Jemmett Browne (1703 - 1782)

Born 1703 in Riverstown, County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1782 at about age 79 in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland [uncertain]

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

He was the son of Edward Browne, Mayor of Cork in 1714, and Judith Jemmett, daughter of Warham Jemmett and Judith Richmond.

He was educated by Mr Molloy of Cork and entered Trinity College Dublin on 6 April 1719, aged 16. B.A. 1723, M.A. 1726. ^[1]

He was ordained Priest on 29th December 1723, at Cork, by Peter Browne, his relative, then Bishop of Cork.

From 1723 to 1733 he was Treasurer of Ross; and from 1733 to 1743 he was Dean of Ross. He was also, from 1723 to 1724, Vicar of Desertserges, and held for some months in 1724 a Vicarage Choral in Cork. From 1724 to 1732 he was Precentor of Cork ; and from 1732 to 1743, Rector & Vicar Little Island, and Prebendary of Killaspugmullane. From 1742 to 1743 he held also the Rector & Vicar Rincurran and Taxas. From 1743 to 1745 he was Bishop of Killaloe; from 1745 to 1772, Bishop of Cork ; from 1772 to 1775, Bishop of Elphin ; and from 1775 to 1782, Archbishop of Tuam.

Jemmett married (1) Alice Waterhouse [M. S. 11th Nov., 1723], a relative of the wife of Bishop Peter Browne. Pre-Marriage Settlement 9 November 1723.

Children

1. Edward married Anne Earbery, daughter of Christopher Earbery, Esq. of Shandangan, co. Cork
2. Thomas (Rev.), married Anne Waterhouse, daughter of Rev. David Waterhouse, of Langley, Kent, England
3. Warham, bapt. 15 Nov. 1733, Ensign 35th regt.
4. Elizabeth married Ven. Chambre Corker, Archdeacon of Ardagh.
5. Alice (d. 1749) married John Meade, Esq.

Jemmett married (2) in 1773, Jane Barry, of St Anne's parish, Dublin, widow.

He died in 1782 and was buried at Ballinaspic, county Cork.

Probate ^[2]

Tuam, Jemmett Browne, Lord Archbishop of, former Bishop of Elphin

Will dated 7 June 1773, Proved 23 July 1782

Nephews - Rev Edward & Rev John Kenny

Eldest son - Rev Edward Browne

Eldest daughter - Mary Corker, once Browne

Son - Thomas

Brother - Thomas Browne

Rev Thomas, son of same

Warham Jemmett Browne, second son of brother Thomas

James , third son of brother Thomas

Brother - Rev St John Browne

Rev Thomas Adderly Browne, eldest son of same

Rev John, second son of brother St John

George Sackville Browne, third son of brother St John

Grandson - Jemmett Browne, eldest son of said son Edward

Christopher, second son of son Edward

Granddaughter - Alice Browne, eldest daughter of son Thomas (deceased)

Grandson - Edward Browne, son of son Edward

Wife - Jane

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
2. ↑ FindmyPast - Betham's Genealogical Abstracts Prerogative Wills. (Phillips Mss.) T. 1748-1786

• Wikipedia contributors, "Jemmett Browne," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jemmett_Browne&oldid=762766299 (accessed September 18, 2017).

• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke, 1879 - Browne of Riverstown

• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 2 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 429