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• Title	Elder
  Birth	31 Jan 1722/1723	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Nov 1815	No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Buried	Brown Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Person ID	I43380	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	James BROWN, b. 1 Jul 1696, Lynn,Essex Co.,Massachusetts
  Mother	Elizabeth RANDALL, b. 1 Jun 1696, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F6645	Group Sheet
  Family	Dorothy HERN, b. 14 Feb 1728, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Married	1 Mar 1742/1743	Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Children	> 1. Simeon BROWN, Jr., b. 4 Dec 1746, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 2. James BROWN, b. 5 Dec 1753, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 3. Dorothy BROWN, b. 2 Aug 1755, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 4. Jeptha BROWN, b. 20 Jul 1758, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 5. Josiah BROWN, b. 3 May 1761, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 6. Elizabeth BROWN, b. 5 Aug 1766, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   7. Martha BROWN, b. 14 Apr 1769, Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F17961	Group Sheet

• Notes

  THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907, by CyrusHenry Brown, page 14, 30. Elder Brown was the first pastor of the Second Baptist Church, No.Stonington, for fifty years and eight months. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF NO. STONINGTON, NEW LONDON, CT. The Second Baptist Church of No. Stonington, CT was organized inMarch, 1765, with Elder Simeon Brown as pastor. Elder Brown was born inStonington Jan. 31, 1723, a man of strong native talents; he wasconverted under the preaching of Whitefield, in 1745. He united with Rev.Stephen Babcock in forming the Baptist Church in Westerly, RI in 1750;and was baptized by Rev. Wait Palmer in 17--, being ordained the sameyear. His pastorate and watchfull care over this church extended from theorganization, in 1765, until his death in 1815 - fifty years and eightmonths, a nobel record to be engraved on his monument in Brown Cementeryin his native town. His descendants may well be proud of the character and theconsecrated life of so novle a man, laying down the burdens of life inhis ninety-fourth year. The self-sacrificing labors and the toweringgrandeur of his character and the wide-spread and abounding influencewith emanated from his peretuate his memory through many generations,leaving a shining record. The handful of corn on the tops of the mountains grew til now themembership was three hundred and thirty-five. He served this church allthese years without salary, and built the meeting-house from lumber cutfrom his "cedar swamp," with the assistance of his brethren. It was without paint, both interior and exterior; with galleries onthree sides, a high pulpit on the north side, with an ascent of tenstairs, enclosed with panel work. When the minister was seated he couldnot be seen by the audience. He stood on a small platform, and was acommanding figure. The writer was present when the last service was heldin this old meeting-house, in the spring of 1845; it was like partingwith one's dearest friend, and many tears were shed. It was suggestedthat they better let it stand, but it was taken down and the presenthouse erected the same year. The ceiling of the porch of the new house was the panelling takenfrom the pews of the old house. The following items of interest by way of comparison are gleanedfrom the Stonington Baptist Association, as it was first called in thefirst printed minutes, which embraced churches in Rhode Island as fareast as Exeter and Wickford and west to Waterford and Montville, CT. Stonington Baptist Association held at Elder Timothy Wightman's Meetinghouse in 1792 Groton. First Church, Elder Eleazer Brown, No. 152. Second Church, Elder Simeon Brown, No. 201. Execter Church, RI (Nooseneck hill) No. 254. 1811 Second N. Stonington, No. 276. Exeter, RI, No. 253, First Groton, No. 208, First N. Stonington, No. 185. 1822 Exeter No. 684, North Kingston (Wickford) No. 401, Second N. StoningtonNo. 320 First Groton, No. 246. NEW LONDON COUNTY, PROMENENT MEN, Page 737. The Second Baptist Church in North Stonington was organized in 1765,and Deacon Simeon Brown was ordained their pastor in March of that year.He was a native of Stonington and a man of sterling worth, but not anatural pulpit orator. He was greatly beloved by his parishioners, andgathered about him a church of respectable numbers, who loved andsustained him under all the circumstances in which he was placed. VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 2. GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO.,CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 62. Brown Cemetery #71. Brown, Simeon, born Jan. 31, 1722, died Nov. 24, 1815. Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at nancn@exis.net