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Mary Brown (Harris)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Providence, RI
Death: June 26, 1805 (87)
Providence, RI
Place of Burial: North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Toleration Harris and Sarah Harris
Wife of Obadiah Brown and Obadiah Brown, I
Mother of Sarah Bowen and Anna Brown (Brown)
Sister of Joseph Harris and Phebe Tourtellot (Harris)
Half sister of Suzannah Latham Reynolds

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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Immediate Family

About Mary Brown

On 15 Jun 1737, Obadiah Brown married his first cousin, Mary Harris, daughter of Toleration Harris and Sarah Foster. They had eight children. All four of the sons died in early childhood. The four daughters all lived into adulthood and married into prominent familes: Phebe married John Fenner [brother of Gov. Arthur Fenner], Sarah married Lt. Gov. Jabez Bowen, Anna married her first cousin Moses Brown and Mary married Thomas Arnold Esq.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 24 2020, 4:22:07 UTC

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Mary Brown's Timeline

1718
February 18, 1718
Providence, RI
1742
September 24, 1742
Rhode Island, United States
1744
November 28, 1744
1805
June 26, 1805
Age 87
Providence, RI
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North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA