Individual Details
Joseph Brown
(15 May 1701 - 8 May 1778)
Joseph and Martha resided at North Providence, on the Wanasquatucket River, near the Johnston line. Their home was a large white house with a substantial chimney in the center, on the north side of what is Chalkstone Ave. He owned a dam and mill privilege and was associated in business with his sons. Part of his land was in the present town of Johnston . After Martha's death Joseph married Abigail Whittemore and had three more children. In his will he names his granddaughter Anne Whipple (who in a deed of 1810 is called Anne Angel).
Gravestone:
"In Memory of
JOSEPH
BROWN Esq.
of North
Providence
who departed
this Life May
the 8th 1778
aged 76 Years"
Events
| Birth | 15 May 1701 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |  | ||
| Marriage | 7 Jan 1727/28 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island - Martha Field | |||
| Marriage | 24 Apr 1737 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island - Abigail Whittemore | | ||
| Death | 8 May 1778 | | |||
| Burial | North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island |
Families
| Spouse | Abigail Whittemore (1711 - 1784) |
| Child | Elisha Brown (1748 - 1832) |
| Child | Andrew Brown (1750 - 1832) |
| Spouse | Martha Field (1710 - 1736) |
| Child | Gideon Brown (1728 - 1807) |
| Child | William Brown (1730 - ) |
| Child | Martha Brown (1732 - ) |
| Child | John Brown (1734 - 1815) |
| Child | Anne Brown (1735 - 1759) |
| Father | Rev. James Brown (1662 - 1732) |
| Mother | Mary Harris (1671 - 1736) |
| Sibling | John Brown (1695 - 1716) |
| Sibling | James Brown (1698 - 1739) |
| Sibling | Martha Brown (1703 - 1725) |
| Sibling | Andrew Brown (1706 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Brown (1709 - 1729) |
| Sibling | Obadiah Brown (1712 - 1762) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah Brown (1715 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Elisha Brown (1717 - 1802) |
| Sibling | Anna Brown (1719 - 1776) |
Endnotes
1. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s,, Vol I (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180).
2. 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.
3. Edwin M. Snow, M.D. City Registrat, Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Recorded in Providence RI From 1636 to 1850 (Sidney S. Rider. Providence: 1879) , p.371 from Vol. 1, p.90.
4. Ella Jane Smith, Internet Home Page: Comstock>Smith. Includes Jenks family. Researcher is descendant of Samuel Comstock who married Ann Brown. Aug 1998. (