Ancestry of
James Brown

(1655–1718)

James Brown

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • James Brown 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Howland   
  • Birth Date:
  • 04 or 21 MAY 1655 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 May 1718 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island 

• Marriages for James Brown

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Denison
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Jun 1678
  • Marriage Location:
  • Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

• Sources for James Brown

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Swansea, Vol. 1, p. 3, Birth record for daughter Dorothy Brown.
  • ² Medbery, Mrs. James F., History and Genealogy of the Medbury-Medbery-Medberry Family: Descendants of John Medbury, Swansea, Mass. 1680, Silver Spring, Maryland: Typed manuscript (1965), 2.
  • ³ Wakefield, Robert S. and Ann Smith Lainhart, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23, Part 1, John Howland, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 6, 17-18.