When George Brownell was born on 21 June 1711, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Lt George Brownell, was 26 and his mother, Mary Thurston, was 26. He married Sarah Bailey on 21 October 1731, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 30 June 1800, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 89.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) brown hill or corner of land’, from Middle English brun(e), broun(e) + hil ‘hill’ or hale ‘nook, corner’ (Old English brūn + hyll or halh), or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire.
History: Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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