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Note: CHAD(2)120"Arthur (1) the youngest son, was born in 1696, and named for Chad Brown. He married (1) in Newport, R.I. Nov. 15, 1725, Elizabeth Major,* and dwelt in North Kingstown certainly until March 30, 1733,� sometime after which they moved into old Scituate, and settled within the present limits of the town of Foster, R.I., where she died. He married(2) Mary Wood, who was living when his will was made, April 23, 1757, seventeen years before it was proved, May 22, 1773. Children of Elizabeth. 25. i Capt. Thomas (3) b. Aug. 21, 1726, m. (1) Susanna Randall, (2) Martha Harrington. ii Elizabeth (3) bapt. Aug. 11, 1728, m. Dec. 6, 1747, James Hunter. She and her first born child are said to have died together. 26. iii Juda (3) m. Stephen Colegrove. iv Mary (3) m. Philip Haynes, at Newport, May 25, 1875. "She had many sons and daughters." Their home was probably in Rhode Island.27. v Rachel (3) m. Dec. 2, 1753, Thomas Colegrove. vi Anna (3) died of croup in childhood. Children of Mary. 28. vii Peleg (3) m. Anna Cole. viii Sarah (3). ix Mercy (3). ______________________________________________________________________ * Elizabeth and Mary Major, daughters of David Major, of the Island of Guernsey, came to Newport in 1717, bringing with them a letter from the church "in ye Vale(?) in ye Island of Guernsey," dated in June of that year, and united with the Trinity Church at Newport, and having left their home on account of domestic misunderstandings with their stepmother. Mary m. June 9, 1730, William Dumoy, who sometime afterwards went to sea and was never heard from. She died S.P., before May 11, 1758, when letters of administration were issued to her nephew, Thomas Aylsworth. David Major's estate, said to have consisted principally of property in London, was turned into the Bank of England, as the records show. � His land was 140 acres in the Pettequamscutt purchase; bounded north by the highway, east by Edward Dyer's land, south by land of Daniel Pierce, and west by land of Jeremiah Howes.
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