Chad Brown¹ (M)
b. say 1600
Relationship=6th great-grandfather of Lydia Electa Corey.

Appears on these charts:

Corey Family Timeline
Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey

Children of Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparowe

John Brown b. c 1629
James Brown b. s 1640, d. b 1683³
Jeremiah Brown b. s 1642, d. 1690⁴
Judah Brown b. s 1644, d. 1663³
Daniel Brown b. s 1646, d. 29 Sep 1710⁴
Chad Brown b. s 1648³

Notes and Citations:

1. [S328] Biographies of Notable Americans 1904, (database online), Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, original source of data: Rossiter Johnson, editor, Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Volumes I-X, (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904). BROWN, Chad or Chadd, colonist, was born in England. The date of his birth is not known. He came to America in July, 1638, on board the "good ship Martin," landing in Boston with his wife and one child, a son. One of the first public acts he performed was to witness to an unwritten will made by a fellow voyager, who died on the passage. He soon became involved in the so-called "anabaptist heresy." Roger Williams, who evidently was his friend, had been sent outside of the Massachusetts Bay colony after repeated "laborings with," and as Mr. Brown, with clear convictions, could not hide his faith, he was also ordered to leave the colony. This was probably in the autumn of 1638, as it was in that year that the "initial deed" to the plantation acquired by purchase from the Indians was executed by Roger Williams and twelve associates. Williams was leader and minister of the colony, but his views seem to have grown erratic; and he finally seceded, and Mr. Brown was elected his successor. In order to qualify for the office, be went to England, was ordained elder in 1642, and on his return assumed the duties of pastor. He thus became the first elder in the first Baptist church in America. His work was by no means perfunctory, for besides acting as minister he served in various public capacities. He was one of a committee appointed to make peace with Massachusetts, and as a land surveyor assisted largely in compiling a list of original divisions or grants of land. This list, bearing date 1660, has been carefully preserved in the office of the city clerk of Providence, R.I. During his pastorate a controversy arose, concerning the "laying on of hands" which gave birth to the "Five Principle Baptists." During King Philip's war the plantation records were destroyed, and historians have had no means of arriving at the exact date of his death. He was buried in his home lot. He left five sons, all of whom took an important part in public life, and helped in many ways to forward the prosperity of the Providence plantations, and the deeds of their descendants in Rhode Island are a large part of its history. In 1792 an appropriation was made by the town of Providence to remove his remains to the North burying-ground and erect a simple tombstone over the grave, on which is inscribed: "Exiled from Massachusetts for Conscience Sake. He was a good citizen; a faithful friend; a devout minister; in all things blameless." He died probably in 1665.
2. [S330] William Bradford Browne, "Chad Browne of Providence, R.I., and Four Generations of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 70 (January, 1926), online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 74.
3. [S330] William Bradford Browne, "Chad Browne of Providence, R.I., and Four Generations of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 70 (January, 1926), online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 76.
4. [S330] William Bradford Browne, "Chad Browne of Providence, R.I., and Four Generations of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 70 (January, 1926), online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 77.