Joseph Brown (James 3, John 2, Chad 1); b. May 5, 1701, d. May 8, 1778. He lived in North Providence. The following item is from the will of his father, Elder James, of which he and his brother James were executors. “I give to my son Joseph Browne, he having received part of his Portion already, Two Lotts which I bought of Edward Manton on the north, Joyneing to the Land now in possession of Job Harris, and on the south side of my own Land: and also the highway that I bought of the Towne, so far as across the two Lotts; and I give him also three quarters of John Jonesses Right in that part Called the stated Common, as it fell by devise which may appear by Record, And I give him half a Lott in the same Right which Lies neare Waterman's meadow, south westerly of Waybauset, near the Lime House as may appeare by Record. I also give him one quarter of my several Rights in the Thatch beds.” He received L40 from the will of his mother, who died in 1736.
He m. Jan. 7, 1727, Martha, dau. of William and Martha Field, and gr.-dau. of Thomas and Martha (Harris) Field. The latter was dau. of the first Thomas and Elizabeth Harris. She d. April 19, 1736, in her 26th year, leaving a son Gideon, mentioned in the will of his grandfather William Field, who also alludes to an elder brother of Gideon, name unknown.
