James Brown Sr (1653 - abt. 1683)

Born 1653 in Providence, Rhode Island

Husband of Elizabeth (Carr) Gardner — married before 1671 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1683 at about age 30 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

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Biography

James was born some time after 1638 in Providence, Rhode Island after his parents Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparowe immigrated from England. ^[1][2][3]

He later moved to Newport, Rhode Island.

James Brown married Elizabeth Carr.^[4]

They had the following children:

• John, born 1671 ^[4]
• James ^[4]
• Ezek, born 1679 ^[4]

He died before 1683.

Sources

1. ↑ William Bradford Browne, “Chad Browne of Providence, R. I., and Four Generations of His Descendants,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80 (1926): 73-86, 170-85.
2. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaldict00aust#page/n535/mode/2up. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 08 October 2023).
3. ↑ Abby Isabel (Brown) Bulkley, The Chad Brown Memorial (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1888), p. xx, digital images, https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ew8aAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA9. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 24 January 2015).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} The American Carr Families (Philadelphia: Marin and Allardvce, 1912), p. 5, digital images, Google Books (http://archive.org: accessed 24 January 2015).

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900) Pages 251-252