Jabez Brown

Family/Spouse: Meribah Williams. Meribah (daughter of Joseph Williams and Lydia Harrington) was born in 1723 in Providence Co, Rhode Island; died in May 1751 in Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Alice Hearndon on December 25, 1669, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Alice was born in 1652.

From: JANR67A@prodigy.com (MRS JANET O ANDERSON) 7/27/98
From THE BROWN FAMILY HISTORY II
Tracing the Clark Brown Line by Ella Brown Spooner 1929, revised by
Judith Young and Celista Platz 1992 ... their first generation is

ARTHUR BROWNE, of Melchboone, England.

Chapter Two, THE BROWN FAMILY TREE ... same reference

ARTHUR - Almost nothing is known of the first Brown of this line. He is
merely mentioned as "Arthur Brown of Melchboone, or Melchbourne, England
, the father of the Rev. Chad Brown," but this statement is not accepted
by all authorities.

My descent is from Daniel's daughter, Sarah, who married Thomas Angell.

From CHAD BROWNE of PROVIDENCE, R.I. AND FOUR GENERATIONS OF HIS
DESCENDANTS by William Bradford Browne, 1926.

Page 7 ...
5. Daniel (2) Brown (Chad 1), of Providence, died at Providence 29 Sept
. 1710. He married at Providence, 25 Dec. 1669, ALICE HEARNDEN, born at
Providence in 1652, died after 1718, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth
(White) Hearnden.

His lands were laid out in 1685 at Westquadomset, where his sons settled
, but his own home was situated on "The Neck", near Providence. As
early as 1672 he owned lands north of the Inman Purchase, near
"Loquassuck", near Benjamin Hearnden. He also owned lands in Glocester,
where several of his sons settled. Administration on his estate was
granted to his widow, Alice.

Children, born at Providence:

16. i. Judah born about 1671
17.ii Jabez
iii Sarah, b. 10 October 1677 m. 4 April 1700 Thomas Angell
iv. Hallelujah, m. 31 Aug. 1702 James Olney
18 v. Hosanna, b. about 1685
vi. Jonathan. In 1718 he conveyed land to his brother Daniel, and
in 1719 he was arrested and sent to Newport. His further history is
unknown.
19 vii Jeremiah, b. about 1690
viii Alice, b. 31 May 1691; m. in 1714 William Sprague. Their
daughter Alice Bassett sold land of Daniel Brown.
20. ix Daniel
x Ann (perhaps daughter of Daniel) m. in 1720 Edward Mitchell.

Hope something here is new to you ...

Janet

Daniel married Ann Warner about 1690 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. Ann was born in 1680 in Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 25 Feb 1726 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Jul 1638, THE MARTIN, England
• Immigration: Jul 1638, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts

Notes:

TWICE RELATED TO CHADDUS BROWN and & ELIZABETH SHARPAROWE
Sons:
1. Rev John Brown 2. Jeremiah Brown
his dtr Sarah Brown his son Joseph
Sarah Brown's dtr Joseph m Sarah "Mary" Pray (1st cousin once removed)
Sarah "Mary" Pray
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Chad Brown arrived in Boston in July 1638 on ship "Martin", with his wife, Elizabeth, and his young son, John. The family moved to Salem, then to Providence, Rhode Island. He was a pious Baptist, and a preacher.

"Few merchantile dynasties anywhere in America exceeded the Browns of Providence in the diversity and the magnitude of their interest. The first of the name, Chad Brown...fathered a line that continues unbroken to the present day. In the later eighteenth century the Browns controlled fleets of vessels trading to the ends of the earth; they engaged in varied mercantile and manufacturing activities that included the production of spermateci candles, the distilling of rum, and the smelting of pig iron. Hardly a profitable activity in Rhode Island failed to enlist the interest of the Browns."
from page 312, The American Heritage History of the Thirteen Colonies, 1967.
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"Among those Rhode Island families which may almost be styled "basic" in the history and genealogy of that Colony and State" the Chad Browne family must be numbered. Spreading almost immediately to all parts of the colony, it has been from the first influential in all lines of service, whether religious, political or industrial. Its name is stamped upon a great university, and men of note have borne it proudly. " By William Bradford Browne of North Adams, Mass.

Chad Browne arrived in Boston in early July 1638 on board ship "Martin", accompanied by his wife Elizabeth and son John, aged 8 years. His parentage is unknown. On the voyage of the "Martin" to New England, one of the passengers, Sylvester Baldwin died, of Aston Clinton, Bucks Co., , having declared on June 21 in a noncupative will, which was proved on July 13, 1638 before Deputy Governor Dudley by the oaths of Chad Browne and three other men. In 1638 he proceeded to Providence, where he was associated with Roger Williams and was a signer of the famous Compact which denied religious interference in civil affairs. In 1640 he was a member of a committee to consider the Colony boundaries, and was at times called a surveyor.
In 1642 he was ordained as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Providence, the mother church of the Baptist Church of America.
The home log of Chad Browne was at the corner of the present Market Square and College Street in Providence, and Brown University now occupies that lot. He was buried on his own ground, a spot now occupied by the Court House, and his remaire removed in 1792 to the North Burial Ground.

On December 31, 1672, James Brown, the second son of Chad, conveyed to Daniel Abbott a parcel of land "which was my father Chad Browne his house lot or home share he receiived from ye town of Providence, my said father in his last will appointing the same after his wife Elizabeth Browne her decease, to revert unto my brother, John Browne, which said share my brother John passed over to me."
(Source: Chad Brown of Providence, R.I. & 4 generations by William Bradford Browne-Regi)

Chaddus** married Elizabeth* Sharparowe, (immigrant) on 11 Sep 1626 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Elizabeth* was born in 1605 in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England; died in 1672 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Jul 1638, THE MARTIN, England
• Immigration: Jul 1638, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts

Notes:

Arrived in Boston from England with her husband and young son John aboard the ship "Martin" in July 1638.

Notes:

From THE BROWN FAMILY HISTORY II
Tracing the Clark Brown Line by Ella Brown Spooner 1929, revised by
Judith Young and Celista Platz 1992 ... their first generation is

ARTHUR BROWNE, of Melchboone, England.

Chapter Two, THE BROWN FAMILY TREE ... same reference

ARTHUR - Almost nothing is known of the first Brown of this line. He is merely mentioned as "Arthur Brown of Melchboone, or Melchbourne, England , the father of the Rev. Chad Brown," but this statement is not accepted by all authorities.