Capt. John Brown

John Brown was born at Newport, RI, in 1702. The date of his death is not given in any of their records, but (accourding to the letters of Clark Brown of Newport) it occurred shortly before 25 September 1782, at the age of 80 years.

He married Dorothy Noyes, daughter of Dr James Noyes and Ann (Sanford) Noyes, of Noyes Beach, RI, grandaughter of Gov. Peleg Sanford, and Rev. James Noyes II; also great granddaughter of Gov. John Sanford and Gov. William Coddington, and fourth in descent from Ann Marbury Hutchinson. They were married 4 July 1728.

Dorothy was born 1 Oct 1712, and was baptized 12 Dec 1712. (Dates from Town Clerk of Stonington, CT) They made Stonington, Ct their home for life. There were twelve children:

1. Abby m Benjamin Billings 22 Nov 1750

2. Anna m Caleb Arnold

3. Jonathan, died young

4. John b. 25 July 1735 m. Mary Holmes 1767 d. 25 July 1777

5. Noyes died at sea age 25

6. Sanford m Lucy Peabody

7. Peleg (Capt.) m (1) Mary (or Mercy) Denison 14 April 1776 m (2) Nancy Ingraham 24 Oct 1782. He died shortly before 1 Sept 1798.

8. Dolly 1744 m Samuel Copp 10 Dec 1769

9. Mary m Ebenezer Cobb 16 or 26 Jan 1776

10. Hope died young (8 years)

11. Abagial m Elkanah Cobb 18 April 1773 (a brother to Ebenezer Cobb)

12. Bridget m Johnathan Crarey 16 Jun 1781

Note: A copy of a paper found in the old Cobb house in Stonington, Conn., was loaned to the writer. This record gives the same names of the children of John Brown and Dorothy Noyes as in the above list, with a few additional notes, as follows:

3. Jonathan, died a young man

5. Noyes lost a sea aged 25.

8. Dolly Brown was born in 1744 and was wife of Deacon Samuel Copp of Stonington, bor in 1743

10. Hope, died at 8 years.

Two authorities reverse the order of the names Abby and Abagail, calling No 1 Abagail and No. 11 Abby. It will be seen that the two brothers James and John Brown I had married the two sisters, Ann and Dorothy Noyes.

Source: The Brown Family History II, by Janice Young. page 20.

Event: Magna Charta Sureties 1215 descendant of Sair de Quincy