Stephen BROWNELL

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• Fact: Son of Joseph Brownell and Elizabeth Crandall

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Stephen's will was made, signed, and witnessed in Little Compton on 1 December 1808. Son Stephen Jr. was named executor and ordered to pay for the care of the widow Margaret for the remainder of her life unless she remarried, and likewise to provide for his brother Peleg for so long as he remained non compos mentis. The support to be provided for Margaret by their son Stephen Jr. was in lieu of her "right of dowery of my estate."

Stephen Brownell Sr's 1820 household in Little Compton included two men and one woman, all of ages fitting Stephen Sr., his wife Margaret, and their unfortunate son Peleg.

Stephen Brownell Jr.'s 1830 household in Little Compton totaled eight inhabitants including himself, his wife Abigail, their children, and a man of appropriate age to be his brother Peleg, but no woman of his mother Margaret's age. Given the care order in Stephen Sr.'s will, it seems very likely that Margaret and Peleg would have remained in Little Compton and lived with the family of son Stephen Jr. Margaret probably died in Little Compton, between 1822 (when her husband died) and 1830.

Stephen married Margaret CHURCH on 31 Jan 1771. Margaret (daughter of Joseph CHURCH and Lydia RANDALL) was born on 1 Jan 1750 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; died on 27 Sep 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]