FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
JOHN AND FRANCES BROWN
John Browne was christened 5 May
1608 in Kingswinford, the son of Thomas and Elionor Browne. He
married Francis. His occupation was a nailor, or nail maker.
John died and was buried 6 July 1659 in
Kingswinford.
Frances died and was buried 27 April 1687 in Kingswinford.
John left an inventory dated 18 November 1661:
A true and pfect inventory of all the goods
and cattells of John Browne of the pishe of Kingswinford and
County of Stafford, nailor, deceased the tenth day of July
1658 taken and appraised the 18th day of November
in the thirteenth yeare of the reigne of King Charles the
second of Anno Dom 1661.
Imprimis, his purse, girle and wearing apparel 1-13-14
Item, one tableboard with a frame, one forme 0-3-4
Item, one seele, one landiron, one paire of tongs one fireshovel 0-3-4
Item, one cubbard and chaire, 4 little stooles 0-7-0
Item, 2 iron potts, 4 brass potts, one brass kettell and brass pan, twelve dishes of pewter, 2 pewter candlestick 2-6-8
Item, 3 little barrels and brewing vessel, 2 pales and other wooden ware 0-6-8
Item, one chest, 4 coffers, 2 little poxes 0-8-0
Item, two paire of bedsteades and furniture therto belonging 2-10-1
Item, 3 paire of linen sheetes, one paire of hurden sheetes, and paire of flaxon sheetes, 3 table napkins, two board clothes, one towel 0-12-0
In the shopp
Item, One paire of bellows and other shop tooles 1-0-0
Item, 18 sheepe, one cow and young heifer, one mare 8-5-0
Item, monys owing to the deceasd 5-0-0
Sum total 22-16-0
Mark of Frances Browne, widow of John Browne
John and Frances had the following children:
1. John, christened 2 August 1635 in
Kingswinford.
2. Richard, christened 7 March 1637 in
Kingswinford; buried 8 March 1637 in Kingswinford.
3. Margret, christened 10 May 1638 in Kingswinford.
4. Mary, christened 16 May 1641 in Kingswinford.
5. Thomas, christened 12 January 1644 in
Kingswinford.
6. Edward, christened 27 December 1646 in
Kingswinford.
7. Mary, christened 29 December 1646 in
Kingswinford.
*8. Sarah, christened 7 April 1653 in
Kingswinford; married Thomas Smallman 28 December 1682 in
Kingswinford.
SOURCE: Kingswinford parish register; inventory and obligation for John Browne, 1661, on www.findmypast.co.uk.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
THOMAS AND ELIONOR BROWNE
Thomas Browne was born in about 1580 of Kingswinford. He married
Elionor in about 1602.
Elionor died and was buried 29 February 1632 in
Kingswinford.
Thomas died and was buried 13 February 1647 in
Kingswinford, and the burial register showed him as Thomas
Browne, the elder.
Thomas and Elionor had the following children:
1. Richard, christened 7 May 1603 in Kingswinford;
married Elizabeth Beeke 9 May 1631 in Kingswinford.
2. John, christened 21 April 1605 in
Kingswinford; may have died young.
3. *John, christened 5 May 1608 in
Kingswinford; married Ffrances; buried 6 July 1659 in
Kingswinford.
4. Thomas, born in about 1610 of
Kingswinford.
SOURCES: Kingswinford parish register.
Other Brownes in Early Kingswinford Records
Richard Browne, collier of Kingswinford left a
will dated 7 January 1575/6 and proven 23 March 1575/6. He may
well be Thomas Browne's grandfather, and either Richard or Raffe
may be his father. (As Thomas named his first child Richard,
then Richard is more likely his father.)
In the will he mentions:
Richard and Raffe my sonnes (both under age 21
in 1575/6)
Anne, Elizabeth, Alice my daughters (not married at the
time of the will, and all under age 21 in 1575/6)
Raffe Browne my father
Jone my wife
In the name of God Amen. The
xij day of January in the yeare of our Lorde 1575, I Richard
Browne of the pishe of Kings Swinford in the countie of
Stafford, collyer being sicke in bodye, but of sounde &
pfecte memory thanks be unto Almightie God, make &
ordayne this my psent testament & laste will in maner
& forme following. Ffirste I bequeath my sole unto
Almyghtie God, trusting to be saved by the only bloude
sheading &
merites of Jesus Christe my Savior & redeemer, & my
bodye to be buried in the churche yard of Kings Swinford
aforesaid. Item I gyve & bequeath unto Richard &
Raffe my sonnes xl of good & lawfull mony of England,
that is to every of them xl a peece to be payd unto them at
the age of xxi yeares, or at any tyme before yf my executors
shall so thinke meete & convenient. Item, I gyve &
bequeath to Anne, Elizabeth & Alice my daughters xv in
monye, my paire of sheetes & my pewter platters, that is
to saye to every one of them xv in monye, one paire of
sheetes & one pewter platter. Their said legacye or
portion to be delivered to every one of them the xxi yeare
of their ages
or at the daye of their marriage at the discretion of my
executors provided through that yf any of my above named
shall departe unto of this psente lyfe before the tyme above
specified & not having received their said legay or
portion then I will that the said legacye or portion of hym
or her, or so manye of them as so shall happen to departe
unto of this psent lyfe shalbe equally devided & remayne
amonge them then that shall remayne alive. Item, I make
& ordeyne John Hodgett & Raffe Browne my father, my
executors to see this my testament & will accomplished
& fulfilled. The residue of all my goodes unbequeathed
unto Jone my wife. Also I gyve unto my above named executors
for their paynes taking xiij-d, that is to say every of them
xiij-d. Theis beinge witnessed Henry Pratt curate, Raffe
Browne & Richard Huston of Dudley.
The true inventory of all the
goodes, cattell & dettes of Richard Browne of Kings
Swinford in the Countie of Stafford, collier, taken &
praysed by Richard Bradeley, Richard Bench, Roger Spanney,
Richard Tymmyns & Nicholas Damuer, Richard Cooke with
others, the xyth day of March Ano Dei 1575.
Item imprimis, his purse
& apparel xd
Item, two bedde steeds with
the beddes or covering & all things appertaining xld
Item, one paire of shettes xd
Item, iij brasse pottes xiijd iiijs
Item, one panne, iij kettells
& one frying panne
xvid
Item, iiij candellstickes,
vij platters and one lattyn basonne xijd viijs
Item, two broches &
cobwones ijd
Item, one cubboard, one
whorg, iiij coffers & one kneding trogh xxd
Item loomes, standes,
barrels, and payles, with other tweene stuffe xd
Item, a chaire, a table,
stooles and the ___ iijd
iijs
Item, one boxe, two byers
& one billor xxd
Item, corne on the ground xxd
Item, one cocke, iiiij hennes xxd
Item, one gander & one
goose iiys
Cattell
Item, xiij beasted, greate
and small xxh
Item iij cowles iijs iiijd
Item, one hundredth of sheepe xxxiij
Item, vij swine xd
Detts owing to hym
Item, Robert Smyth of
Womborne oweth hym xxxd
Dettes he oweth
Item to Raffe Browne his
father xxxvd iijd
Item to Willm Pursell xxd
Item to Mather for ___
Item to Willm Warner iijd vjd
Item, to John ap Robertes iijd
SOURCE: Will of Richard Brown, 1575, on
www.findmypast.co.uk.