Sarah BROWNELL

(b. abt. 1641 , Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 6 September 1676 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

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Sarah BROWNELL was born abt. 1641 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations

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

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Sarah married Gideon FREEBORN 1 June 1658 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Gideon FREEBORN was born abt. 1639 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Gideon died 27 February 1719 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Gideon was the child of William FREEBORN and Mary WILSON?.

Sarah BROWNELL died 6 September 1676 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Sarah BROWNELL married

Gideon FREEBORN-- Date: 1 June 1658 Place: Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Gideon FREEBORN was the child of William FREEBORN and Mary WILSON?

FREEBORN Gideon Gideon2 (-1720) & 1-wf Sarah BROWNELL (1641-1676) 1 Jun 1658 Portsmouth, RI {Brownell Anc. 26 Warden-Davis 45 Briggs-DeGroff 217 McIntire Anc. 68, 95, 729 RI VR 7:7, 16 Powers-Banks 7, 48 Anthony 26 Austin's Dict. 296 Brownell 17 Durfee 23 Brown (,1) 72}

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Bride's Name: Sarah Brownell
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Marriage Date: 01 Jun 1658
Marriage Place: Society Of Friends,Newport,Newport,Rhode Island
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52505-1
Syst Origin: Rhode_Island-ODM
Source Film Number: 22488
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Collection: Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916
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Children of Gideon FREEBORN and Sarah BROWNELL:

Thomas FREEBORN (b.5 February 1659, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 1 October 1688, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England)

Mary FREEBORN (b.abt. 1664, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1676, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)

Sarah FREEBORN (b.14 January 1666, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 10 July 1737, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Joseph WANTON 1683 in , Rhode Island, USA

Ann FREEBORN (b.28 March 1668, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 11 February 1729, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Thomas DURFEE 1690 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Martha FREEBORN (b.8 August 1671, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 15 November 1748, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Thomas CORNELL 26 January 1696 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Susanna FREEBORN (b.24 March 1674, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 21 January 1723, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)

Patience FREEBORN (b.4 March 1676, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 27 April 1757, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. William ANTHONY 26 July 1698 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

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

1658 Marriage / Partner
Sarah BROWNELL and Gideon FREEBORN 1 June 1658, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1659 Birth of Child
Thomas FREEBORN was born 5 February 1659, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Sarah FREEBORN was born 14 January 1666, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1668 Birth of Child
Ann FREEBORN was born 28 March 1668, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1671 Birth of Child
Martha FREEBORN was born 8 August 1671, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1674 Birth of Child
Susanna FREEBORN was born 24 March 1674, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

1676 Death
6 September 1676
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

1676 Birth of Child
Patience FREEBORN was born 4 March 1676, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Sarah is buried at: Portsmouth Friends Churchyard Portsmouth Newport County Rhode Island, USA

Added: 5/19/2009 9:22:39 AM - Updated: 7/9/2025 11:36:29 AM

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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