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Elisha Brown
(25 May 1717 ? 20 April 1802)
was a deputy governor of the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
. He was the son of James and Mary (Harris) Brown, and the great grandson of early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister
Chad Brown
.
Brown was a member of the General Assembly, and possessed a large property, which was lost during the financial difficulties of the mid-18th century. During the Ward-Hopkins controversy, he sided with
Samuel Ward
, and during Ward's term as governor from 1765 to 1767, Brown was selected as his deputy governor.
Later in life, Brown moved to Wenscutt, located in
North Providence
, Rhode Island, and became a member of the
Society of Friends
.
He had first married Martha, the daughter of John and Deborah (Angell) Smith, and a great granddaughter of both colonial president
Gregory Dexter
as well as
Roger Williams
' associate
Thomas Angell
. Following her death, he married Hannah Cushing, the widow of Elijah Cushing, and the daughter of
James Barker
.
He was the uncle of wealthy businessman
John Brown
and anti-slavery activist
Moses Brown
.
Ancestry
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Most of Brown's known ancestry is found in Austin's
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
.
Ancestors of Elisha Brown
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| | | | | | | 8.
Chad Brown
(died before 1650)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4. John Brown (1630 - c. 1706)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9. Elizabeth Sharparowe (died after 1650)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2. James Brown (1666?1732)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Robert Hulme
| | | | | | | 10.
Obadiah Holmes
(1607?1682)
| | | | | | | | | | 21. Katherine Johnson
| | | | | | | 5. Mary Holmes (died after 1690)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11. Catharine Hyde (died after 1682)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1. Elisha Brown (1717?1802)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12.
William Harris
(1610?1681)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6. Andrew Harris (1635?1686)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13. Susannah (died after 1682)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3. Mary Harris (1671?1736)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Henry Tew
| | | | | | | 14. Richard Tew (died c. 1673)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7. Mary Tew (1647 - after 1688)
| | | | | | | | | | | | 30. William Clarke
| | | | | | | 15. Mary Clarke (died after 1687)
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