— born in Madison or Cattaraugus Co., NY:
4.  George A. BROWN, b. 1 Aug 1831
5.  Rebecca BROWN, b. 4 Nov 1833/4
6.  Eliza/Elisa W. BROWN, b. 22 Aug 1836
7.  Milar J. BROWN, b. 17 May 1839
8.  Merton L. BROWN, b. 17 May 1839

— born in Cattaraugus Co., NY:
9.  Hosea J. "Hosey" BROWN, b. 6 Aug 1841 — is he Hosea G. BROWN?

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #29 of 54; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830

NY

Madison Co.

Brookfield

p. 200

Hosea Brown

110 001 - 100 101

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1825-1830	= Franklin (b. 1827)
1 male	5-9	1820-1825	= Ira (b. 1823)
1 male	30-39	1790-1800	= Hosea (b. 1796/7/8)
1 female	4 or under	1825-1830	= Esther (b. 1829)
1 female	15-19	1810-1815	= ?
1 female	30-39	1790-1800	= Hannah (b. 1798)

Hard to say who the teenage girl is; could be hired help.  Listed next to John BABCOCK.  There are more BROWNs on this page, the next page, and the previous page.

3.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4-5 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

NY

Cattaraugus Co.

Town of Dayton

pp. 119B-120A

Hosea Brown

211 100 100 - 111 100 100

0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	4 or under	1835-1840	= twins (b. 1839)
1 male	5-9	1830-1835	= George (b. 1831)
1 male	10-14	1825-1830	= Franklin (b. 1827)
1 male	15-19	1820-1825	= Ira (b. 1823)
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= Hosea (b. 1796/7/8)
1 female	4 or under	1835-1840	= Eliza (b. 1836)
1 female	5-9	1830-1835	= Rebecca (b. 1833/4)
1 female	10-14	1825-1830	= Esther (b. 1829)
1 female	15-19	1820-1825	= ?
1 female	40-49	1790-1800	= Hannah (b. 1798)
3	persons engaged in agriculture

Again, hard to say who the teenage girl is, but it's likely she's hired help.

4.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #28-29 of 46):  Town of Perrysburgh, Cattaraugus Co., NY, pp. 281B-282A, 168/178, enumerated 1 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hosea Brown	57	M		Farming		NY
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Hannah Brown	51	F				RI
Franklin L "	23	M		Farming	4070	NY
Ellen      "	22	F				Vt
Esther     "	21	F				NY
George A   "	18	M		Farming		"
Rebecca    "	16	F				"
Eliza W    "	13	F				"
Milar J    "	11	M				"
Merton L   "	11	M				"
Hosea J    "	8	M				"

Ellen is Franklin's wife.  What is Franklin doing with $4070 when his father has nothing?!  Did he marry the money?  The younger Hosea's middle initial is definitely "J."

5.  1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #32 of 40):  Villenova P.O., Villenova, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 546, PN 187, 1505/1503, enumerated 17 Aug 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hosea Brown	61	M		Farmer	8000	1000	New York
Hannah	61	F					Rhode Island
Franklin	32	M					New York
Milar	22	M					"
Merton	22	M					"
Hosey	19	M					"
Elisa	24	F		School teacher			"
Ellen	32	F					Vermont
Mary	7	F					New York
Joseph Benny	35	M		Farm Laborer			Germany
Ellen Wells	13	F					New York

Ellen is Franklin's wife and Mary is their daughter.  Joseph BENNY and Ellen WELLS appear to be hired help.  Listed two households from their son, George BROWN, in one direction and two households from Bernard BLOGETT, in the other direction.

6.  1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23 of 36):  Forestville P.O., Villenova, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 720A, PN 23, 210/210, enumerated 20 Aug 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Brown Frank	43	M	W	Farmer	10,000	2000	New York
Ellen	42	F	W	Keeping House			Vermont
L Maria	16	F	W	At Home			New York
Remington Silas	17	M	W	Wks on farm			"
Brown Hosea	72	M	W	Retired Farmer			"

Living between Hosea's sons, George BROWN and Milar BROWN.

7.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

8.  Stephen Babcock.  1903.  Babcock Genealogy.  Eaton & Mains, New York.  See pp. 134, 226.  (Citation from AGBI online at Ancestry.com; not seen.)