Elisha Brown

Elisha Brown
40th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1765–1767
Governor Samuel Ward
Preceded by Joseph Wanton, Jr.
Succeeded by Joseph Wanton, Jr.
Personal details
Born 25 May 1717
Providence, Rhode Island
Died 20 April 1802
North Providence, Rhode Island
Spouse(s) Martha Smith
Hannah (Barker) Cushing
Occupation Deputy Governor
Religion Quaker

Elisha Brown (25 May 1717 - 20 April 1802)[1] was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of James and Mary (Harris) Brown, and the great grandson of early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister Chad Brown.[2] Brown was a member of the General Assembly, and possessed a large property, which was lost during the financial difficulties of the mid-18th century. During the Ward-Hopkins controversy, he sided with Samuel Ward, and during Ward's term as governor from 1765 to 1767, Brown was selected as his deputy governor.[2]

Later in life, Brown moved to Wenscutt, located in North Providence, Rhode Island, and became a member of the Society of Friends.[2] He had first married Martha, the daughter of John and Deborah (Angell) Smith, and a great granddaughter of both colonial president Gregory Dexter as well as Roger Williams' associate Thomas Angell. Following her death, he married Hannah Cushing, the widow of Elijah Cushing, and the daughter of James Barker.[2]

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Ancestry

Most of Brown's known ancestry is found in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Cutter, pp. 1053-4.
  2. ^ a b c d Cutter, p. 1054.
  3. ^ Austin, pp. 103,258-9,312-13,394.

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Italics Gorton, Smith and Dexter were presidents of Providence and Warwick only, since Coddington had received a commission to remove Newport and Portsmouth from their jurisdiction, valid from 1651 to 1654; before and after these dates the President presided over all four towns of the colony. Dudley presided over the "Narragansett Country" only, later to become Washington County, Rhode Island; Andros subsequently presided over the entire colony.