Benjamin Brown

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Ebenezer married Mary Congdon about 1738 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Congdon, Jr. and Frances Stafford) was born on 10 Mar 1718 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1775-1776 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was living at the time her mother made her will but deceased by the time her husband wrote his in 1785.

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• Alt. Birth: 1680, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA

Alexander married Honour Huling in 1709 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. Honour (daughter of Alexander Huling and Elizabeth Wightman) was born in 1692; died in 1725; was buried in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA, Cem. NK096 - Beriah Brown Farm Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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AUSTIN: GDRI
RIGR: Vol. 4; pp 147-155.
CONGDON Chronicles: p 4.
Bertha W. CLARK: "CONGDON Manuscript"; at RIHS.

Benjamin married Frances Stafford on 1 Dec 1701 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Frances (daughter of Joseph Stafford and Sarah Holden) was born in 1679 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1774 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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STAFFORD genealogy.

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• Alt. Death: 20 Feb 1717, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA

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Beriah Brown perhaps was not a son of Charles Brown of Rowley, MA.

Most Internet sources indicate that this Beriah Brown is the son of Charles Brown, and was born in Rowley, MA, in 1648. I believe that there is some doubt that this is the case and that Beriah Brown may have been born overseas and immigrated directly to Rhode Island.

First of all, the question arises as to whether Beriah Brown lived previously in Massachusetts and was married there and had a child before moving to Rhode Island. It is possible from the dates that this occurred. If he had been born in 1648 in Rowley, he would have been about 25 years old when he married Sarah Harris. He would have been about 30 when they had a daughter, Sarah, and he would have been about 39 when he was first recorded in Rhode Island in 1687. Sarah, his wife, and Sarah, his daughter had apparently died sometime prior to 1687. There is mention in brother Gershom's will of a legacy to this Beriah's daughter, Sarah. Gershom died on 5 Dec. 1683, so this suggests that the daughter, Sarah, was still living in 1683. The supposed father, Charles, also died in 1687.

Alexander, Beriah's first son by his wife Abigail Phenix, was born in Rhode Island in 1684 (although at least one source indicates this marriage occurred in 1685). This would suggest that Beriah was already in Rhode Island by 1683 or 1684 although he is not recorded until 1687. If Beriah had been previously married in Massachusetts in 1673, then it is likely his wife and daughter (or at least his wife) would have died prior to that time.

There is some evidence that there was another daughter of Beriah whose name is not known. R. G. Huling mentions in his letter to John B. Peirce of 23 Mar 1883 that there was a second daughter married to John Barber. Could this have been Sarah?

Secondly, where was Beriah born and when? There are also several references to Beriah being an immigrant from England or Wales rather than someone who was born in Massachusetts and moved to Rhode Island, particularly in the correspondence between L.W. Brown and John B. Peirce (Town Clerk of North Kingstown) and between R.G. Huling and Mr. Peirce in which there are several references to Wales and Beriah's birth date of 1640. There is, however, no specific documentation referenced in these letters.

If Beriah had not been born in 1648 in Rowley and previously married to Sarah Harris, then the alternative scenario is that he was born in Wales about 1640 and came directly to Rhode Island. If this is the case, then he would have been about 45 when he married Abigail Phenix and a few years older when he started having children. This alternative scenario is also possible, although it seems likely that he would have married and tried to settle down at a somewhat earlier age.

In the absence of concrete information to determine which scenario is correct, I have decided to take the conservative route and removed the link between Beriah and the supposed parents Charles Brown and Mary Acye of Rowley. By taking this approach, his parents remain unknown and there are no other descendants of Charles and Mary in my data.

Died:
During Great Snowstorm

Beriah married Abigail Phenix about 1675 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. Abigail (daughter of Alexander Phenix and Abigail Sewall) was born about 1655 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1690 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA, Cem. NK048 - in the Meadows Office Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1666, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
• Alt. Death: Between 1696 and 1710, , , Rhode Island, USA

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Buried:
Unmarked Grave

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Alexander married Elizabeth Wightman in 1687 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. Elizabeth was born on 26 Jul 1664; died in 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1650, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

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AUSTIN: GDRI
Bertha W. CLARK: "CONGDON Manuscript"
GONGDON Chronical
RIGR: Vol. 4; pp 147-155
SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN CONGDON OF WALES, page 31.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Albro in 1678 in Wickford, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Albro and Dorothy Sommerbye) was born in 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; died on 15 Nov 1720 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ALBRO genealogy
AUSTIN: GDRI

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8 children (per Crandall)
STAFFORD genealogy
RIGR 17:319-23.

Joseph married Sarah Holden about 1678 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Sarah (daughter of Randall Holden and Frances Dungan) was born in Feb 1658 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1731 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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