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Facts and Events
Name |
Stephen Brownell |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[2] |
29 Nov 1726 |
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States |
Marriage |
5 Jan 1747 |
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesto Edith Wilbor |
Marriage Banns |
12 Jan 1771 |
Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesMary of Dartmouth, Stephen of Little Compton to Mary Eldbridge |
Marriage |
21 Feb 1771 |
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesm. by Aaron Wilbor, Justice, Feb. 21, 1771. to Mary Eldbridge |
Will[2] |
25 Aug 1784 |
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Residence[2] |
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Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States |
Death[2] |
1785 |
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Probate[2] |
22 Feb 1785 |
Will proved |
Stephen Brownell's Will
"To wife Mary household goods given by her uncle John Wilbur in his last will and testament, her right to land in East Greenwich which her mother and sister bought, improvement of great room as long as she is my widow. To son William all that farm in Tiverton called Closson farm, he to have the east end about 22 acres, east of road from George Peckham's to Benjamin Sawdrey's, he to pay to my two daughters Phebe and Mary. To two sons George and Stephen, every part of real estate remaining, with buildings and one half of sixteen acre lot at east end of 24 acre lot lately given me in will of John Wilbur, equally divided. To daughter Edith Earle 20 pounds. To son Stephen my great Bible and gray mare. To daughters Edith and Mary remaining household good. To grandson Ralf Earl, son of William, six pounds. To grandson Daniel Brownell my old gun..."S1
References
- 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)
87. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "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. 95-06.
"...born in LC 29 Nov 1726, died in 1785. Residence: LC. He married first in LC 5 Jan 1747 Edith Wilbor, daughter of William and Jane (Crandall) Wilbor, born in LC 22 April 1727, died there 14 March 1766. She is buried in the Old Commons cemetery. He married second in LC 21 Feb 1771 Mary Eldredge, daughter of William Eldredge of North Kingstown. They lived on Maple Avenue at a place called The Elms."
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