Freelove Brown - Swan Point

In memory of

Freelove W. Brown

wife of

George E. Brown

Born Sept. 24, 1817

Died July 29, 1849.

___________

My Father calls me to his home

And willingly I go

with cheerfulness I bid farewell

To all things here below.

My tender children dear and kind

I bid farewell to you;

Jesus has called me and I must go.

He soon will summon you.

John Browne - Little Neck Cemetery

John Browne
Gentleman
1585 England 1662
Commissioner to United Colonies
Assistant to the Governor

Ann Brown - Little Neck Cemetery

Here lieth the body of Ann
wife of Oliver Brown
died April the 11th 1730 in
the 33rd year  of her age

Lydia Brown - Little Neck Cemetery

Sacred to the memory of
Miss Lydia, daughter of Charles & Hannah Brown
She died July 15, 1828, aged about 67

Nathan Brown - Little Neck Cemetery

Here lies inter'd the body of Nathan Brown, Dec'd July the 3rd, 1737, in the 49th
year of his age

Sally Brown - Little Neck Cemetery

Sacredto the memory of Miss Sally,
daughter of
Charles & Hannah Brown
She died Dec. 1, 1829,
aged about 65

Fanny Brown - Pine Grove Cemetery

Fanny
wife of Gideon Brown
Born June 28, 1815
Died May 3rd, 1888

Mary E. and Mary Olive Brown - Historic Cemetery No. 22

Mary E. Brown

wife of

George T. Brown

Born Oct. 11 1847

Died Dec. 8, 1883

______

Yes dear mother thou art gone

Gone from this world of sin & pain

Forever there with Christ to reign

Mary Olive

daughter of

George T. & Mary

Brown

Born Feb. 17, 1864

Died June 6, 1884

_______

Sister thou art gone to rest

We will not weep for thee

For thou art now where often ____

Thy spirit longed to be

Hannah Brown - Old North in Providence

This is stone is erected

to the memory of

Hannah Brown,

wife of the late

Capt. William Sanford

Brown, Senr.

Who died April 15, 1812,

In her 54th year.

Hail happy spirit while thy friends

deplore,

A loss which ages never can restore,

Thy bright example wipes their tears

away

And points their passage to the

realms of day.

Epitaph: Chad Brown of Providence

“In Memory of

CHAD BROWN

Elder of the BAPTIST CHURCH

In this Town!

He was one of the original Proprietors

of the PROVIDENCE PURCHACE:

Having been exiled from Massachusetts

for CONSCIENCE sake.

He had five sons,

John, James, Jeremiah, Chad & Daniel;

Who have left a numerous posterity.

He died about A.D. 1665.

THIS MONUMENT

was erected by the TOWN of
PROVIDENCE"

Old North Burial Ground in Providence

One Saturday, before winter was realized in the Ocean State, I took advantage of clear blue skies and bright sun to stroll through the Old North Burial Ground just north of the city of Providence.

One of my favorite bits of sculpture in the cemetery is the memorial to the men from Rhode island who fought in the Spanish-American War:

As with most large cemeteries, casual strolling without an agenda almost always bring forth a surprise or two. What anguish lies behind this simple stone for two very tiny children:

Just a stone's throw away, and close to the Brown family mausoleum, lies the remains of Cyrus Butler, merchant and philanthropist who founded the Butler Hospital for the Insane along the banks of the Seekonk River, and whose memory was recalled by his friend Alexander Duncan:


Duncan himself has a stone right next door, in which he lays out a brief word on his life:

But Duncan is in fact not buried here. According to his headstone, he and his wife were interred in the "Knossington Church Yard, Leicestershire, England."

Another surprise, for me at any rate, was coming across the marker for Stephen Hopkins, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence: