Individual Details
Rev. James Brown
(18 May 1662 - 28 Oct 1732)
From 1705-1725 served almost continuously on the Providence town council, and from 1714-1718 was town treasurer. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church, first associated with elder Pardon Tillinghast, and later with Rev. Ebenezer Jenckes, succeeding Jenckes in the ministry in 1726 and remaining pastor until his death. This is the same church his grandfather, Chad Browne, served.
Will, proved 4 Dec 1732, mentioned widow Mary and the children as listed excepting John.
Events
| Birth | 18 May 1662 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |  | ||
| Marriage | 17 Dec 1691 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island - Mary Harris | | ||
| Death | 28 Oct 1732 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island | | ||
| Burial | North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Harris (1671 - 1736) |
| Child | John Brown (1695 - 1716) |
| Child | James Brown (1698 - 1739) |
| Child | Joseph Brown (1701 - 1778) |
| Child | Martha Brown (1703 - 1725) |
| Child | Andrew Brown (1706 - ) |
| Child | Mary Brown (1709 - 1729) |
| Child | Obadiah Brown (1712 - 1762) |
| Child | Jeremiah Brown (1715 - 1741) |
| Child | Elisha Brown (1717 - 1802) |
| Child | Anna Brown (1719 - 1776) |
| Father | JOHN BROWN (1629 - 1706) |
| Mother | MARY HOLMES (1632 - 1690) |
| Sibling | Martha Brown (1658 - 1723) |
| Sibling | Mary Brown (1659 - 1726) |
| Sibling | SARAH BROWN (1660 - 1733) |
| Sibling | John Brown (1662 - 1719) |
| Sibling | Obadiah Brown ( - 1716) |
| Sibling | Deborah Brown ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s,, Vol I (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180).
2. Almon D. Hodges, Jr., Editor; Presented by Amory G. Hodges and Almon D. Hodges, Jr., Almon Danforth Hodges and His Neighbors: An Autobiographical Sketch of a Typical Old New Englander (Boston, MA: Privately Printed., 1909), Family Life in Providence p.211-215.
3. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s,, Vol I (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180).
4. The Early Records of the Town of Providence. 21 Volumes commissioned by the City Council to be collected and printed from the early records of the town. (Snow & Farnham City Printers), Vol. V, p.260.
5. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s,, Vol I (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180).