Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

242 RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH.
Church in Portsmouth, N. H.," and invited Mr. Drown, who
had seceded from the Calvin Baptist denomination, to take
the pastoral charge of the Church; a place or house of worship being erected in Pitt, (now Court) street, on the site
of the Unitarian Chapel, for their accommodation. The
invitation was accepted, and he arrived at Portsmouth from
Coventry, R. I. with his family, July 7, 1758, and continued
the faithful and beloved pastor of this little flock, and by
none was he respected and revered more than by the living
members and succeeding Pastor of the North Church, from
which, mainly, his chUreh were seceders, until his deceasej
which occurred January 17, 1770, leaving a widow, who
died September 12, 1784. They had ten children. Th6
first four were born in Providence, R. I., the next three in
Coventry, R. I., and the last three in Portsmouth, in the
present Moses house on the east side of Vaughan streets
opposite the Toppan mansion.
Mary, born August 2a,, 174, died Angust 31, 1744.
William, *' September 23, 1745, " December 22, 1747.
Sarah,' September 3, 1747, May 23, 1820.
Samuel, November 5,1749,' August 7, 1815.
Peter, January 10, 1752, " February 4,1788.
Betsey, "November 9,1755, November 9, 1763.
Thomas, April 27,1757, September 7,18L6.
Benjamin," July 14,1759, " December, 1793.
Mary, " July 19,1762, 1824.
Joseph, "Oct. 9, 1769, " Nov. 13, 1827.
Peter Drown was killed by Elisha Thornas, for wihich he
Was executed at Dover in 1788.
Samuel Drown married Mary Pickering of Portsmouth,
sister of Capt. Thomas Pickering, commander of the private
armed 20-gun ship Hampden, and fell in battle with an
English Letter of Marque, in March, 1779. The children
of Samuel were three sons and four daughters. Thomas
P., Daniel P., and Samuel. The latter died in 1797, at the
age of 18. Lydia married Ebenezer Wyatt; Sarah married
Capt. Mark Blunt; Elizabeth married Charles Treadwell.
Daniel P.) born in 1784, and Sarah, born in 1788.