LTC BROWNE William

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 9 Dec 1704, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Will Proved: 3 Jul 1705, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

The will of William Browne, Sr., dated December 9th, 1704, proved in Surrey July 3d, 1705; legatees, granddaughter Mary, wife of Francis Sowerby, one negro; daughter Ann, wife of Walter Flood, £50 sterling; daughter Priscilla, wife of Thomas Blount, £50; son Henry Browne. 20 shillings; grandson John Flood, grandchildren, Walter, Fortune. Mary and Ann Flood, William, Henry and Jane Browne, Mary Jordan. the younger, and William Blunt, 40 shillings each. Rest of estate to son William Browne, and appoints him executor. Said son William is .. now gone for England." Daughter Jane, wife of William Browne. £10 to buy her a piece of plate; grandson Henry Browne a tract of land in James City county; granddaughter Jane, daughter of William and Jane Browne, £&J sterling.

William Browne, Jr., was appointed a justice of Surry September 15th. 1693, and was named first in the commission to the justices of Surry December 20th, 1710. and was vestryman of Southwark Parish in
1719. He married Jane --(who is mentioned in his father's will and joined in a deed in 1712).

There was proved in Surry, January 19th, 1747, the will, dated July 3d, 1746, of a William Browne, who was probably the preceding William Browne, Jr. Gives his grandson, William Browne, the plantation
where his (the legatee's) mother now lives; but his daughter-in-law, Mary Browne. is to have it while she remains a widow; to grandson Henry Browne, the plantation where testator lived and two plantations
in Isle of Wight, with all negroes, stocks, &c., on them; grandson William Browne, two plantations in Brunswick when he is 18 years of age; grandson Philip Edloe, a negro to be put in his father's care;
grandson William Edloe, a negro and £&J current; granddaughter Jane Edloe, a negro and £30; granddaughter Rebecca Edloe, a negro which was given to her brother Henry and by him left to her, and also £10; grandson John Edloe, two 'negroes; daughter Mary Edloe, one negro and £30; granddaughter Ann Browne, daughter of son Henry Browne, three negroes and £30; granddaughter Rebecca Browne, granddaughter Elizabeth Browne. granddaughter Ann Browne, daughter of son William Browne, granddaughter Martha Browne. grandson William Browne ... cont. pg. 151

William married WOODHOUSE Elizabeth on 7 Nov 1682 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth was born about 1638; died about 21 Apr 1695 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA ("Four Mile Tree"). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]