Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth1600, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England64994,64995,64996,64997,64998,64999,65000,65001,65002,65003,65004
Memobef 1605? Providence RI?
Residenceca 1638, Boston, Suffolk County, MA65005
Memoleft Boston, MA with Roger Williams for Providence RI
Residenceaft Jul 1638, Salem, Essex County, MA65006,65007
Memonot in harmony with the authorities there, he was exiled for his religious belief and moved to Providence, RI
Residenceaft Jul 1638, Providence County, RI65008,65006,65009,65010,65011,65012,65013,65014
MemoHome at the corner of Market Square and College Street which is now part of Brown University
Residenceaft Jul 1638, Providence County, RI65007,65015
Memosigner of the famous Compact which denied religious interference in civil affairs
Deathabt 1663, Providence, Providence County, RI65016,65017,65018,65019,65020,65021,65022,65023,65024,65025,65026,65027,65028,65029,65030,65031,65032,65033
Memobef 2 Sep 1650? 1665?
BurialProvidence, Providence County, RI65034,65018,65035,65036,65037,65038,65039,65040
MemoOriginally on his home lot where the County Court House stands (1888); moved 1792 to North Burial Ground (Nicholas Brown lot)
BurialNov 1792, North Burial Ground, Providence County, RI65041,65036,65037,65038,65042,65040
Memomoved
OccupationRev; Surveyor65043,64973,65044,65045,65046,65047,65048,65049,65050
Alias/AKAChad65051,65052,65053
ReligionParish Register of High Wycombe; Ordained Minister of the First Baptist Church of Providence, RI 1642; one of the chief founders of the First Baptist Church of Providence; ordained Elder in England in 164265054,65043,64975,65044,64973,65023,65045,65046,65055,65056,65057,65058,65059
Anst File#AFN:81Z1-H265060
FatherArthur Brown (1573-1607)
Misc. Notes
Pg 465061 Sixth Generation: Nicholas Brown, (s/o James, grandson of James, G grandson of John, GG grandson of Chad) The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography says of him (Vol. VIII, 27) “Nicholas Brown, merchant & benefactor of Brown University .. He contributed generously to the first college hall and, with his brothers, gave the land on which it stood. This was a part of the original home site of Chad Brown, their ancestor.”

Brown Family History65061
Pg 13-14: “Chad Brown as One of the Founders of the City of Providence and Providence Colony. ... He was a surveyor and was one of a committee who compiled a list of the home lots of the first settlers on Towne Street and “The Meadows” (Providence).
His home lot fronted on the “Towne Streete” now South Man and Market Square, with the sourthern boundary to the southward of College and South Main Streets. It was about one hundred and twelve feet wide, and extended eastwardly to the “Highway” now Hope street. The College Grounds of Brown University comprise a large portion of this lot. It is said that we are indebted to the above named committee for our knowledge of these first lots.
Chad Brown is mentioned as one of thirteen persons who signed the Providence Compact, ....
In 1640 he was one of a committee of four to deal with a boundary dispute between Providence and Pawtuxet (sic)....
In the ‘Chad Browne Memorial’ by Abby Isabel (Brown) Bulkley, Brooklyn, 1888, we find the following: ‘The same year (1640) ... Chad Brown ... were the committee of Providence Colony who reported to them their first written form of government, which was adopted and continued in force until 1644, when Roger Williams returned from England with the first charter. Of the thirty-nine signatures to this agreement, Chad Brown’s is the first.”

Pg 771-772 Brown65062 - Chad Brown was one of the founders of Providence, RI, signing the following agreement: “We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders, or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way by the Mayor, assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families incorporated together into a town fellowship and such others as they shall admix unto them, only in civil things.”
He served on a Committee to compile a list of the first lots situated on the town street. His service in this direction is mentioned years after in a letter from Roger Williams to John Whipple, Jr; 8 Jul 1689. Served also on a Committee, with three others, to settle all matters of difference between Providence and Pawtuxet, regarding the division of lines, and was the first settled (S: Gen Dict of RI p.314) pastor of the First Baptist Church.

Pg 66 He (Chad Browne) was bur: his remains were removed in 1792 to the North Burial Ground, where the gravestone then erected may still be seen, with the following inscription: In Memory of Chad Brown Elder of the Baptist Church in this town. He was one of the original Proprietors of the Providence Purchase Having been exiled from Massachusetts for Conscience Sake. He had five sons John, James, Jeremiah, Chad and Daniel who have left a numerous prosperity. He died about A.D. 1665. This Monument was erected by the Town of Providence.64422

Vital Records fm the NEHGS Register65063
Vol 80(1926) Pg74 In the same year (1638) (Chad Browne) proceeded to Providence, where he was associated with Roger Williams, and was a signer of the famous Compact which denied religious interference in civil affairs. He name also appears in other agreements and compacts. In 1640 he was a member of a committee to consider the Colony bounds. He is at times called a surveyor.

Pg 338 1. Rev Chad Brown came to BostonMA in Martin early in Jul 1638 with his wife & son John, 8 & went immediately to Providence RI where he was associated with Roger Williams & signed the famous Compact denying religious interference in civil affairs17702
Research
Daniel’s parentage unproven65064

Pg 3:65061 Some account ... Chad may be gathered from Hague’s Historical Discourse, Benedict’s History of the Baptists, Annals of Providence, etc.

US & Canada Pass & Immig List Index Anc com1001 (Him? Notice some RI others MA?)
Chad Browne, Arrival 1638 Boston MA; Source 9448 Virus, Frederick A, editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2500 Immigrants to America bef 1750. Baltimore; Genealogical Publishing Co, 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986. Pg 16 Chad Browne, primary Immigrant. In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work.
Chad Brown, Arrival 1636 MA; Source 1936 Farmer, John. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governors, Deputy-Governors, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620-1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company to 1662; Freeman Admitted to the MA Colony fm 1630-1662; With Many other of the Early Inhabitants of New England and Long Island
Chad Brown, Arrival RI, Source 1926 Farmer, John “First Settlers of RI” In the New England Historical & Genealogical Register, vol. 1:4 (Oct 1847) p.291 Chad Brown, primary Immigrant. Names 93 passengers who arrived in the year 1636. No ship mentioned. Also in no, 951, Tepper, Passengers to America pg 471
Chad Brown, Arrival 1638-42 Providence RI; Source 3277.25 Hopkins, Charles Wyman. The Home Lots of the Early Settlers of the Providence Plantations, With Notes & Plats. Baltimore MD; Clearfield Company Inc, 2001. 78p. Pg 10 Chad Brown, primary immigrant. Most are time spans between date of birth overseas and date of arrival or first mention, and port of arrival or place of first mention in the New World. Extracted from original records located in the Office of the City Clerk, Providence, RI
Chad Brown, Arrival RI; Source 9151 Tepper, Michael, editor. Passengers to America: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from “The New England Historical & Genealogical Register.” Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co 1977. 554p. Reprinted with new introduction and indexes, 1978. Repr. 1980. Pg 471 Chad Brown, primary immigrant. Contains 35 articles excerpted from The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-1961. About 17000 names. Similar lists in Boyer, nos. 0702, 0714, 0717, 0720.

Vol 80 (1926) Pg 170 Chad Browne of Providence RI & 4 Gens of His Descendants by Wm Bradford Browne of No. Adams, MA65063 (Concluded from Pg 86) (Need to Get Pg 86 AmericanAncestors.org)

Providence, RI: Index to Probate, 1646-189964549 (Him?)
Pg 3307 Chad Brown/Browne, Providence, Providence, RI; Record Type: Probate Record; 1668, Case # A19; Case Type: will
Spouses
Birth1604, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England65069,65070,65071
Tax List2 Sep 1650, Providence County, RI65021,65072
Memowidow of Chad Brown appears on tax list
Deathbef 31 Dec 1672, Providence, Providence County, RI65073,65074,65075,65076,65077,65078,65079
Memoca 1650?
BurialProvidence, Providence County, RI65035,65080
MemoOriginally on their home lot where the County Court House stands (1888); moved 1792 to North Burial Ground (Nicholas Brown lot)
Anst File#AFN:81Z1-J765081
Research
Providence, RI: Index to Probate, 1646-189964549 (No Elizabeth Brown with appropriate dates)

John Sharpparrowe, Male, bapt: 11 Jan 1571 Shap, Westmoreland, England; Father: Rychard Sharpparrowe; FHL Film 1471809 Item 14 & FHL Film 1426049 IT 11056. (Her father and grandfather?)

Henrye (sic) Sharparrowe, Male, Marr: 29 May 1597 Shap, Westmorland (sic), England, Margat (sic) Castleye; FHL Film 1426049 IT 1, 9741665082. (Related?)
Marriage11 Sep 1626, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England65083,65084,64965,65085,64968,65086,65087,64976,65067,64979,64980,64981,64982,64985,64986,64987,64990,64993
Marr MemoBoston/Providence?
ChildrenJohn (1627-1706)
 Daniel (1638-1710)
 James (ca1639-<1683)
 Jeremiah (ca1640->1690)
 Judah (ca1642-1663)
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