Providence, RI: Index to Probate, 1646-189964549
Pg 3307 Daniel Brown/Browne, Providence, Providence, RI; Record Type: Probate Record; Case # A111; Case Type: administration

Vol 62 Pg 196 Daniel Browne - Unproved (as son of Chad Browne). William B. Browne’s article in 1926, a careful work, makes this comment: “There appears no definite statement relating to son Daniel, but he was always been considered by all authorities a son of Chad Browne, and the use of the name ‘Chad’ among his descendants seems to substantiate the fact” (NEHGR 80:76). One fact seems to detract from his statement: The initial use of the name “Chad” among Daniel’s descendants is Daniel’s great-grandson Chad4 Browne (1729-1814) (Othniel3, Hosanna2, Daniel1). This Chad, of the Gloucester RI branch, was born 66 years after the first Chad’s death. It is possible that this younger man was named after Chad4 Browne (1705-1760) (Obadiah3, John2, Chad1), who moved to Gloucester probably a year or two prior to the birth of the 1729 Chad. Curiously, these are the only descendants in W.B. Browne’s five generation study of the family who bear the given name Chad, other than the purported son Chad. Browne himself is part of the Gloucester branch descended from Daniel5 (Eleazer4, William3, Jabez2, Daniel1) (letter dated 1927 from W. B. Browne to Clarence I. Brown, “Clarence I. Brown material” at R. I. Historical Society).47497