American politician
George Brown
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In office
1799?1800
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Governor
| Arthur Fenner
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Preceded by
| Samuel J. Potter
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Succeeded by
| Samuel J. Potter
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Born
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1746-01-10
)
January 10, 1746
South Kingstown
,
Rhode Island
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Died
| June 19, 1836
(1836-06-19)
(aged 90)
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Spouse
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Hannah Robinson
(
m.
; died 1822)
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Children
| 9
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Parent(s)
| Robert Brown
Sarah Franklin Brown
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George Brown
(January 10, 1746 ? June 19, 1836) was a Rhode Island politician and judge who served as a justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
from May 1796 to June 1799,
[1]
and as the first
lieutenant governor of Rhode Island
from 1799 to 1800.
Early life
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Brown was born in
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
,
[2]
on January 10, 1746. He was the eldest of four sons born to Robert Brown, Esq. and his first wife,
[3]
Sarah (
nee
Franklin) Brown, who married in 1745.
[4]
[5]
His younger brothers were William, John and Franklin Brown.
[3]
Some sources indicate Brown's mother, Sarah Franklin was a relative of
Benjamin Franklin
.
[3]
Career
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Like his father Robert, George was an attorney at law in Rhode Island.
[6]
He served as a representative in the
Rhode Island General Assembly
and in 1796 was elected by the Legislature as the second justice of the state supreme court, holding that office until 1799.
[3]
From 1799 to 1800, Brown served as the
lieutenant governor of Rhode Island
under Governor
Arthur Fenner
.
[7]
Brown defeated the incumbent lieutenant governor
Samuel J. Potter
, served his term and was in turn defeated by Potter who succeeded him.
[8]
Brown owned a nearly four hundred acre farm in South Kingstown, which "formerly constituted one of the most eligible tracts of the Hazards'
Boston Neck
estates."
[4]
The head farmer on his estate was John Perry, father of Robinson Perry, and a cousin of Commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry
.
[4]
Personal life
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On April 24, 1768, Brown was married to Hannah Robinson (1751?1822) in
Narragansett, Rhode Island
. Hannah was the daughter of William Robinson and Hannah (nee Brown) Robinson and the granddaughter of
William Robinson
who served as the 28th and 30th
Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
. George and Hannah were the parents of nine children together, including:
[4]
- Elizabeth Brown (1769?1855), who married Benjamin Robinson in 1791.
[9]
[10]
- George Brown (d. 1864), who married Mary Brown (d. 1842).
[4]
- Abby Brown (d. 1852)
- William Brown (1776?1824), who married Ann Dockray (1779?1845).
[4]
[11]
- Sarah Brown (1778?1804), who married John J. Watson (1774?1852) in 1798.
[4]
- Ann Brown (1783?1872)
- Hannah Brown (1785?1872), who married Rowse Babcock (1773?1841) in 1801.
[12]
- John Brown (1792?1833), who married Mary Elizabeth Robinson (1794?1866).
[4]
Brown died on June 19, 1836, and was buried in River Bend Cemetery in
Westerly, Rhode Island
.
[3]
References
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- ^
Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
(1891), p. 208-13.
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Samuel H. Allen, "Rhode Island Judiciary", in James N. Arnold, ed.,
The Narragansett Historical Register
(1889), Volume 7, p. 62.
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a
b
c
d
e
Robinson, Caroline Elizabeth Rodman (1919).
The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardniner
. The editor. p. 69.
ISBN
9780598995445
. Retrieved
13 July
2019
.
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Hazard, Thomas Robinson (1879).
Recollections of Olden Times: Rowland Robinson of Narragansett and His Unfortunate Daughter : with Genealogies of the Robinson, Hazard, and Sweet Families of Rhode Island
. J.P. Sanborne. p. 136
. Retrieved
13 July
2019
.
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South Kingstown, Rhode Island Tax Lists, 1730-1799
. Picton Press. 2007. pp. 214?215.
ISBN
9780897258272
. Retrieved
13 July
2019
.
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Bartlett, John Russell (1862).
Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: Printed by Order of the General Assembly
. A. C. Greene and brothers, state printers. p. 149
. Retrieved
14 July
2019
.
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Rhode Island Manual
. E.L. Freeman. 1977. p. 165
. Retrieved
13 July
2019
.
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Cutter, William Richard (1914).
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation
. Lewis historical publishing Company. p.
2064
. Retrieved
14 July
2019
.
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"Rhode Island Furniture Archive"
.
rifa.art.yale.edu
.
Yale University Art Gallery
. Retrieved
13 July
2019
.
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Robinson, Caroline Elizabeth (1896).
The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894: Being a Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Thomas Hazard ...
author. p. 93
. Retrieved
13 July
2019
.
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Jones, Charles Henry (1886).
Genealogy of the Rodman Family, 1620 to 1886
. Allen, Lane & Scott. p. 113
. Retrieved
14 July
2019
.
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The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island
. National Biographical Publishing Company. 1881. p.
181
. Retrieved
14 July
2019
.
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