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Elizabeth (Simmons) Browning (abt. 1649 - abt. 1689)

Elizabeth Browning formerly Simmons
Born about in Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1667 [location unknown]
Mother of , and
Died about at about age 40 in Cecil County, Province of Marylandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

1649 Birth and Parents

James Browning shows Elizabeth Simmons born 1649 in England. [1]

My heritage shows Elizabeth Simmons born 1649, the daughter of Thomas Simmons, born 1625, and his wife Mary, born 1628, with siblings Thomas and John Simmons [2]

Her birth has also been shown as 1649 in England as well as 1649 in Talbot County, Maryland. [3]

Some popular genealogies show her born before August 12, 1649, in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, and then Christened August 12, 1649 in Broseley, Shropshire, England. [2] Moving an infant that distance between birth and baptism is not impossible, but certainly invites an explanation!

The maiden name of his wife is not known. Some researchers believe she was the widow Simmons and the mother of several Simmons children who bore names identical to the names of the three older children of John and Elizabeth Browning. [4]

1667 Marriage to John Browning

Browning shows Elizabeth married John Browning on 1667 in England and that he was son of Thomas Browning and his wife Hester. [1]

An Ancestry pedigree chart as well as My Heritage gives the year as 1664 for her marriage to John Browning (1646-1690). [3][2]

Schwartz states that John Browning may have been married in 1667 in Jamestown, Virginia, to Elizabeth Simmons. [4]

1672 Waives Dower on Land Sale

John and his wife Elizabeth sold land purchased by Thomas Browning to Richard Nash on April 6, 1672, and bought land on the Bohemia River, now in Cecil County. [4]

The first clear evidence of John Browning's residence in Maryland, proof of his parentage, and the first indication of his marriage occurs on April 6, 1674, when he and his wife Elizabeth sold to Richard Nash of Kent County, Maryland, "all that messuage and tenement where said John Browning now liveth or did lately live and commonly known by the name of Browning's plantation near the River of Bohemia." [4]

1678 Brought to Maryland

He seems to have brought his wife Elizabeth and sons George, Thomas, and John to America in 1678 (according to Maryland Archives, Hall of Records, Book WC2, page 73). On November 3, 1679, he claimed five hundred and fifty acres for transporting his wife, Elizabeth Browning, as well as George Browning, Thomas Browning, John Browning, John Simmons, George Simmons, and Thomas Simmons, Milton Mason, Stephen Polos, William Dalton, Hester Browning, and Jane Hance. [4]

1689 Death

There is consensus (without actual documentation) that she died 1689 in Cecil County, Maryland (or perhaps Kent County). [1][2]

In 1690, the estate of John Browning was settled by a court-appointed administrator. As his wife Elizabeth is not mentioned, she probably died before him. [By one account, she died in 1689 in Cecil County, Maryland.] [4]

Children

Many popular genealogies assume that John and Elizabeth were the parents not only of children mentioned elsewhere, but also of the six grandchildren of Hester Browning named in the 1696 Census of Bristol, England. It appears more likely, however, that these were childen of John's brother Thomas. When those six children are removed, the following are the possible children of John and Elizabeth.

Children of Elizabeth Simmons and John Browning are:

  1. George Browning, b. 1675, Cecil, MD, d. 1714, Kent, MD. [1] George Browning 1669 - 1714[2] George Browning [5]
  2. Thomas Browning, b. 1670, Cecil, MD, d. Feb 1726, Westmoreland, VA. [1] Thomas Browning 1670 - 1720[2] Thomas Browning [5]
  3. John Browning, b. 1673, Cecil, MD, d. 1715, Kent, MD. [1] John Jr Browning [5] John Browning [5] John Browning married Elizabeth Simmons in 1667 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia [5]
  4. William Browning, b. 1672, Cecil, MD. [1] William Browning 1672 - ?[2]
  5. Nicholas Browning, b. 1674, Cecil, MD. [1] Nicholas Browning 1674 - ?[2]
  6. James Browning 1666 - ?[2]

The six grandchildren of Hester Browning reported in the Bristol, England, Census of 1696:

With her were six children, assumed to be her grandchildren: Francis, Judith, Elizabeth, Hester, Mary, and Ann,

  1. Frances Browning Sr., b. Apr 1670, Cecil, MD, d. 1723, Spotsylvania Co, Va. [1] Francis Browning I 1676 - 1719[2]
  2. Judith Browning, b. 1683, Cecil, MD. [1] Judith Browning 1683 - ? [2] Judith Browning [5]
  3. Elizabeth Browning, b. 1679, Cecil, MD. [1] Elizabeth Linckhorne (born Browning) 1679 - ?[2] Elizabeth Browning [5]
  4. Hester Browning, b. 1672, Cecil, MD. [1] Hester Browning 1676 - ?[2] Hester Browning [5]
  5. Mary Browning, b. 1682, Cecil, MD. [1] Mary Browning 1682 - ? [2] Mary Browning [5]
  6. Ann Browning, b. 1668, Cecil, MD. [1] Ann Browning 1668 - 1699[2]Ann Browning [5]

Research Notes

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 James S. L. Browning, Jr. Profile for Elizabeth Simmons Unsourced. Accessed 22 July 2021 Day-1904
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Further research is required to locate primary documents to satisfy Wikitree source standards for this info from MyHeritage.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pedigree Chart on Ancestry.com
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 E. A. Schwartz. Profile for John Browning 1640. Accessed 6 August 2021 jhd
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 International Genealogical Index, Online Database by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS]. Family Search] 2 Feb 2011

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Simmons-1518 created through the import of Coley Wolford Stayton McCarroll Bond.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Tom Coley. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tom and others.
  • Simmons-3899 was created by Larry Johnston through the import of Edith Clark_2014-03-07.ged on Mar 7, 2014.
  • WikiTree profile Unknown-97050 created by Tom Coley. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tom and others.




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