Lt. George Brownell

Lieut George Brownell

• BIRTH: 19 Jan 1685, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
• DEATH: 22 Sep 1756 (aged 71), Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
• BURIAL: Brownell-Earle Burial Ground, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• Son of Thomas Brownell, II and Mary Pearce
• Siblings: Thomas born 16 February 1679, John born 21 February 1682, Jeremiah born 10 October 1689, Mary born 22 March 1692, and Charles born 23 December 1694.
• Husband of Mary (Thurston) Brownell — married 6 Jul 1706 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
• Husband of Comfort (Dennis) Taylor — married 18 Apr 1745 in Little Compton

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Family

George first married Mary Thurston, second Comfort Dennis, widow of Philip Taylor.

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr12/rr12_474.html#P8159

Children of Mary Pearce & Thomas Brownell:

28675. George Brownell. Born on 19 Jan 1685 in Little Compton, RI.374,271 George died in Dartmouth, MA, on 22 Sep 1756; he was 71.368,271

On 6 Jul 1706 when George was 21, he first married Mary Thurston, daughter of Jonathan Thurston (4 Jan 1658/9-bef 25 Apr 1740) & Sarah Giles, in Little Compton, RI.271 Born on 20 Mar 1685 in Little Compton, RI.271 Mary died in Little Compton, RI, on 23 Feb 1740; she was 54.271

Children of George and Mary (Thurston) Brownell, born at Little Compton:271

• i. Giles Brownell, b. 1 Mar 1707;
• ii. Phebe Brownell, b. 19 Jun 1708;
• iii. Mary Brownell, b. 9 Nov 1709, d. 6 Oct 1791 at Little Compton, m. 31 Oct 1727 Joseph Wood (b. 23 Dec 1705 at Portsmouth);
• iv. George Brownell, b. 21 Jun 1711, c. 30 Jun 1800 at Dartmouth, MA, m. at Little Compton 21 Oct 1731 Sarah Bailey (b. 30 Jun 1710 at Little Compton, dau. of William & Dorothy (Graves) Bailey);
• v. Thomas Brownell, b. 1 Feb 1713, d. 1857, m. Mary Blackman (b. 4 Mary 1715 at Little Compton);
• vi. Elizabeth Brownell, b. 15 Sep 1717, d. 18 Jul 1781, m. at Little Compton 31 Mar 1737 Israel Stoddard (b. 14 Nov 1707 at Little Compton, son of Thomas and Ruth (Nichols) Stoddard);
• vii. Jonathan Brownell, b. 19 Mar 1719, m. at Little Compton 14 Jan 1742 Elizabeth Richmond (b. 26 Feb 1725 at Little Compton, d. 10 Jun 1806, dau. of William & Anna (Gray) Richmond);
• viii. Paul Brownell, b. 12 Jun 1721, d. 20 May1760 at Little Compton, m. there 1746 Deborah Dennis of Tiverton; and
• ix. Stephen Brownell, b. 29 Nov 1726, m. 1st at Little Compton 5 Jan 1747 Edith Wilbor (b. 22 Apr 1727 at Little Compton, dau. of William & Jane (Crandall) Wilbor), m. 2nd at Little Compton 1 Feb 1771 Mary Eldredge.

On 18 Apr 1745 when George was 60, he second married Comfort Dennis (14264) , daughter of Robert Dennis (4956) (6 Nov 1677-5 Jan 1729/30) & Susanna Briggs (18802) (9 Apr 1681-2 Apr 1744), in Little Compton, RI.271 George Brownell and Comfort Taylor were married 18 Apr 1745. Born on 12 Mar 1703 in Little Compton, RI.271

Comfort married first Philip Taylor, then George Brownell.

Child of George and Comfort (Dennis) (Taylor) Brownell:271

• i. Mary Brownell, b. 3 Mar 1747 in Little Compton, d. there 2 May 1803.

Inscription

IN MEMORY of Lieut George Brownell who died Sept 22d A.D. 1756 in ye 72d Year of his Age

Sources:

• Title: Scituate Genealogy -Web page Author: David Pane-Joyce Publication: Created 18 Feb 2001 by Reunion for Leister Productions Inc. Repository: Note: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/scituate/rr_idx/idx001.html (link moved) Media: Book
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66470429/george-brownell
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brownell-123 cites
  • Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. Little Compton Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003) Vol 1, page 90-91. < GoogleBooks >
  • Lieutenant George Brownell on Find A Grave: Memorial #66470429
  • Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQV-Z57 : accessed 26 August 2021), entry for George Brownell; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
  • https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofwep00west/page/264/mode/2...
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr12/rr12_474.html#P8159 cites
  • 271. Little Compton vital records, James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, 1893, volume 4.
• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I8159&tree=Schirado
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  • 2. [S34] James N. Arnold, (Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, 1893, volume 4.).
  • [S118] http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Dartmouth/