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William Browne

Male - 1676

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  • Name William Browne  [1]
    Gender Male
    Death 1676  Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I749  Bisbee
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2009

    Family Mary Besbeech,   b. 1621, Frittenden, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1676, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Marriage 15 Nov 1641  [1] 
    • William Browne of Sudbury, Mass. [1]
    Children 
     1. Mary Browne,   b. Abt 1643   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William Browne, Jr.   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Major Thomas Browne,   b. 22 May 1645   d. 7 May 1709 (Age 63 years)
     4. Susannah Browne,   b. 4 Feb 1646/47   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Edmond Browne,   b. 23 Jul 1653   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Hopestill Browne,   b. 8 Jul 1656   bur. Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Elizabeth Browne,   b. 23 Jul 1659   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2009

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  • Notes 
    • William Browne settled in Sudbury, Mass., having one of the first lots assigned there. It was the fourth one east of the first Meeting House and adjoining that of Edmond Goodnough.

      Later William Browne settled on 200 acres near Nobscot, Mass. This land was granted to him in 1649 by the General Court in answer to a petition. He was made a Freeman 2 June 1641.

      He became prominent in Sudbury; was captain of the militia, first deacon of the church and Surveyor of Sudbury in 1643. He made a will dated 20 May 1676, which was probated 25 Oct. 1676. He bequeathed to his wife, Mary, his whole interest in lands given to her by her father, Thomas Besbeech.

      In the History of Sudbury, by Alfred S. Hudson and published by the town of Sudbury in 1889, is a map of the old town. It shows the location of the Meeting House lot with William Browne's four acres adjoining it on the east, along Mill Road. The road to Concord, Mass. was just west of the Meeting House lot. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 21.