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John Brown

Father: James Brown (22 Mar 1698 - 27 Apr 1739)
Mother: Hope Power (4 Jan 1701/1702 - 8 Jun 1792)

Family 1: Sarah Smith (13 May 1738 - 27 Feb 1825)
  1.  James Brown (22 Sep 1761 - 12 Dec 1834)
  2.  Benjamin Brown (13 Feb 1763 - 7 Jul 1773)
  3.  Abigail Brown (26 Nov 1764 - 16 Oct 1766)
  4. +Abigail "Abby" Brown (20 Nov 1766 - 5 Mar 1821)
  5. +Sarah or Sally Brown (5 Sep 1773 - 2 Aug 1846)
  6. +Alice Brown (1 Jan 1777 - 23 Oct 1823)

                                                                                                _____________________
                                                                                               |                     
                                                                      _Chad Brown _____________|_____________________
                                                                     | (1600 - 1650)                                 
                                             _John Brown ____________|
                                            | (1630 - 1706) m 1654   |
                                            |                        |                          _____________________
                                            |                        |                         |                     
                                            |                        |_Elizabeth Sharparowe ___|_____________________
                                            |                          (1604 - 1672)                                 
                       _James Brown ________|
                      | (1666 - 1732) m 1691|
                      |                     |                                                   _____________________
                      |                     |                                                  |                     
                      |                     |                         _Obadiah Holmes _________|_____________________
                      |                     |                        | (1607 - 1682) m 1636                          
                      |                     |_Mary Holmes ___________|
                      |                       (1632 - 1690) m 1654   |
                      |                                              |                          _____________________
                      |                                              |                         |                     
                      |                                              |_Catharine or Katherine _|_____________________
                      |                                                (.... - 1682) m 1636                          
 _James Brown ________|
| (1698 - 1739) m 1722|
|                     |                                                                         _Andrew Harris ______
|                     |                                                                        | (.... - 1616) m 1603
|                     |                                               _William Harris _________|_Jane Bagley ________
|                     |                                              | (.... - 1681)                                 
|                     |                      _Andrew Harris _________|
|                     |                     | (1635 - 1686) m 1670   |
|                     |                     |                        |                          _John Hyde __________
|                     |                     |                        |                         |                     
|                     |                     |                        |_Susan Hyde _____________|_Mary Bonfoy ________
|                     |                     |                          (.... - 1682)                                 
|                     |_Mary Harris ________|
|                       (1671 - 1736) m 1691|
|                                           |                                                   _____________________
|                                           |                                                  |                     
|                                           |                         _Richard Tew ____________|_____________________
|                                           |                        | (.... - 1673)                                 
|                                           |_Mary Tew ______________|
|                                             (1647 - 1688) m 1670   |
|                                                                    |                          _____________________
|                                                                    |                         |                     
|                                                                    |_Mary Clarke ____________|_____________________
|                                                                      (.... - 1687)                                 
|
|--John Brown 
|  (1736 - 1803)
|                                                                                               _____________________
|                                                                                              |                     
|                                                                     _Nicholas Power _________|_____________________
|                                                                    | (1657 - ....)                                 
|                                            _Nicholas Power ________|
|                                           | (.... - 1675) m 1671   |
|                                           |                        |                          _____________________
|                                           |                        |                         |                     
|                                           |                        |_Jane ___________________|_____________________
|                                           |                          (.... - 1667)                                 
|                      _Nicholas Power _____|
|                     | (1673 - 1734) m 1700|
|                     |                     |                                                   _____________________
|                     |                     |                                                  |                     
|                     |                     |                         _Zachariah Rhodes _______|_____________________
|                     |                     |                        | (1603 - ....) m 1646                          
|                     |                     |_Rebecca Arnold Rhodes _|
|                     |                       (1656 - 1727) m 1671   |
|                     |                                              |                          _William Arnold _____
|                     |                                              |                         | (1587 - 1675)       
|                     |                                              |_Joanna Arnold __________|_Christian Peake ____
|                     |                                                (1617 - 1692) m 1646                          
|_Hope Power _________|
  (1701 - 1792) m 1722|
                      |                                                                         _____________________
                      |                                                                        |                     
                      |                                               _________________________|_____________________
                      |                                              |                                               
                      |                      _Pardon Tillinghast ____|
                      |                     | (1622 - 1717)          |
                      |                     |                        |                          _____________________
                      |                     |                        |                         |                     
                      |                     |                        |_________________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                                                        
                      |_Mercy Tillinghast __|
                        (1679 - 1769) m 1700|
                                            |                                                   _____________________
                                            |                                                  |                     
                                            |                         _Philip Taber ___________|_____________________
                                            |                        |                                               
                                            |_Lydia Masters Taber ___|
                                              (1642 - 1720)          |
                                                                     |                          _____________________
                                                                     |                         |                     
                                                                     |_Lydia Masters __________|_____________________
                                                                                                                     

Notes

!SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:42. Gives birth 26 Jan 1736.

!SOURCE: "John Brown of Providence, RI: He Opposed the British Flag and Was Captured in 1774. (Some Extracts from the Memoirs of Elkanah Watson)," Brown Family Genealogical Society, Vol. 25, Issue 2 (December 1996), p. 17-18. Gives birth 27 Jan 1736.

!SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 16, 34-37.

!SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 17 Jul 2004. Cites John Sterling's North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, Old Section 1700-1848 (Greenville, R.I.: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2000), p. 66. Adds burial place. "Merchant, Patriot, Legislator; built house now belonging to the RI Historical Society on corner Power/Benefit Streets"

!IDENTITY: "One of the noted four Brown brothers, [he] was a leading merchant of Providence. In 1786 he built the great mansion on Power Street, Providence, which is now occupied by The Rhode Island Historical Society." --Gen. of R.I. Families.

!IDENTITY: "One of the famous 'four brothers,' merchants in Providence and founders and patrons of Brown University." --John Brown of Providence, RI

!NOTE: "He was the leader of the party which destroyed the British armed schooner the Gaspee, in Narragansett Bay in June 1772." --A.I.B. Bulkley, p. 34.

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