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James Browne 1656 – 1716 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 March or May 1656

Birth Location: Puddington, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 2 Jun 1716

Death Location: Nottingham Twnsp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Richard Browne

Mother: Mary Masters

Spouse(s): Honour Clayton

Children(s): Jeremiah Brown

According to available records, James Browne was born in 1656 in Puddington, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Richard William Browne and Mary Masters. Following those early years, James Browne married Honour Clayton, and their family grew to include Jeremiah Brown. In the later years of life, James Browne died in 1716 in Nottingham Twnsp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Parents

Richard Browne
1630 – 1662
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England
RB
Mary Masters
1634 – 1662
Birth Location: Abbey, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Honour Clayton
1662 – 1737
Birth Location: Rumbaldaweeke, Sussex, England
HC

Children(s)

Jeremiah Brown
1687 – 1767
Birth Location: Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 March or May 1656
    Event Place: Puddington, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Millennium File, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Source number: 6016.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1678
    Event Place: America
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: America; Year: 1678; Page Number: 14

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Burlington
    Record Source: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1677-1777; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Biographical and historical cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930, London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/0129-0134

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 02 August 1715 or 1733
    Event Place: Nottingham Twnsp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Wills, 1713-1854 ; Index to Wills, 1713-1923; Author: Chester County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jun 1716
    Event Place: Nottingham Twnsp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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