Brown, Rev. Joseph Prentice, son of Henry and Lucy (Prentice) Brown, was born in Waterford, Conn., Oct. 27, 1820

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Brown, Rev. Joseph Prentice, son of Henry and Lucy (Prentice) Brown, was born in Waterford, Conn., Oct. 27, 1820; a cousin of Rev. J. Newton Brown, D.D.; converted at the age of seventeen ; united with First Baptist church of Waterford, Conn., at the age of twenty; educated at Hast Greenwich Academy, R. I., and New Hampton Theological Institution, N. H.; ordained in Charles- town, R. I., January, 1847; remained two years, blessed in toil; in March, 1849, settled with the Union Baptist church in Plainfield, Conn., and la- bored with signal success for twenty-two years; in 1871 settled with the Second Baptist church in New London, and served about six years ; a man of native strength and sound judgment; spiritual and earnest in his work; both pastor and evangelist; baptized above 300 persons; a member of the State Legis- lature, in 1865, from Plainfield; served on Boards of Education; more than twenty years on the Board of the Connecticut Baptist State Convention, and once its president; always wise in council. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart- photo from findagrave