Dorothy Browne

Not the same as Dorothy Potter

Dorothy (unknown)

• Birth: 1583 - Suffolk, England
• Death: Jan 27 1673 - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
• Buried: 29 January 1673/74 Ancient Little Neck Cemetery
• Husband: John Browne, Sr.

AKA: Dorothy Beauchamp Kent

Children of Dorothy Beauchamp ? and John Brown Sr.

1. James Brown+ d. 29 Oct 1710
2. Mary Brown+ d. 8 Jan 1669/70. Married Thomas Willettsl
3. John Brown Jr.+ b. 1627, d. 1662
4. Sarah? Married unknown Elliott

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The children of John Browne (I) were:

1. Ensign John, Jr., born in England, died last of March, 1662; (settled in Rehoboth and had these children: John, born last Friday in September, 1650; Lydia, August 5 or 6, 1656; Annah, January 29, 1657; Joseph, April 9, 1658; Nathaniel, June 9, 1661;
2. Major James, of Swansey, born in England 1623, died 1710;
3. Mary, born in England, married, July 6, 1636, Captain Thomas Willett, of Plymouth, the first English mayor of New York city, who was twice elected to that office.

Disputed Origins

Not a known child of Thomas Beauchamp

Disputed Surnames

A variety of unsourced/unproven last names have been proposed for this Dorothy, as well as some places of birth such as Hawkedon, Suffolk and Suffolk, England

1. Beauchamp Kent [1]
2. Beauchamp[2] This is based on a marriage record of John Browne & Dorythie Beachamp, 22 Dec 1611 at Saint James, Clerkenwell, London, England,[3] without any other evidence to support this.
3. Unknown [4]
4. Johnstone

Notes

Dorothy was buried in the "Viall Burial Ground", formerly known as the "Brown Burial Ground", on the "Little Neck" in Wannamoisett, at the head of Bullock's Cove, within the limits of Wannamoisett which her husband John had purchased from the Indians; also within the bounds of Ancient Swansea [Bosworth Genealogy, Vol. II, p. 140].

She died at age 90.

From Find A Grave Memorial# 19136966 by Kevin Avery:

Dorothy Browne's will was written on Dec 17,1668 and proved on Mar 29,1674. It names daughter Mary Willett, deceased granddaughter Sarah Elliot, son James Browne, grandsons John Browne, Joseph Browne, and Nathaniel Browne, granddaughter Dorothy Browne, daughters-in-law Dorothy Browne and Lydia Browne, and granddaughters Lydia Browne and Anna Browne.

Some sources incorrectly attribute to this couple a daughter Hannah (Browne) Mead, wife of John Mead. But this is based on a supposed, and unproven, remarriage of Dorothy to a William Potter. William Potter acquired the share of the property of a John Brown (of Watertown,MA) who died in 1636, not the John Browne Sr who died in 1662 who was the husband of this Dorothy. Therefore, Hannah Brown Mead is the daughter of a different John Brown, one that was of Watertown,MA and who also had a wife named Dorothy

Citations

1. [S73] The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XIX. p. 22.
2. [S182] Elizabeth Cabot & James Jackson Putnam Putnam, Jackson ancestors and descendants, p. 17.
3. [S73] The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XVIII. p. 94.

Sources

1. Dorythie Beachamp & John Browne. Marriage: Dec 22 1611 Saint James, Clerkenwell, London, England. Wife: Dorythie Beachamp. Husband: John Browne. Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00141-1 . System Origin: England-ODM
2. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal ..., Volume 1 edited by Ellery Bicknell Crane. Page 38-39. "His wife Dorothy died in 1674."

Links

• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beauchamp_Kent-2
• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I24365&tre...