Born about in Hartford, Connecticut
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Abigail (Brownson) Winchell, Cornelius Bronson Sr [half], Hannah (Brownson) Sanford [half], Elizabeth Brownson, Edith Brownson [half], Mary Brownson [half] and Samuel Brownson [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Ventris) Brownson
— married
about 1668 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
John Bronson, Dorothy (Bronson) Kelsey, Ebenezer Bronson, William Bronson, Moses Bronson, Grace (Bronson) Barnes and Sarah Bronson
Died before
before about age 51
in Waterbury, Connecticut [uncertain]
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Biography
John was born about 1645 based on his age (12) when he was entered into the covenant of the Farmington, Connecticut church in August 1657.[1]. He is the son of Richard Brownson and Abigail Wilbourne.
Per Torrey in "New England Marriages to 1700" he married Sarah Ventris by about 1668.[2] Torrey stated:
BRONSON, John (?1643-1696?) & Sarah [VENTRUS/VENTRIS](1649-1712); by 1670; by 1689, by 1698, ?ca 1668; Farmington, CT
They lived in Farmington, later moved to Weatherford, Connecticut in 1686.
NOT the migrant to South Carolina
The deepest analysis on this family was performed by John Insley Coddington in 1963[3].
One of the key questions to be answered was whether the John Brownson (the family name is also spelled Bronson and Brunson) who moved from Connecticut to South Carolina was the son of immigrant John Brownson or of his brother Richard Brownson. While early researchers mainly believed it was the son of Richard, Coddington argued that it was the son of John who migrated South. Note that these two John Bronsons, both born in Connecticut, one who died in Connecticut and one in South Carolina, were first cousins.
Later research of land deeds in South Carolina by Ray and Jean Brunson of Lafayette, Louisiana proved beyond doubt that it was the son of immigrant John Brownson, NOT the son of immigrant Richard who moved there. This research is described in the Connecticut Nutmegger by Richard Bronson.[4]
Death
The "History of Waterbury, Connecticut" by Henry Bronson asserted that he died in 1696 (typo'd as 1796) and that the inventory was taken 7 Nov 1696. While primary sources were not cited, the book seems very well researched and the author clearly had access to the will and probate.[5] His death should be further researched.
Research Notes
Re: the merge of Brunson-233 into Brownson-259, Brunson-233 was a gedcom import conflating first cousins, both named John Brownson/Bronson. Full sourcing is on Bronson-31. Summary is that John the son of immigrant Richard lived his entire life in Connecticut and John the son of immigrant John was born in Connecticut and moved to South Carolina. This is inarguably proven by research performed on primary, original sources by Coddington and by Ray & Jean Brunson.
Since Brunson-233 was set up as son of Richard, it was merged with the correct profile of his son, John Brownson-259. Brunson was more commonl used in the southern migrant branch of the family, Brownson in the northern.
Sources
- ↑ Records of Farmington in Connecticut by the late Hon. Nathaniel Goodwin and Daniel Goodwin, New England historical and genealogical register by New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication date 1874 Publisher Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society Vol. 11 p. 325
- ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 1 p. 211
- ↑ "The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, Connecticut & South Carolina," by John Insley Coddington; The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)Vol. 39 p. 116
- ↑ "Plumbing the Depths of a Mystery in The House of Bronson/Brownson/Brunson." ' by Richard F. Bronson, CSG; The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Vol. 28 p. 553
- ↑ Bronson, Henry. The History of Waterbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Waterbury, 1858) Page 138-9
See Also:
- Bronson lineage, 1636-1917 by Sibley, Harriet (Bronson), Mrs., 1873- from old catalog Publication date 1917 Publisher Dallas, Or. https://archive.org/details/bronsonlineage1600sibl/page/6/mode/2up
- History of the towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882 by Orcutt, Samuel, 1824-1893 Publication date 1882 https://archive.org/details/historytownsnew00orcugoog/page/16/mode/2up
- Our Bronson Family: Generations 1-4, Official Website of the River-Hopkins and Saemann-Nickel and Related Families, http://josfamilyhistory.com/
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146489995/john-bronson : accessed 05 May 2022), memorial page for John Bronson Jr. (16 Jan 1643–4 Nov 1696), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146489995, citing Library Park Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Shar R. (contributor 47356892) .
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 2241.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HDG Name John Bronson Gender Male Birth Place CT Birth Year 1644 Spouse Name Sarah Ventris Marriage Year 1669
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
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~0.39%
Lisa (Bronson) Lawrence
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ME1027813 [compare]
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~0.39%
Richard Bronson :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WG3357734 [compare]
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edited by Rick Bronson
One note: US & International marriages from ancestry.com is not considered a reliable source, it's an auto-aggregate of lots of things including user queries submitted to genealogy sites and unsourced family group sheets. You might use it as a hint for research but it is absolutely not a primary or even secondary source. Same thing with the IGI and OneWorld Tree.
If you'd like me to add you as profile manager for this profile just let me know, I adopted it as a result of a cleanup merge.
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edited by Brad Stauf
Note that the name appears as Brownson, Bronson and Brunson (in the South Carolina branch).
The summary is, careful research of primary source documents done by Ray and Jean Brunson of Lafayette, Louisiana (land deeds in South Carolina which explicitly stated the ancestral origins of the land in Connecticut) proved beyond argument that the John who moved to South Carolina was the son of John the immigrant, NOT the son of Richard the immigrant.
I plan to edit several profiles (Brownson-259, Brunson-233 and Bronson-31 along with the newly created duplicate/conflation John Brownson-574) to reflect this information and wanted to give profile managers a chance to review sources and weigh in if desired.
See map of village of Mattatuck (Waterbury) in 1683. It includes several Bronsons and also the families they married into.