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• Birth	23 Sep 1703	Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Jun 1732	Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I10787	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Joshua HOLMES, Jr., b. 20 Aug 1678, Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island
  Mother	Fear STURGIS, b. 1678, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
  Family ID	F4939	Group Sheet
  Family	Jedediah BROWN, b. 28 Apr 1709, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Married	27 Nov 1728	Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Jedediah BROWN, Jr.., b. 14 Mar 1728/1729, Stonington, New London, Connecticut > 2. Lucian BROWN, b. 20 Oct 1730, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F4959	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Note: THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907,byCyrus Henry Brown, page 15. Jedediah married Nov. 27, 1728, Abigail Holmes, born Feb. 28,1703, anddied June 6, 1732. She was the daughter of JoshuaHolmes, born Aug. 20,1678, who lived with his father's familyin Westerly, RI. During his youthand young manhood, and beforehe reached his majority, he becameacquainted with Miss FearSturgess, of Yarmouth, Mass., whose house heoften visited withincreasing pleasure, until they were married, Nov. 21,1698.Miss Sturgess was the daughter of Edward Sturgess, who came tothiscountry from England to Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, andsettled inYarmouth. Mr. Holmes bought large tracts of land inStonington, Conn., nowNo. Stonington, near Wyassup Pond, uponwhich he built a dwelling house,which he occupied during hislife. He had nine children. Thomas Holmes,their son, ismentioned with Daniel Brown (24) as giving the land fortheFirst Baptist Church, now No. Stonington.