Excerpt from Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Brownell: 1619 to 1910 Of Thomas Brownell and his wife Ann, the ancestors of our family, very little is known except that they were of English descent. It is claimed that he was born in Derbyshire, England, about 1618. Was married in 1638 to Ann, his wife, whose maiden surname is unknown, and came to America in 1639. Austin in his Genealogical Dictionary cf Rhode Island states that he was the son of Sir Edward or Edmund Brownell; of this we have been unable to find any proof. To substantiate the fact that Thomas Brownell was a descendant of the Brownell's of Derbyshire, it has been claimed by one of his descendants, that some of their ancestors who lived in Khode Island during the seventeenth century possessed plate upon which was engraved the Coat of Arms of the Brownell's of Derbyshire, England. That he came to this country about the time of his marriage seems very reasonable, as our earliest knowledge of him in this country, is that in 1647, he was living in Aquidneck, a settlement at the northern end of the island of Rhode Island, now known as Portsmouth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.