BROWNE, Charles

Abt 1620 - 1687  (67 years)

• Name	BROWNE, Charles
  Birth	Abt 1620	Suffolk, ENGLAND
  Gender	Male
  Death	Dec 1687
  Burial	16 Dec 1687	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Notes	[1034016.ged] BROWN GENEALOGY Vol. II, page 405. Charles, b. probably in Suffolk EN was one of the early settlers of Rowley MA. He was an educated man, and taught the Rowley school; he also played the drum for the town. page 406 Will of Charles Browne (Spicer Gen., p. 499. Charles Browne of Rowley in ye County of Essex. My last will & testament is as followeth I give to my Eldest Son Briah Browne twenty four pounds in some good pay, eight pounds of it in or as good as money. I give to my son William Browne half an acre of land in ye Town of Rowley to be Set out to him of my homestead & the One Half of the Eight acres of land at ye rie plain & one freehold. Item: I give to my Son John Browne one third part of ye land John being now possessed of it. I give to my Son Samuel Browne that piece of land lying by ye Streights Seven acres & a half more or less & half of Eight acres of land at ye Rie Plain. I give to my Son Ebenezer Browne one third part of ye land my Son possessed of it. i give to my son Nathaniel Browne a grant of Eighteen acres be it more or less Joyning to the ox pasture and my other Sons Lands & the lands he is possessed of I give to my Son Joseph Browne my house & land in the Town of Rowley being my homestead all ye Remainder of it that is not given to my son William & an acre & a half at Satchells of plow ground & meadow & one freehold. I give to my grand daughter Sarah Browne a Legacy given by my Son Gershom to her & left in my hands my Will is that my Executors pay it to her in one half Corne & the other half Cattle when she comes to ye age of twenty one years or do Marry & my Son Joseph had also a Legacy given him by my son Gershom which I declare hereby to be paid him in the lands I have given, So that he is not to Require anything of my Executors upon ye account of that Legacy he having it in ye lands by me here Given and that he shall not b e possessed of it till he comes to ye age of Twenty One years further my will is that my Sons John Browne, Nathaniel Browne & Ebenezer Browne by my Executors & take care to pay all my debts and funerall Charges & for that End to inable them I Give them to be Equally divided among them three all my land Meadowes and Appurtenances thereunto belonging either in the bounds of Rowley or else where that are not already Conveyed & also all my Stock household Stuff money or moneys Worth to be divided as foresd, when by depts are paid and my obligacon to my father Acie during his life which they are to take care of if it please God now to take me out of this World this I declare to be my last Will & Testament. Marke of C Charles Browne (Seal) This 20th of Decembr, 1687 we Saw Charles Browne Sign & Seal this instrument by Setting to his Marke & Seal. Richard Dumer Jonathan Wheeler Witnesses. John Sterlin Essex Probate Records. Sources: Brown Genealogy, v2; O'Keeffe. BG: Charles Brown, probably of Suffolk, England; early settler of Rowley, MA; buried 16 Dec. 1683. Married Mary ACEY 14 Aug. 1647. O'Keeffe: Charles Browne, born in Suffolk, England, Died 16 Dec. 1687 in Rowley, Essex County, Mass. Had 10 children besides Nathaniel.
  Person ID	I006010	Kyle and Related Families
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	ACEY, Mary,   b. 1627, Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d. 12 Dec 1683, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1647	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Notes	[1034016.ged] Source: O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe: Charles Brown, born in Suffolk, England, and died 16 Dec. 1687 in Rowley, Essex County, Mass.
  Children	1. BROWNE, Gershom,   b. Abt 1647, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Dec 1683, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. BROWNE, Mary,   b. Abt 1647, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Dec 1682, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 35 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. BROWNE, Beriah,   b. 8 May 1648, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. BROWNE, Beriah,   b. 8 Jul 1648, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 1716/17, Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. BROWNE, Gershom,   b. Abt 1650, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 25 Mar 1683, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 33 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. BROWNE, William,   b. 11 Oct 1651, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. BROWN, William,   b. 11 Dec 1651, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Jun 1705, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. BROWNE, John,   b. 5 Dec 1653, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1729, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   9. BROWNE, Samuel,   b. 5 Feb 1654/55, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. May 1660 (Age 5 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   10. BROWNE, Samuel,   b. 8 May 1655, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1690 (Age 34 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   11. BROWNE, Ebenezer,   b. 14 Sep 1658, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Apr 1733, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 12. BROWNE, Nathaniel,   b. 20 May 1660, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. May 1731, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   13. BROWNE, Mary,   b. Abt 1665, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA bur. 9 Dec 1762, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 97 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   14. BROWNE, Joseph,   b. 29 Jun 1668, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1690 (Age 21 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F01229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart