c 1704 Tobias Brown, son of William Brown, married Alice Burrington. [1] [2]
1734 The will of Tobias Brown, of Tiverton County of Bristol in New England (Tiverton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island. Tiverton lay within Bristol County, Massachusetts until 1746, when the colonial boundary was redrawn and the town was consigned to Rhode Island), was dated April 1, 1734 and was proved on September 12, 1734. The will mentioned specific properties and divided them among sons John, Abraham, William, Nicholas, and Robert; and daughters Sarah Shaw and Alice Brown (unmarried) and a wife. [3] [4] [5] [6]
1734 Tobias Brown, of Tiverton County, Bristol, New England, died. [7]
1734 The account for Tobias Brown was recorded at Tiverton on September 23. [8] "Then before the Hono'b Nathaniel ? Esq Judge of the Probate of Wills within the county of Bristol came Alie Brown, widow and administratrix to the last will and testament of Tobias Brown late of Tiverton deceased …". [9] "Alie Brown widdow & Thomas Manchester yeoman both of Tiverton and John Brown of Little Compton yeoman all in the County of Bristol" … presented bond to administer the will of Tobias Brown. [10]
1734 Alee Brown, widow, was appointed as guardian of Nicholas Brown, above the age of fourteen years, son of Tobias Brown. [11]
Son William Brown lived in Middletown and had several children in Rhode Island. [12] [13]
[1] John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Comprising Three Generations of Settlers (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), 28, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, Vol. 1 (Little Compton, Rhode Island: 1967), 73, [AncestryImage].
[3] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 1044, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 1045, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 1046, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, Vol. 1 (Little Compton, Rhode Island: 1967), 73, [AncestryImage].
[7] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, Vol. 1 (Little Compton, Rhode Island: 1967), 73, [AncestryImage].
[8] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 1038, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 1039, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[10] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 1041, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate records, image 267, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, Vol. 1 (Little Compton, Rhode Island: 1967), 75, page 75, [AncestryImage].
[13] William S. Hornor, This Old Monmouth of Ours (1932, reprint 1974), 206, [FHLBook].