202. Jonathan DOW was born 25 Oct 1737 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died after 1821 in Gilmanton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire. Jonathan married Hannah SHAW about 1766. [Parents]

THE BOOK OF DOW, by Robert Piercy Dow, page 134.
    Probably as an act of disinheritance of his three older sons, John Dow, Quaker, deeded April 14, 1763, in consideration of filial love his house and barn in So. Hampton to his youngest son, Jonathan who seems to have been always a consistent Friend. Jonathan appears in Gilmanton 1775, refusing to sign the Association Test, offering the usual Quaker substitute granting all but exercise of physical force. As Jonathan was in So. Hampton 1779 and again in Gilmanton 1781, it is possible that, as war spirit ran unusually high in Gilmanton, Quakers were unpopular and Jonathan retired temporarily. He was of Gilmanton 1781 to his death. In 1790 census he is either 2a, 2b, 3c or 3a, 3b, 3c, it being not easy to distinguish between the several Jonathan Dow of Gilmanton.
    Jonathan Dow's will made 1 Apr. 1821 gave wife 1/2 of farm, 2 cows, 3 sheep; to Ephraim $1 having recieved his share; to Richard $110; to John 1/2 of farm, to provide wood for mother as long as widow. No mention of Jonathan.
    (ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N.H. pg. 194.)

IGI FILES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, page 5,015.
    DOW JONATHAN HANNAH SHAW H M ABT. 1767 ROCKINGHAM, SOUTH HAMPTON IGI FILES FOR MASSACHUSETTS, page 24,204.
    DOW, JONATHAN  JOHN DOW/DINAH M B 25 OCT 1737 ESSEX, SALISBURY

INHABITANTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, page 34.
    Dow,
     Jonathan    Gilmanton NH
     Jonathan    South Hampton

EARLY AMERICAN SERIES, EARLY NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUME 1,1600-1789, 1781-1799, p 40
    DOW, JONATHAN  ROCKINGHAM CO.  NH HAMPTON FALLS   1776
    DOW, JONATHAN  BELKNAP CO.     NH GILMANTON       1776

203. Hannah SHAW was christened 1733 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Parents]

THE BOOK OF DOW, by Robert Dow, page 134.
    Dau of Benjamin of Kingston by 2nd wife Mary, is rather mature and not a birthright Friend.

SHAW RECORDS, A Memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661, by Harriette F. Farwell. Bethel, Maine, E. C. Bowler 1904. pp. 43.

208. Col. Dummer SEWALL was born 12 Dec 1737 in York, York Co., Maine. He died 5 Apr 1833 in Bath, Sagadahoc Co., Maine and was buried in Sewall Estate Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc Co., Maine. Dummer married Mary DUNNING on 18 Dec 1760 in Bath, Sagadahoc Co., Maine. [Parents]

FAMILY MEMORIALS, by Edward E. Salisbury, page 172.
    In 1762 removed to Bath, on the Kennebec River, where he became possessed of a large estate, a considerable portion of which still remains in the family. He became a Justice of the Peace, was one of the first and active members of the Congregational church in that place, and a firm supporter of it, both before and after they had a minister, and died at the advance age of ninety-three, having seen his decendants to the seventh generation. In 1781 he built a house still standing in Bath. His wife died Sept. 10, 1823 and her remains with his were buried in the cementery in the Sewall estate, now on Beacon street and marked by a granite monument.

IGI FILES FOR MAINE, page 21,659.
    SEWALL, DUMMER    MARY DUNNING  H  M  16 DEC 1760  SAGADAHOC, BATH, CIVIL
    SEWALL, DUMMER                  M  B  12 DEC 1737  SAGADAHOC, GEORGETOWN
            SAMUEL SEWALL/SARAH TITCOMB OR BATCHELDER

DAR National #436840 and #245343.

SEWALL, DUMMER
    Georgetown official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives for field officers of the several regiments in Lincoln County dated Jan. 30, 1776: said Sewall chosen 1st Major, Col. Samuel McCobb's (1st Lincoln Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; appointment concurred in by Council Feb. 8, 1776; reported commissioned Feb. 8, 1776; also, list of officers chosen by the several companies in 1st Lincoln Co. regt., as returned by said Sewall and others, field officers; ordered in Council July 1, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; also of officers chosen by the 11th Co., 1st Lincoln Co. Regt. of Mass, militia, as returned by said Sewall and others, field officers, dated Georgetown, Aug. 23, 1776; ordered in Council Sept. 16, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; also, Lt. Col., Col. Samuel McCobb's (Lincoln Co.) regt. regimental return made by said Sewall, dated Georgetown, Nov. 19, 1779; residence, Georgetown.
    Appointment Lt. Col. of the regiment commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb. With this regiment he marched to Cambridge and joined the Continental Army under George Washington. Col. Sewall soon after was appointed muster master of the district of Maine - the duties of which he performed during the remainder of the war.
Verified by National Number 436840
References, by volume and page of above:
Vol. 13 page 1017 Mass. Soldier and Sailors in the War of the Revolution Vol. 2  page  521 Genealogical & Family History of the State of Maine by Little Verified by National Number 245343

SEWALL GENEALOGY, birth,
GEN. & FAM. HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MAINE, Vol. II, page 518-521.
    birth, death marriage.
DUNNING FAMILY, wife's birth.
GEORGETOWN, ME. VITAL RECORDS VII, page 148. death

209. Mary DUNNING was born 4 Apr 1739 in York, York Co., Maine. She died 10 Sep 1823 in Bath, Sagadahoc Co., Maine and was buried in Sewall Estate Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc Co., Maine. [Parents]

THE NEW ENGLAND H & G REGISTER, Vol LXXIV, THE DUNNINGS OF ME, page 100.
DAR National #436840 and #245343.

210. Andrew DUNNING was born 11 Jul 1727 in York, York Co., Maine. He died 27 Mar 1808 in Harpswell, Cumberland Co., Maine. Andrew married Hannah SHEPARD on 9 May 1751 in York, York Co., Maine. [Parents]

THE NEW ENGLAND H & G REGISTER, Vol LXXIV, The Dunnings of ME, pages 100 & 105.
    (See OLD KITTERY AND HER FAMILIES, p. 715.)
    He moved to Harpswell in 1757 and settled at "High Head," east from the Academy. He was town clerk twenty-five years, a deacon in the Congregational Church, and one of the selectmen.

SHEPARDS OF YORK COUNTY ME, page 417.
    He married Hannah Shepard (Mark-2, ?John-1) at York, 9 May 1751.
    He was Town Clerk 25 years, one of the Selectmen, and a Deacon in the Congregational Church. (Reference: New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 74:105.)

211. Hannah SHEPARD was born 5 Apr 1726 in York, York Co., Maine. She died 28 Dec 1811 in Harpswell, Cumberland Co., Maine. [Parents]

THE NEW ENGLAND H & G REGISTER, Vol LXXIV, The Dunnings of Maine, page 105.
    (See OLD KITTERY AND HER FAMILIES, p. 715).
    Daughter of Mark and Hannah (Hilton) (Cole).

SHEPARDS OF YORK COUNTY MA, page 417.
    Hannah-3 (Mark-2, ?John-1), born York, MA, 14 Mar 1725-6 died at Haprswell, MA, 28 Dec 1811, married at York, 9 May 1751, Andrew Dunning, born at York 11 July 1727, died at Haprswell 27 Mar 1808, son of William and Deborah (Donnell) Dunning.

212. Ichabod JOHNSON was born 5 Jun 1738. He died in Industry, Maine. Ichabod married Mary ASHLEY on 26 Jan 1763 in Middleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Ichabod Johnson is?

WEBSITE http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/l/John-M-Falla/GENES-0002.html
    Ichabod Johnson's place of birth is unknown, but has been suggested to be either, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or possibly North Carolina. Ichabod first appears of Middleboro, Mass., when on 26 Jan 1763 he takes Mary Ashley as his bride.
    Mary Ashley was of Freetown, Mass., the daughter of Abraham Ashley and his wife, Rebecca Whitridge. Ichabod Johnson settled in Freetown, Mass., buying eight and one-half acres there in 1768 from Silvanus Hathaway of Freetown. He was also in Freetown during the Massachusetts Tax Valuation of 1771.
    In 1777, Ichabod purchased an additional seven plus acres from Caleb Braley, that land adjoining the seven acres he bought in 1768. As a member of Capt. Levi Rounsevill's Minutemen Co., Ichabod marched on the alarm of 10 April 1775 from Freetown, serving three days duty. He also served at other times during the Revolutionary War, serving five days in 1776 and eleven days in 1780, responding to alarms in Rhode Island.
    Freetown was home to Ichabod Johnson in 1790, too, his household consisting of 1 male over 16, I male under 16, and 5 females. Ichabod became a large landowner in Freetown, receiving fifty acres from the settlement of his father-in-law's estate in 1783, and purchasing another seven acres in 1795.
    In 1800, Ichabod Johnson is again listed in the Freetown, Mass. census, but in the fall of 1800, probably in anticipation of his move to Maine, he sold his eighty-one and one-half acres Freetown estate for $1450.
    In spring of 1801, for $1000, he purchased in Farmington, Maine, the 115 acre farm then occupied by Timothy Smith. He stayed in Farmington until 1809, when he wold his farm to Thomas Johnson of Industry, Maine for $2300, and bought two adjoining lots of land in INdustry from Abraham and Thomas Johnson for $200.
    The 1810 census of Industry, Maine shows Ichabod Johnson as a resident, and his household consisting of himself, his wife, a middle-aged woman and three young girls. This was probably a widowed (?) daughter or daughter-in-law with her kids, and might have been their daughter, Rebecca.
     In March of 1813, Ichabod sold his property in Industry, transferring the southern lot to Ichabod Johnson, Jr. for $1000, and the northern lot to Williams Johnson for $1000. No further record of Ichabod Johnson has been found after this deed in 1813, except that in 1819, his son Ichabod, sitll known as Jr., in selling the farm to his son, Elijah D., warranted against the "lawful claims and demands of any person excepting my father's life lease of 95 acres". As Ichabod was in his early 80's at this time, he probably died in Industry shortly thereafter. His final resting palce is not known eighter, but more than likely is in Industry.
    Ichabod's birthplace and parents are unknown, but different theories exist. The fact that Ichabod had land dealings with Abraham and Thomas Johnson in Maine, and that they were of the same name, and from the same general location in southeastern Mass., persents the possibility of them being related.
    Thomas Johnson was a sailor originally from North Carolina before settling on Martha's Vineyard, and son-in-law to Timothy Smith that sold his farm in Farmington to Ichabod. Another item that might connect Ichabod to North Carolina is the information that his in-laws, the Ashleys, are supposed to have come from North Carolina.
     In checking checking early New England recxords, two other possible family connections exist. In Greenland, NY, an Ichabod Johnson, son of Ens John Johnson, was baptized in 1738. Nothing further is known at this time about this Ichabod of NH. And on Cape Cod, there is an Ichabod Johnson of Falmouth, Mass., he being born 25 Jan 1689, son of William Johnson. This Ichabod married 26 November 1718 in Falmouth to Mehilable Weeks of Chilmark. Falmouth records also show an Ichabod Johnson marrying 24 October 1734 to Annah Andriches. Children of these marriages are listed in the Falmouth records, but no Ichabod born 1738. Further investigation into these areas may provide the link to Ichabod's early family connecation.
    Other possible children of Ichabod and his wife, Mary Ashley, include:
    - Mary, of Freetown, Mass. filed intentions of marriage on 4 March 1795 to Prince Hammond of New Bedford, Mass. There was a Prince Hammond in 1790 RI census, 1800 MA census and 1870 NY or SC census.
    - Priscilla, and Peleg Durfee, both of Freetown, Mass. filing marriage intentions on 17 Feb 1791.
    - Rebecca of Freetown, Mass, married on 23 Nov 1798 to Freeman Johnson, a resident of Freetown, Mass. She witnessed a deed for land in Freetown in 1796 from Nathaniel and Job Morton to Ichabod Johnson. A Freeman Johnson was in Bridgewater, Vermont in 1800. Freeman and Rebecca's daughter, Sara, was born 8 Aug 1804 in Farmington, Maine.
    - Ozias, of Benson, Vermont in 1790 and 1800 census. An Ozias Johnson also appears in Vermont in 1820, 1830 and 1840 censuses.
    - Williams, born 8 Jan 1784, married at Farmington, Maine on 28 Feb 1802 to Polly Meader, lived in Industry, Maine where he received 1/2 of Ichabod's farm in Industry, Maine in 1813. Was probably named after his uncle, Williams Ashley.

213. Mary ASHLEY. [Parents]

214. David DURFEE was born 10 Jun 1736 in Darthmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah HAYDEN. [Parents]

The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth RI, page 44.

215. Hannah HAYDEN.

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220. Jonathan MILK was born 1728. He married Mercy TROBRIDGE. [Parents]

    Although Jonathan Milk (1728) was living in Dartmouth MA, in 1752, as evidence by the following deed:
    20 Oct 1752. Job Milk of Dartmouth to Samuel Borden of Triverton...
    homestead farm in Dartmouth where I and my son Jonathan Milk now liveth.. the Milk family had property interests in Dutchess Co. NY, as early as 1746, when Job Milk's name appears on the Tax List for Beekman. After leaving Dartmouth, Jonathan and his father Job lived in Dutchess Co. (see page 6); later Jonathan moved to Rennselaer, Saratoga, and Washington Cos., NY. In order to help understand the motives for his meanderings, pertinent history of those locales is given.
    Job Milk (1694) and his sons Job and Jonathan had property interests at Quaker Hill as early as 1746. It may have been the pioneer spirit that impelled them to seek homes in a new country. Job Jr. (Brother of Jonathan), who lived in Crom Elbow 1756-1761, left Quaker Hill in the spring of 1763 and found a home in Berkshire Co. MA. From 1766 until until 1773 "Jonathan Milk's Farm" was carried on the Amenia (Quaker Hill) Tax List.
    About 1765 Jonathan left all behind and went into a wilderness. He even discarded his long name and thereafter was known only as "John". He found a location in Rensselaer Co. which apparently was very desirable; it was at the headwaters of the Little Hoosic River which flows north and the Kiderhook Creek that flows south. Only a few rods separate these waters and there John Milk and two or three other men made a settlement, far from roads and neighbors.
    Rensselaer Manor was surveyed (1767) for the Patroon by John R. Bleecher, and location of John Milk is on this map, but his name is not among the thirty-three who received leases. Two years later hs was in MA perhaps near his brother Job.  In 1773 Ebenezer Cook and his five sons settled in a new plat, in "Saratoga"--Subdivision of Lot No. 40 (Old Saratoga, now known as Washington Co.). John Milk owned "Farm No. I." First it was called "Cooks' Hollow," later "South Easton" and now Beadle Hill has crowded out the historical name of Easton.
    Washington Co. has been called the "war path of America." Indians used this route for their raids and wars on the early Colonists. When General Burgoyne sent his Hessians and Indians from their camp on the Hudson to Bennington VT, their first night was spent at Easton. They raided the farms as they crossed the county and the Battle of Bennington was fought not in VT, but in Washington Co. NY.
    John Milk was not one of those who fled from their homes. He took part in the local warfare; but no Revolutionary War record can now be found. His son Jonathan (born 1769) could remember that his father fought, while the women and children sought safety in the woods. During one engagement this "small boy" (Jonathan 1769, see p. 212) climbed to a hilltop and watched the fighting.
He said that after the smoke of battle cleared away he could pick out his father because he was so tall. Perhaps the "small boy" watched the Battle of Saratoga which was fought on the banks of the Hudson River. This battlefield is plainly seen from any one of Easton's high hills including "Williard's Mt., where the American spies watched Burgoyne while he was camped on the Hudson."
    While living in Saratoga (Easton) John Milk left few traces of his life. He attended the Quaker marriage of Nicholas Barker and Clarinda Folger on the 23rd day of the 10th month in 1783, and signed his name as one of the 29 witnesses. He carried an account at the store of Benjamin Starbuck, where there was a balancing of accounts among Friends and customers.
    Before 1790 John Milk, with his sons David and Benjamin, had settled in Rensselaer Co. near the Washington Co. line. His sons Lemuel and George had located west of the Hudson River in Saratoga Co. In 1793 John Milk signed a deed without a wife's signature. In 1795 "John Milk and Sarah Crandle his wife" signed; but in 1799 "John Milk and Sarah his wife" deeded land and the signatures were John Milk and Sarah Milk. In 1795 Benjamin Milk witnessed their signatures.

221. Mercy TROBRIDGE was born 30 Nov 1726 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

THE TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, page RI Trowbridges

224. Zebulon BROWN [scrapbook] was born 20 Nov 1730 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 14 Jul 1814 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Zebulon married Anne MAIN on 20 Dec 1749 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, VOL. 1, Boston, The Everett Press Co., 1907, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 15, 43.
    Dea. Zebulon Brown (74), son of James (38) and Elizabeth (Randall) Brown [Eleazer (11), Thomas], b. Stonington, Conn., Nov. 20, 1730; d. July 14, 1814, aged eighty-four years; m., Stonington, Dec. 20, 1749, Anne Main, b. July 31, 1731; d. Dec. 24, 1822, aged ninety-one years; dau. of Dea. Thomas Main, whose wife was Anna Brown (40), dau. of Eleazer (11) and Ann (Pendleton) Brown. Interments in Brown Cemetery, Deacon Brown was one of the first deacons of the Second Baptist Church, No. Stonington, when his brother, Elder Simeon, was pastor of the same church.

REVOLUTION WAR, Capt. Thomas Holmes' Co.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 63. Brown Cemetery #71.
    Brown, Zebulon, Revolutionary War, died July 14, 1814, age 84.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 2.

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225. Anne MAIN was born 31 Jul 1733 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 24 Dec 1822 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 43 & 113.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 2.

THE DESCENDANTS OF EZEKIEL MAINE, by Algernon Aikin Aspinwall, pp 12.
    Anne-4, daughter of Thomas-3 and Ann (Brown) Maine, was born at Stonington CT, July 31, 1733. She married, at North Stonington, December 20, 1749, Zebulon Brown, son of James and Elizabeth (Randall) Brown. He was born November 20, 1730.
    Descendents of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island, Compiled by Nellie (Willard) Johnson, Pd.B. 1937 p. 23.
    1990 DAR Patriot Index, Part I, p. 403 - Pvt. Conn.
    DAR #437164 - Mabel Irene Brown Chandler.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 63. Brown Cemetery #71.
    Brown, Anna, wife of Zebulon, died Dec. 21, 1822, age 91.

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226. Elder Simeon BROWN [scrapbook] was born 31 Jan 1722/1723 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 24 Nov 1815 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Simeon married Dorothy HERN on 1 Mar 1742/1743 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 14, 30.
    Elder Brown was the first pastor of the Second Baptist Church, No. Stonington, for fifty years and eight months.

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF NO. STONINGTON, NEW LONDON, CT.
    The Second Baptist Church of No. Stonington, CT was organized in March, 1765, with Elder Simeon Brown as pastor. Elder Brown was born in Stonington Jan. 31, 1723, a man of strong native talents; he was converted under the preaching of Whitefield, in 1745. He united with Rev. Stephen Babcock in forming the Baptist Church in Westerly, RI in 1750; and was baptized by Rev. Wait Palmer in 17--, being ordained the same year. His pastorate and watchfull care over this church extended from the organization, in 1765, until his death in 1815 - fifty years and eight months, a nobel record to be engraved on his monument in Brown Cementery in his native town.
    His descendants may well be proud of the character and the consecrated life of so novle a man, laying down the burdens of life in his ninety-fourth year. The self-sacrificing labors and the towering grandeur of his character and the wide-spread and abounding influence with emanated from his peretuate his memory through many generations, leaving a shining record.
    The handful of corn on the tops of the mountains grew til now the membership was three hundred and thirty-five. He served this church all these years without salary, and built the meeting-house from lumber cut from his "cedar swamp," with the assistance of his brethren.
    It was without paint, both interior and exterior; with galleries on three sides, a high pulpit on the north side, with an ascent of ten stairs, enclosed with panel work. When the minister was seated he could not be seen by the audience. He stood on a small platform, and was a commanding figure. The writer was present when the last service was held in this old meeting-house, in the spring of 1845; it was like parting with one's dearest friend, and many tears were shed. It was suggested that they better let it stand, but it was taken down and the present house erected the same year.
    The ceiling of the porch of the new house was the panelling taken from the pews of the old house.
    The following items of interest by way of comparison are gleaned from the Stonington Baptist Association, as it was first called in the first printed minutes, which embraced churches in Rhode Island as far east as Exeter and Wickford and west to Waterford and Montville, CT.
Stonington Baptist Association held at Elder Timothy Wightman's Meeting house in 1792 Groton.
First Church, Elder Eleazer Brown, No. 152.
Second Church, Elder Simeon Brown, No. 201.
Execter Church, RI (Nooseneck hill) No. 254.
1811
Second N. Stonington, No. 276.
Exeter, RI, No. 253,
First Groton, No. 208,
First N. Stonington, No. 185.
1822
Exeter No. 684, North Kingston (Wickford) No. 401, Second N. Stonington No.
320 First Groton, No. 246.

NEW LONDON COUNTY, PROMENENT MEN, Page 737.
    The Second Baptist Church in North Stonington was organized in 1765, and Deacon Simeon Brown was ordained their pastor in March of that year. He was a native of Stonington and a man of sterling worth, but not a natural pulpit orator. He was greatly beloved by his parishioners, and gathered about him a church of respectable numbers, who loved and sustained him under all the circumstances in which he was placed.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 2.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 62. Brown Cemetery #71.
    Brown, Simeon, born Jan. 31, 1722, died Nov. 24, 1815.

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227. Dorothy HERN [scrapbook] was born 14 Feb 1728 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died 16 Jan 1810 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 30.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 62. Brown Cemetery #71.
    Brown, Dorothy Hern, wife of Simeon, born Feb. 14, 1726, died Jan. 16, 1810.

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228. John DENISON was born 21 Oct 1716 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 18 Mar 1808 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. John married Abigail AVERY about 1738. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 5 and 18.
    He was a hatter by trade.

229. Abigail AVERY was born 25 Dec 1715 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died Nov 1798 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 143.

230. Nathaniel WILLIAMS was born 24 Jul 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 19 Dec 1793 in Old Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut. Nathaniel married Abigail ELDRIDGE on 19 Sep 1756 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

231. Abigail ELDRIDGE was born 24 Mar 1731 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 13 Jul 1816 in Old Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

GEN. DICT. OF RI
    All RI data on names from Gen. Dict of RI also what few dates for those events in 1600's - the VR-RI records were partly burned, torn, faded etc. and such precious vital information lost - however, the Gen. Dict. of RI of 3 generations who came before 1690 was very helpful by cross checking spouses, parents, wills, etc. - Orig. written/compiled by John Osborne Austin - some corrections  and additions made by him & recently updated, more corrections and additions by G. Andrew Moriarty & Albert T. Klyberg for RI Hist. Soc. (1978)

234. Thomas GRIFFIN was born 27 Nov 1730 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. He married Jerusha CHIPMAN on 20 Sep 1753 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

Information from Robert D. Griffin, 182 Herrick Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666
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235. Jerusha CHIPMAN was born 10 Sep 1730 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, pg. 192.
    ii. Thomas-4, b. Nov. 27, 1730; m. Mrs. Jerusha Chapman, at Stonington.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT., Book 3, page 96.
    These may ceirtfie that Mr. Thomas Griffin & Mrs. Jerusha Chipman were Joyned together in marriage on Sept. ye 20th 1753, by ye, Reved. Mr. Ebenezer Rossister, Paster. In person of Clement Minor, Samuel Griffin.
Ann dau. of Thomas Griffin was born Oct 22nd 1755
Mary "       "        "     "   "   May 18"  1758
James Chipman son     "     "   "   Oct 28"  1760
Deborah, Dau.         "     "   "    "   6"  1763
Thomas son   " & Jerusha    "   "    "  12"  1766

Information from Mr. Robert d. Griffin, 182 Herrick Avenue, Teanick, NJ 07666
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236. John BLIVEN was born 22 Sep 1730 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 1805 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. John married Elizabeth HERN on 3 Jan 1753 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

237. Elizabeth HERN was born about 1738 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died 14 May 1796 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

THE BLIVEN GENEALOGY, 1643-1991, by Lee A. Bliven, 1991. Westerly Library.
page 8.
    John Bliven b. 22 Sept 1730, died between July 17 & October 28, 1805, buried at Westerly RI. Married 3 Jan 1753, Elizabeth Hearne, b. (1738) d. 14 May 1796.

238. Eleazer BROWN was born 1 Jun 1728 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 14 Nov 1736 in 1st Church of Stonington, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 11 Jul 1795 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Eleazer married Anna GREEN on 16 Oct 1755 in Hopkinton, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

Eleazer was christened 14 Nov 1736 in North Stonington, New London, CT. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 18.
    Elder Eleazer Brown(139), son of Eleazer (39) [Eleazer (11), Thomas], was born in Stonington, Conn., June 1, 1728 and died July 11, 1795 (tombstone), sisty-eight year of his age and twenty-seventh of his ministry. He married Oct. 16, 1755, Ann Green, of Hopkinton, RI, who was born 1735 and died Sept. 15, 1803, sisty-ninth year of her age.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Herny Brown, Vol. 2, page 267.
    Elder Brown was the second pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Stonington (Pendleton Hill). This was his only pastorate, extending over a period of twenty-seven years. Elder Brown, it is said, had be little education, but was a man of strong native powers, of vivid thought and conception, and of flowing, rapid delivery. He was rightly esteemed one of the most eminet preachers of his day. In 1791, towards the close of his ministry, there came a great outpouring of the Spirit of God; and the seed faithfully sown began to bear much fruit, and at this revival the church received an accession of fifty-two, making the total membership one hundred and fifty-two. (For a full account, see B.G., pp. 551, 552.
    Elder Eleazer Brown's house stood a few rods east of the Brown Burying-ground, opposite the present parsonage of the Second Church, in No. Stonington, where the cellar is still to be seen. This house was struck by lightning while Elder Brown was preaching in the near-by church. Two young people were killed by lightning, one up stairs and the other down, while shutting windows. The compiler's mother said they were engaged to be married. Another mother reported that they were John and Hulda, but it is not certain about their names.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 3, page 69.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 64. Brown Cemetery #71.
    Brown Eleazor, died July 11, 1795, age 67.

  Source: B.G., v.2, p.267; Congregational Church of North Stonington;
Stonington Vitals, Vol. 3, film 1,309,972, It. 2, and film 1,309,871, Item
2, page 69; Barbour's CT vitals, film 2,897; No. Stoning Church records, 5,080,
It. 1.
  BG: Born 1 June 1728. M. Anne Green of Hopkinton, RI. He was the second
pastor of the First Baptist Church of (North) Stonington. His house once was
struck by lightening while he was preaching in the nearby church. Two young
people were killed while shutting windows. Critical comment on sermon?
  BG: Names a last child Mary, who is not listed in Stonington vitals.
  Descendants of Elder Brown moved to Brookfield, Herkimer Co., NY, about
three miles from West Winfield, where Elder Brown's younger brother, Peleg, and
Peleg's son, Eleazer III, farmed.
  Church: Baptized 14 Nov. 1736 with siblings Jeremiah, Rebecca, Mary and
Temperance.
  Stonington vitals, both films, and Barbour: Born 1 June 1728. Stonington
records, v3, p69.

239. Anna GREEN was born 1735 in Hopkinton, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died 15 Sep 1803 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON CT, Vol 3, page 230.
    Green, Anne, m. Eleazer Brown, Oct 16, 1755, in Hopkinton, by Elder
         Thomas Wells. Witnesses: Simeon Brown, Jeremiah Brown.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 64. Brown Cemetery #71.
    Brown, Anna, relict of Eleazer, died Sept. 15, 1803, age 68.

  Source: Wheeler, citing New London probate records re will of Eleazer Brown.

248. Jude TAYLOR was born 10 Oct 1753 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 10 Dec 1847 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island and was buried in Friends' Ground, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. Jude married Abigail ROSS on 13 Mar 1774 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island, by Elder Joseph Park. [Parents]

VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, Westerly RI pp. 64.
    Married by Elder Joseph Park.

1790 CENSUS - WESTERLY, WASHINGTON CO., RHODE ISLAND, page 109
    TAYLOR, Jude, 1,2,3

WESTERLY & ITS WITNESSES, Grave-yards and Graves, by Rev. Frederic Denison, A.M., Providence, published by J.A. & R. A. Reed, 1878, page 284.
    page 128.
    THE WILCOX CHURCH, Jude Taylor diligently served the church as clerk from 1787 to 1810, when the regular records close.
    Jude Taylor, who faithfully served the church for at least twenty-three years, and in the days of decline and darkness stood firmly at his post, died Dec. 10, 1847, aged ninety-four years.
     page 284.
    FRIENDS' GROUND, By this name, rather than that of any family, is recognized the burying-ground situated on the old post-road leading to Charlestown, on the north side of the road, a little east of the site of the Wilcox Church, near the late residence of Ephraim Gavitt, Esq. It is substantially inclosed by a wall, and furnished with gates. Most of the graves being those of Quakers, are without inscribed headstones, though here lie the remains of persons of eminent worth. Six persons, not Quakers, have inscribed marbles:
    Jude Taylor, d. Dec 10, 1847, age 94.
    Abigail (wife of Jude Taylor), died Feb. 22, 1844, age 90.
    Fanny (dau. of Jude and Abigail Taylor), died Apr 30 1860, age 70 ys., 7 mo., 9 ds.

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249. Abigail ROSS was born 18 Feb 1754 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died 22 Feb 1866 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island and was buried in Friends' Ground, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND, Westerly RI page 128.
WESTERLY & ITS WITNESSES, Grave-yards and Graves, by Rev. Frederic Denison, A.M., Providence, published by J.A. & R. A. Reed, 1878, page 284.
    FRIENDS' GROUND,
    Abigail (wife of Jude Taylor), died Feb. 22, 1844, age 90.

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250. Nathaniel STILLMAN was born 29 May 1753 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 7 Apr 1804 in Stillmanville, Washington Co., Rhode Island. Nathaniel married Deborah BABCOCK on 26 Feb 1777 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

STILLMAN GENEALOGY, pages 6 and 23.
    Drowned in Pawtucket River.

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251. Deborah BABCOCK was born 11 Apr 1752 in Hopkinton, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

BABCOCK GENEALOGY, compiled by Stephen Babcock page 51.
STILLMAN GENEALOGY, page 6 & 23.
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252. James CRANDALL was born 20 Sep 1763 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 3 Jul 1845 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. James married Hannah CLARKE on 20 Nov 1783 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

Crandall Genealogy, page 45.
    m. 1. Hannah Clarke, 20 Nov. 1783, Westerly RI, by Joseph Crandall, JP
    m. 2. Desire Thomas.
    However according to the pension statement he married
    m. 2. Mrs. Barbara (Burdick) Crandall, widow of Samuel Clark Crandall.

    James CRANDALL INLISTED IN THE WAR IN 1777. HE WAS DISCHARGED AT SARATOGA, NY IN 1783. SOME RECORDS REFER TO HIM AS JAMES, JR.

Ref. V.R. of R.I., Vol. V., page 95.

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253. Hannah CLARKE was born 28 Sep 1761 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

Crandall Genealogy, page 45.
    m. 1st 20 Nov. 1783 in Westerly RI by Joseph Crandall, JP, Hannah Clark, b. 28 Sept. 1761 in Westerly RI.

The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island by George Austin Morrison, Jr.
pages 255-257.

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