Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . ry 18. At an adjourned meeting of the congregation,voted : that John Brown, son of the late Peleg Brown, who is heirto .1 part of pew No. 89, which belonged to his sa father, haveand enjoy the said \ part of said pew, and also \ part of said pewmore, given him by Mrs. Elizabeth Gidley, said Brown paying \parts of all rates, and taxes unpaid on said pew. February 29, 1772. Agreeable to a vote of the congregation, attheir last meeting, the Church Wardens have hired of Vernon162 and Benj. Mason, the sum of $769, silver Span
Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . ry 18. At an adjourned meeting of the congregation,voted : that John Brown, son of the late Peleg Brown, who is heirto .1 part of pew No. 89, which belonged to his sa father, haveand enjoy the said \ part of said pew, and also \ part of said pewmore, given him by Mrs. Elizabeth Gidley, said Brown paying \parts of all rates, and taxes unpaid on said pew. February 29, 1772. Agreeable to a vote of the congregation, attheir last meeting, the Church Wardens have hired of Vernon162 and Benj. Mason, the sum of $769, silver Spanish in St. Pauls Chapel, Aberdeen, and when he came to America, he wasplated in charge of the Church at Georgetown,S. C. over which hepresided during a period of twenty-five years. was born January 17, 1719,and died December 22, wife, Judith Harwood,daughter of Philip Harwoodand great-granddaughter ofGov. Walter Clarke and , died August 29,1762, aged 38 years. was a distinguished merchant, a public-spirited citizen and a 11. i54 ANNALS OF TRINITY CHURCH, milled dollars, at 6 per cent, interest, in order to pay Capt. CharlesHandy his bond: and the over-plus, with what is collected of thetaxes, be appropriated towards discharging Capt. John Tillinghastsbond. April 9, 1772. Pew No. 22, belonging to Mrs. Frances Townsend, widow of Solomon Townsend, by consent of the Wardens andVestry, was disposed of to Mr. George Rome,a the arrearage hav-ing been first paid to the Church. Easter Monday, April 19, 1772. John Bours and Isaac Lawtonwere elected Church Wardens. John Grelea, clerk, and GeorgeEnglish, sexton. Vestrymen : Joseph Wanton, Jr., Jas. Honyman, William Mum- patriot. He was an original member of the Artillery Company, 1741,and on the death of Abraham Redwood he was elected the second Presi-dent of the Redwood Library. In 1773 he was appointed by the GeneralAssembly one of a committee of three to prepare a letter on a bill pend-ing in the House of
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