Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Brownell was born on 6 February 1766, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Samuel Brownell, was 27 and her mother, Ruth Briggs, was 19. She married Gilbert Tompkins on 4 July 1784, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 13 December 1785, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 19.
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- Lucy Brownell Tompkins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lucy Brownell, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Lucy Brownell, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
1780 · French Occupy Newport
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
Name Meaning
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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