Henry Browne (abt. 1600 - abt. 1662)

Born about 1600 in England

Husband of Ann (Unknown) Swann — married 1634 in James City County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1662 at about age 62 in Surry County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Henry Browne is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Henry Browne was a Virginia colonist.

Parentage

Matthew Browne and Jane Vincent did not have a son named Henry. Thomas is not the same person as Henry, therefore the parents are being detached.

Jamestown Society

Henry Browne died 1661/2, Surry Co.: 1634-1661 (Councillor).^[1]

Colonel Henry Browne of "Four Mile Tree" was born in England about 1600 and died in Surry County, Virginia in 1661/2.^[2]

Henry Browne, of James City, was first appointed a member of the Virginia Council in 1634, the year of his arrival in the colony, and served until the surrender of the colony to the parliamentary forces in 1652.^[3][4] He was restored to the Council in 1660 following the Restoration and the reinstatement of Governor Berkeley.^[2]

He married Ann (Fowler) Swann about 1634 in James City County.^[2] They had two known children:

1. Berkley Browne, c 1634, died w/o issue
2. Mary Browne, c 1635, married William Browne^[2]

Four Mile Tree

"Four Mile Tree" standing opposite Jamestown on the James River was the home of the Browne family^[2] for nearly two centuries.^[5] The founder of the Browne family of "Four Mile Tree" was Col. Henry Browne, said to have been of the Browne family of Hertford and Lancaster counties in England. He was a member of the Virginia Council from 1634 to 1652 and, after the Restoration,^[6] in 1660 and 1661. He died before 20 October 1662 in Virginia.^[7]

Land Grants & Transactions

• 14 July 1637 - Capt. Henry Browne, Esq., one of the Councell of States, 2,250 acs. James Cittie Co., 14 July 1637, p. 441. On the S. side of James Riv., ... 2000 acs. graunted by order of court 12 Dec. 1634 upon such terms & conditions as is in the sd. order expressed & 250 acs. by purchase from Capt. William Perrye & Capt. Thomas Osborne, Overseers of the will of John Smith, .... [names included for those transported]^[8]
• 4 Aug 1639 - Francis Fowler, 1,600 acs. James City Co., 4 Aug. 1649. page 666. Lying on both sides of Juring point Creek, beg. a mile above at a small Cross Creek, bearing on E. side of Mrs. Edloe's land & N. side of Bridges Freeman. Trans. of 32 pers. * 900 acs of the above was bequeathed to Capt. Henry Browne by will & renewed in said Browne's name Feb. 25, 1643.^[9]
• 2 Nov 1643 - Capt. Henry Browne, one of his Majesties Councell of State, 2, 450 acs. Nov. 2, 1643, Page 929. Beg. at the 4 Mile Tree, ... down parallel to the bank of James River unto the sd. tree. [Recertification of original entry dated 14 July 1637 with the addition of 200 acs. for transport of 4 persons.]^[10]
• 25 Feb 1643/4 - Capt Henry Brown, Esqr., 900 acs. James City Co., Feb. 25, 1643, Page 8. Beginning at Journing poynt Cr., somewhat lower than plantation seated by Mr. Francis Fowler, & from the mouth of same to land of Mathew Edlowe, etc. Due by the will of Mrs. Antonia Fowler, the late relict of Mr. Francis Fowler, being part of a devdt. due sd. Fowler by patent dated Aug. 14, 1639; also due sd. Brown by order of court dated Nov. 21, 1643.^[11]

Henry Browne was buried at Four Mile Tree Plantation, Colony of Virginia. ^[12]

Notes

His wife is clearly listed as "probably being the daughter of Francis Fowler" in old Surry Families. There is no mention of her being a Flood.

Sources

1. ↑ Jamestown Society. Browne, Henry - A1202
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} “Some Old Surry Families.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, 1908, pp. 221–235. JSTOR, [www.jstor.org/stable/1922659]. Accessed 8 Oct. 2020.
3. ↑ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. Page 104
4. ↑ Stanard, William Glover, 1858-1933, and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register: A List of Governors, Councillors And Other Higher Officials, And Also of Members of the House of Burgesses, And the Revolutionary Conventions of the Colony of Virginia. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell's sons, 1902. [1]
5. ↑ Four Mile Tree Plantation
6. ↑ Stuart Restoration
7. ↑ Childs, James Rives, Member of the Virginia Historical Society. Reliques of the Rives (Ryves). Lynchburg, Virginia: J. P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929. Page 510 f
8. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pg 61
9. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pg 113
10. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pg 149
11. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pg 154
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for COL Henry Browne (1598–1661), Find a Grave Memorial no. 77040032, citing Four Mile Tree Plantation, Surry County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by The Meriwether Society, Inc. (contributor 46827721) Unknown. Find A Grave: Memorial #77040032

See also:

• Surry County Records (will Book I, 1652-1672)