The Chad Browne Memorial

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ISBN 13 : 9781332311309
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Download or read book The Chad Browne Memorial Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chad Browne Memorial Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne: With an Appendix Containing Sketches of Other Early Rode Island Settlers, 1638-1888 The Chad Browne Memorial is intended to supplement the "Genealogy of a Portion of the Brown Family," a pamphlet of sixteen pages, compiled by Henry Truman Beckwith, and printed in Providence, R. I., by Hugh H. Brown, in 1851. The title page states that it was derived "principally from the Moses Brown papers and from other authentic sources." Like its predecessor, this book follows chiefly the line of the eldest son John. No preference has here been given to the descendants of sons over that of daughters, as the aim has been to preserve the records of the Chad Browne posterity, irrespective of the name. This volume, though incomplete and imperfect, is the result of four years of laborious investigation and extensive correspondence. It is to be hoped that the publication of these memoirs may stimulate research, and that some future compiler may prepare a more extended work which shall include the lines of the younger sons, concerning which, at present, comparatively little Is known. Until nearly the close of the last century marriages were confined chiefly to Rhode Island families, about thirty of whom are closely connected with the Browns by frequent alliances. It has been deemed desirable to present sketches of the founders of these families, and, as far as possible, trace the line of descent. Much more could have been done in this direction, but research having been restricted in most instances to published records, the results are often incomplete. These sketches, with a few others of families outside of the State, form the Appendix. It will be observed that the Chad Browne Memorial is not strictly genealogical in its character. The design has been not only to preserve to coming generations an unbroken account of descent from the emigrant ancestor, but also to trace the influence of this family during the two hundred and fifty years that have elapsed since its founders, Chad and Elizabeth Browne, sailed from the Old World to found a home in New England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.