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Facts and Events
| Name |
Lt. George Brownell |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
19 Jan 1685 |
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States |
| Marriage |
6 Jul 1706 |
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesto Mary Thurston |
| Marriage |
18 Apr 1745 |
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesto Comfort Dennis |
| Will[1] |
10 Sep 1756 |
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| Death[1] |
22 Sep 1756 |
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesae 72 |
| Probate[1] |
5 Oct 1756 |
will proved |
Will of George Brownell
"To son Giles 21 pounds and 12 shillings lawful money, also my silver sword.
To son George the sum of 9 pounds and 3 shillings.
To son Thomas the sum of 8 pounds in lawful money.
To son Paul certain real estate also nine pounds.
To son Stephen the sum of thirty pounds lawful money.
To daughter Phebe Tabor the sum of 30 pounds.
To daughter Mary Wood the sum of nineteen pounds and twelve shillings.
To daughter Mary Brownell which I had by my second wife the sum of 200 Spanish dollars.
To wife Comfort Brownell my Rome mare, bridle and saddle, my red chest, the improvement of my great room and great chamber and bedroom below, etc.
To five sons all my wearing apparel.
To son Jonathan the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal. I also give him my clock..."S1
George Brownell and second wife Comfort Taylor "lived on what was later the Barker Peckham place at the four corners near Westport Harbour landing."
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "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. 90-91.
"Born in LC 19 Jan 1685, died in Westport Harbour, Mass., 22 Sept. 1756 ae 72."
- Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987)
16:218.
Receipt by Mary Brownell, exex. of Estate of Thomas Brownell "of Richman Town late deceased," for legacy from Estate of Thomas' father George Brownell of Dartmouth, paid by Jonathan Brownell, exec., it "being in full of what was given to Accept Mary Brownell which he had by his Second Wife," dated 14 Nov 1757. Witnesses: Benjamin Sawdey and Paul Brownall [16:49]
Receipts by Comfort Brownell & Giles Brownell for legacies from Estate of their father George Brownell of Dartmouth, paid by Jonathan Brownell, exec., dated 20 Oct 1756 and 18 Apr 1757. Witnesses: Thomas Cory, John Earl, Job Almy Jr. and Joseph Brownell [16:50].
- ↑ Little Compton Births and Deaths, 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)
86.
BROWNELL, George, of Thomas and Mary, [born] Jan. 19, 1685; d. (Sept. 22, 1756).
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