Obadiah
Brown
Born about in Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Obadiah (Brown) Browne
and Martha (Waterman) Browne
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 40
in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Aug 2018
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Biography
Private Obadiah Brown served with Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Obadiah Brown Jr. was born about 1748, the son of Obadiah Brown and Martha Waterman of Providence. [1]
He married Elizabeth (___). [2]
Benjamin served as a private in General Sullivan's Life Guard was killed in battle on August 29, 1778 [3] [4]aged 36, and is buried in the North Burial Ground at Providence. [2]
In the division of his father Obadiah Sr.s' estate, his portion was given to his widow Elizabeth and their two daughters, Martha and Nancy. [1]
Children
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Browne, William Bradford. Chad Browne of Providence, Rhode Island and Four Generations of His Descendants In: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 80. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts. 1926 p. 170-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sterling, John E. North Burial Ground Providence, Rhode Island, Old Section 1700-1748, Special Publication No. 5, Rhode Island Genealogical, Society, Greenville, RI, 2000. p. 143
- ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol .12: Revolutionary Rolls and Newspapers. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1891 (p. 120)
- ↑ Field, Edward. History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Mason Publishing Company, 1902, Boston, Massachusetts, 1902, p. 503
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