Family:Jahleel Brenton and Frances Cranston (1)

Parents: William Brenton and Hannah Davis Jahleel Brenton b. 15 Aug 1691 d. 12 Mar 1767 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Parents: Samuel Cranston and Mary Harte Frances Cranston b. 4 Nov 1694 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Marriage^[1]^[2]

30 May 1715

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Mary Brenton	24 Nov 1719 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
2.	Mary Brenton	10 Jul 1721 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Aft 1754 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.	Martha Brenton	12 Jan 1726 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
4.	Elizabeth Brenton	3 Feb 1727 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
5.	Jahleel Brenton, Jr.	22 Oct 1729 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	1802
6.	Frances Brenton	chr. 24 Jan 1731 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	15 Dec 1814 South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
7.	Hannah Brenton	chr. 10 Apr 1732 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
8.	Samuel Brenton	chr. 16 Dec 1733 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Bef 7 Mar 1797 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
9.	Abigail Brenton	chr. 18 May 1736 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Bef 2 Oct 1809
10.	James Brenton	chr. 18 May 1736 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
11.	Benjamin Brenton	7 Feb 1737 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Bef 27 Feb 1830 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
12.	John Brenton	chr. 18 Nov 1739 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

References

↑ 2. Hon. Joseph⁴ Gerrish, in Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The Gerrish Family: Family of Capt. John Gerrish. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1913)
pp. 6-7.

...married first, at Newport, R. I., 10 Apr. 1740 (Trinity Church, Newport, records), Mary Brenton, eldest daughter and fourth child of Hon. Jahleel and his first wife Frances (Cranston), who was born 10 July 1721, and died, it is supposed, at Halifax, N. S., after 1754...
↑ Trinity Church, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
437.

BRENTON, Jahleel and Frances Cranston, May 30, 1715.