James Brown, son of Eleazer and Ann
(Pendleton) Brown, born Stonington,
Conn., July 1, 1696. He died Feb. 2,
1750, age fifty-five years. He married
Elizabeth Randall, May 5, 1718, by Rev.
James Noyes, of Stonington. She was born
July 4, 1696 and died Aug. 25, 1786, age
ninety-one years. Interment in Brown
Cemetery. His wife, Elizabeth, was the
daughter of John Randall and Abigail
___, whose family name and birth does
not appear on record. She was the
granddaughter of John Randall, the
progenitor of the Randall family of
Westerly, RI, and Stonington, Conn. His
name first appears at Newport, RI from
which place he came to Westerly as early
as 1667, where the remainder of his life
was spent. The Randall land was about
four miles northeast of Stonington
Borough, known as Angwilla and
considered the finest land of the town.
These lands join on the north the lands
of Thomas Brown (2), and have been in
the Randall name as late as 1875. These
farms now, in 1906, are mostly owned by
Elias Miner (1164) and his sons. The
Randall families were highly respected
and progressive, ranking high in moral
character, and prominent citizens of the
town.