James Browne (bef. 1624 - 1710)

Born before 1624 in Blackmore, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Howland) Brown — married about 1654 (to 29 Sep 1710) in Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1710 after age 86 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Born James Brown was born 20 June 1624, in Blackmore, Essex, England ^[1] (based on his name in 1643 list of men to bear arms at Taunton), the son of John Browne and his wife, Dorothy (Unknown).^[2]

James married by about 1655, to Lydia Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, both Mayflower passengers.^[2]

James is the son of John Browne of Rehoboth. He married Lydia Howland.^[3]

Death

15 May 1717 Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island

was Barrington, MA

Children^[4]

1. James b. 4 or 21 May 1655
2. Jabez b. c. 1667
3. Dorothy b. 29 Aug 1666
4. Joseph b 9 July 1668
5. Martha d. 1660
6. John d. 1662
7. Josiah d 1724

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7MR-8JF : 11 February 2018, James Browne, 20 Jun 1624); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 857,055.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anderson, Robert C. (1995) "John Brown of Rehoboth," featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 1, A-B, Pages 420- , citing p 426).
3. ↑ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 253
4. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Vol 2 p.174

• Bowman, George Ernest. The Will and Inventory of James Brown of Swansea, Mass., The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905) Vol. 7, Page 163-66.
• Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Davis, William T.. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Boston, MA, USA: Damrell & Upham, 1899.Original data: Davis, William T.. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part II: Volume 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004.
• https://tacrocker.com/mayflower-families-through-five-generations-v.-23.pdf
• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/219/426878621
• Ancestral File Numbers: 8KLM-VD, WVNX-JD, 1CNR-VVV, 1JF5-QDF