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BROWNE, Col. William Sr.

BROWNE, Col. William Sr.

Male Bef 1632 - 1705  (72 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name BROWNE, William  [1, 2] 
    Prefix Col. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Bef 1632  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Between Dec 1704 and 3 Jul 1705  Surry County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Age 72 years 
    Person ID I756  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2022 

    Father BROWNE, Thomas   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother SWANN, Priscilla   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 BROWNE, Mary,   b. Abt 1638, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1680, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1656  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 24 years - She : ~ 18 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Children 
       1. Female BROWNE, Mary   d. Abt 1690
       2. Female BROWNE, Jane,   b. Abt 1658   d. Bef 6 Sep 1681 (Age 23 years)
       3. Female BROWNE, Anne,   b. Abt 1660   d. 1723 (Age 63 years)
    +  4. Male BROWNE, Maj. William Jr.,   b. Abt 1669, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 3 Jul 1746 and 19 Jan 1746/47, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
       5. Male BROWNE, Henry,   b. Abt 1674   d. Bef 1714 (Age 39 years)
       6. Female BROWNE, Priscilla,   b. Bef 1680   d. 1733 (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F1581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2021 

    Family 2 —?—, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1646   d. Bef 5 Mar 1694/95, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Residence Abt 1680  Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    at Four Mile Tree 
    Marriage Bef 6 Jul 1680  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5] 
    Age at Marriage He : 48 years and 7 months - She : ~ 34 years and 7 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Children 
       1. Female BROWNE, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1681, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1699 and 1705 (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Bef 1632 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1656 - Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - at Four Mile Tree - Abt 1680 - Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 6 Jul 1680 - Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between Dec 1704 and 3 Jul 1705 - Surry County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 116-119.

    2. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I1, Nicholas Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    3. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I13, Elizabeth; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    4. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I15281, William Browne; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    5. [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 25 Jul 2015, Maury Kendall, "What's Happening," Vol. XXV, No. 3 (Jul - Sep 2006): p 4-6.


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