Nicholas Brown was the eldest of the "Four Brown Brothers" who would make their marks in history as sucessful entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and patriots involved in the notorius Gaspee Affair.
Their father, a sea captain, died at sea while they were young, and Nicholas and his siblings were raised by their uncle, Obadiah Brown, who, in 1762, bequeathed to them a thriving mercantile business and spermaceti candle manufactory. The same year on 2 May 1762, Nicholas married Rhoda Jenckes, daughter of Daniel Jenckes and Joanna Scott, and they would produce nine children, seven of whom would not reach adulthood. In 1764, the Brown brothers participated in the founding of Rhode Island College by donating the Chad Brown "home lot," the land in Providence first settled by their ancestor about 1640 and the parcel on which the school stands today. It later became "Brown College" in 1805 when his son, Nicholas Brown II, donated the money to fund a professorship.
He married, second, Avis Binney, a daughter of Captain Barnabas Binney.
Children(by first marriage): Hope Brown, Joanna Brown, possibly Hope Brown, Nicholas Brown Jr, Chad Brown, Hope Brown Ives, Moses Brown, Rhoda Brown, Jenckes Brown, and Nancy Brown.
Nicholas Brown was the eldest of the "Four Brown Brothers" who would make their marks in history as sucessful entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and patriots involved in the notorius Gaspee Affair.
Their father, a sea captain, died at sea while they were young, and Nicholas and his siblings were raised by their uncle, Obadiah Brown, who, in 1762, bequeathed to them a thriving mercantile business and spermaceti candle manufactory. The same year on 2 May 1762, Nicholas married Rhoda Jenckes, daughter of Daniel Jenckes and Joanna Scott, and they would produce nine children, seven of whom would not reach adulthood. In 1764, the Brown brothers participated in the founding of Rhode Island College by donating the Chad Brown "home lot," the land in Providence first settled by their ancestor about 1640 and the parcel on which the school stands today. It later became "Brown College" in 1805 when his son, Nicholas Brown II, donated the money to fund a professorship.
He married, second, Avis Binney, a daughter of Captain Barnabas Binney.
Children(by first marriage): Hope Brown, Joanna Brown, possibly Hope Brown, Nicholas Brown Jr, Chad Brown, Hope Brown Ives, Moses Brown, Rhoda Brown, Jenckes Brown, and Nancy Brown.
Family Members
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James Brown
1697–1739
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Hope Power Brown
1701–1792
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Rhoda Jenckes Brown
1741–1783 (m. 1760)
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Avis Binney Brown
1749–1807 (m. 1785)
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James Brown
1724–1750
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John Brown
1727–1733
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Mary Brown Vanderlight
1731–1795
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Joseph Brown
1733–1785
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John Brown
1736–1803
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Moses Brown
1738–1836
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Hope Brown
1763–1768
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Joanna Brown
1766–1785
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Nicholas Brown
1769–1841
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Chad Brown
1771–1778
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Hope Brown Ives
1773–1855
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Moses Brown
1775–1791
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Rhoda Brown
1777–1787
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Jenckes Brown
1778–1783
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Nancy Brown
1783–1783
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Records on Ancestry
Nicholas Brown
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Nicholas Brown
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Nicholas Brown
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
Nicholas Brown
Web: Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008
Nicholas Brown
Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
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