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• Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	4 May 1698	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Christened	14 Aug 1698	Stonington,New London,Ct
  Gender	Male
  Died	1757	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Person ID	I43619	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Eleazer BROWN, b. 5 Aug 1670, Lynn,Essex Co.,Massachusetts
  Mother	Ann PENDLETON, b. 12 Nov 1667, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire
  Family ID	F6385	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Temperance HOLMES, b. 29 Jan 1706/1707, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Married	1723	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Children	1. Nathan BROWN, b. 17 Jul 1724, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   2. Mary BROWN, b. 26 Jan 1726, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 3. Eleazer BROWN, b. 1 Jun 1728, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 4. Temperance BROWN, b. 15 May 1731, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   5. Jeremiah BROWN, b. 12 May 1733, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   6. Rebeckah BROWN, b. 19 Jan 1735
  Family ID	F5047	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Mary
  Married	Abt 1735/1736
  Children	1. Phebe BROWN, b. 4 Jul 1737, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   2. Timothy BROWN, b. 7 Jun 1739, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 3. John BROWN, b. 10 Aug 1741, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 4. Peleg BROWN, b. 26 Sep 1744, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   5. Ruth BROWN, b. 27 Jun 1746, Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F14544	Group Sheet

• Notes

  VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 2. Eleazer Brown, son of Eleazer, born 4 May 1698. THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pages 266. Sources: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II; Stonington vitals, film 1,309,871,Item 2; North Stonington Congregational Church records, film 5,080, Item1; and film 2,826; Stonington Church, film 547,548; Barbour Collection ofCT Vitals, film 2897; Brian Pendleton and His Descendants, compiled byEverett Hall Pendleton (Film 1,018,879, Item 18); IGI (Batch #7213008,Sheet #02, Source Call #820,349. Barbour: Eleazer Brown, son of Eleazer, born 4 May 1698 (Stoningtonvitals, v2, p2). Vitals, Brown Genealogy and Wheeler's History of Stonington agree onEleazer Junior's birth date and place. Wheeler: Married Temperance Holmes in 1723. Film 1,309,871, Item 2, page 69: Names birth dates of children andsays earmarks were entered 26 April 1738. No marriage recorded. Film 2826: Gives baptismal date. Stonington First Church. Admitted tochurch in what is now North Stonington on May 7, 1727. Film 547,548, Item 2: Baptized 14 Aug. 1698. Film 5,080, Item 1: Records from 1727 to 1827. This church opened in1727. Lists baptisms for six of Eleazer's children: Eleazer, Jeremiah,Mary, Rebecca, Temperance, and Peleg. In each case his wife was calledMary. Brown, p266, cites New London Probate Records, Vol. G, p. 179, 2Dec.1757. Heirs mentioned: Widow Mary Brown (indicating a second wife)Jeremiah Brown, 2nd son (1st son Nathan died at the age of 2); Eleazer,first son; John Butler and wife Mary, eldest daughter; Rebeckah, thirddaughter; Timothy, third son; John, fourth son; Peleg, fifth son; ComfortBrown and wife Temperance, second daughter; Phebe Brown, fourth daughter;Ruth Brown, fifth daughter. The Brown Cemetery in North Stonington has no grave recorded for thisEleazer or his wives. The Stonington Historical Society reports: "Quiteoften before the 1770's they used only a crude fieldstone to mark agrave. Head- stones were for the really well-to-do or the well-organized." Thegravestones for Eleazer and Ann Pendleton Brown were erected many yearsafter their deaths by a descendant. This could account for Ann's birthdate info on the tombstone not jibing with other sources. Stonington Cemeteries, film 3,096: A Mary Brown died 20 Nov. 1785,Cemetery 47, p353. Stonington Historical Society reports this Mary Brownwas the daughter of Stephen and Hannah Brown. Apparently she nevermarried. Wheeler in Brown section of his book says Eleazer Brown and TemperanceHolmes, both of Stonington, were married in 1723. In the Holmes section,he says a Temperance Holmes, born 29 Jan. 1707, daughter of Joshua,married (1) 10 May 1727 John Smith and (2) James Treadway. Joshua livedin what is now North Stonington. [Apparently two Temperance Holmes.]Colonial Families of America, Vol. 4, page 467, says a Temperance,daughter of Joshua Holmes, born 29 Jan. 1707, married John Smith ofGroton 10 May 1727. He was born 14 June 1704 and died 22 Dec. 1758. [Seenotes for this Temperance Holmes, RIN 97. She died after 10 Dec. 1761.That was the day she married her second husband--many years after theother Temperance had presumably died.]] Brown Genealogy has the same info as Wheeler in his Brown section, butformer says info is from Stonington town records. Both say Eleazer andTemperance were married in 1723. An IGI record gives a 1 June 1728 (typo?) marriage date, married inStonington Township. Everett Hall Pendleton says they were married in1723 and that Temperance was Eleazer's first wife and Mary ________ washis second. Mary was on the scene 14 Nov. 1736, according to records of the NorthStonington Congregational Church. Rebecca was born 19 Jan. 1735--22months earlier. That date is from two films on Stonington vitals. Browngenealogy and Wheeler say 19 June 1735. Transcribing error? June becameJan or Jan became June. Assuming Mary was Eleazer's second wife, shewould be the mother of Phebe, Timothy, John, Peleg and Ruth (all bornbetween 4 July 1737 and 27 June 1749). Temperance Brown, presumably, would be thedaughter of Temperance (Holmes) Brown. Jeremiah and Rebecca probably werethe children of Temperance also, but one or both could be Mary's, sincewe have found no marriage record for Eleazer and Mary. [I will allot thechildren through Rebecca to Temperance.] Regardless, it appears Mary was my Peleg's mother. Records of Rev. Joseph Fish of the Congregational Church of NorthStonington say Eleazer II was a church member before 1 July 1733 and hiswife Mary was received into the church and baptized 24 Oct. 1742. It alsosays Eleazer II and wife Mary "received baptism" 14 Nov. 1736, same dayas five Brown children. Church records state that Eleazer, Jeremiah,Rebecca, Mary and Temperance were baptized 14 Nov. 1736 and werechildren of Eleazer Brown and wife Mary and that Peleg Brown, son ofEleazer and wife Mary, was baptized 16 Dec. 1744. [North Stonington Church records also say an Eleazer Brown of Westerly,R.I., married Sarah Die, 10 Nov. 1742. This, according to Everett HallPendleton, was Eleazer, son of Jonathan Brown and Elizabeth Pendleton,who probably died in the French and Indian War.] Wheeler cites New London Probate Records, Vol. G, p. 170, 2 Dec. 1757.(This doesn't jibe with the tombstone death date). Heirs mentioned: WidowMary Brown (indicating a second wife); Jeremiah Brown, second son (firstson Nathan died at the age of 2); Eleazer, first son; John Butler andwife Mary, eldest daughter; Rebeckah, third daughter; Timothy, third son;John, fourth son; Peleg, fifth son; Comfort Brown and wife Temperance,second daughter; Phebe Brown, fourth daughter; Ruth Brown, fifthdaughter. A Stonington deed, info from John Henderson, says Lt. John Ashcraftsold a small quantity of Stonington land to Elizor Brown. This was mentioned ina land record dated 15 June 1717 in which Ashcraft sold a tract of land,less the small quantity previously sold to "Elizor" Brown, to PeterBelton of Groton. The Elizor could refer to either Eleazer Brown Jr. orSr.