Francis Browning, of Culpeper County

From Art Browning:

Geni shows Francis Browning of Culpepper County, VA as being a son of Francis Browning I of MD, and Someone named Rachel Browning. This does not match my family records. I have copies of pages from a book "GENEALOGY of the BROWNINGS in AMERICA from 1621 to 1908" by Edward Franklin Browning, A.M. My family has passed along copies of our pages among us for years. It is said to be from the LIbrary of Congress, FWIW. It shows as Frances Browning of Culpepper County VA (1686-1775) as being married to Elizabeth Lloyd, not Rachel.(maiden name unkown in GENI?). Furthermore, his father was John Browning, Jr. of Jamestown; and grandfather, John, also of Jamestown. We have long believed that our lineage goes two more generation back through William Browning (born ~1615 in England), to Capt. John Browning, who came from England on the ship Abigail in 1622.

Francis Browning, Jr.

• Born about 1686 St. Anne's Parish, King & Queen County / 1696 in Essex County, Virginia Colony
• Died 21 Jan 1775 in St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Colony
• Son of Francis Browning Sr. and Rachel Merritt
• Husband of Rachel - married before 1710
• Husband of Elizabeth Lloyd — married about 1722 in Essex County, Virginia Colony

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Browning-267

Birth Year Estimation

Based on his gifting land to son Francis in 1740, he was likely not born later than 1697. Various secondary sources estimate his birth slightly earlier than that.

Mike Marshall (Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck) reports that Francis Browning was born 1686 St. Anne's Parish, King & Queen County. Hurley shows Francis Browning, Jr. , born about 1696 as a son of Francis Browning (Browning-242), born 1672. [3]

In his widely quoted but erroneous work, Edward Franklin Browning shows Francis Browning, Sr, #1657, born about 1700 in Caroline County, Virginia, the son of John Browning Jr, born 1656. [4] See discussion under Research Notes. Agins has him born in St Anne's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia. [5]

From < Colonial Settlers … >

Children of Francis Browning and Rachel:

1. Mary Browning,b. Bef 1710, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, d. 20 Aug 1776, Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age > 66 years). m. Courtney Norman. Named as a child of Francis Browning and "Miss Lloyd of Maryland" in Judge Grimsley's account.
2. Anne Browning, b. Bef 1715, St. Mary's Parish, Essex County, Virginia
3. Francis Browning, Jr., b. Bef 1720, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, married Frances Norman and had 11 children. Named as a child of Francis Browning and "Miss Lloyd of Maryland" in Judge Grimsley's account.

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From Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 By Browning, Edward Franklin, 1837- < Archive.Org > page 445 #1657

Unsourced Children - Disconnected 12 March 2023

• Margaret Deatherage Margaret Browning. Unsourced, b. Culpeper/Essex 1724.
• Amanda Walden
• Martha Browning Unsourced, no spouses or children, b. 1728, Culpeper.
• Ada Browning Unsourced. no spouses or children, b. 1736, Culpeper.
• Jane Browning
• Joshua Browning Joshua Browning. Unsourced, no spouses or children, b. Culpeper 1723.
• Thomas Browning

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Notes

• 1707-1711 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 13; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 424-25.
• 11-12 July 1711. Francis Browning of St. Marie's Parish, Essex County, to Joseph Calloway of Southfarnham Parish, same county. Lease and release; for 2500 pounds of tobacco. 100 acres, part of a patent formerly granted to Enoch Doughty deceased ... on the south side of the head of Portobago Swamp
• Francis (F) Browning
• Wit: Henry Byrom, James Graves, Jno. Ellits.
• 12 July 1711. Acknowledged by Francis Browning. Rachel Browning wife to Francis relinquished her right of dower.
• 11 July 1711. Bond of Francis Browning of St. Marie's Parish Essex County, to Joseph Callaway of Southfarnham Parish, same county. For 5000 pounds of tobacco. To fulfill covenants in indentures.
• Francis (F) Browning
• Wit: Henry Byrom, James Graves, Jno. Ellitts.
• 12 July 1711. Acknowledged.

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Hi, America Frances Browning is my 2nd great grandmother. Please let me know anything on the Browning family line if you do not mind..I have some information on her. Her son Frank Albert King is my Great grandfather via my grandmother Ruth is his daughter..This Browning line information comes directly from America's close decendants e.g. son/grandson Her sister is Amanda Bramwell (Browning) Pretty Prairie, Kansas and her brothers are J.W. Browning Chase Kansas and W.E. Browning of New York.

If this helps Francis Browning shows to be my 7th great grandfather, as well my 2nd great grandmother America Frances Browning's father shows to be Caleb Browning Jr., whose father was named Caleb.. She has a 1/2 brother that shows to be named Caleb Browning III? I am researching these facts because in my family papers her son/grandson does not mention her parents, except for the Browning surname, so I have only the curators information on the Browning line except for family papers refer to America and her siblings, confirming the Browning surname in our family documents. My dna test with 23 and me shows me to have cousins with the last name Kelley, King, Moore, Dellenbach & .... My great great grandmother America Frances Browning's daughter-in-law Alice King was alive during my lifetime, however I was too young to think to ask her any questions. Alice Dellenbach married Frank Albert King the son of Charles William King from Ireland and America Frances King born (Browning)Thank you, Kind Regards, Deborah Abel.

References

• Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908. by Browning, Edward Franklin, 1837- (1908). Page 445. < Archive.Org > (wrong parents shown)
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3884...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Browning-267 cites

1. Wikipedia: List_of_cities_and_counties_in_Virginia Accessed 25 August 2021 jhd
2. Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Francis Browning, Sr. Accessed 3/21/2019 jhd
3. William Neal Hurley, Jr. Our Maryland Heritage, Book Twelve: The Browning Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998, Chapter 4: Francis Browning, page 24.
4. Edward Franklin Browning Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908. Newburgh, New York: Journal Print, 1908. Francis Browning, Sr is #1657 on page 445. Accessed 26 July 2021 jhd
5. Alison Jones Agins. [ http://www.familyorigins.com/users/a/g/i/Alison-Jones-Agins-CA/FAMO... Family Origins] Copied from site November 216, 2002. Site is now defunct. 26 August 2021 jhd
6. William Poe. Browning Family Research Accessed 24 July 2021 jhd
7. D. Hickman Notes on Francis Browning Accessed 24 July 2021 jhd
8. Essex Co. Deed Book 18, p. 8; Spotsylvania Co. Records 1721-1800, p. 92
9. Notes given by Robert C. Daniel to Larry B. Harrison and posted on Harrison's site on November 27, 2002. Site no longer operative (2021)
10. William Armstrong Crozier. Virginia County Records: Spottsylvania County, 1721-1800 New York: The Genealogical Association by Fox Duffield & Company, 1905. Transcription of deed, page 92
11. Essex Co. Deed Book 17, p. 424-425
12. Essex Co Deed Book 17, p. 428-429
13. Judge D. A. Grimsley. The Browning Family, page 151 in Raleigh Travers Green's Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia; Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish. Culpeper, VA, USA Regional Publishing Company, Culpeper, Virginia, 1900.
14. Orange Co. Deed Book 2, p. 447
15. ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 {Ann Brush Miller}18 May 1736, O.S. p. 76.
16. ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 {Ann Brush Miller} 28 August 1740, O.S. p. 238
17. Jim Richey, review of deeds that a John Browning of North Carolina sold through Edmond Browning, to whom John Browning gave a Power of Attorney to sell, culminating in a deed for property recorded in 1792, but sold in 1778 to James Browning.
18. Find A Grave: Memorial #5180316 Profile for Francis Browning. Accessed 3 August 2021 jhd
19. William Neal Hurley, Jr. Our Maryland Heritage, Book Twelve: The Browning Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998, Chapter 4: Francis Browning, page 25-34.
20. Appears to have errroneous/comingled children - further research required p.648-649 History and genealogies; W.H. Miller Рипол Классик, 1907 - Reference - 855 page
21. Jo Kramer. Brownings and More Profile for Elizabeth Lloyd. Updated 4/4/2019. Accessed 18 August 2021. jhd
22. Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for Elizabeth Carter Lloyd Accessed 24 July 2021 jhd
23. Susan Taylor Aldridge. Brownings of Culpepper VA and Greene GA. December 5, 2009.
24. William Neal Hurley, Jr. Our Maryland Heritage, Book Twelve: The Browning Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998, Chapter 4: Francis Browning, page 23.See also:
25. family resource file-caution "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBSZ-N5L : accessed 5 March 2018), entry for Francis /Browning/ Jr.; file (2:2:2:MM7R-K28), submitted 14 May 2011.