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Benjamin Brownell 1760–1830 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 FEB 1760

Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 14 APR 1830

Death Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Benjamin Brownell

Mother: Phoebe Potter

Spouse(s): Abigail Milk

Children(s): Prudence Brownell, Phebe Brownell, David Brownell, Holden Brownell, Jireh Brownell, Lemuel Brownell, Lydia Brownell, Cynthia Brownell, Ruby Brownell, William Brownell, Almeda Brownell

Benjamin Brownell was born in 1760 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Benjamin Brownell And Phoebe Potter. Benjamin Brownell married Abigail Milk, and had children including Almeda W Brownell, Cynthia M Brownell, David Brownell, Holden White Brownell, Jireh Brownell, Judith Brownell, Lemuel Brownell, Lydia Brownell, Phebe Brownell, Prudence Brownell, Ruby Brownell, William T Brownell. Benjamin Brownell passed away in 1830 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Brownell was born in 1760 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Benjamin Brownell And Phoebe Potter.
  • Benjamin Brownell married Abigail Milk, and had children including Almeda W Brownell, Cynthia M Brownell, David Brownell, Holden White Brownell, Jireh Brownell, Judith Brownell, Lemuel Brownell, Lydia Brownell, Phebe Brownell, Prudence Brownell, Ruby Brownell, William T Brownell.
  • Benjamin Brownell passed away in 1830 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Brownell
1734–1816
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Phoebe Potter
1733–1811
Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Milk
1765–1837
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Children(s)

Prudence Brownell
1788–1854
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Phebe Brownell
1785–1840
Birth Location: –
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David Brownell
1793–1843
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Holden Brownell
1800–1861
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Jireh Brownell
1786–1864
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Lemuel Brownell
1790–1885
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Lydia Brownell
1794–
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Cynthia Brownell
1795–1817
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Ruby Brownell
1799–
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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William Brownell
1802–1873
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Almeda Brownell
1806–1870
Birth Location: –
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Benjamin Brownell's Ancestors

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Benjamin Brownell
1760–1830
Birth Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Benjamin Brownell
1734–1816
Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Phoebe Potter
1733–1811
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
Ichabod Brownell
1712–
Rebecca Davol
1715–
Aaron (Nathaniel) Potter
1703–1767
Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Serviah Cudworth
1705–
Dartmouth Bristol, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Brownell
1688–1752
Benjamin Deuel
1680–1734
Ann Brownell
1680–1735
Samuel Potter
1675–1748
Sarah "Mary"
1681–1746
James Cudworth
1665–1729
Bethiah (Cudworth)
1661–1725
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Brownell
1646–1718
Susannah Brownell
1652–1744
Jonathan Deuel
1647–1739
Hannah Audley
1660–1712
brownwell
1650–1714
Sarah Smiton
1654–1715
William Potter
1602–1684
Frances Child
1609–1684
William Benton
1650–1705
Abigail Young
1659–1705
James Cudworth
1635–1697
Mary Howland
1635–1674
Thomas Hatch
1628–1710
Sarah Elmes
1645–1722

Benjamin Brownell's Descendants

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Benjamin Brownell (20 FEB 1760–14 APR 1830) m. Abigail Milk (28 SEP 1765–29 AUG 1837)
  1. 1. Prudence Brownell 1788–1854 m. Levi Gifford 1785–1863
    1. 1. Emily Tripp 1812–1873 m. Howard (P) Tripp 1809–1894
      1. 1. Emily (Matilda) Tripp 1838–1905 m. David (E "Milk") Sanford 1837–1928
        1. 1. Carrie (Emily Matilda) Sanford 1868–1944 m. Andrew (Jackson) Mosher 1868–1955
        2. 2. David (Elmer) Sanford 1861–1944
        3. 3. Everett (Lincoln) Sanford 1863–1944 m. Mary (Ella) Lawton 1865–1943
        4. 4. Herbert (Alexander) Sanford 1865–1933 m. Annie (Alice) Gifford 1861–1918
        5. 5. Chester (Philip) Sanford 1859–1930 m. Lucy (F) Sanford 1862–1926
        6. 6. Franklin (Pierce) Sanford 1857–1920 m. Clara (B.) Shaw 1863–1924
        7. 7. Mary (Etta Louisa) Sanford 1869–1966 m. Henry (Perry) Wing 1870–1937
        8. 8. Charles (Frederick) Sanford 1874–1956 m. Abbie (C) Sanford 1878–1970
      2. 2. Harriet (Maria) Tripp 1835–1854
      3. 3. Amy (Sophronia) Tripp 1837–1922 m. John (A) Tripp 1831–1891
        1. 1. James (Harvey) Tripp 1862–1935 m. Phila (Delphia) Tripp 1865–1942
        2. 2. Sarah (E.) Tripp 1866–1930 m. Joshua (H.) Cornell 1860–1925
        3. 3. John (Stephen) Tripp 1883–1964 m. Ida (Francis) Kirby 1883–1956
        4. 4. Harriet (Maria) Tripp 1860–1945 m. Charles (C) Cornell 1856–1943
        5. 5. Mary (L) Tripp 1870–1944 m. Bernard Tripp 1870–1894
      4. 4. Sarah (Esther) Tripp 1840–1855
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Brownell) Tripp 1841–1856
      6. 6. Louisa (Cecelia) Tripp 1843–1904 m. Daniel (Coggeshall) Grinnell 1837–1912
        1. 1. Daniel (Herbert) Grinnell 1861–1915
        2. 2. Lewis (Bertie) Grinnell 1863–1865
        3. 3. Issac (Lewis) Grinnell 1866– m. Bessie ((Clark)) Grinnell –1903
        4. 4. Charles (Stacy) Grinnell 1869–1908 m. Nellie (Blanche) Orswell 1873–1965
        5. 5. Harriet (Louisa) Grinnell 1875–1906 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Tripp 1874–1921
        6. 6. Chester (Sandford Lester) Grinnell 1878–
        7. 7. Lester Grinnell 1879–1881
      7. 7. Catherine (P) Tripp 1844–1905 m. George (Washington) Kirby 1832–1879 m. John (W) Sanford 1831–1865
        1. 1. John (Ellsworth) Sanford 1864–1880
        2. 2. Edwin (Manley) Sanford 1865–1920 m. Emma (L.) Reed 1869–1909
        3. 3. Andrew (Jackson) Kirby 1873–1961
        4. 4. Emma (Frances) Sanford 1865–1941
      8. 8. Susan (Ellen) Tripp 1845–1930 m. Charles (Frederick) Gifford 1834–1879
        1. 1. George (Frederick) Gifford 1865–1923 m. Melvina (F.) Reed 1864–1944
        2. 2. Mildred (Tripp) Gifford 1866–
        3. 3. Nathaniel (Tripp) Gifford 1878–
      9. 9. Jonathan (Potter) Tripp 1847–1917 m. Lucy Manley 1852–1921
        1. 1. Louis (Hillman) Tripp 1884–1963 m. Florence (May) Dennis 1885–
      10. 10. Levi (Mann) Tripp 1849–1880 m. Marinda Borden 1862–
      11. 11. Emma (Frances) Tripp 1850–1865
      12. 12. Herbert (Franklin) Tripp 1852–1885 m. Sarah (E.) Macomber 1858–1890
      13. 13. James (Frederick Tripp) ,Capt. 1856–1916 m. Susan (M.) Davis 1866–1959
        1. 1. Susan (Ethel) Tripp 1885–1962 m. Ernest (Linwood) Faulkner 1886–1946
      14. 14. Alexander (Howard) Tripp 1858–1923 m. Ellen Dolman 1860–1931
        1. 1. Willis (Linwood) Tripp 1891–1990 m. Helen (Esther) Tripp 1893–1977
        2. 2. Ralph (Waldo) Tripp 1889–1958 m. Anna (E. (Alty)) Hull 1892–1911
        3. 3. Herbert (Morton) Tripp 1886–1947 m. Cordelia Lasonde 1897–1945
        4. 4. Granville (Alexander) Tripp 1881–1958 m. Abbey (Ann) Sisson 1879–1954
        5. 5. Walter (Howard) Tripp 1884–1885
        6. 6. Arthur (Vernal) Tripp 1893–1974 m. Lydia (Agnes) Orcutt 1894–1977
        7. 7. Elliot (Carlton) Tripp 1895–1968 m. Esther (Alice) Ingalls 1902–1950
        8. 8. Leslie (Joseph) Tripp 1897–1976 m. Evelyn (G.) Lambert 1907–1997
        9. 9. Emily (Margaret) Tripp 1900–1965
        10. 10. Alice (Louise) Foley 1902–1977 m. Henry (Mahlon) Foley 1899–1961
      15. 15. Caroline (Jane) Tripp 1834–1836
    2. 2. Amy (Gifford White) Tripp 1819–1906 m. Weston (Smith) Tripp 1820–1896
      1. 1. Weston (Franklin) Tripp 1843–1922 m. Rosina (J) Tripp 1851–1931
        1. 1. Ethelyn (White) Tripp 1874–1927
      2. 2. Ruth (Amy) Tripp 1849–1901 m. William (O) Brightman 1852–1911
      3. 3. George (Andrew) Tripp 1857–
    3. 3. Maria Gifford 1811–
    4. 4. Alexander (B) Gifford 1816–1896 m. Hannah (R) Sisson 1824–1879
      1. 1. George (Alexander) Gifford 1843–1911
      2. 2. Eugenia (A.) Gifford 1845–1913
        1. 1. Abbey (Ann) Sisson 1879–1954 m. Granville (Alexander) Tripp 1881–1958
    5. 5. Charles (Frederick) Gifford 1821–
    6. 6. Edwin (Bolton) Gifford 1822–1902 m. Adeline (D) Tripp 1828–1909
      1. 1. Jessie (S. W.) Wood 1859–1936
      2. 2. Charles (Atwood) Gifford 1852–1937
      3. 3. Adaline (Edith) Thornhill 1863–1908
      4. 4. Maria (H.) Gifford 1843–1905 m. Benjamin (F.) Reams 1844–1901
        1. 1. Franklin (Forest) Reams 1884–1931 m. Clara Duprat 1875–1954
        2. 2. Robert (W.) Reams 1872– m. Bessie (L) Smith 1883–
        3. 3. Leroy (M.) Reams 1875–
        4. 4. Ange (M.) Reams 1877–
    7. 7. Abraham (A) Gifford 1824–1873 m. Hope (G.) Potter 1829–1911
      1. 1. Wendell (Potter) Gifford 1853–1918 m. Ella (J) Gifford 1853–1921
        1. 1. Blanche Gifford 1876–1939 m. Frederick (J. B.) Grange 1873–1924
        2. 2. Ella Gifford 1878–
    8. 8. Henry (Handy) Gifford 1826–1916 m. Sarah (C) Gifford 1822–1894
      1. 1. Charles (F) Gifford 1854–1906
      2. 2. Frank (H) Gifford 1856–1918
      3. 3. Carrie (P) Gifford 1858–
      4. 4. Albert (C) Gifford 1864– m. Angeline Sheppard 1869–
      5. 5. Walter (E) Gifford 1866–
      6. 6. Arthur (C.) Gifford 1867–1915
        1. 1. Laura (E.) Gifford 1890–
      7. 7. Etta Gifford 1879–
    9. 9. Benjamin (Franklin) Gifford 1828–
    10. 10. Levi (Leander) Gifford 1831– m. Eunice May 1836–
  2. 2. Phebe Brownell 1785–1840 m. Peleg Gifford 1783–1863
    1. 1. Peleg (Hill) Gifford 1816–1906 m. Sarah (Brown) Tripp 1825–1901
      1. 1. Caroline (Elliot) Gifford 1846–1919 m. Edwin (G. Babcock) ,Rev. 1838–1920
        1. 1. Charles (Gifford) Babcock 1874–1967
        2. 2. Grace (Lillian) Babcock 1876–1962
      2. 2. Ellen (Maria) Gifford 1848–1940 m. Luther (Erving) Leland 1824–1895
        1. 1. Waldo (Gifford) Leland 1879–1966 m. Gertrude (Carlotta) Dennis 1879–1976
      3. 3. John (Benjamin) Gifford 1851– m. Emma (Burr) Lowe 1860–
        1. 1. Norman (Lowe) Gifford 1883–1972
        2. 2. Lewis (Hill) Gifford 1896–1990 m. Karin (Viola) Reenstierna 1906–1974
        3. 3. Johanna (Jackson) Gifford 1889–1982
      4. 4. Charles (Albert) Gifford 1853–1923 m. Mary (Rowena) Burrell 1859–1932
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Richmond) Gifford 1890–1970
        2. 2. Gladys (Burrell) Gifford 1887–1936
    2. 2. Mary (Ellet) Gifford 1810–
    3. 3. Ezra (Thomas) Gifford 1812–
    4. 4. Lucretia Gifford 1814–
    5. 5. Phebe (Ann) Gifford 1818–
    6. 6. Ruth (Milk) Gifford 1820–
  3. 3. David Brownell 1793–1843 m. Patience Briggs 1795–
    1. 1. Cynthia (M) Brownell 1819–
    2. 2. Eliza (F) Brownell 1821–
    3. 3. Hannah (H) Brownell 1830–
    4. 4. Abigail (Fenno) Brownell 1810–1897 m. joseph (Bailey) Wolcott 1803–1863
      1. 1. Marcellus Wolcott 1851–1940
      2. 2. Lodema (Maria) Preuitt 1844–1920
      3. 3. Caroline (A.) Rawson 1838–1920
      4. 4. Luella (Alfreda) Hoag 1847–1910
      5. 5. Warren (W.) Walcott 1849–1923
      6. 6. George (Washington) Brownell 1836–1906
      7. 7. Almira (C.) Brownell 1834–1909
  4. 4. Holden (White) Brownell 1800–1861 m. Love Baker 1812–
    1. 1. Cynthia (White) Brownell 1843– m. Albert (C) Kirby 1841–
    2. 2. Benjamin (F) Brownell 1833–
  5. 5. Jireh Brownell 1786–1864 m. Sarah Kirby 1790–1864
    1. 1. Ezra (Plummer) Brownell 1819–1870 m. Ann (Mariah) Allen 1820–1899
      1. 1. Almy (A) Brownell 1853–1854
      2. 2. Stephen (A) Brownell 1842–1843
      3. 3. William (H) Brownell 1848–1856
      4. 4. Susan (A) Brownell 1850–1887
      5. 5. William (R) Brownell 1862–1863
      6. 6. William (H) Brownell 1856–1858
      7. 7. Hannah (A) Manley 1846–1884
      8. 8. Almy (A) Davis 1855–1905
      9. 9. Stephen (A.) Brownell 1844–1898
      10. 10. Lizzie (Maria) Luther 1859–1935
  6. 6. Lemuel Brownell 1790–1885 m. Elizabeth Brightman 1792–1885
    1. 1. Abby (M) Brownell 1820–1881
    2. 2. Charles (H) Brownell 1828–1877 m. Sarah (L) Pierce 1831–
      1. 1. Herbert (J.) Brownell 1852– m. Harriet (B) Parker 1853–
    3. 3. Adeline (A.) Lavers 1825–1913
  7. 7. Lydia Brownell 1794– m. Amos (C) Baker 1792–
  8. 8. Cynthia (M.) Brownell 1795–1817
  9. 9. Ruby Brownell 1799– m. Thaddeus Manchester 1797–
  10. 10. William (T) Brownell 1802–1873 m. Mary Devol 1804–
  11. 11. Almeda (W.) Brownell 1806–1870 m. Asa Potter 1801–1885
    1. 1. Annetta Potter 1834– m. Jotham (H) Howland 1829–
      1. 1. Carrie (E) Howland 1854–
      2. 2. Hattie (P) Howland 1859–

Benjamin Brownell's Timeline

2 Records

1760
20 FEB 1760
Birth of Benjamin Brownell in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1830
14 APR 1830
Age 70
Death of Benjamin Brownell in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 FEB 1760
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 APR 1830
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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