Stephen BROWNELL

1747 - 1823  (75 years)

• Name	Stephen BROWNELL  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	Nov 1747  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Joseph Brownell and Elizabeth Crandall   [1]
  Death	27 Sep 1823	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I58224	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Margaret CHURCH,   b. 1 Jan 1750, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island d. 27 Sep 1824 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1771  [2]
  Family ID	F4588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 27 Sep 1823 - Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12084] Mayflower Descendant A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy & History Vol. 68, No. 2 Summer 2020. [S5365] George Grant Brownell, "Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Brownell, 1619 to 1910", (Richardson Reprints).