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Elisha Brown

Male 1712 - 1800  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elisha Brown was born 26 Jan 1711/12, Westerly, RI (son of Daniel Brown and Frances Watson); died 1 Jul 1800, Cheshire, MA.

    Notes:

    Elisha is known to have been one of the first settlers in 1768 of New Providence, MA, now part of Cheshire, MA, where he was Town Treasurer. His will, dated 19 Sept 1791 at Warwick, RI, names his wife Patience and nine children, as well as three Bennet granddaughters.

    I have estimated the birth years of some of his children.

    Elisha married Patience Edmunds 14 Jan 1734/35, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Patience (daughter of Joseph Edmunds and Hannah Nichols) was born Abt 1713; died 24 May 1796, Apponaug, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Brown Elisha, and Patience Edmunds, of Joseph ; m. by Phillip Arnold, Asst., Jan. 14, 1734-5; Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. 1 : Pg. 107), Warwick, RI.

    Children:
    1. Mary Brown was born 12 Mar 1734/35, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    2. Ruth Brown was born 27 Nov 1736, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    3. Elisha Brown, Jr. was born 1 Aug 1739, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    4. Waite Brown was born 23 Sep 1741, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 1811, Lisbon, St. Lawrence Cty., NY.
    5. Joseph Brown was born 29 Aug 1743, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    6. Frances Brown was born 7 Aug 1745, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    7. Daniel Brown was born 5 Aug 1747, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 31 Dec 1840; was buried , Cheshire, MA.
    8. Patience Brown was born 5 Aug 1749, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died Abt Jun 1803.
    9. George Brown was born 4 Jul 1751, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    10. Hannah Brown was born 12 Apr 1754, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    11. Lucina Lucy Brown was born 12 Apr 1756, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Brown was born Abt 1670, Newport, RI (son of Jeremiah Brown and Unknown Wife); died 1726.

    Notes:

    Daniel may have had a second wife. See vital records of Westerly.

    DAR records have his birth year as 1682.

    Daniel married Frances Watson Abt 1703. Frances (daughter of John Watson and Dorcas Gardner) was born Abt 1676; died Aft 1726. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Frances Watson was born Abt 1676 (daughter of John Watson and Dorcas Gardner); died Aft 1726.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Brown was born 13 Mar 1704/05, Westerly, RI.
    2. Mary Brown was born 3 Aug 1706, Westerly, Washington Co., RI.
    3. Benjamin Brown was born 16 Mar 1707/08, Westerly, RI.
    4. Daniel Brown was born 15 Nov 1709, Westerly, RI.
    5. 1. Elisha Brown was born 26 Jan 1711/12, Westerly, RI; died 1 Jul 1800, Cheshire, MA.
    6. Dorcas Brown was born 23 May 1713, Westerly, RI.
    7. John Brown was born 18 Feb 1714/15, Westerly, RI.
    8. Desire Brown was born 8 Jun 1723, Westerly, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jeremiah Brown was born Abt 1634 (son of Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparrowe); died Between 16 Sep and 30 Oct 1690.

    Notes:

    "He was living in Kings Town in 1687, as he was taxed there on Sept. 6, 2s. 2d. He probably returned to Newport. He was Freeman in 1671, served on the Grand Jury in 1686, and in 1690, Sept. 16, with two others, was appointed by the Assembly to proportion the rate of tax for Kings Town's part of money for French and Indian War." (source: http://archive.org/stream/chadbrownememori00bulkrich/chadbrownememori00bul krich_djvu.txt)

    From New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 128 p 152 (Jane Fiske): Jeremiah married as his second wife Mary, widow of Thomas Cooke of Portsmouth. Mary was the mother of his younger children, Samuel b March 1680 and Hannah b 1688/9 and perhaps others. She survived Jeremiah and was still living in 1691. The theory that Mary was d/o Williams Havens is erroneous.

    Jeremiah married Unknown Wife Abt 1665. Unknown was born Abt 1640. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Unknown Wife was born Abt 1640.
    Children:
    1. James Brown was born Abt 1668.
    2. 2. Daniel Brown was born Abt 1670, Newport, RI; died 1726.
    3. William Brown was born 1676.

  3. 6.  John Watson died Abt Mar 1728/29, North Kingstown, RI.

    John married Dorcas Gardner Abt 1675. Dorcas (daughter of George Gardner and Herodias Long) was born Abt 1650. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Dorcas Gardner was born Abt 1650 (daughter of George Gardner and Herodias Long).
    Children:
    1. 3. Frances Watson was born Abt 1676; died Aft 1726.
    2. Herodias Watson was born Abt 1688, Narragansett, RI.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Chad Brown was born Abt 1600, England; died Bef Sep 1650, Providence, RI.

    Notes:

    "Chad Brown, a Baptist minister, was born about 1600 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England [unconfirmed by me]. The names of his parents are unknown. Elizabeth Sharparowe was born about 1604 in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England. They probably married about 1629 based on the known birth dates of their sons:

    Chad — Elizabeth Sharparrowe. Elizabeth was born Abt 1604, England; died Aft Sep 1650, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Sharparrowe was born Abt 1604, England; died Aft Sep 1650, Providence, RI.
    Children:
    1. John Brown was born 1630, England; died Abt 1706.
    2. James Brown was born Abt 1632; died Bef 1683.
    3. 4. Jeremiah Brown was born Abt 1634; died Between 16 Sep and 30 Oct 1690.
    4. Chad Brown was born Abt 1638; died 10 May 1663.
    5. Daniel Brown was born Abt 1640; died 29 Sep 1710.

  3. 14.  George Gardner was born 1600; died 1677, Newport, RI.

    Notes:

    It is not know just when and how George Gardner came to America. He first appeared at Portsmouth, RI, in 1638. He was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck (the island on which Newport is situated) in October of 1639, and was made a freeman of Newport on 17 Dec 1639. On 17 Mar 1641/42 he was chosen Constable & Senior Sergeant of Newport.

    Shortly after this, George began a close relationship with Herodias (Long) Hicks, wife of John Hicks of MA, RI, and later of Long Island, NY. George & Herodias eventually lived together in a common law marriage, while John Hicks divorced Herodias and moved to Long Island, where he remarried.

    George & Herodias lived together for over 20 years and had at least seven children together: Benoni, Henry, George William, Nicholas, Dorcas, & Rebecca. However, the couple separated in 1665. Around this time a man named John Porter separated from his wife Margaret, and not long afterwards he married Herodias.

    George then married Lydia, daughter of Robert Ballou of Portsmouth, RI, and Boston, MA. George & Lydia had five children: Joseph, Robert, Mary, Lydia, & Peregrine. After George's death c.1677, Lydia remarried to William Hawkins of Providence, and had four children with him.

    George married Herodias Long Between 1641 and 1645. Herodias was born 1623. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Herodias Long was born 1623.

    Notes:

    Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart has her surname as Hicks. However, that was the surname of her first husband.

    Children:
    1. Benoni Gardner was born Between 1640 and 1645, London, England or RI; died Abt 1731.
    2. Samuel Gardiner was born Abt 1645; died 8 Dec 1696, Swansea, MA.
    3. Henry Gardner was born Abt 1645; died 26 Apr 1744, South Kingstown, RI.
    4. 7. Dorcas Gardner was born Abt 1650.