Orignall Brown, "the immigrant"

Evidence needed to support as son of Richard Browne

Wife was Elizabeth Baldwin. Children seen as John, Richard & William Browne, & Thomas Browne of Stafford.

Some sources suggests that Orignall's son Richard was born as earl y as 1600, and that his son William as late as 1616

Kevin Carroll Evans reports at the Evans/Hargraves site "Original B rown arriving in VA. with a Thomas White in 1634 on the ship James and R evenge (Source: Virginia - Colonial Abstracts by Beverley Fleet). It states that Original was "old and decrepit" so this could be your ancesto r who was born in 1575."

at the Ancestors of Will iam R. and Mary L. Compton site "William Claiborne was trying to establish a settlement on Kent Island, on the Eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay , in an area already given by the King to Lord Calvert. In 1634 Claibor ne brought over several shiploads of indentured servants. Original Browne (spelled Ariginall on roster - a corruption of Reginald?) was one of 36 brought on the "James" and the "Revenge." His son William came the sa me year on the "Dove."

When Claiborne got to fighting with the Maryland ers and lost a ship, his English backers sent over George Evelyn to straighten things out. Evelyn was given a handsome manor in St. Mary's County by Lord Calvert and may have been influenced by that. He encouraged t he absorption of Kent Island into Maryland, and freed many of the indentured servants, including Original, from their obligation.

On the ship' s roster, Original was described as "old and decrepit," but later was listed without comment among the woodcutters and laborers. In 1653 Original was named by Claiborne as one of 100 men being settled on a 5000 ac re tract of land north of the Pamunkey River in Virginia. The men had t o be settled there for Claiborne to claim the land. Whether Original was still alive is a question. It was not unusual for fraudulent names to b e used to pad such lists. A number of people from St. Mary's County in Maryland were on the list. Original is listed as dying in Virginia in 1655, but this may have been part of the fraud, and he may actually have died previously in Maryland. (Source: William Clark Wroe; "The Wroe and Chancellor Families;" 1992.)

Related See also the following surname(s): Cary. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 3000 acres bounded on the south west side with Ohoquin River, on the S.E., with a tract of land survey for Mr. Drayton, &c. Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 285 (Reel 2).

Westmoreland County, Virginia,
May 16, 1677. Original Browne due 300 acres of land for the transportation of these persons: Joseph Roberts, Robert Melton, William Brown, William Morgan, Elizabeth Constant, Elizabeth Harris. (Order Book 1675/6-1688/9, p. 7.)

References

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2981...
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/21197204/Descendants-of-Original-Bowne-Bo...