Charles Browne

Inaccurate Parentage

Charles Browne, of Rowley, MA, is not the son of John Browne, of Stretton en le Field, and Winfred Brown. John Browne did have a son named Charles, but he was buried on December 15, 1662 and is not the Charles Browne who immigrated to Massachusetts. See: specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/api/collection/p15407coll6/id/2675/download

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.

Charles married Mary ACEY, daughter of William ACEY and Margaret HAITON, on 14 Aug 1647 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1623 in Kirk Ella, Yorks, England and was christened 1627 in Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, England. She died 12 Dec 1683 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. 2, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 405.

 Source: Brown Genealogy, v2; O'Keeffe.

 BG: Mary Acey, daughter of William and Margaret Acey of Rowley, MA.

 O'Keeffe: Mary Acey, born Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, about 1623, to William Acey and Margaret Haiton. Mary died 12 Dec. 1683 in Rowley, Essex County, Mass. Married Charles Browne 14 Aug. 1647 in Rowley.

Marriage Notes:

 Source: O'Keeffe.

 O'Keeffe: Charles Brown, born in Suffolk, England, and died 16 Dec. 1687 in Rowley, Essex County, Mass.

Charles Brown
1632-87 John Browne Joseph Brown William Brown Gershom Brown Mary Brown Beriah Brown Krickaard Brown Samuel Brown Ebenezer Browne Nathaniel Brown