William
Browne
Born in Cumberland, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Browne
and Mary (Tofts) Browne
Brother of
Richard Hume Lancaster [half], Richard Hume Lancaster [half], Mary Dorothea (Browne) Pemberton, Elizabeth (Browne) Ponsonby and Isabella (Browne) Smith
Husband of
Catherine (Stewart) Browne
— married
1803 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine Browne, Euphemia Browne, Mary Browne, William Browne, Jane Euphemia Browne, William Browne, John Stewart Browne SM, Caroline (Browne) Shore and Harriet Browne
Died
at age 80
in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2019
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Biography
William was the son of William and Mary Browne, born in 1780. The Brownes were from Woodhall in the parish of Caldbeck, Cumberland for many generations. His father served as high sheriff in the 30th George III, and purchased the lordships of Tallantire, Dovenby and Papcastle in Cumberland. There were also 3 daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and Isabella.
William was educated at the Charterhouse and entered the army in 1799. He was a sailor and merchant before the days of the East India Co. Made a good fortune and inherited Tallantire Hall in Cumberland when his father died in 1802.
He married Catherine Stewart in Arthuret, Cumberland in 1803 (youngest daughter of William Stewart of Castle Stewart in Wigton, Scotland). They had 7 surviving children: Catherine, Mary, Jane Euphemia, William, John Stewart, Caroline and Harriet.
William was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Cumberland, and served the office of sheriff for Cumberland in 1817.
They lived in Tallantire Hall, Cumberland.
The 1851 census listed William as a "landed proprietor & magistrate, also occupier emply". He was 70 years old and living with his wife Catherine (72), daughters Catherine (46), Euphemia (40) and Harriet (28), and with grand-daughter Caroline (3). There were also 4 servants listed as part of the household.
His wife Catherine died in 1859 and when William died in 1861 Tallantire Hall was left to his son William (a barrister-at-law living in Carlisle) and spinster daughter Catherine.
Sources
- Will of William Browne Esq attached
- "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKR-QGJ : 9 November 2019), William Browne, Bridekirk, Cumberland, England; citing Bridekirk, Cumberland, England, p. 11, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
See also
- Wikidata: Item Q75853935
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
John Blackburn
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JZ7245317 [compare], yourDNAportal JOH4562e806, Ancestry member jlbmpas
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~3.12%
John Burford :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Nat Campbell :
Living DNA, GEDmatch WP2701869 [compare], yourDNAportal NAT6607863e
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