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.
Washington County Court of Common Pleas, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman) 83-84, July 1980.
p. 374 Jahleel Brenton of Newport, Esq. & exor to will of Jahleel Brenton late of Newport deceased & in trust by the said Jahleel Brenton deceased for the benefit & support of Martha Smith wife of John Smith, late of Boston merchant, pla. vs. Ebenezer Brenton of South Kingstown gentleman, def.
