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Martha Taylor was born in 1585 in London, England. She died in 1640 at age ~55 in London, England.

Thomas Simmons was born in 1602 in Leiden, Holland. He and Elizabeth Nash were married in 1627 in Leiden, Holland. He died in 1680 at age ~78 in Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Nash was born in 1609. Thomas Simmons and she were married in 1627 in Leiden, Holland. She died in 1680 at age ~71.

Sarah Newport was born about 1648 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. She died about 1692 at age ~44 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Thomas Brownell was born on 5 June 1608 in Saint Mary's, Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, England. He and Ann Bourne were married on 20 March 1637 at Church of St. Benet's in Saint Paul's Wharf, London, England. He died on 24 September 1664 at age 56 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Thomas and his brother, George, went to London where they probably worked as drapers for their uncle, Thomas Wilson. Wilson was a prosperous cloth worker or fabric merchant in London.

Thomas and Anne arrived on the ship Whale in 1638. They settled first in Mt. Wollaston, later known as Braintree. Thomas was a planter (farmer).

He was killed by running into a tree while riding his horse in Portsmouth, RI. He resided in Portsmouth. He had a 40-acre farm on the Narragansett Bay side of Portsmouth.

For information on the English Brownells, see The American Genealogist, no. 142, April 1960, page 126. They came to America on the "Whale" from St. Mary Cole, London. They initially went to Braintree and then to Portsmouth. Cause of death: He died as the result of hitting his head on a tree while engaged in an impromptu horse race with Daniel Lawton on the lands of William Wodell. Thomas Brownell had person sources.¹

Elisha Chase was born on 5 May 1706.

Eleazer Smith was born on 20 April 1654 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He and Ruhamah Kirby were married in 1670. He and Ruth Sprague were married in August 1680.¹ He died on 15 January 1692 at age 37 in South Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Eleazer Smith was also known as Eliazer Smith. Was he Eleazer or John Smith? He had person sources.²

Ruhamah Kirby was born in 1640 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Eleazer Smith and she were married in 1670. She died in 1707 at age ~67 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

John Sprague was born on 26 March 1633 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and Ruth Bassett were married in 1655 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He died on 26 March 1676 at age 43 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

He was slain in Pierce's fierce fight at Pawtucket in King Philip's War in 1676.

Ruth Bassett was born in 1633 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts. John Sprague and she were married in 1655 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 22 March 1693 at age ~60 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Ruth Bassett had person sources.²

Joseph Estabrook was born in 1614 in Enfield, Middlesex, England. He and Anna Brainerd were married in 1635 in Suffolk, England. He died after 1642.