Harris, Williamd. 1765. An employee and seaman of the Obadiah Brown's shipping company and later (after Obadiah's death in 1761) with Nicholas Brown & Co. Upon becoming Master of the Brown brig Prudence, he built a home for his family on Back Street in Providence in 1763 which turned out to be the ruin of the family.
[The Shunned House - H.P.L.]