, who came from Eng-land and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, 1640: wasfreeman of Saybrook, 1644. His son Nathaniel, ofFranklin, Connecticut, married (first) Mary Post, and(second) Abigail Hartshorne. Nathaniel Rudd. sonof Nathaniel and Abigail, married Mary Backus, andhad Anna Rudd, who married Jesse Brown and whosedaughter Ann married John 1/U,1).<# <\+JC CA^VW. THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 333 ond child of Dr. Charles Farmer and Lucy (Ver-net) Ingham, was born in Wilkes-Barre. He waseducated in its public and select schools, the oldWilkes-Barre Institute, and Wyoming Seminaryat Kingston. He studied civil and mining engin-eering under his father, and when his course ofinstruction was finished he needed no furtherschooling in that profession, being well equippedfor its practical and thorough work. He workedunder his father on the construction of theSwitchback Railroad, the Nanticoke extension,and the iron bridge over the Susquehanna river,and was also with him when he (the senior Ing-ham) was with the Susquehanna Coal Company,superintendent and engineer for George McDon-ald, of New York, erected the South StreetBridge of Wilkes-Barre, superintendent and en-gineer of the Memorial Church on North street,Wilkes-Barre, and also serve
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