Ancestral Glimpses » John Brown (± 1630-± 1706)

Personal data John Brown 

• He was born about 1630 in ENGLAND.
• (Last Name) : May have been spelled Browne.
• He died about 1706 in Providence Township, Providence County, Rhode Island, British America.
• A child of Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparowe
• This information was last updated on December 31, 2013.

Household of John Brown

He is married to Mary Holmes.

They got married about 1660 at Providence Township, Providence County, Rhode Island, British America.

Child(ren):

1. Obadiah Brown  ????-1716
2. Mary Brown  ????-1678
3. Deborah Brown  
4. Sarah Brown  ± 1657-± 1733 
5. John Brown  1662-1719
6. James Brown  1666-1732
7. Martha Brown   

Notes about John Brown

John Brown - TimeLine

JOHN, b. 1630. Providence, R. I.; d. 1706 ±
m.
MARY HOLMES, b. of Obadiah & Catharine ( ) Holmes; d. 1690 +

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 3s. id.
1651, 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 Highways.
1661, Mar. 25. He was on a committee to levy a rate of £35, for a colony prison.
1661, May 10. He and two others received a deed on behalf of Providence from Wuttiashant of tract called Wayunckeke.
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, 2s. 6d., to send Mr. Clarke to England.
1662-64-65. Town Council.
1663-64. Deputy.
1665-66. Assistant.
1666, May 31. He took oath of allegiance.
1669, Feb. 27. He and wife Mary sold James 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.
1672, 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 day 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 5s.
1687, Sep. 1. Taxed with son John 9s.
1687. Ratable estate, 4 oxen, 5 cows, 4 two years, 2 three years, 45 sheep, 3 horses, 3 hogs, 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 obedience and pains, care and diligence, which he constantly hath taken in providing for my family, my three house lots 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 Newport, as Pastor of the Second Baptist Church there.
1703, Mar. 13. He recorded the ear mark of his cattle, "in each ear a hole."

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