governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion office birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
samuel ward joseph wanton , jr. . joseph wanton , jr. . 20 april 1802 -lrb- aged 84 -rrb- providence , rhode island north providence , rhode island quaker deputy providence plantations governor of the colony of rhode island and 25 may 1717 39th 1765 martha smith hannah -lrb- barker -rrb- cushing elisha brown
 1767 elisha brown deputy governor
elisha brown

elisha brown -lrb- 25 may 1717 - 20 april 1802 -rrb- was a deputy governor of the colony of rhode island and providence plantations .
he was the son of james and mary -lrb- harris -rrb- brown , and the great grandson of early rhode island settler and baptist minister chad brown .
brown was a member of the general assembly , and possessed a large property , which was lost during the financial difficulties of the mid-18th century .
during the ward-hopkins controversy , he sided with samuel ward , and during ward 's term as governor from 1765 to 1767 , brown was selected as his deputy governor .
later in life , brown moved to wenscutt , located in north providence , rhode island , and became a member of the society of friends .
he had first married martha , the daughter of john and deborah -lrb- angell -rrb- smith , and a great granddaughter of both colonial president gregory dexter as well as roger williams ' associate thomas angell .
following her death , he married hannah cushing , the widow of elijah cushing , and the daughter of james barker .
he was the uncle of wealthy businessman john brown and anti-slavery activist moses brown .
