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68 AMOS, b. May 5, 1769, m. three times.
69 JESSE, b. June 12, 1771, m. Hannah Randall.
70 JEDEDIAH, b. Aug. 15, 1773, m. Nancy
71 LUCY, b. Feb. 10, 1776, m. Samuel Peabody.
72 JONAS, b. April 23, 1779, m. Betsey Niles, July 14, 1803.
73 DEA. ELIAS, b. March 12, 1782, m. Betsey Randall, (No. 84) that fam- ily. Settled near Norwich, N. Y., and became wealthy.
Oliver Breed (No. 30) m. Grace Green, Mar. II, 1779. CHILDREN: 74 HENRY, b. March 10, 1781, m. Eleanor Fish, June 10, 1801.
75 JOHN, b. March 15, 1782, m. Catherine Fish, April 11, 1805.
76 REUBEN, b. July 4, 1783, m. Martha Everett.
77 NANCY, b. - - , m. John York.
78 LUCY, b. , m. Mr. Williams.
79 ADIN, b. Feb. 2, 1787, m. Nancy
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BREED FAMILY.
80 OLIVER, b. 1789.
81 CYRUS, b. -, 1792, m. Susan Ward.
82 EUNICE, b. , m. a Mr. Frink.
83 MARTHA, b.
84 GRACE, b. , m. a Mr. York.
Prentice Breed (No. 32) m. Mary Stanton, Dec. 1, 1780, (No. 300) that family. He d. Oct. 7, 1816. She d. Jan. 20, 1844. CHILDREN:
85 POLLY, b. Aug. 20, 1781.
86 SOPHIA, b. Oct. 8, 1784.
87 FANNY, b. March 27, 1787.
88 BETSEY, b. Feb. 21, 1789.
89 JOHN P., b. March 21, 1798.
Samuel Breed (No. 34) m. Eunice, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Avery) Allyn.
CHILDREN:
90 JULIA, b. Oct. 14, 1788, d. May 12, 1867.
91 SAMUEL, b. Aug. 19, 1790, m. Eliza P. Williams.
92 THOMAS, b. Aug. 25, 1792.
93 JOHN, b. Sept. 18, 1794, m. Prudence Hancox; 2d, Polly Sheffield.
Jabish Breed (No. 44) m. Sarah Chapman, Jan. 30, 1782, (No. 18) that family.
CHILDREN:
94 SALLY, b. March 22, 1783, m. William Pendleton, (No. 89) Pendleton: family.
95 HANNAH, b. Dec. 18, 1784, m. Reuben York, (No. 84) that family.
96 POLLY, b. April 7, 1788.
97 ANDREW, b. Jan. 25, 1790.
98 PATTY, b. Aug. 19, 1791, m. Nathan York, (No. 81), that family ..
99 ALLYN, b. May 10, 1793.
100 GERSHOM, b. Feb. 10, 1795.
101 LUCY, b. March 21, 1797, m. Ray.
102 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 10, 1799.
103 ANNA, b. Jan. 26. 1801, m. Jonathan Wheeler, (No. 403) that family.
Joseph Breed (No. 61) m. Mercy Holmes, (No. 67a) that fam- ily, Jan. 25, 1781.
CHILDREN:
104 JOSEPH, b. July 23, 1781.
105a CHARLES, b. March 17, 1785, m. Polly Hancox, (No. 20) that family. 105b MERCY, b. Feb. 17, 1795, m. Amos Hancox, (No. 26) that family ..
106 LUCY, b. May 20, 1787, m. Gilbert Collins, (No. 12) that family ..
107 NATHAN, b. Jan. 26, 1789.
108 ANNA, b. Jan. 6, 1791.
109 JOHN, b. Nov. 8, 1792.
110 PRUDENCE, b. Nov. 17, 1794, m. a Mr. Lines.
111 NANCY, b. -, m. a Mr. Beeler.
112 ABIGAIL, b. -, m. a Mr. Greason.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Stephen Breed (No. 62) m. Esther, daughter of Richard Wheeler, (No. 360) that family.
CHILDREN:
114 ESTHER, b. - , m. Oliver Grant in 1801, (No. 54) that family.
115 STEPHEN, b. July 1, 1785, m. Sophia Geer.
116 SILENCE, b. Dec. 1, 1791, m. Stephen Chalker, March 2, 1813.
117 HANNAH, b. - -, m. York.
118 ALICE, b. -, m. - Coon; 2d, Williams. 119 FREDERICK WILLIAM, b. July 4, 1809, m. Ann Holbrook.
Jesse Breed (No. 69) m. Hannah Randall, (No. 89) that fam- ily, Apr. 12, 1794, at Stonington. She d. June 12, 1824. He m. 2nd, Hannah Randall, (No. 83) that family, July 9, 1825. He d. at Homer, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1831. She d. May 2, 1838.
CHILDREN (ALL BORN IN STONINGTON):
120 HANNAH T., b. March 5, 1795, m. Joseph Frink, (No. 98) that family. 121 JESSE BILLINGS, b. July 15, 1798, m. Freelove Breed, (No. 135). 122 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Feb. 3, 1801, m. Mary Ann Breed, (No. 134). 123 JOSHUA RANDALL, b. May 27, 1803.
124 AMOS PALMER, b. May 13, 1805, d. at Stonington, Nov. 4, 1826.
125 CALVIN G., b. Aug. 22, 1808, d. at Stonington, Oct., 1872.
126 PRUDENCE MARY, b. Aug. 22, 1811.
127 LUCY PENDLETON, b. Jan. 27, 1814.
128 RHODA ANGELINE, b. March 10, 1816.
129 AMANDA, b. June 8, 1818, d. at Stonington, July 3, 1818.
Samuel Breed (No. 91) m. Eliza P. Williams, (No. 355) that family, Nov. 21, 1822. He d. Feb. 9, 1826.
CHILDREN:
130 SAMUEL EDWIN, b. -, d. in infancy. 131 LUCY PALMER, b. , d. in infancy.
132 ANN ELIZABETH, b. -, m. John Hart.
Jolın Breed (No. 93) m. Prudence Hancox (No. 22) that fam- ily; m. 2nd, Polly Sheffield, daughter of Isaac Sheffield. He d. Sept. 14, 1860.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
133 EUNICE, b. Nov. 26, 1799.
134 MARY ANN, b. Feb. 21, 1802, m. Benjamin F. Breed, (No. 122).
135 FREELOVE, b. May 7, 1803, m. Jesse B. Breed, (No. 121) Nov. 25, 1837. 136 ISAAC SHEFFIELD, b. Dec. 19, 1804, m. Phebe P. Hewitt, (No. 241) that family. 137 HARRIET, b. Dec. 24, 1806.
138 Twins, b. and d. at birth.
BREWSTER FAMILY.
I. ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER, son of William Brewster, was b. in 1560, a graduate of Cambridge College, England, afterward the confident friend of William Davison, Queen Elizabeth's ambassador to Scotland, then joining the independent church, he entertained their meetings at his house, fled with them to Amsterdam and Leyden, was appointed their elder, sailed in the Mayflower and landed on Plymouth Rock, Dec. 20, 1620. He drafted in the cabin of the Mayflower the first written constitution. He served in the early Indian wars under Capt. Myles Standish. The Plymouth Church Records say of him that with the most submissive patience he bore the novel and trying hardships to which his old age was subjected; lived abstemiously, and after having been in his youth the companion of ministers of state, the representative of his sov- ereign familiar with the magnificence of court, and the possessor of a fortune, sufficient not only for the comfort but for the exigencies of life, this humble Pilgrim labored steadily with his own hands in the field for daily subsistence; yet he possessed that happy electricity of mind which could accommodate himself with cheerfulness to all circumstances; destitute of meat, of fish, and bread, even with his single meal of clams would he return thanks to the Lord, that he could suck of the abundance of the seas and treasures hid in the sand. He enjoyed a healthy old age and was sick but one day, when he d. Apr. 16, 1644. He m. Mary -, before 1592, who came to this country with him, and d. Apr. 17, 1627.
CHILDREN:
2 JONATHAN, b. at Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, Aug. 12, 1593, m. Lu- cretia Oldham of Darby, April 10, 1624. He d. in Connecticut, Aug. 7, 1659; she d. March 4, 1678-9.
3 PATIENCE, b. in England, m. Gov. Thomas Prence, Aug. 5, 1624, and d. 1634.
4 FEAR, b. in England, m. Isaac Allerton, 1626, d. 1633-4.
5 LOVE, b. in England about 1636, m. Sarah Colliers March 15, 1634.
6 WRESTLING, b. in England, m. Emla Story in 1630.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Jonathan Brewster (No. 2) m. Lucretia Oldham. Their son
7 BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 17, 1633, m. Anna Dart, Feb., 1659. He died Sept .. 14, 1710; she d. May 9, 1709. Their son
8 DANIEL, b. March 1, 1666-7, m. Hannah, dau. of John Gager, Dec. 23, 1686; m. 2d Dorothy Witter, Dec. 19, 1727, probably widow of Ebenezer Witter, and dau. of Lieut. Joseph and Dorothy (Park) Morgan. He d. May 7, 1735. Their son
8 CAPT. JOHN, b. July 18, 1695, m. Dorothy Treat, Sept. 20, 1725. He d. Aug. 29, 1776. Their son
9 DANIEL, b. - , m. Phebe Williams, May 31, 1753; 2d Elizabeth Swan. of Stonington, Conn, (No. 53) that family, Oct. 4, 1764.
Benjamin Brewster (No. 7) m. Anna Dart. Their son
10 JONATHAN, b. Nov., 1664, m. Judeth Stevens of Norwich, Dec. 18, 1690 .. He d. Nov. 20, 1704. His widow m. 2d, Christopher Huntington, Oct .. 1706. Their son
11 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 13, 1695, m. Dorothy Witter, March 17, 1723. He d. Oct .. 15, 1770. Their son.
12 ELIJAH, b. Sept. 3, 1724, m. Elizabeth Fitch, Jan. 25, 1749. Their daughter
13 ELIZABETH, b. March 15, 1757, m. Israel Morgan, (No. 39) that family, July 22, 1777. He d. June 4, 1816; she d. Sept. 15, 1826, Their daughter
14 ELIZABETH MORGAN, who married Stephen Avery, (No. 159) that fam- ily, had daughter Frances Mary Avery, who married Richard A. Wheeler, (No. 429). that family.
REV. CHAD BROWN FAMILY.
I. REV. CHAD BROWN, not related so far as known to the three Brown Brothers, of Lynn, Mass., came as we learn from. his deposition to New England with his wife Elizabeth -, and their son John, in the good ship Martin, and landed in Boston, Mass., in the year 1638. He located himself and family in Salem, Mass., where he did not long reside. Entertaining religious and political sentiment in sympathy with Roger Williams, he went to reside with him in Providence, R. I. Mr. Brown soon rose to prominence in Providence Planta- tion, where he merited and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow townsmen to an unlimited extent, receiving some of the highest positions of honor and trust in their power to bestow upon him. Having previously studied for the ministry, he was called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Providence, where he was ordained in 1642 as the first settled minister of that church, (a disputed point by some, who claim that Roger Williams was the first minister of that church). Be that as it may, it is very evident that their labors with and for the church were harmoni- ous and their ministry may have been an ideal, dual, coadjuting pastorate.
CHILDREN OF ELDER CHAD BROWN AND WIFE ELIZABETH.
2 PHEBE, b. - -, in England, m. Thomas Lee; 2d, Greenfield Larrabee ...
3 JOHN, b. , 1630, in England.
4 JAMES, b. , in England, d. 1683.
5 JEREMIAH, b. -, in England, d. 1690.
6 CHAD, alias Judah, b. -- , place unknown, d. unmarried May 10, 1663 ..
7 DANIEL, b., probably in New England.
John Brown (No. 3) m. Mary Holmes, dau. of Obadiah and Catharine Holmes, in 1659; d. 1706.
CHILDREN:
8 SARAH, b. -.
9 JOHN, b.
10 JAMES, b.
11 OBADIAH, b.
12 MARTHA, b.
13 MARY, b.
14 DEBORAH, b. -
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
James Brown (No. 4) and Elizabeth Carr were m., date and place unknown. She m. 2nd, Samuel Gardiner.
CHILDREN:
15 JOHN, b. in the year 1671.
16 JAMES, b., date unknown.
17 ESECK, b. March 8, 1679.
18 CLARK, b.
Jeremiah Brown (No. 5) m. Mary Gardiner; and 2nd, Mary Cook.
19 JAMES BROWN, b. --. CHILDREN:
20 SAMUEL, b. in 1680, m. 1st Mary -; 2d, Mary Carr, d. 1762.
21 DANIEL, b. - , d. in 1726.
22 WILLIAM, b. in 1676, m. Elizabeth Robinson; d. 1756.
Daniel Brown (No. 7) m. Alice Hearndon, Dec. 25, 1669. CHILDREN:
23 JUDAH, b. -, m. Hannah -, d. Jan. 13, 1734.
24 JABEZ, b. -, m. Anne
25 SARAH, b. Oct. 10, 1677, m. Thomas Angell, April 4, 1700.
26 JEREMIAH, b. m. Sarah Tinker, Feb. 8, 1715.
27 HALLELUJAH, b. -, m. James Olney, Aug. 31, 1702.
28 HOSANNAH, b. -, m. Mary Hawkins.
29 JONATHAN, b. -, no record than that he sold by consent of his brothers, Judah and Daniel, certain real estate, May 21, 1713.
30 DANIEL, b. . , m. Mary Sprague. He was a cooper by trade.
John Brown (No. 15) m. Elizabeth Cranston, dau. of John and wife, Mary (Clarke) Cranston. He d. Oct. 20, 1731. CHILDREN:
31 JEREMIAH, b. Sept. 30, 1693.
32 JOHN, b. Dec. 26, 1696, m. Jane Lucas, d. Jan. 2, 1764.
33 JAMES, b.
34 WILLIAM, b.
35 ROBERT, b.
36 PELEG, b. in 1709, d. Feb. 21, 1756. m. Sarah Freebody, Feb. 20, 1746. 37 ELIZABETH, b. -, m. John Gridley.
James Brown (No. 16) m. Ist, Ann Clarke, and 2nd, Catharine Greene, April 27th, 1740. He d. in 1756.
CHILDREN ALL BY FIRST WIFE:
38 JAMES, b. in 1700, m. Ann Noyes, (No. 103). He d. 1765; she d. in Nor- wich in 1754.
39 JOHN, b. in 1702, m. Dorothy Noyes, (No. 107), July 4, 1728.
40 CLARKE, b. in 1704.
41 HOPE, b. in 1706, m. Nathaniel Coddington, March 20, 1720.
42 THOMAS, b. in 1708, m. Almey Greene, April 3, 1746.
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REV. CHAD BROWN FAMILY.
Eseck Brown (No. 17) m. Mercy Carr, Nov. 29, 1705, d. Dec. 10, 1772.
CHILDREN:
43 MARY, b. March 28, 1707, d. young.
44 ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 10, 1708.
45 DEBORAH, b. June 10, 1711, d. young.
46 ESEK, b. Aug. 13, 1712.
47 ROBY, b. March 10, 1715.
48 DEBORAH, b. Oct. 13, 1716. 49 MARY, b. Jan. 18, 1718. 50 JAMES, b. Nov. 12, 1719.
51 BENJAMIN, b. July 17, 1721.
52 JEREMIAH, b. July 17, 1723.
Daniel Brown (No. 21) m. Frances Watson, daughter of John and wife, Dorcas Gardiner Watson. They both d. in 1726.
CHILDREN:
53 ELIZABETH, b. March 13, 1704.
54 MARY, b. Aug. 3, 1706.
55 BENJAMIN, b. March 16, 1708.
56 DANIEL, b. Nov. 15, 1709.
57 ELISHA, b. Jan. 20, 1711.
58 DORCAS, b. May 22, 1713.
59 JOHN, b. Feb. 18, 1714.
60 DESIRE, b. Jan. 8, 1722.
61 FRANCES, b.
John Brown (No. 39) b. at Newport, R. I., m. Dorothy Noyes,. (No. 107) that family. They made Stonington their home for life.
CHILDREN:
62 ABBY, b. - -, m. Benjamin Billings, (No. 81) that family, Nov. 22, 1750. 63 ANNA, b. - , m. Caleb Arnold.
64 JONATHAN, b. - , d. young.
65 JOHN, b. , m. Mary Holmes.
66 NOYES, b. - - -, d. at sea.
67 SANFORD, b. - -, m. Lucy Peabody.
68 PELEG BROWN, b. - , m. Mercy Denison, (No. 242).
69 DOLLY, b. -, m. Samuel Copp, Dec. 10, 1769, (No. 32) Copp family.
70 MARY, b. , m. Ebenezer Cobb, Jan. 26, 1776, (No. 30) Cobb family.
71 HOPE, b. d. young.
72 ABIGAIL, b. -, m. Elkanah Cobb, April 18, 1773, (No. 32).
73 BRIDGET, b. , m. Jonathan Crarey, June 16, 1781.
Benjamin Brown (No. 55) m. Abigail, dau. of John and wife,. Anne Maccoon, of Westerly, R. I.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN:
74 BENJAMIN, b. March 7, 1731.
75 DESIRE, b. June 18, 1733, d. young.
76 FRANCES, b. March 12, 1735. 77 JAMES, b. March 13, 1737.
78 JOHN, b. April 13, 1739. 79 JEREMIAH, b. April 4, 1741.
80 DESIRE, b. March 18, 1743.
81 JESSE, b. April 1, 1745.
82 ELIJAH, b. June 10, 1747. 83 ABIJAH, b. Nov. 3, 1749.
John Brown (No. 65) b. July 25, 1735, and m. Mary Holmes, July 2, 1767.
CHILDREN:
84 JOHN, b. Oct. 30, 1768, d. young.
85 (Rev.) CLARK, b. Jan. 25, 1771.
86 MARY, OR MOLLY, b. May 9, 1773, d. young.
87 NOYES, b. Mch. 13, 1775, m. Polly Palmer.
88 SANFORD, b. May 2, 1777.
Peleg Brown (No. 68) m. Ist, Mary or Mercy Denison (No. 242) that family, April 14th, 1776.
CHILDREN:
89 MERCY, b. Feb. 22, 1777, m. Nathaniel Palmer, (No. 357) that family, on Mch. 18, 1798.
90 BETSEY OR ELIZABETH D., b. Jan. 29, 1781, m. Stiles Phelps, (No. 40). 91 PELEG, b. Mch. 16, 1779, d. young.
Capt. Peleg Brown m. 2nd, Nancy Ingraham, Oct. 24, 1782. CHILDREN:
92 ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 6, 1783, d. young.
93 PELEG, b. Aug. 14, 1784, d. young.
94 ANN OR NANCY, b. July 16, 1785, m. Jonathan Phelps (No. 39).
95 PELEG, b. April 5, 1787.
96 POLLY or MARY, b. April 30, 1789.
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Jesse Brown (No. 81) m. Jan. 1774, Mary Palmer. CHILDREN:
97 JESSE, b. Sept. 2, 1774, m. Sally Adams.
98 MARY, b. March 23, 1776, m. Richard Jerome.
99 DAVID P., b. Oct. 11, d. unm.
100 LUCY P., b. Dec. 12, 1784, d. unm.
101 BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 17, 1789, d. young.
Noyes Brown (No. 87) m. Apr. 18, 1793, Polly Palmer, (No. 361) that family.
CHILDREN: 102 JOHN NOYES, b. May 2, 1799.
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REV. CHAD BROWN FAMILY.
103 EDGAR M., b. Feb. 24, 1801, m. Jane Bergh. 104 NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 4, 1803.
105 HENRY A., b. June 5, 1809. 106 WILLIAM A., b. May 5, 1811. 107 MARY, b. Nov. 14, 1813, d. young. 108 DANIEL, b. Sept. 12, 1815. 109 MARY, b. -.
Jesse Brown (No. 97) m. Sally Adams, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth (Comstock) Adams, Jan. 1794.
CHILDREN:
110 BENJAMIN, b. June 13, 1797, m. Mary A. Middleton.
111 WILLIAM N., b. Sept. 16, 1798.
112 FREDERICK F., b. Mch. 1, 1801, d. young.
113 MARY P., b. Oct. 23, 1803.
114 JESSE, b. Apr. 4, 1805.
115 ORLANDO, b. Aug. 4, 1807. These two last were drowned in Middle Race, Aug. 13, 1825, and bodies never found.
116 ROBERT D., b. Oct. 8, 1809. 117 PARDON TAYLOR, b. Nov. 17, 1811.
118 WELLINGTON, b. Jan. 2, 1816.
Pardon Taylor Brown (No. 117) m. Ist, Prudence Spicer, and 2nd, Eunice M. Avery, Jan. 30, 1854.
EDWARD BROWN FAMILY.
The descendants of Edward Brown of Ipswich and Wenham :
I. EDWARD BROWN, of Ipswich, made his will Feb. 9, 1659, and it was proved 27th, I mo., 1660, in which he mentions wife, Faith sons
2 THOMAS, d. who had an Aunt Watson in Old England.
3 JOSEPH.
4 JOHN, and daughters, but no names mentioned; also brother Bartholo- mew of whom he purchased land.
John Brown (No. 4) m. Elizabeth -, and d. Sept. 13, 1677; had first son
5 NATHANIEL, b. - , and m. Judith Perkins in Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 16, 1673, and settled on the north side of Mile River in Hamilton, and were original members of the church in that part of Ipswich, called the Hamlet, organized in 1714. Nathaniel Brown d. Sept. 13, 1717. They had son
6 JOHN, b. 1675. He was a cordwainer of Wenham, Mass. He m. Eliza- beth -. They sold land Mch. 25, 1701, to Samuel Kemball; also on Mch. 30, 1702, sold a dwelling house, shop and barn to John Gilbert, and on Dec. 26, 1702, John Brown, of Preston, Conn., (with consent of his wife Elizabeth) sold to John Frost, of Salem, 1114 acres of upland in Ipswich. So it seems that he resided close to the line between Ipswich and Wenham and his lands were both sides of the line. John Brown purchased land in Preston, Conn., May 29, 1702.
John Brown d. Feb. 17, 1767, and his wife Elizabeth d. Jan .. 19, 1739.
CHILDREN:
7 NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 22, 1704.
8 JOHN, b. July 19, 1706.
9 ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 7, 1708.
10 JACOB, b. July 6, 1711.
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EDWARD BROWN FAMILY.
Capt. John Brown (No. 8) and Amie Fellows were m. Dec. 16, 1731, and he d. March 17, 1776.
CHILDREN:
11 AMIE, b. Oct. 4, 1732.
12 JUDITH, b. Aug. 19, 1734.
13 JOHN, b. Nov. 16, 1737.
14 ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 4, 1738.
15 RACHEL, b. Feb. 10, 1740.
16 HANNAH, b. Mch. 15, 1743.
17 ELIAS, b. Feb. 24, 1745.
18 EUNICE, b. July 15, 1747.
Elias Brown (No. 17) and Sabra Billings, (No. 108) that family, were m. Nov. 22, 1769. He d. Sept. 15, 1801, and his wife Sabra d. Nov. 22, 1820.
CHILDREN:
19 JOHN, b. June 18, 1770, d. at sea Sept. 1804, left widow but no children.
20 JOSIAH, b. Mch. 19, 1777, d. unmarried Mch. 30, 1842.
21 BETSEY, b. April 26, 1779, d. April 17, 1802.
22 SABRA, b. Dec. 18, 1782, and d. in infancy.
23 BILLINGS, b. Sept. 17, 1790. From other records are
24 ZERUAH, b. Aug. 17, 1772, d. in infancy.
25 ELIAS, b. Jan. 28, 1786.
26 ROGER, b. July 28, 1774, d. in infancy.
27 WILLIAM HENRY, b. Mch. 17, 1789, drowned when 4 years old.
Elias Brown (No. 25) was a graduate of Brown University, and member of the New London County Bar. He m. in Mystic, Mary Louisa Burrows (No. 138) daughter of Enoch and Esther (Denison) Burrows. He d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8, 1861, and his wife d. there July 12, 1868.
CHILDREN:
28 ELIAS BILLINGS, b. July 3, 1817, m. Eliza Avery (No. 166) that family, May 10, 1838. She d. Feb. 20, 1893. He d. Oct. 28, 1887.
29 WILLIAM HENRY, b. July 17, 1819, d. Jan. 28, 1838.
30 MARY LOUISA, b. Aug. 26, 1821, d. Mch. 8, 1825.
31 JOSEPH W., b. April 20, 1824, d. Dec. 13, 1824.
32 MARY ELIZABETH, b. Mch. 17, 1826, m. James E. Southworth July 20, 1859.
33 CHARLES WOLCOTT, b. June 28, 1828, d. Nov. 24, 1851.
34 ESTHER B., b. Feb. 12, 1831, d. April 7, 1852.
35 ENOCH BURROWS, b. June 26, 1833, m. Helen Agalice Hyde (No. 43) that family, Sept. 17, 1862.
36 ROGER, b. June 7, 1835, d. Sept. 11, 1835.
Billings Brown (No. 23) m. Mary Tyler, daughter of John Brown Tyler, of Griswold, Conn., Feb. 24, 1825. She was b. Oct. 15, 1804 and d. Oct. 10, 1853. He was again m. Nov. 7,
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1855, to Mrs. Abby Ann Goodwin, daughter of Nathan Whiting. They had one child, John Herbert Brown, b. April 8, 1862, and d. April 22, 1864. Billings Brown d. at Groton, Conn., April 6, 1883.
CHILDREN OF BILLINGS BROWN AND MARY TYLER:
37 JOHN T., b. Nov. 22, 1825, d. July 18, 1851.
38 EDWARD A., b. June 24, 1832, d. Sept. 15, 1832.
39 HENRY B., b. Mch. 2, 1836.
40 MARY S., b. May 12, 1836, d. May 2, 1851.
Henry B. Brown (No. 39) graduate of Yale College, settled in Detroit, Mich., where he m. July 13, 1864, Caroline, daughter of Samuel Pitts of Detroit. He was appointed judge of the United States court for Michigan in 1875, which position he held until Jan. 1, 1891, when he was appointed by President Harrison a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
LYNN BROWN FAMILY.
The greater number of the Brown families of Stonington, de- scend from three brothers, Thomas, John and Eleazer Brown, sons of Thomas Brown of Lynn, Mass. The names of the parents of his father has not as yet been ascertained. Thomas Brown, senior, of Lynn, Mass., married Mary Newhall, the youngest child of Thomas and Mary Newhall of Lynn, date not preserved. Thomas Brown and wife were doubtless both of English origin, but the place of their nativity is unknown.
. THOMAS BROWN, senior, was born in the year 1628, and his wife, Mary Newhall, was born in the year 1637.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE:
2 THOMAS, Jr., b. in Lynn, Mass., and m. there Hannah Collins, Feb. 8, 1677, and soon after removed to Stonington.
3 MARY, b. Feb. 10, 1655, and d. there May 18, 1662.
4 SARAH, b. Aug. 20, 1657, d. Aug. 1, 1658.
5 JOSEPH, b. Feb. 16, 1658, and m. Sarah Jones, Jan. 22, 1680.
6 SARAH, b. Sept. 13, 1660, and d. April 2, 1662.
7 JONATHAN, b. and d. April 12, 1662.
8 JOHN, b. date unknown, and when a young man removed to Stonington, Conn.
9 MARY, b. July 26, 1666, and m. Thomas Norwood, Aug. 24, 1685. 10 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 11, 1668.
11 ELEAZER, b. Aug. 4, 1670, and came to Stonington at maturity.
12 EBENEZER, b. March 16, 1672, and d. in the year 1700.
13 DANIEL, b. April 24, 1673, and d. young.
14 ANN and
15 GRACE (twins), b. Feb. 4, 1674, and both d. Feb. 7, 1674.
16 DANIEL, b. Feb. 1, 1676; bought out the rights of his three brothers, who came to Stonington and lived and died on the old Brown home- stead in Lynn, Mass.
Thomas Brown (No. 2), m. Hannah Collins, Feb. 8, 1677 ; he d. Dec. 27, 1723.
CHILDREN:
17 SAMUEL, b. Dec. 8, 1678.
18 HANNAH, b. Dec. 5, 1680.
19 MARY, b. May 26, 1683, m. Thomas York (No. 7), York family.
20 JERUSHA, b. Dec. 25, 1688.
21 SARAH, b. July 11, 1689.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
22 THOMAS, b. Feb. 14, 1692.
23 ELIZABETH, b. May 9, 1694.
24 DANIEL, b. Oct. 9, 1696.
25 PRISCILLAH, b. Jan. 30, 1699.
26 HUMPHREY, b. Sept. 16, 1701.
John Brown (No. 8) and Elizabeth Miner (No. 42), daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Avery) Miner, were m. in the year 1692.
CHILDREN:
27 JOHN, Jr., b. in July, 1693, d. in April, 1694.
28 JONATHAN, b. March 15, 1695.
29 ELIZABETH, b. in 1699.
30 HEBSIBAH, b. - -.
31 Son, b. and d. unnamed in 1701.
32 ICHABOD, b. March 12, 1704.
33 PRUDENCE, b. April 28, 1707.
34 JEDEDIAH, b. April 28, 1709.
35 MEHITABLE, b. in Aug., 1712.
36 MARY, b. in Aug., 1716.
Eleazer Brown (No. II) and Ann Pendleton (No. 10), daughter of Capt. James Pendleton, of Westerly, R. I., were m. Oct. 18, 1693. He d. Nov. 30, 1734.
CHILDREN:
37 JONATHAN, b. July 12, 1694.
38 JAMES, b. June 1, 1696.
39 ELEAZER, b. May 4, 1698, m. Temperance Holmes.
40 ANNAH, b. Feb. 1, 1700, m. Dea. Thomas Main (No. 18).
41 EBENEZER, b. June 28, 1702.
42 MARY, b. Nov. 28, 1703, m. Elder Wait Palmer (No. 145).
43 HANNAH, b. Dec. 12, 1705, m. William Wilcox (No. 35).
44 PATIENCE, b. Dec. 28, 1707.
45 ABIGAIL, b. June 3, 1712.
46 RUTH, b. June 30, 1714.
Thomas Brown (No. 22) and Deborah Holdredge were m. Oct. 4th, 1715.
CHILDREN:
47 THOMAS, b. April 5, 1717.
48 WILLIAM, b. July 9, 1719.
49 DEBORAH, b. May 30, 1721.
50 DOROTHY, b. Feb. 20, 1724.
51 JESSE, b. Aug. 18, 1731.
52 SAMUEL b. July 14, 1734.
53 LOIS, b. Sept. 1, 1736, m. Israel Palmer (No. 249).
Daniel Brown (No. 24) and Mary Breed (No. 6), daughter of John and Mary (Palmer) Breed, were m. June 21st, 1721, by Rev. Hezekiah Lord, pastor of the church in Preston, Conn.
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LYNN BROWN FAMILY.
CHILDREN: 54 SAMUEL, b. Oct. 14, 1722. 55 DANIEL,b. March 20, 1725. 56 WALTER, b. Feb. 1, 1728. 57 AMOS, b. Oct. 28, 1730.
58 DESIRE, b. July 5, 1733. 59 CHRISTOPHER, b. March 12, 1736. 60 NATHAN, b. June 20, 1738.
61 NEHEMIAH, b. July 11, 1740.
Jonathan Brown (No. 28) and Hannah Richardson were m. Oct. 5, 1718.
CHILDREN:
62 NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 28, 1719.
63 JONATHAN, b. Aug. 14, 1721.
64 STEPHEN, b. Sept. 5, 1723, and d. Aug. 1, 1725.
65 HEPZABETH, b. May 8, 1726.
66 JAMES, b. Jan. 28, 1728.
67 ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 16, 1730.
$8 JONATHAN, b. June 14, 1732.
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James Brown (No. 38) and Elizabeth Randall (No. 6) were m. May 5, 1718.
CHILDREN:
69 JAMES, Jr., b. Jan. 29, 1719, and d. Dec. 24, 1741.
70 Daughter (twin), b. and d. Oct. 22, 1720.
71 THANKFUL (twin), b. Oct. 22, 1720, m. Jeremiah Main (No. 23).
72 SIMEON, b. Jan. 31, 1723, m. Dorothy Hearn, March 1, 1743.
73 ANN, b. March 23, 1728.
74 ZEBULON, b. Nov. 20, 1730, m. Anne Main (No. 33).
75 ELIZABETH, b. July 31, 1732, m. Timothy Main (No. 31).
76 ABIGAIL, b. April 23, 1737.
77 JOSHUA, b. April 8, 1740.
Ebenezer Brown (No. 41) and Elizabeth Main (No. 20) were m. April 5, 1723. He d. March 4, 1725.
CHILDREN:
. 78 DAVID, b. Feb. 23, 1724.
Jedediah Brown (No. 34) and Abigail Holmes (No. 21) were m. Nov. 27, 1728. He d. Jan. 15, 1732, and she d. June 6, 1732. CHILDREN:
79 JEDEDIAH, Jr., b. March 14, 1729.
80 LUCIEN, b. Oct. 20, 1730.
Humphrey Brown (No. 26) and Tabitha Holdredge were m. July 22, 1724.
CHILDREN:
81 HUMPHREY, b. Aug. 13, 1725. 82 TABITHA, b. Nov. 23, 1727.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
83 GERSHOM, b. Aug. 29, 1729.
:84 MARY, b. Sept. 14, 1731.
85 CONTENT, b. Aug. 20, 1733.
86 EUNICE, b. July 26, 1736.
87 REUBEN, b. Aug. 20, 1738.
Thomas Brown (No. 22) and Deborah Holdredge were m. April 27, 1737.
CHILDREN:
88 COLLINS, b. June 13, 1743.
89 BENONI, b. Nov. 16, 1746.
Mrs. Deborah Brown (nee Holdredge) d. date unknown, and her husband m. for his second wife Sarah Randall, March 29, 1753.
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