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Edward R. Brown

BIRTH: 22 Jan 1838, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 23 Feb 1862
BURIAL: Brown Lot, Brown Avenue, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: Cyrus Brown (25 Sep 1791 - 13 Sep 1871)
Mother: Sarah "Sally" Waterman (27 Jun 1799 - 13 Nov 1874)
                                                                                             _James Brown _______________+
                                                                                            | (1666 - 1732) m 1691       
                                                                       _Joseph Brown _______|_Mary Harris _______________
                                                                      | (1701 - 1778) m 1727  (1671 - 1736)              
                                                 _Gideon Brown _______|
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                                                |                     |                      _William Field _____________+
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                                                |                     |_Martha Field _______|_Mary or Martha ____________
                                                |                       (1711 - 1736) m 1727  (.... - 1729)              
                           _Gideon Brown _______|
                          | (1767 - 1841) m 1788|
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 _Cyrus Brown ____________|
| (1791 - 1871) m 1819    |
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|                         |_Eunice Thornton ____|
|                           (1769 - 1832) m 1788|
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|--Edward R. Brown 
|  (1838 - 1862)
|                                                                                            _Benjamin Waterman _________+
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|                                                                      _Job Waterman _______|_Mercy Sabra Knight ________
|                                                                     | (1727 - 1791) m 1749  (1676 - ....)              
|                                                _Daniel Waterman ____|
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|                                               |                     |                      _Peter Aldrich _____________
|                                               |                     |                     | (1683 - 1761) m 1716       
|                                               |                     |_Esther Aldrich _____|_Priscilla Kinney or Kinne _
|                                               |                       (1727 - 1768) m 1749  (1696 - 1751)              
|                          _William Waterman ___|
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|                         |                     |                      _John Waterman ______|_Lydia Mathewson ___________
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|                         |                     |_Lydia Waterman _____|
|                         |                       (1750 - 1779) m 1769|
|                         |                                           |                      _Jonathan Olney ____________+
|                         |                                           |                     | (1709 - 1787) m 1730       
|                         |                                           |_Mary Olney _________|_Elizabeth Smith ___________
|                         |                                             (1730 - 1763) m 1749  (1718 - 1777)              
|_Sarah "Sally" Waterman _|
  (1799 - 1874) m 1819    |
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                          |_Abigail Mathewson __|
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Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Cyrus Brown," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 17 Aug 2004. Adds the following:
Source: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, 2:3:22 (Johnston 1:145) (birth)
Source: Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial)
Occupation: June 05, 1860, Farm laborer (Source: 1860 Census, Johnston, Providence, RI, 3.)
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