Obadiah Brown I (1712-1762) Papers Obadiah Brown I (1712-1762) Papers 1719-1776 (bulk 1740-1762)

Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782

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Colonial merchant and shipper, Aaron Lopez was born in Portugal in 1831. He immigrated to Newport,Rhode Island in 1752 where he was engaged primarily in the whale oil and candle business, although healso dealt in livestock, groceries, rum, ships, clothing, and slaves. During the 1760s and 1770s, he builtan extensive transatlantic mercantile empire and on the eve of the American Revolution, Lopez wasNewport's leading merchant and taxpayer. During the Revolution, he supported the colonials and wit...

Rhode Island Historical Society

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Obadiah Brown I (1712-1762) was born in Providence. His father was Elder James Brown (1666-1716), a pastor on the First Baptist Church; his mother was Mary (Harris) Brown. Upon reaching adulthood, Obadiah joined his older brother James Brown II (1698-1739) in the mercantile trade, which included traffic in cocoa, rum, molasses and slaves. His initial role was as master of his brother's vessels in the West Indies trade. In 1736, he shipped out to the African coast as the...

Mary (sloop)

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Coddington, William, 1601-1678

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Angell, Samuel, b. 1707

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DeBlois, Gilbert

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Robinson, Thomas, active 1589-1609

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Epithet: of Wycliffe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000231 Epithet: Reverend; Professor of Arabic at Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000235 Epithet: of Add MS 38267 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000229 ...

Obadiah Brown & Company

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Page, Ambrose

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Lopez, Moses

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Thurston, Peleg

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Wheaton, John

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Potter, Simeon, 1717-1806

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Vernon, Samuel

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Brown, James, 1698-1739

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James Brown II (1698-1739) was born in Providence. His father was Elder James Brown (1666-1716), a pastor on the First Baptist Church; his mother was Mary (Harris) Brown. James II established himself early in the mercantile business, trading in rum, molasses, slaves and less controversial wares. He seems to have been the owner of only one slave ship, the Mary, which sailed for Africa in 1736, sold its cargo in the West Indies and then returned to Providence. It was appa...