Person:Esek Brown (3)

Esek was an Ensign of the 3rd Co., Trained State Militia Bands of GLocester, 1781 and 1784, and a Lt. in the 4th Rhode Island regt., 1800. He is said to have been an officer in the Continental Army (see History of Glocester). In 1788, he voted against the adoption by Rhode Island of the new Constitution. He acquired considerable estate in northern Vermont, although he remained all his life in Glocester, where his father and grandfather resided. source: Stukely Westcott book by Bullock, book of appendices p 151

BIOGRAPHY: The Chad Browne Memorial Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs Of a Portion of the Descedants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne Compiled by a Descendant Printed for the Family Edition of Three Hundred Illustrated Copies, of which this Book is No. 209 1888 - Page 70 Esek Brown (Elisha 35, Chad 15, Obadiah 5, John 2, Chad 1), son of Elisha and Sarah (Olney) Brown, lived in Glocester on a part of the estate of his grandfather Chad. His name appears as Ensign of the Third Company of Trained Militia Bands of Glocester in 1781 and 1784, and as Lieutenant in the Fourth State Regiment in 1800. In 1788 he voted against the adoption of the new Constitution. He was an officer in the Continental army, and in this connection an anecdote has been preserved that seems worth relating. Though small in stature he was remarkably active and exceedingly quick in his movements. While stationed near Newport, a British officer, a man of large size, was captured and brought into camp. Watching his opportunity when the officers were dismounted or engaged, he started on a full run over fences and across ditches, and soon outstripped all his pursuers except Esek, who kept close on his heels. The Britisher endeavored to leap a ditch, but at that moment Esek caught him by the coat, and jerking him, standing, into the ditch, held on from behind to each ear, until he was secured. Much annoyed at being caught by so little a fellow whom he ought to have taken and put in his pocket, he returned, crestfallen, to camp amid the laughter of his captors. Esek Brown acquired a considerable estate in Northern Vermont, where some of his descendants now live. He M. Mary, dau. of Israel and Mercy (Whipple) Sayles, gr., dau. of Richard and Mary (Phillips) Sayles, and g. gr. Dau. of John Sayles, who was son of John and Mary (Williams) Sayles, and gr. Son of Roger Williams. She was born in 1764, and died many years before her husband.