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Inventory, ESKI. & ... 107. (taken 1709, Oct. 25), viz : silver hilted sword, musket, pistols, parcel of old books, farm in Bristol £249, house, outhouse and grounds in town £150, goods in warehouse. 745 oz plate at 8s , £29, 16s., apparel £30. &c.
BRINLEY.
FRANCIS" (Thomas"),
V d. 1719. Newport, R. L, Boston, Mass.
m. HANNAH CARR, .j b.
{d. 1719 +
of Carr.
1631. Newport. He returned in three or four years to England. 1656. Jul. 27. He came in the ship Speedwell to Boston, and soon made settlement at Newport.
1657, Apr. 15. He was a witness to deed of Conanicut Island, and was one of the original proprietors.
1663, May 22. He was one of those appointed to make a rate for the share of money that Conanicut Island should pay towards John Clarke's ex- penses as agent of the Colony to England.
1670, Oct. 26. He and five others were appointed to make a rate for Conanicut
1672, May 14. He was appointed on a committee to meet the Connecticut commissioners to put a final end and issue of all differences between the two colonies.
1672-73. Assistant
1674, Feb. 10. He and wife Hannah sold William Mays, of Newport, If acre . of land and a house in Newport bounded north by land of my sister Ann Coddington, west by land given to my cousin (i. e. nephew) William Cod- dington, &c.
1650. May 3. He was appointed ou a committee to put the laws and acts of the Colony into such a method that they may be put in print.
1685, Sep. 25. He bought of Joseph Ciarke, 89 acres in Jamestown and rights there and at Duich Island for £101.
1636. Justice of the Peace.
1696, Jal 16. He and others signed a petition to the King in regard to writ of Quo Warranto, presenting their full aud free submission, and resignation of power given in the charter, and desiring to be relieved from all levies sad contributions which the Assembly would expose them to in sending an Agent to England. to which the petitioners do not cousent. . 1686, Oct. 22. He bought of Benedict Arnold and Mary, of Newport, and Josiah Arnold and Sarah, of Jamestown, 71% acres at Jamestown, for ! £71,10g.
1537 Member of Sir Edmund Andros' council.
1637-83 Chairman and Judge of the General Quarter Sessions and Inferior Court of Common Picas, hol ling said office under the government of Sir Edmund Andros.
1687, Dec. 15. He and Peleg Sanford addressed a letter to Governor Andros concerning a court house, having no convenient one, and compute the cost of two small houses for that use at £140, judging it convenient that one be erected in Newport and the other in Rochester (i. e. Kings Town).
1690, Feb. 22. He wrote to his son Thomas Brinley, merchant, in London. " At New York Jacob Liesler ruies at his will and pleasure, puts in pri-on whom he pleases, and there keeps them. We are here in great confusion : John Coggeshall styles himself Deputy Governor, and John Greene, of Warwick, calls himself Assistant (both being of the Governor's Council) intend next week to call a General Assembly, and to rule by the sword. It is high time that his Majesty would settle a government over New England. i We can never govern ourselves with justice uor impartiality unless there be a good government established here, as in the other piantatious. I must remove." He adds (datted on the 27th). "Three days since we heard that a town above Alhony was cut off by the French and Indiaans where seventy persona were killed ; the rest carried captives." He alludes to Henry Buil having been chosen Governor.
1691, Mar. 16. He had a legsey from the will of Richard Smith, of Kings Town, of certain housing for life, which was to be for his son Thomas at death of Francis.
1703. Jan. 12. He was a proprietor of common lands.
1713. Mar. 27. Ile signed " an account taken of my books," which shows a lange library (for those times) divided under the heads of Law books. Books of Divinity, Books of several sorts, viz: Philosophy, de.
1714, Sep. 9. He made a deposition, calling himself ased eighty years and upwards, and testifying that he had been an inhabitants of Rhode Island for upwards of sixty three years and he never knew or heard of any privilege t or liberty for one neighbour to go over another man's land at his will and pleasure to huut deer, kill fowly, &c. but on the contrary Mr. William | Coddington, deceased, would not permit or wifer any person to hunt deer in the neck where be dwell at New Lodge, without leave from himself.
1715. Aug. 6. Hle signed a pyfur giving An account of the purchasing and settlement of Conanicut Island : he being as he says the "only origmal Proprietor living that is now concerned. To remain in perpetuam in memo. riam " He declares that io 1656. a company of one fritudred persons and upwards agreed to purchnw the island and drew up a writing under thirteen beads or articles. Richard South, Jr., was employed to purchase the land, and he agreed with Cajanaquant, a chief sachem, for $100, to he paid in wampuis and page, and the dred was signed at Mr. William Cod- dingtoa's house. at New Lodge, wud Brinley being a witness, Possession
I. (THOMAS,
7 d. 1603.
( CATHARINE PAGE, 5 b. 1663. 1 d. 1755. of
Para
(She m. (2) Edward Lyde.)
1681.
Member of Artillery Company.
1686 He was one of the founders of Kings Chapel.
He went to London, before 1690, and established himself as a merchant and there was married. HE and his youngest son died of small pox, whereupon his widow and the two surviving children esmt to America to live with the grandfather of said children,
His widow died at her son's house in Roxbury and was buried in the family tomb in Kings Cispe Burial Ground, Boston.
Newport, R. I
II. WILLIAM,
5 b.
1 d. 1704
m. (1)
REAPE,
í b.
id.
of William & Sarah (
1
Bzape
m. (2)
j b. 1674, Apr. 27.
MARY SANFORD, d. 1721, Jul. 13. of Samuel & Sarah ( Wodell) Sanford;
(She m. (2) 1704, Feb. 13, Josiah Arnoid.)
1676. Juryman.
16.7. Freeman.
1677. Oct. 31. Commissary. He having powder in his custody was directed to pay over one & irre to Captain Arthur Fenner in part pay for the charge of the garrison called Kings Garrison, at Pror- dence, and if lead, bullets, or shot be in the Colony's store, Captain Fenner was to have not exc .- ding a hundred weight.
1678. Aug. 31. He petitioned the Assembly to take out of his custody the remaining part of powder belonging to the Colony, and the Deputy Governor and Captain Peleg Sanford were accordingly fire power to receive the powder and audit the Commissary's account.
I@SO. Tased 19s. 1695, Sep. 25. He was witness to a dee i from Joseph Clarke to Francis Brinley. . .....
1699. He was one of the founders of Trinity Church.
1703, Oct. 21. He took acknowledge.nent of William Wilson and Mehitable his wife, at Newpor. they belonging to the town of Saybrook, Ct.
1703-4. Justice of the Pence.
He bore the title of Captain for sometime.
-
y b. 1032, Nov. 15. Datchet, Bucks Co., Eng.
·
1 b.
Boston, Mass., London, Eng.
.
!
257
1735. Major.
1705, Mar. 10. Will-proved 1286, Apr. 13. Ex. son-in-law Martin Howard. To son-in-law Martin Howard, Jr., of Newport, s furm in South Kingstown of 214 acres, in occupation of Jeremiah Hoxie and John Hoxie, with house, &e., for lito and to him all stock of creatures, &c., on said farm. To daughter Elizabeth Perkins, widow of Edward, E70, yearly. To granddaughter Anu Howard, daughter of Martin, all aforesaid farms at death of her father, she paying her aunt Elizabeth Perkins, £70. .
1 b. 1099, Jan. 4.
IL ( MARTILA,
m.
(JOHN SMITH,
14.
d. 1707.
of
III. ( WILLIAM,
6 b. 1694, Nov. 28.
¿d. young.
5 b. 1697, May 6.
IV. ( SARADI,
1 d.
BRINLEY.
§ b.
I. ( ELIZABETH, m. WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, § b. 1680 ± 1 d. of Eliakim & Sarah (Shrimpton)
Hutchinson.
IL. ( FRANCIS,
m. 1718, Apr. 13.
DEBORAH LYDE,
( b. 1600.
1 d. 1766.
1 b.
1 d.
of Edward & Deborah (Byfield)
London, Eng., Roxbury, Mass.
Lyde He was educated at Eton, in England.
1730, Apr. 10. Roxbury. He sold John Paine, of Jamestown, R. I., 29 acres there and buildings for £500.
1742, Apr. 29. He sold Godfrey Malbone, of Newport, merchant, a farm of 366 acres with buildings, &c., in Jamestown, for £10,248. The house that he erected at Roxbury it is said was modelled after the family mansion at Datchet, England, though on a smaller scale. 1766, May 7. Administration to sons Thomas Brinley, of Boston, distiller, Edward Brinley, of Roxbury, grocer, and Nathaniel Brinley of Framingham. yeoman. Inventory. Pewter, silver spoons, spinning wheel, 12 barrels cider, 2 beakers, 15 wine glasses, 3 wheel barrows, books, reading glass, watch, pair of oxen, 4 cows, horse, mare, chaise. negro man ES, another man £12, woman £12, main 960, another negro at Newport, supposed value 06s., &c. The real estate aggregated over 6.600 acres valued at about $9.600, and included the homestevi at Rocoury (99 acres. house and barn worth £3,000,) and tracts of land in Watertown, Needham, Brookline, Framingham, Hopkinton, Leicester, Blanford, and county of Worcester. He built a family tomb in Kings Chapel Burial Ground, Boston, and was buried therein.
III. ( WILLIAM,
Sb.
įd. 1693.
I. WILLIAM, Shrewsbury, N. J. m. 5 b. (ELIZABETH, [ b. ? d. of . 1713. He and wife Elizabeth deeded land to George Rogers 1715, Apr. 19. Ho and his children were mentioned in the will of his grandmother Sarah Reape, of Shrewsbury, widow of William Reape, of Newport, R. L.
1. Eliakiw, 2. Shrimpton, 3. Francis,
1. Deborah, 2. Catharine, 1724. 3. Thomas, 1726. 4. Francis, 1:29. 5. Edward, 1730, Ang. 7. 6. Nathaniel, 1733. 7. George,
1. Francis, 2. William, 8. Thomas, 4. Reape, 5. Sarah,
8mith.
ME
238
was given by Inrf and twig. The island was computed to be 6,000 acres in extent, and 4,500 acres wore allostes to the proprietors for farms, 260 acres for a township, &c., provision being made for an artillery garden, place of burial for the dead, prison house, highways, &c.
He moved to Boston shortly before his death.
1:19, Ort. 19 Will-conlicit 1:19. Oct. 21-proved 1719. Nov. 16. Fre. grandsons Francis Boules and William Hutchinson. Overset, Captain Timothy Clark. To wife Hannah, 520, her lower in the estate being snill vient for her yours and my degree. To daughter-in-law Catherine Lyde, €20, and an anninty of 560, yearly for lite in tien of her jointure. To granddaughter Elizabeth Hutchinson. C20, and having given her C:00, at sundry tines by delivers to William Hutchinson, her husband, a further «ININ of £2 200. i, now added to make up a complete som of 5.000, the said William Hutchinson settling an equivalent juntore on her. To her also certain land in King: Town. 8. 1 , and 2:00 sterling, wwie in Enghunt.| To Eliakim Hutchinson, chiest son of my grunndaughter Eaz wbeth, certain land in Norton, Mass, To Elward Lwie, of Boston, Cio To Mrs. Mary Cole. daughter of John Cole. - of Kings Town. 25. To Mr. Mahoc, of Roxbury, 40% To my kinswoman Mary Viati, of Barrington, 40%. To negro man Guy. 40%. To Alice Wait, wite of Samuel Wait, of Kings Town. a new hammock. To Samuel Wa'cham, of Newport, cieven books. To Mr. Timothy Clarke, of Beston, my old of the world and a law book. To ! grandchildren Francis Brinter and Elizabeth Hutchinson, all my printed books no! bequeathed. To kinsman Mr. Francis Willen, Et. To Thomas Brandon, Esq. of the Inner Temple, London, ten guiness. To grandson Francis Brinley. $500 sterling, due in England. To Deborah, wife of grandson Francis Brinley, 220. To grandson Francis Brinley, all my lands in Horton and Stanwell, in counties of Middlesex and Bucks, England, as in my father's will is more largely expressed. To grindson Francis, also land and tenement at south end of Boston Neck, he paying annuity, and al messtage at north end of Conanjeut Island, and if he die without issue all to go to my granddaughter his sister, Elizabeth Hutchinson. To children of my two grauchildren, eich 915. To gran Ison Francis, all the rest real and personal. To excentors, 210, cach. The codicil makes von the annnity of $60, to daughter-in law Catharine Lyde, from income of land at Boston Neck, and directs that the annuity be paid sixty days after Lady Michachnas Day.
Among bis writings was " A brief account of the several settlements and governments in and about the lands of the Narragansett Bay in New England." The narrative is brought down to 1689.
BROWN (CHAD).
CHAD,
2 d. 1650 (-) 6 b.
ELIZABETH,
{ d. 1650 +
He was a surveyor, with other avocations, and the first settled pastor of the First Baptist Church.
1638. Jul.
He landed in Boston from ship Martin, and in a deposition Diade a short time after, mentions that be and wife Elizabeth and son John came in said ship.
He came to Providence the same year and there signed with twelve others the following compact: "We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inbabit in the towa of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the | present inhabitants, masters of families incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things."
He was soon after chosen on a committee to compile a list of the first lots situated on the Town street. His service in such directions is mentioned by Roger Williams years after in a letter to John Whipple, Jr. ( 1669, Jul. 8), | wherein he says: "the third sort of bounds were of favor and grace, invented, as I think, and prosecuted by that noble spirit, now with God, Chad Brown."
1640.
He was appointed on a committee with three others in all matters of difference between Providence and Pawtuxet, regarding the division line, and they reported in July that they had seriously and care- fully considered all those differences. " We have gone the fairest and equal- lest way to produce our pesce."
1640. Jul. 27. He and thirty-eight others signed an agreement for a form of government, and he was on the committee that drew up this paper.
1642. Ordained as pastor of First Baptist Church.
1643. He and three others were employed in making peace between the people of Warwick and Massachusetts.
1550, Sep. 9. Widow Brown taxed de. dd.
He was buried in his original home lot, where the Court House now stands, and from here bis body was removed in 1792 to the North Burial Ground, where a monument was erected to his memory by the town of Providence.
A descendant, Moses Brown, wrote Dr. Wavland under date of 1833, May 25. " Cund and his wife were buried on their own lot, near the north-west | corner of the now town house, and had a large square monument of granite over them. I saw their remains when taken up."
He left a will, as shown by allusions in diceds of his sons.
I. (JOHN, m.
(d. 1706 ± j b.
MARY HOLMES,
d. 1690 + of Obadiah & Catharine ( › Holmes.
1649, Nov. 3. He and five others drew lots for the home share of Mr. Lea, deceased, whose widow was to have 30s.
1650, Sep. 2. Taxed 38. 4d.
1631. He was on a jury concerning death of Margaret Goodwin, the verdict being that " the terribleness of the crack of thunder on the second of the third month, 1651, or the coldness of the night, being she was naked did kill her."
1652-55-59-60-64. Juryman.
1655. Freeman.
1659, Jun. 6. Surveyor of High ways.
1661, Mar. 25. He was on a committee to levy a rate of £35, for a colony prison.
1661. Mav 10. He and two others received a deed on behalf of Providence from Wattiashant of tract called Warunckeke.
1662, Mar. 14. Moderator of town meeting. In the same year he was on a committee to build a bridge over the Moshassuck River, and also on a committee to levy a rate of £76, 24 6d., to send Mr. Clarke to England.
1662-04-65. Town Council.
1683-64. Deputy.
1665-416. Assistant.
1666. May 31. He took oath of allegiance.
1669, Feb. 27. He and wife Mary sold Jumes Matteson 5 acres given him by his father Chad Brown
in last will.
1672. Dec. 21. He sold a lot to his brother Jeremiah, of Newport, which his father Chad had bought of George Rickard.
1072, Dec. 31. He sold to his brother James of Newport, the home lot of their father Chad Brown. deceased, which had come to said John, by reversion from his mother Elizabeth " according as my father Chad Brown by his will disposed " &c. A reservation was made of 20 feet square, within the orchard where my father and mother are buried, with free egress. This land was sold the same diny ! to Daniel Abbott, and part of it subsequently repurchased by John and Moses Brown, and presented to Brown University, and built upon by that corporation.
1679, Jul. 1. Taxed 58.
1687. Sep. 1. Taved with son John 9s.
1687. Ratable estate, 4 oven, 5 cows. 4 two years, 2 three years, 45 sheep, 3 horses, 3 Logs, 7 acres planting land, 7 acres pasture, 7 acres swamp meadow, 5 acres bog meadow.
1690. Jul. 6. He deeded to son James " for his well being and settlement, and also in consideration ! of his good obediener and pains, care and diligence, which he constantly hath taken in providing for my family, my three house fois or home shares of land lying all together, with my dwelling house," &c., and other land. Reservation was made to his wife and himself for life, of dwelling in the house, and comfortable maintenance.
1701. He and Pardon Tillinghast, as elders of the church, ordained James Clarke, of New- port, as Pastor of the Second Baptist Church there.
1703, Mar. 13. He recorded the car mark of his cattle, " in each ear a hole."
1 b.
Providence, R. L.
5 b. 1630.
Providence, R. I.
BROWN (CHAD).
I. ( SARAH,
j b. 1 d. 1733 +
2. Hugh,
m. 1679. Nov. 14.
JOHN PRAY,
( b. 1 d. 1730, Oct. 9.
of Richard & Mary (
Pray.
4. Mary,
5. Catharine,
6. Sarah,
7. Penelope,
8. Martha,
1689.
II. ( JORN,
5 b. 1662, Mar. 18.
{ d. 1719, Sep. 19.
( b.
m. 1696. Jun. 9. (LABEL MATHEWSON.
1 d. 1719 + of James & Hannah (Field)
Mathewson.
He held the title of Ensign.
1706. May 20. He deeded his brother Obadiah for his well being and settlement, certain lands beired from his father.
1719. Nov. 23. Administration to widow Isabel and son John. Inventory, £253, 1s. 8d., viz : 2 woolen wheels, linen wheel, pewter, brass, earthen- ware, books, carpenter's tools, warming pan, bills of credit, silver money, hay, rye, oats, barley, tobacco, fax, cider, 13 swine, 4; sheep, 2 oxen, ? cows, 2 stecry, 4 two years, 3 yearlings, 2 heifers, mare, &c. Real estate ; homestead farm, &c. $500, lands and meadows at Wanscott £100, land west of Seven Mile line, &c.
HIL. ( JAMES,
b. 1666.
Providence, R. I. 1. John, 1695, Oct. 8.
2 James.
169%, Mar. 22.
3. Joseph,
1761, May 15
4. Martha, 1703. Oct. 12.
5. Andrew, 1:06. Sep. 20.
1705-6-7-8-0-10-11-12-13-19-20-25. Towa Council.
1714-18. Town Treasurer.
1726. Pastor of First Baptist Church, succeeding Ebenezer Jenckes in the ministry. He continued as pastor till bis denth.
1720, Mar. 3.
Will-proved 1292, Dec. 4. Exs. sons James and Joseph. To wife Mary, house for life, and then to sons Jeremiah and Elisha. To wife alto, houscholl goo la, $20, and to be provided in victuals. drink, firewood, &c. To son James, land at Wansocut, great bible, book called 19. Elisha, Robert's Kev, and a gun which was my father's, To son Joseph, land. To son Andrew, house at Chapatsett, and half the land there. To son Our- diah, the other half of Crip isett land, except 6 acres, a lot in town, &c. To grandson James Greene, 150 acres. To daughters Mary and Ana, £200, cach, pail partly with a negro woman at £30. To sons Jeremiah and Elisha, the homestead, all lands between Town street and highway, &c., they taking care of their mother. Inventory, 9915. 64, viz: books, bonds $178, 5e .. 6 silver spoons, 24 chairs, 2 canes, shoemaker's tools, loom, spinning wheel, negro woman Quassi, I and boy Cully £100, 4 hogsheads of anle beer, 3 hogsheads cider, 2 horses, mare, 2 swine, 30 sheep, + oxen, 6 cows, 5 calves, chier press, cheese, press, liny, oats, fax, &c. The rooms named were kitchen, great kitchen chamber, little kitchen chamber, east lower bed room, great chamber, north-east little chamber, and south-east little chamber.
1738. Jul. 20. Will-proved 17. Nov. 29. Widow Mary. Exs. sons Jeremiah and Elisha. To sons Jeremiah and Elisha, 2316 acres in Smithfield given her by brother Andrew Harris. To son Joseph, EM. To daughter Ann Brown, wearing apparel, $100, due from brother Toleration Harris, &c. She mentions her daughters Martha Grrene and Mary Brown as deceased. To sou Jeremiah, apprentice boy Othviel Hearnden. To son Elishis, negro boy. Curfey, &c.
He and bis wife were burini in North Burial Ground.
IV. ( OBADIAH, m.
( b. { d. 1716, Aug. 24.
1. John, 2. Chad,
1705, Oct. 13
1 b.
of
1699, Aug. His name was in the list of taxable persons over the age of sixteen. (One hundred and seventy-two in all.)
1716. Sep. 12. Administration to brothers John and JJune4. Inventory, £377. 1d., viz : 17 cowa, yoke of oven, 2 yokes of steers, yearling bull, two year bull, two year steer. 5 yearling verre, IL calves, rest rown mire, two year mare, a wwine, 7 pics, 30 bowls English bay, 16 loads meadow hiy, quo, musket, rapier, bell, small pistol, I books. pewter, pair of silver buckles, comoper's stuff, wife's wearing apparel, Sc.
1724, Feb. 23. His son " John Brown, Jr., son of Obadiah, deceased," deeded to brother Chad 200 acres.
V. ( MARTHA,
1 b.
m.
( JOSEPH JENCKES,
j b. 1678.
¿ d. 1740, Jun. 15.
of Joseph & Esther (Ballard)
Jenckes.
1. Joseph, 2. Obadiah,
3. Catharine, 1004.
4. Nathaniel,
5. Martha, 6. Lydia, 7. Julın.
8. Mary, 9. Esther,
1717, May 25.
7. Anna.
8. Obadiah, 1712, Oct. 2.
9. Jeremiah,
1713, Nov. 25.
m. 1601. Dec. 17. { d. 1732. Oct. 28.
j b. 1671, Dec. 17.
( MARY HARRIS,
¿ d. 1730, Aug. 18. of Andrew & Mary (Tew)
Harris.
1. John, 1697, Mar. 26.
2. Mary, 1699, Jul 30.
3. Lydia, 1701, Dec. 21.
4. Isabel, 1705. Apr. 17.
3. Nathan, 170%, Aug. 24.
6. Obadiah, 1710, Aug. 17.
6. Mary, 1708, Apr. 20.
Providence, R. L.
1. John.
3. Richard,
Providence, R. L.
260
II. ( JAMES,
Sb.
d. 1689 (-)
Newport, R. L
m.
( ELIZABETH CARR,
6 b.
¿ d. 1097 +
of Robert
Curr.
(She m. (2) Samuel Gardiner.)
He was a cooper.
1671, Jan. 30.
He was allowed 2s. for four day's service.
1671.
Freeninn.
1673, Dec. 31. He and wife Elizabeth sold the home lot of his father Chad Brown, deceased, to Daniel Abbott, of Providence, excepting the land where his father Chad and mother Elizabeth were buried.
1679, Feb. 15. He bought of Daniel Stanton, of Newport, land in Coeset, for 40s. 1680. Taxed 12#.
1683, May 5. Elizabeth Brown of Newport, widow and executrix of James Brown, sold land in East Greenwich to Clement Weaver for $12.
Newport, R. L
III. (JEREMIAH,
m. (1)
( b.
th. (2) 1680 ±
1 d.
of
MARY COOK (w. of Thog.) . D. .
of
1671. Freeman.
1671, Jan. 30. He was allowed £2. for bire of bis boat to bring down about twenty persons from Providence, and also for his boat to go to Narragansett with Mr. John Crandall, Sr.
1672, Dec. 31. He and wife Mary sold Daniel Abbott of Providence, a lot there that Chad Brown, father of grantor, had owned.
1674. Aug. 25. He bought land of Sarah Reape, widow of William 'Reape, of Newport, for £13, being commonage in Providence.
1674, Oct. 28. He was released from payment of a fine for not serving on jury, on his petition for said release. 1680. Taxed £1, 88.
1686. Grand Jury.
1687, Sep. 6. Kings Town. Taxed 2s. 2d. He probably returned to Newport.
1690, Sep. 16. He and two others were appointed by Assembly to proportion rate of tax for Kings Town's part of money for French and Indian War.
1000. Oct. 30. Whereas Mr. Jeremiah Brown is dead, the Assembly ordered two others in his atead to assist in making rate for Kings Town.
1688, Apr. 11. Will-proved 1690. Witnesses. Samuel Carr and Ephraim Turner. A reference to this is found in a list of wills (between the dates of 1676 and 1695), that were presented to the Court in 1700, by partics interested, the law requiring three witnesses and these wills having but two.
1691, Oct. 9. Mary Brown, widow of Jeremiah, bad 90 acres laid out at East Greenwich.
(Possibly Samuel, Daniel and William Brown, of Kings Town, were his sons, but there is no direct evidence to show it.)
IV. ( JUDAE,
1 b. {d. 1663, May 10.
Newport, R. L
UNMARRIED.
He was buried in the Clifton Burial Ground.
fb.
Providence, R. L.
V DANIEL, 1 d. 1710, Sep. 29.
m. 1660, Dec. 25. j b. 1652.
ALICE HEARNDEN, + d. 1718 + of Benjamin & Elizabeth (White) Hearnden.
1656. Hay-ward.
1665. Feb. 19. He had lot 9 in a division of lands.
1670, Jul. 1. Taxed 2. 6d.
1687, 8cp. 1. Taxed 34.
1706, Dec. 10. He derded to two eldest sons Judab and Jabesh, for well being, etc. 50 seres in the neck, being farm we live upon, only wife Alice to have maintenance, and if grantor decease before five years, then three youngest sous to have for the five years.
1710, Feb. 18. He dreded son Daniel, for love, &c., a forty foot lot, a little north of Great Bridge from the town over to Weybesset.
1710. Nov. 10. Administration to widow Alice, and later at her request, to hurseif and son Daniel. Inventury, £7H + . vix : wearing apparel. pewter, 3 spinming wheels, 2 pairs of cards, betchel, vidi books, cider mill, pair of small oven, 3 cows, pair of yearling steers, 20 sheep and Lambs, 7 xwinc. 84 marking irons, a barrel of peach juice, and 13 old barrels and cider which he kit at Newport ( He died while temporarily at Newport.)
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