John Brownson Jr (1665 - bef. 1711)

Born 25 Aug 1665 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Died before Apr 1711 before age 45 in South Carolina

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Biography

John Brownson was born in 1665 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the son of John Bronson and Hannah Scott. He married Rachel Buck (b.1678) in 1697.^[1] He married, second, Marcy Chatterton of New Haven, and soon removed from Wethersfield to South Carolina.^[2]

His children were John, Mary (married _____ Ford) and Sarah (married _____ McGregor).^[3]

John passed away before 1711, as he is not listed in his father's will and was noted to be deceased. His own son, John, was given a lot on Notchy Sleepy Plain, noted as "my Grandson John Browson, son of my son John Brownson Deceased."^[4]

John was the cousin of John Bronson. This profile is the grandson of the immigrant John Brownson who migrated to South Carolina. His cousin noted above is the grandson of immigrant Richard Brownson; that cousin stayed in Connecticut. See the profile of Richard's son John Brownson (who stayed in Connecticut) for full details and research by Coddington and others.

Sources

1. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) BRONSON, John (ca 1670-1749) & 1/wf Rachel BUCK (1678-1708); June 1697; Farmington, CT {Farmington CT VR 20, 24; Wethersfield 2:138; New Haven Gen. Mag. 335; Buck 71; Bronson 9, 11; TAG 9:180, 10:50; Buck (1889) 44; Tuttle 15; Bassett 1926) 143}
2. ↑ Families of Ancient Wethersfield, p. 138.
3. ↑ Families of Ancient Wethersfield, p. 138.
4. ↑ South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980; Wills, Vol 54, 1694-1704; Wills, Vol 55, 1711-1718

• John Insley Coddington, "The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, Connecticut & South Carolina," The American Genealogist, Vol. 39, 1963: pg. 116.
• Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Consisting of Volume II of The History of Ancient Wethersfield Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1673, From Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time With Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families, Part 1, by Henry R. Stiles (Heritage Books, 2007)
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011)
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-HZS : 3 December 2014), John Bronson in entry for John Bronson, 25 Aug 1665; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.