Will of Nathaniel Brown of Reho., 'Shipwright now Residing in Providence ... Now Aged and Well Stricken in years,' dtd. 20 May 1738, prob. 5 Dec 1739.
No wife mentioned.
Sons: Nathaniel (of Providence) & John Brown.
Daus: Esther Sweeting, Sarah Bullock, Penelope Butterworth, Lidia Chapman, Keziah Brown, Elezebeth Thurston & Mary Brown (dcd.).
Grson. Allen Brown.
'Grandson Peleg Brown the Son of my Daughter Mary Brown Deceased.'
Land in Reho. & in Providence.
Son John to be Exec.
Witns: George Brown, Robert Nixon & Richard Waterman, Jr. [9:301/2/3/4].
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Acct. of John Brown of Newport, R. I., Exec. of Est. of his father Nathaniel Browne of Reho. Incl. item "to my Mother in Law Mary Brown by a Contract made before Marriage with my Honoured Father." Legacies per will to: Esther Sweeting, Sarah Bullock, Penelope Butterworth, Lydia Chapman, Kezia Brown & Elisabeth Thurston & "to Benjamin Brown Guardian unto Peleg Brown A Legacy given to said Peleg by his Grandfather's Will" [10:41].
Rcpt. by Israel Bullock for legacy to his wife from Est. of her father Nathaniel Brown, paid by John Brown, dtd. Barr. 13 March 1739/40 [10:42].
Rcpt. by Benjamin Brown for legacy to his wife Kezia Brown from Est. of her father Nathaniel Brown of Reho., paid by Benjamin's bro-in-law John Brown of Newport, dtd. Reho. 25 May 1740 [10:42].
Rcpt. by Luke Thurston for legacy to his wife Elisabeth from Est. of her father Nathaniel Brown of Reho., paid by John Brown, dtd. Newport 23 Sept. 1740 [10:42].
Rcpt. by Benjamin & Lydia Chapman for legacy from Est. of her father Nathaniel Brown of Reho., paid by her bro. John Brown, dtd. Newport 16 Dec. 1740 [10:42].
