William (Browne) Brown (1659 - 1733)

Born 23 Jun 1659 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Williams — married 1683 in Long Island City, Queens, New York

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1733 at age 73 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Name

William Browne

Birth

23 JUN 1659 Southold, Suffolk, New York

Death

20 FEB 1730 Southold, Suffolk, New York

Age: 70

Marriage

1683 Southold, Long Island, New York (Torrey)

Wife: Catherine Williams

Child: Henry Brown

Will

^[1] "Page 1.-In the Name of God, Amen. I, William Brown, of the town of Southold, in Suffolk County, being of perfect mind. I leave to my loving and well beloved wife, Katharine Brown, all my monies, cattle, sheep, and horsekind and fowl, and household goods, and the use of 1/3 of all my land and meadows, housing and orchard, and also firewood and fencing so long as she remains my widow, except 1 yoke of oxen, and my farming tools. I leave to my eldest son William £20, and to my sons Walter, Silvanus, David, and Elijah, each £10. I leave to my son, Thomas Brown, all my houses, lands, and meadows in the town of Southold, 2/3 to them after my decease, and 1/3 after the death of my wife; Also a yoke of oxen and all my farming tools, and I make my son Thomas and my wife executors. Dated March 4, 1726.

Witnesses, Charles Glover, Charles Glover, Jr., Uriah Glover. William Cosby, Esq., Captain-General and Gover'-nor-in-Chiefe over the Provinces of New York and New Jersey.

To all to whom these presents shall come. Know ye that in Suffolk County, on the 26 day of February, 1732, the will of William Brown, of Southold, was proved, and the executors confirmed."

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/167540899?p=16444121&returnLabel=Jacob%20Howell%20I%20of%20Southold%20(LHVM-2QP)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLHVM-2QP

• 1686 Census of Southold, New York, published in The New York genealogical and biographical record, Vol 30; (New York, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, April 1899), pages 120-122.[Archive.org]
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 1, Page 227

• Brown, William & Catherine ____; ca 1683; Southold, LI {NYGBR 31:69, 38:249}

• Case, Joseph. Southold Town Records Copied and Explanatory Notes Added (N.Y., 1882) Vol. 1, Page 464
• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2001)
• Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's office, city of New York by New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County). page 104. Liber 12. Will of William Brown--Link to image on Family search.[1]