Person:Thomas Brownell (2)
Thomas Brownell
chr.5 Jun 1608 Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, England
d.24 Sep 1665 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 May 1605
  1. George Brownell1604/05 -
  2. Thomas Brownell1608 - 1665
  3. Ann Brownell1611 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Brownell1608 - 1665
  • W.  Ann Bourne1611 - Aft 1665
m. 20 Mar 1636/37
  1. Mary Brownell1639 - 1738/39
  2. Martha Brownell1643 - 1743/44
  3. George Brownell1646 - 1718
  4. William Brownell1648 - Bef 1715
  5. Thomas Brownell, Jr.1650 - 1732
  6. Robert BrownellAbt 1652 - 1728
  7. Ann Brownell1654 - 1747
  8. Susannah Brownell1655 -
  9. Susanna BrownellAbt 1664 -
  10. Sarah Brownell - 1676
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Brownell
Gender Male
Christening? 5 Jun 1608 Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, England
Marriage 20 Mar 1636/37 City of London, Middlesex, EnglandSt. Paul's Wharf
to Ann Bourne
Alt Death? 24 Sep 1664
Death[1] 24 Sep 1665 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesran into a tree while riding a horse
Burial? Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United StatesBrownell Cemetery

Below is a verbatim excerpt from Robert Charles Anderson, FASG [Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists], The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640; A Concise Compendium (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2015), 46:

Brownell, Thomas: [emigrated from] London; 1639; Braintree [Massachusetts], Portsmouth [Rhode Island] [Lechford 252; Waters 646-47; TAG 36:126-127; RIR 21:99-114; Austin 29].

Below are verbatim excerpts from TAG [The American Genealogist] 36:126-27:

In… the will of… Thomas Wilson the elder, “sometimes citizen and clothworker of London but now resident at Ryecroft in the parish of Rawmarsh and county of York,” … he gave legacies… [including money] to “my cousin Thomas Brownell of Portsmouth, Rhode Island in New England and his children.”

The Boyd Marriage Index at the Society of Genealogists states that Robert Brownell married Mary Wilson in 1605 at Sheffield, co. York… Baptisms from parish register of Rawmarsh, co. York:

23 March 1605 (1605/6?) George Brownell… 5 June 1608 Thomas Brownell… 28 July 1611 Ann Brownell…

The implication is that the George and Thomas Brownell baptized at Rawmarch in 1605 and 1608 respectively are the “cousins” [i.e. nephews] named in the will of Thomas Wilson of Rawmarsh in 1657, and that they (and Ann) were presumably children of Robert Brownell and Mary Wilson. Children of Thomas Brownell of Portsmouth were named Mary, George, and Robert. He married Anne Bourne 20 March 1637 at St. Benet and St. Peters, Paul’s Wharf, London…

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References
  1. ↑ "The Brownell Family", in Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, and Little Compton Historical Society [Rhode Island]. Little Compton Families. (Little Compton [Rhode Island]: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967 (College Hill Press : Providence, R.I.))
    Vol 1 p. 87.

    "He was killed by running into a tree while riding a horse in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Residence: Portsmouth" This source says only that he died "about 1665."

  2.   Will of Thomas Wilson of Ryecroft dtd Feb. 25, 1657 gave £20 to cousin (nephew) Thomas Brownell of Portsmouth, RI. [TAG 36:126]
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