Born about in Penzance, Cornwall, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of Thomas John
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Branwell
— married
1742 in Madron
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Branwell, Thomas Branwell, Margaret (Branwell) Corin, Elizabeth Branwell, Martin Branwell, Jane (Branwell) Fennell, Alice (Branwell) Williams and Martin Branwell
Died
at about age 80
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jul 2013
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Biography
Richard Branwell "married in 1742, at the same church, Margaret John, daughter of Thomas John, blacksmith of Penzance, and by her was the father of four sons and four daughters."[1]
MARRIAGE record 894240, Online Parish Clerks, Cornwall
- Day Month 28-Nov Year 1742 Parish Madron with Penzance
- Groom Richard BRAMWELL
- Groom Residence Penzance
- Bride Margaret JOHN
- Bride Residence Penzance
- Transcriber Notes src :Phillimore
- Transcriber Andrea Wildes
Sources
- ↑ J Hambley Rowe MB FSG, Chairman of the Council, Brontë Society. The Maternal Relatives of the Brontës. Brontë Society Transactions. 1923. 6:33, 135-146. DOI.
See also: Melissa Hardie-Budden (2015) Maternal Forebears of the Brontë Archive: ‘Nothing comes from Nothing’; or Stories from another Canon, Brontë Studies, Figure 1: The Cornish family of the Brontës. 40:4, 269-275, DOI
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G. (Bartomeo) Borrero
I have not been able to locate a source indicating that Margaret John's father is named Thomas.
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