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Anne Brayne (Bignold)

Also Known As: "Bryan"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shere, Surrey, England
Death: before September 08, 1762
St Margarets, Westminster, London, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Bignold
Wife of Richard Brayne, of Westminster
Mother of Butler Thompson; Diana Brayne and Dorthea Benger

Managed by: Gerene May Jensen Mason
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Immediate Family

About Anne Brayne

Richard Brayne was born 1674 in Spotsylvania, Virginia and died 8 September 1762 in St Margarets Parish, Wesminster, London, England.

Parents: Bryan Fitz-Patrick (son of Teigh or Thady Fitzpatrick, 4th Baron of Upper Ossory +1627 (1) & Joan Butler, daughter of Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan (2)) and Margaret Butler (daughter of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond *1569 & Helen(a) Butler)

Married:

  1. Anne Begnold b: 1650 and died 8 September 1762 in St Margarets, Westminster, London, England. She was the daughter of James Begnold. Alternate spelling is Bignold.

Children include:

  1. Anne Butler Brayne was born in 1700 in Spotsylvania, Virginia and died 7 June 1740 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland. She married 1st to Alexander Spotswood (b 1676) and 2nd to John Thompson (b 1722).
  2. Dorothea Brayne + 1759 fl 1756 Spotsylvania, Virginia married 1733 to Elliot Benger

Notes

A letter written by Judge Edmond Pendleton for his client John Benger, the son of Dorothea (Col. Byrd's Miss Thecky) Brayne, sister of Lady Spotswood. The letter is dated Virginia, Sept. 8th, 1762, and is addressed to Capt. Wm. Fox, and is signed by John Benger and Edmond Pendleton, and in it is the following paragraph:--":

"Richard Brayne and his wife are dead, and Mrs. Brayne's issue was four daughters, Anne, Diana, Dorothy,and Butler. Dorothy intermarried with Elliot Benger, gentleman, and, with her husband, is since dead, and I am her son and heir. Butler intermarried with Major-General Alexander Spotswood, and afterwards married John Thompson (Clerk). She is dead, and Alexander Spotswood, infant, is her grandson and heir, and is now in England. Anne and Diana remained in England and never married."

Green, Realeigh Travers, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, VA, (Southern Book Company, Baltimore. 1958), 1-2.

References

  • ”Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families ...” By Charles Henry Browning. Pedigree CIX. Page 429. GoogleBooks
  • ”The Mansions of England: Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats ...,“ Volume 1- . “The Ladies Anne and Gertrude Fitz-Patrick.” Page 3c1. GoogleBooks
  • https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bryan/3616/
  • Ann Bignold, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"- Name: Ann Bignold, Gender: Female, Christening Date: 30 Mar 1667, Christening Date (Original) 30 MAR 1667, Christening Place: SHERE, SURREY, ENGLAND, Father's Name : James Bignold, Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,042,200 - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKTN-24P
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Anne Brayne's Timeline

1667
March 30, 1667
Shere, Surrey, England
1686
1686
Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
1692
August 19, 1692
1699
October 19, 1699
England (United Kingdom)
1762
September 8, 1762
Age 95
St Margarets, Westminster, London, England