Hon. Jahleel Brenton of Newport, R. I., had twenty-two children, fifteen by his first wife, Frances Cranston, and seven by his second wife, the widow Mary (Neargrass) Scott. This second wife of Hon. Jahleel Brenton was the Mary Neargrass who with her sister Susanna was baptized in Trinity Parish, Newport, 26 Nov. 1721, Mary marrying (in Trinity) 10 Aug. 1732 George Scott, and Susanna marrying 3 July 1735 Daniel Ayrault, Jr. They were probably daughters of Edward and Rebecca Neargrass or Newgrass, who, it is believed, were Huguenots and originally named Nieugrass, Nieugros, or even Nieucroix.
