Elisha Brown (25 May 1717 – 20 April 1802)[1] was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
[2] 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.
[2] Later in life, Brown moved to Wenscutt, located in North Providence, Rhode Island, and became a member of the Society of Friends.
[2] He had first married Martha, the daughter of John and Deborah (Angell) Smith, and a great granddaughter of both colonial president Gregory Dexter as well as Roger Williams' associate Thomas Angell.
Most of Brown's known ancestry is found in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.