William BROWNELL

(b. abt. 1648 , Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. abt. 1715 , Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

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William BROWNELL was born abt. 1648 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations

William BROWNELL was the child of Thomas BROWNELL and Ann BOURNE?

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William married Sarah SMITON abt. 1672 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Sarah SMITON was born 25 May 1654 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). Sarah died 1 August 1715 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Sarah was the child of William SMITON and Sarah LLOYD.

William BROWNELL died abt. 1715 in Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .
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Sarah SMITON-- Date: abt. 1672 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Sarah SMITON was the child of William SMITON and Sarah LLOYD

Children of William BROWNELL and Sarah SMITON:

Thomas BROWNELL (b.25 May 1674, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 1 January 1750, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Esther (Hester) TABER 15 November 1698 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

Sarah BROWNELL (b.25 November 1675, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1688, , Rhode Island, Dominion of New England)

Martha BROWNELL (b.24 May 1678, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 6 July 1736, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Jonathan TRIPP 22 August 1695 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA
m. Samuel HART

Anne BROWNELL (b.4 June 1680, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 21 April 1747, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Benjamin DAVOL 1710 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA

William BROWNELL (b.11 August 1682, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 1 January 1750, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Lydia SOULE 1705

Benjamin BROWNELL (b.20 October 1684, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 10 February 1735, , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)

Robert BROWNELL (b.11 April 1688, Little Compton, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England d. abt. 1765, South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

Mary BROWNELL (b.13 February 1691, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 12 February 1737, Richmond, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

Smiton BROWNELL (b.13 February 1691, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 12 February 1737, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Margaret MANCHESTER 1725 in , Rhode Island, USA

George BROWNELL (b.18 April 1693, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 1 October 1742, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Elizabeth DAVOL 22 June 1716 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Alice BROWNELL (b.3 December 1695, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 16 April 1744, Richmond, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

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William BROWNELL - Title Little Compton families, Volume 1 Little Compton Families, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, ISBN 0806347031, 9780806347035 Author Benjamin Franklin

Title Little Compton families, Volume 1
Little Compton Families, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, ISBN 0806347031, 9780806347035
Author Benjamin Franklin Wilbour
Edition 5
Publisher Genealogical Publishing Com, 1997
ISBN 080634704X, 9780806347042
Length 839 pages
Page 87-88

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1674 Birth of Child
Thomas BROWNELL was born 25 May 1674, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1675 Birth of Child
Sarah BROWNELL was born 25 November 1675, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1678 Birth of Child
Martha BROWNELL was born 24 May 1678, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1680 Birth of Child
Anne BROWNELL was born 4 June 1680, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1682 Birth of Child
William BROWNELL was born 11 August 1682, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1684 Birth of Child
Benjamin BROWNELL was born 20 October 1684, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1688 Birth of Child
Robert BROWNELL was born 11 April 1688, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1691 Birth of Child
Mary BROWNELL was born 13 February 1691, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1691 Birth of Child
Smiton BROWNELL was born 13 February 1691, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1693 Birth of Child
George BROWNELL was born 18 April 1693, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1695 Marriage of Child
Martha BROWNELL married 22 August 1695, Newport, Rhode Island, USA to Jonathan TRIPP

1695 Birth of Child
Alice BROWNELL was born 3 December 1695, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
Thomas BROWNELL married 15 November 1698, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville) to Esther (Hester) TABER

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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state