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William Browne (Richard)
was born on the 29th day
of the 1st month, 1658 EN15. The
records of the Monthly Meeting of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England state that “Willyam
Browne son of Richard Browne borne the 29th day
of the first Month 1658”, while the Quarterly Meeting of Northamptonshire
records corroborated his birthdate and provided the names of both of his
parents (“Willm Browne, Son of Rich. and Margrey
Browne”) EN15. William Browne’s first wife was
probably Dorithy, who was mentioned only as his unnamed wife who “died at Sea”
in the account of his life US11.
With Dorithy, William was the father of Joseph Browne,
who “was born in great Britten” on the 12th day of the 4th month, 1682, according to the records of the New Garden
Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. The
records of the Chester Monthly Meeting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania state
that at a monthly meeting held at the Middletown Meetinghouse on the 27th day of the 9th
month, 1710, Joseph Brown and Margret Sinckler declared their intent to marry
for the second time and were subsequently given permission to marry US11. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pennsylvania state that Joseph and Margret Browne were the parents of
William, born on the 18th day
of the 6th month, 1712, John, born on the 30th day of the 2nd
month, 1716, and Joseph, born on the 15th day
of the 10th month, 1714 US11.
The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania
state that Joseph Brown, the son of William Brown, died on the 30th day of the 10th
month, 1715 US11.
It
is unclear when William Browne first arrived in America. The account of his
life clearly states “he landed at new York about the
Year 1696, his wife died at Sea”, but he married Ann Mercer in Pennsylvania in 1684
US11. The records of the Chester Monthly Meeting in Delaware County,
Pennsylvania state that at the monthly meeting held on the 6th day of the 8th
month, 1684, William Brown of Chichester and Ann Mercer declared their intent
to marry for the first time; the meeting appointed Lidia Wade and Esther Woodmanson to inquire about their clearance to marry and
allotted two months to consider the request US11.
They were given permission to marry after they declared their intent to marry
for the second time at the monthly meeting held on the 1st day of the 10th
month, 1684 US11. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County,
Pennsylvania recorded six children who were born to William and Ann Browne;
these were Messer, Ann, William, John, Richard, and Thomas Browne US11.
Messer
Browne was born on the 27th day
of the 12th month, 1685, according to the
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. Messer
(or Mercer) Brown, the son of William Brown, married Jane Richards on November
13, 1710 in Maryland MA51. The
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state
that Messer and Jane Browne were the parents of Ann, born on the 28th day of the 5th
month, 1711, Katherine, born on the 20th day
of the 10th month, 1712, Hannah, born on the 27th day of the 12th
month, 1714, Messer, born on the 11th day
of the 11th month, 1717, and Jane, born on the 11th day of the 4th
month, 1720 US11.
Ann Browne was born
on the 1st day of the
10th month,
1687, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pennsylvania US11. The records of the Concord Monthly Meeting in Delaware County,
Pennsylvania state that Ann Brown of the Nottingham meeting and Robert Dutton
declared their intent to marry for the second time on the 13th day of the 8th
month, 1707, and they were then given permission to marry US11. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania
recorded four children who were born to Ann and Robert Dutton US11. These were Mary, born in the 8th month in 1708, Ann, born on the 10th day of the 10th
month, 1711, Robert, born on the 26th day
of the 8th month, 1713, and Elizabeth, born on the 25th day of the 1st
month, 1722 US11. Anne (Brown)
Dutton, the daughter of William and Ann Brown and the widow of Robert Dutton,
married John Underhill, a widower, on November 23, 1736 in Maryland MA51. According to the records of the Gunpowder Monthly Meeting in
Baltimore County, Maryland, Ann Underhill died on the 15th day of the 8th
month, 1760 US11.
William Browne was born
on the 21st day of the
5th month,
1689, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pennsylvania US11. William Browne, Jr. married Elizabeth Cowgill, the daughter
of John Cowgill of Duck Creek, about the year 1715 MA49. The
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state
that William Browne, Jr. and his unnamed wife were the
parents of John, born on the 27th day
of the 2nd month, 1717 (who died on the 12th day of the 7th
month, 1723), and Elizabeth, born on the 16th day
of the 12th month, 1718 US11.
William’s wife, Elizabeth, died prior to 1721
and he second married Margaret Davis on the 15th day of the
1st month,
1721/2 at the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Maryland MA49. With
Margaret, William was the father of William, born on the 14th day of the
10th month, 1722,
and Jacob, born on the 15th day of the 7th month, 1724 MA49. William Browne, Jr. died after 1724 MA49 but before June 2, 1727, when a bond for the administration of
his estate was issued to Margaret Brown, Messar
Brown, John Dutton, and Thomas Edwards, who were all of Chester County,
Pennsylvania PE24.
John
Browne was born on the 3rd day
of the 5th month, 1691, according to the
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. The
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania
stated that John Brown, the son of William Brown, died on the 10th day of the 10th
1715 US11.
Richard
Browne was born on the 31st day
of the 1st month, 1693, according to the
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. The records
of the Concord Monthly Meeting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania state that
Richard Brown and Hannah Renolds declared their
intent to marry for the first time on the 9th day
of the 7th month, 1717, and again for a second time on the 7th day of the 8th
month, 1717 US11. Hannah Reynolds was the daughter of Henry and Prudence (Clayton) Reynolds. The record stated US11:
she produsing a paper from under her fathers & mothers
hands to ye meetings satisfaction which is as foloweth:
friends of ye moly meeting of
Concord these few lines [the preceding two words are uncertain] are to satisfie you yt as
Concerning ye proseedings
of Richard Browne & my Dafter Hannah in way of marriag
yt
wee & ye rest of ye famely are satisfied in it Henery
Reynolds Prudence Reynolds; Mary Whiteker & Eliz.
Horford are ordred to see ye solomnising of this marriag & make retorn to ye next meeting…
Their marriage was reported
“accomplished orderly” at the next monthly meeting held on the 11th day of the 9th
month, 1717 US11. The records of the
New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state that Hannah
and Richard Browne were the parents of Richard, born on the 1st day of the 1st
month, 1718 (who died on the 26th day
of the 3rd month, 1724), and Henery, born on the
8th day of the 3rd
month, 1720 US11. The records of the
New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania stated that Hannah
Browne, the wife of Richard Brown, died on the 14th day of the 3rd
month, 1726 US11. The records of the
Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state that Richard
Brown, the son of William Brown of West Nottingham, married Rachell Beeson, the
daughter of Edward Beeson of Chester County on February 9, 1731 at West
Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. The
records of the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state
that Richard Brown, the son of William Brown of West Nottingham, married Mary
Norton, the daughter of Edward Norton of the County of “Armah” (Armagh) in the
Kingdom of Ireland (deceased) on October 24, 1733 at West Nottingham, Chester County,
Pennsylvania US11. The Fairfax Monthly
Meeting in Loudon County, Virginia recorded three children who were born to
Richard and Mary Brown US11.
These were Richard, born on the 18th day
of the 7th month, 1734 (who died on the 4th day of the 7th
month, 1738), Joseph, born on the 1st day
of the 2nd month, 1736 (who died on the 19th day of the 3rd
month, 1754), and Mercer, born on the 7th day
of the 5th month, 1740 US11.
The records of the Fairfax Monthly Meeting in Loudon County, Virginia state
that Richard Brown died on the 10th day
of the 2nd month, 1745 US11.
Thomas
Browne was born on the 17th day
of the 11th month, 1694, according to the
records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. According
to the Duck Creek Monthly Meeting in Kent County, Delaware, Thomas Brown and Ellen Cowgill declared their intent to marry for
the first time on the 16th day
of the 12th month, 1718 and again for the second time on the 16th day of the 1st
month, 1719, after which they were given permission to marry US11. The Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania
recorded nine children who were born to Thomas and Eleanor Browne US11. These were Nathan, born on the 24th day of the 3rd
month, 1720, Thomas, born on the 12th day
of the 1st month, 1722/3, Rebekah, born on the 3rd day of the 2nd
month, 1725, Rachel, born on the 23rd day
of the 12th month, 1727/8, John, born on the 23rd day of the 2nd
month, 1730, Anne, born on the 27th day
of the 9th month, 1733, Eleazer, born on the 24th day of the 8th
month, 1736, Lydia, born on the 7th day
of the 11th month, 1739/40 (and died on the 20th day of the 10th
month, 1740), and Elizabeth, born on the 10th day
of the 12th month, 1742/3 US11. He
and his younger brother, Samuel, were the only two children mentioned in his
father’s will, which was dated the 23rd day
of the 10th month, 1743 PE24. The
records of the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state
that Thomas Brown died at age fifty-three between 10am and 11am on the 19th day of the 12th
month, 1746/7 US11.
The records of the Arch Street, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state that at the monthly meeting held on the 28th day of the 2nd month, 1699, William Brown and Kathrine
Williams declared their intent to marry for the first time; they were given
permission to marry after they declared their intent to marry for the second
time at the next monthly meeting held on the 26th day of the 3rd month, 1699 US11.
William
Brown, called a member of the Concord Monthly Meeting, was granted a parcel one
thousand acres on the 17th day
of the 1st
month, 1701/2, which was a part of the tract of 18,000 acres in Nottingham,
Chester County, Pennsylvania which was partitioned to eighteen individuals TW2. This settlement was first proposed on
the 14th day
of the 11th
month in 1701 at a meeting of William Penn’s property commissioners in
Philadelphia and was intended to be located about halfway between the Delaware
and Susquehanna Rivers and about 24 miles from New Castle on “Octeraroe River” (Octararo Creek)
TW2. A
map of Nottingham Township which was drafted in 1702 shows that William Brown
held lots 23, 28, and 33 EA4. When
the thirty-seven Nottingham Lots were divided and were
about to be cleared in 1702, William Brown allegedly “was the first to take his
axe in hand and strike it into a tree” as he stated “In humble trust, we begin
our labor” EA4.
The
records of the Chester Monthly Meeting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania state
that at the monthly meeting held on the 27th day of the 6th month, 1711 at the Providence
Meetinghouse, William Brown of Nottingham and Mary
Matthews, who had relocated from Philadelphia, declared their intent to marry
for the first time US11. The next monthly meeting was held at
Middletown on the 24th day
of the 7th
month, 1711, in which they declared their intent to marry for the second time
and were then given permission to marry US11. The
next monthly meeting was held at Springfield on the 29th day of the 8th
month, 1711, in which it was reported that they were married US11.
A
relative of William Brown wrote about William and his father, who was incorrectly
referred to as William Brown, Sr.; this account was included in the records of
the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. A partial transcription of this account follows US11:
The
following Account concerning William Brown senior, & some of his
Predecessors & Connections (he being one of the first Settlers in
Nottingham,) was taken in writing in the Year [blank space] and was produced
and read at the Monthly Meeting held at East Nottingham the 28.th of the 1.st
month, 1786… it was apprehended to contain some proptable
[likely “probable”] Memorandums concerning the pious Ancestors of many living
in these Parts
Certify’d on
the said Meeting’s Behalf
By
George Churchman.
An
Account of the Convincement, and some remarkable
circumstances relating to the Father of the above-named W.m Brown
senior, in England; whose Name is believed to have been also William; and whose
Sons, William & James came over to settle in Pennsylvania in early time, tho’ not in the first Vessels that arrived
The
latter residence of their said Father was supposed to be in Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire in a Village or
parish called Puddington, near Wellingborough;
tho’ before it is said his dwelling was in another
part of England, of which we have no clear account:
By
his Son’s relation, he was some time in Communion with the Baptists afterwards
joining with the sect called Puritans; and is said to have been a teacher
amongst both; and a seeking religious man, whose mind was drawn into careful
Endeavors after Purity of Life ~ About the first going forth of that eminent
Minister of the Gospel, William Dewsbury, he came to the town where this pious
Man dwelt; Who observed him as he was passing along, and taking Notice of the
solidity of his Countenance, invited him to turn in and break Bread with him,
who accepted the invitation… After this, he accompanied W. Dewsbury on the way
towards a neighboring village, and recommended him to a certain Man’s house,
who was likewise religiously inclined, and was also effectually convinced on W.
D.s visit: ~ When W. Brown came back, his Wife asked him, wherefor
he brought that Mad man to their House, he answer’d,
“Why woman, he hath brought the Eternal Truth of God to us”: ~ W.m
Dewsbury returning some time afterwards, it is mention’d
that W. Brown obtain’d leave for him to attend at the
Parish Church, so called, and by his Powerful Testimony there, many People were
convinced; But the Priests and others who were hard-hearted, were much enraged
against Friends, becoming cruel both in Speech & ill Treatment; terming the
Power which attended their Ministry, Witchcraft; and endeavoring to stir up
Persecution with greatly increased in those Days.
After
the said W. B.’s convincement, his
Landlord sent him a couple of young Hounds, to feed & raise for him, being
a wild airy man, & given to sporting and Merriment; but his Tenant was not
free to give Countenance to such vain Diversions, & therefore did not
comply with his desire, at which his Landlord was much displeased: And having
generally paid his rent at a set time every half Year, to a Steward appointed
to receive the Rents, he had not been careful to demand receits,
the Steward appearing honest & trusty: But the Landlord, out of humor with
him as above hinted, taking the adventage of his
neglect, came and demanded the Rent; He told him it was paid at the proper day;
the Landlord then queried if he had a receit, to whom
answer’d, No, as he had not been in the Way of asking receipts, expecting there would be no
occasion: Yet the cruel man said “except you will take your Oath that it is
paid, you shall pay it to me”; And being of tender Conscience on that Account,
because he believed our Savior had forbidden all swearing, this Friend had to
pay his Rent over again; ~ After this the Landlord was bitter, and not fond of
seeing him, being probably condemned in himself for such Usage; yet turned him
off the farm; and Friends at that time being view’d
in an unfavorable Light by many because of their singularity &
conscientious scruples in divers Matters which differ’d
from the corrupt Ways of the World, it occasion’d him
considerable difficulty before he found another farm to settle on to his Mind;
~ From his Industry and upright conduct on the second farm, he was in good
Repute, and much in favor with his new landlord; the Lord prospered him in his
Worldly Affairs & otherwise: ~
The
time of the Decease of this Valuable Man is computed to be about the Year 1664;
having been an approved Minister: ~ On his Death-Bed, and near the close of his
Life, he was abundantly favored with a Sense of the Divine Presence near him,
greatly to his Comfort, and the Encouragement of his Children… our Predecessor
was a living Witness in his latter days, expressing after this manner to his
Wife before he departed; “Altho’ the Lord whom I have
sought and served, hath been my Staff and Comfort thro’ Life, & hath often
manifested his Power to me eminently, yet his Divine Favor seems now to be more
than ever before; And for thy Comfort he hath even shewed me, that thou Shalt
live to bring up all our Children, and they Shall be blessed and be all favored
to keep their Habitations in the Truth:” Which was fulfilled according to the
Account given by his said Son, who mention’d, “I am a
Witness that this was a true Prophecy, for I am the youngest of his nine
Children (he having had six Sons besides, and two daughters) who all lived, and
were favored to died in unity with Friends.”
William
Brown, Son of the aforesaid Friend, by the account we
have, was born about the Year 1656, and was perhaps not more than eight years
old at his Father’s Death; He hinted a remarkable Circumstance that occurred in
his very young Years, nearly as follows, vizt. In or
about the Year 1663, Persecution in England having arisen very high & hot
against Friends for attending their religious meetings &ca, his Parents had suffered greatly, and were much stripped of
their Property for Fines &ca;
And he, tho’ a child about seven years of age, became
very thoughtful of the Cause of these things… one night, after he went to bed,
he was sorely tempted to curse the Almighty, under which Trial a great Terror
came over him he was afraid to do so, and thereupon roared out aloud, which
affrighted his Mother that she Came to his bedside to see what ailed him, but
being favor’d with Strength to resist the tempter, he
was quickly helped so far over the Temptation as to stop crying out… And being
thus preserved he was not tried with the like again; It had a Tendency to open
his understanding & to convince him fully that his Parents were right, and
that the Religion they suffered for was the truth itself, which in the End maketh Men free indeed, and enables them to wish well, and
to seek the good of all Men even those that hate and persecute them ~ After
William Penn obtained a grant from King Charles IInd for
the Province of Pennsylvania, & on the proposal thereupon of many Friends
removing from England to Settle in America there was a doubt in the minds of
some… about the propriety of such a removal, lest it should be deemed flying
from Persecution but William Dewsbury traveling into those parts where the
Browns Lived in or near Northamptonshire, had a
meeting there; & proved as the means of settling & reconciling the
minds of some that were in Doubts; expressing in his testimony to this Effect…
thereby foreltelling [sic] the spreading of
Truth in America, James Brown, & William Brown sons of the friend first
mentioned some time after this, concluded to remove
over to this Country; But James, it is apprehended by some came over first, in
a Single State; Williams first Wife could not give up to it Chearfully,
but he having a clear Sonce of Duty therein signified
that the Lord wonderfully made way for & assisted him insomuch that all
difficulties relative to his removal disappeared & his Affairs were Settled
to Satisfaction, being marvelously helped many times & divers ways on the
Passage; and after his Arrival, he landed at new York about the Year 1696, his
wife died at Sea, James Brown (by account) setled
first near Marcus hook in Chester County Pennsylvania where his brother
William, after he came in dwelt for a time, but did not purch[a]ce Land there, as that did not appear to be the fixed place
for their residence for about the Year 1701 William apprehended it his duty to
remove farther wast ward a[n]d accordingly in 1702 he removed with his family to settle at
Nottingham about forty miles distant from marcushook,
a large tract of Land being laid out there in that year, and Called by that
name, being deem’d in Pennsylvania, but was Situate
on the border of Maryland, & was accounted for back in the Wilderness, his
brother James after some time came & Settled in the same Neighborhood,
where he dwelt the remainder of his time; And deceas’d
about the Year 1715 being a Religious Man, and of a good Carrecter,
but not favoured with a capacity or talent, equal to
his brother William, his wifes Name was Honour, the Daughter of William Clayton…
Some
of the sons or desendants of the person first
mentioned, we have understood removed from Northamptonshire
to Bedford and were a numerous Family there, insomuch that when Wm Brown from Pennsylvania (who was his great grand Son) was in
England in the Year 1752 he mentioned that the Members of the meeting of
Friends in the Town of Luton were many of them of that name, or descendants
from that Stock of Browns ~ The Memorandums of the before Occurrances
were taken down from the Relation of William Brown, last mentioned, (in the 80th Year of his Age) he retaining the same fresh and lively in his
Memory having divers times heard the Substance of it related by Wm Brown Sen.r
who was his Gramfather’s Brother, he lived until
about the 91st year of his Age, remaining
tender & lively in Spirit, and retaining till near the Close of his Life, a
Clear sence & remembrance of the Power and
workings of Truth in the time of severe persecution in his Minority, he deceasd
in West Nottingham Pennsylvania the 23rd of
the 6th month 1746 having lived there about 44 Years, in good repute
for his Integrity, being an Elder in the Church and a Substantial Friend ~
William
Brown of West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania wrote his will on the 23rd day of the 10th
month, 1743 which was proved in a court in Chester County by the witnesses John
Gartrill and Thomas Berrey
in October 1746 PE24:
The
Last Will & Testament of William Brown Senr. of
the Township of West Nottingham, in the County of Chester, in the Province of
Pennsylvania
Being
Indisposed & Weak in ye
Body but of perfect Mind & Clear understanding, & believing the time of
my Dissolution to draw Near, I do make Ordain & Constitute my Last Will and
Testament in manner following
Imprimis I
Desire my Body may be Inter’d [the preceding word in
uncertain because a crease in the document has obliterated it] in a Decent
& Christian Manner & I Order all my funeral Charges & other just
Debts to be paid with Convenient Speed after my Decease
Secondly
Whereas at this present Time my Son Thomas Brown of ye Township aforesaid is Indebted unto me
the Sum of Tenn Pounds Pennsylvania money, I do
hereby give & bequeath the said Tenn Pounds to ye sd. Thomas Brown to his
Heirs forever.
Thirdly
I Leave my Negro Woman named Jenny her freedom, & from the Time of my Decease
do sett her perfectly at Liberty from me my heirs
Executors & Administrators & Assigns for ever
I
further bequeath & Confirm to my said Servant Woman that bed & bedding
whereon she now Lies Together with those other Small Things my Wife gave her before
her Decease
Ialso
Leave my Said Negro Jenny that Chest which was James Joneses & Orders her
all her Wearing Apparel
Fourthly
The residue & remainder of my personal Estate, moveable Goods, Creatures_
Cash, & Debts due to me, I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel Brown, his
Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns for ever.
Lastly I
do hereby Nominate, Constitute & Appoint my s.d Son
Samuel Brown to be the only & Sole Executor to this Will, Disannulling
& revoking all other Wills & Executors heretofore by me Written or
Named. Confirming This & this only to be my Last Will & Testament In
witness whereof I do hereto Sett my hand & Seal This twenty third day of
the tenth Month Anno Dominy One thousand
Seven hundred & forty three 1743
Signed
Sealed published & Declared by the s.d
William Brown to be his Last Will & Testament in the presence of us We believing him at the Same time to be of Sound mind &
memory
John
Garril
Thos: Berrey
James
Johnson
Whereas
I William Brown within Named Did make & Subscribe to the Within Will On the
twenty third Day of the tenth Month 1743. Now be it known unto all people that
I do at this time ratify & Confirm the Within Will & with respect to my
Negro Woman within Mentioned I find it Needful to Explain my Intentions herein Containd in ye
within Will & Confirm unto her her bed & beding whereon She Lies which is One feather bed &
Chaff bed under it. Two pillows. & One pair of Sheets. & Two blankets,
& One Coverlid. & a mat & a new bed Cord.
I
also Confirm to her that Chest within mentioned. & What my Wife gave her My
Said Negro Woman Named Jenny I likewise Confirm to her the particulars follows
(viz) One great Wheel & One Small Wheel. One Iron pott.
Pott Lid & Hooks. One Small brass Kettle. Two Pewter Dishes, and two Pewter
basons. One tin pan. & three tin Cups. One Pewter
Quart. half a dozen of Spoons. One dozen of trenchers. three ttoggins [the preceding word is uncertain] & two Wooden
platters. Two Earthen Dishes. & four plates. &
Seven Viols. Seven Wooden Ladles. Two milk bowls & Two milk pans. One milk
pail Two Cheese fats. four Glass bottles. Her mistresses
Clothes box. three pudding pans. four Earthen porringers. One Chamber pott. One Small Spit. One pewter Chest and pot. One box
Iron & two heaters. One brass Scimmer. One brass
Ladle. One flesh fork. One grid Iron. One pair of Tongs & One [the
following word is indecipherable because it has been obscured, but it may state
“frying”] Pann. every particular above mentioned On the backside of ye
Within Will I Confirm to my s.d servant Woman Jenny
& tis my Mind that What is here Written Shall be Esteemed a part of my s.d
Will In testimony of & to Confirm the Same I Do hereto Sett my hand &
Seal this twenty eighth Day of October Anno Dominy
One thousand Seven hundred and forty four
Signed
Sealed Published & Declared by the Said William Brown as part of his said
Will in the presence of us. he being at the signing & :
c of a good Understanding & further before twas
Signed the Words One flesh fork was Razed out with the pon
it being a Tautology
John
Gartril
Thomas
Brown
Jeremiah
Brown
His
death probably occurred in mid-September, 1746. The inventory of the estate of
William Brown, Sr. occurred on September 26, 1746 by Thomas Rogers and William
Kirk and included PE24:
Purse
and apparill… two Beds and Clothing… 3 old Brass Cettels [kettles]… 2 old tubs… 2 old Chests & 2 old
Boxes… 7 old Chairs… a old worming [warming] Pan… old
fier tonges & shovel
& a pare of Stilyards… a old half Gallon a old bason a Cullender a poringer
and 12 spoons 2 old Skilets & 6 old trenchers… a old Bibel and 4 old Books… a
Lucking Glass… money Skales and sume
waits… a pott Rack and Dough trof…
3 Cowes
Kathrine Williams married
William Brown sometime after the 26th day
of the 3rd month, 1699 US11. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County,
Pennsylvania recorded three children who were born to Katherine and WIlliam
Browne; these were Samuel, Hannah, and Mary Browne US11. Samuel Browne was born on the 12th day of the
8th month,
1700, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pennsylvania US11. The records of the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County,
Pennsylvania state that Samuel Brown, the son of William Brown of West
Nottingham, married Elizabeth Harris, the daughter of William Harris of West
Nottingham, on May 8, 1734 at East Nottingham US11. The Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania
recorded the births of seven children born to Samuel and Elizabeth Brown US11. These were Hannah, born on the 8th day of the 12th
month, 1734/5, Mary, born on the 2nd day
of the 9th month, 1736, Jacob, born on the 24th day of the 7th
month, 1738 (and died on the 7th day
of the 6th month, 1740), Catrine, born on the 19th day of the 5th
month, 1741, Samuel, born on the 4th day
of the 2nd month, 1743, Joseph, born on the 2nd day of the 6th
month, 1745, and William, born on the 13th day
of the 5th month, 1747 US11. He
was one of two children mentioned in his father’s will, which was dated the 23rd day of the 10th
month, 1743 PE24. The records of the
Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state that Samuel
Brown died between 1pm and 2pm on the 20th day
of the 1st month, 1747/8 US11.
Hannah Browne was born
on the 31st day of the
10th month,
1701, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pennsylvania US11. It has been alleged that she was the wife of Henry Reynolds, the son
of Henry and Prudence (Clayton) Reynolds. The
Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded the births
of six children born to Henry and Hannah Reynolds US11. These were Rachel,
born on the 6th day of the 11th month, 1717/8, William, born on the 22nd day of the 1st
month, 1721/2, Samuel, born on the 26th day
of the 8th month, 1723, Henry, born on the 1st day of the 2nd
month, 1725, Jacob, born on the 14th day
of the 9th month, 1728, and Joseph, born on the 31st day of the 6th
month, 1730 US11. The records of the
Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania state that Hannah,
the wife of Henry Reynolds, died on the 12th day
of the 12th month, 1731/2 US11.
Mary Browne was born
on the 29th day of the
4th month,
1706, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pennsylvania US11. The records of the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Cecil County,
Maryland state that William Brown of Chester County, Pennsylvania and his third
wife, Kathern Williams, were the parents of Mary Brown who married William
Reynolds MA49.
Kathrine
died sometime after the birth of her daughter, Mary, in 1706, but before
William Brown declared his intent to marry Mary Matthews on the 27th day of the 6th month,
1711 US11.