flag male ancestor  John  BROWN

  (b. 27 January 1736 Providence, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. 20 September 1803 Providence, Rhode Island, USA )  

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John BROWN was born 27 January 1736 in Providence, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

John BROWN was the child of James BROWN   and   Hope Tillinghast POWER

John BROWN died 20 September 1803 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.





m. Sarah Smith, 27 November 1760 in Providence, Rhode Island

was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from Providence, Rhode Island. Together with his brothers Nicholas, Joseph and Moses, John was instrumental in founding Brown University (then known as the College of Rhode Island) and moving it to their family's former land in Providence. familysearch


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