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| -M- 8th Great Grandparents |
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| Thomas was a Quaker |
Parents: George Browne and Mercy Wright
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| Occupation: Shoemaker |
Immigrant from England to the colonies in the winter of 1700-1701
Married Mary Ayer 17 Jul 1694 Plaistow, Essex, England
Photostat of certificate, partly written and partly in the form used by Quakers in England. The certificate is of "Thomas of Barking in the County of Essex, shoemaker, Son of George Browne, late of the same place, Mealman, Deceased." dated this seventeenth day of the fifth month called July, in the year, according to the English account, one thousand six hundred ninety and four." There are at least 37 subscribing witnesses, some of the names being illegible. As the photostat is badly smudged, no attempt was made to copy the certificate here, but the following interesting letter covers the facts relating hereto:
The Cottage
Smithville, Burlington co., NJ
9mo 21st 1936
Mr. George MacReynolds, Librarian
Doylestown, PA
Dear Sir,
On Saturday last, I left with a woman in charge of the Historical Society's rooms a photostat of the marriage certificate of Thomas Brown & Mary Eyre (Ayre, Ayer), made in Plaistow, Essex, in 1694. The original parchment was, in 1890, in possession of the late John Shaw Brown, of Swarthmore, PA, one-time owner of the Bucks County Intelligencer.
I had lost trace of this document for many years, but found at the Historical Soc. of PA a negative made by my friend, the late Gilbert Cope, and had a few copies made, one of which I promised to Mr. Russell Hayes, of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore.
The copy I left for your collection was intended for Warren S. Ely, but his decease precluded my giving it to him. The reason I passed it on to you is that possibly some descendants of Thomas Browne, through female lines, may be interested, Bucks County being the home of Thomas in his late years, and for two or three generations his descendants intermarried with other Quaker families in that section - Dyers, Shaws, Michener, Paxson, Ellicott and others.
Thomas Browne and his family came to Philadelphia in the winter of 1700-1701, lived on Second Street near the site of the present Christ Church, exchanging that property in 1708 for 245 acres in Plumstead and in 1722 an additional 500 acres in Buckingham, dying in 1747-8 at his home at Brownsville, now Gardenville. Friends Meeting was held in his house 1727, 8, and 9, and in 1730 he and two of his sons transferred for a nominal sum, 15 acres for the use of Plumstead Meeting, then organized.
The descendants are mainly through female lines, but I may note Thomas Brown, Minister among Friends, Philadelphia, 1787, London 1788; also, Major General Harvey Brown, graduate of West Point, etc. The Ellicott genealogy gives many descendants due to numerous marriages to Brown's daughters who were born Brown. Among these, I may mention is M. Cary Thomas, of Bryn Mawr College.
Being interested in genealogy, I wrote a number of notices of Bucks County families for the second edition of General Davis' History. If you know of any descendants of Thomas Browne interested in the family history, I shall be glad to hear of them.
Sincerely yours, F. Wiston Browne
Sources
Marriage: Transcription of Marriage document (which is spoken of in the above 1936 information) I gathered this from someone going by the name of nursefore, who posted it in 2013.
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Thomas_Browne_and_Mary_Eyre_(1)
Parents: Alexander Ayer and Mary Cammell
Died 15 Apr 1748 Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Sources
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 380-381
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Thomas_Browne_and_Mary_Eyre_(1)
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| George was a Quaker |
Born 3 Jun 1695 Barking, Essex, England
Married Sarah Shaw 17 Mar 1722 Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Children: Joan, John, Jonathan, Susannah, Benjamin, Mary
Died 5 Mar 1748 Bucks, Pennsylvania
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| George Brown probate/will information |
Sources
Birth: England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Index (RG4-8)
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 381
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| Thomas was a Quaker |
Born 1 Nov 1696 Barking, Essex, England
Occupation: Minister for Society of Friends (Quakers)
Married 1) Elizabeth Dawson 29 March 1721 Pennsylvania
Note: his intent to marry Elizabeth was first made in the Buckingham meeting for the Society of Friends
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| Thomas and Elizabeth marriage record The date is in old-style and therefore, the year began in March, so The 1, 29, 1721 is March 29, 1721 not January |
Died 22 Jun 1757 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Sources
Birth: England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Index (RG4-8)
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 380-381
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| Mary was a Quaker |
Born 31 Jan 1698 Barking, Essex, England
Married James Shaw 24 Sep 1718 Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
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| Mary and James Marriage record |
Died 9 Jun 1764 Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Sources
Birth: England Births and Christenings
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| John was a Quaker |
Born 2 February 1699 Barking, Essex, England
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| John Browne's birth record (spelling left intact, notes in red) Transcription: The second day of the twelfth month (this would be February, not December as the year began in March before 1752) in the yeare one thousand six hundred and ninety and nine about the fiveteeth hour in the nighte was borne unto Thomas Browne of Barking in the county of Essex, Shoemaker, and to Mary his wife a Sone who was naimed John and we being present att the birthe have hereunto subscribed our naimes. Elizabeth Browne, Mary Dowly Midwife, Mary Arnolde, Alics Tounsende |
Never Married
Note: John left a will, leaving his plantation to his brothers, left legacies to his brother George's and Thomas's kids, and his sister Mary's kids and to his sister, Hester. His will was proven 1 Oct 1728
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 381
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| Ann was a Quaker |
Born 26 May 1701 Barking, Essex, England
Note: her name is spelled Anne in the record
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| Anne's birth record Transcription: 1701 - Anne Brown daughter of Thomas Brown and Mary his wife was born on the six and twentieth day of the third month 1701 in the parish of Barking in the county of Essex. In the presence of Mary Flodd Midwife, Alice Mewton, Phyllis Bush, Phyllis Jacob, Anne Andrews Note: the year began in March prior to 1752, so the third month is May, not January |
Note: There is another Anne Brown - married to Isaac Brown with a death date that matches this year.
Sources
Birth: England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Index (RG4-8)
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 381
1779 Tax roll for Plumstead, owning 1 acre and 1 cow
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| Alexander was a Quaker |
Born 11 Feb 1703 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Alexander's birth record - note that it gives the old Quaker style of dating such as 11.11.1702-3 the year began in March prior to 1752. So, with February the last (12th) month of the year, this is actually 11 Jan 1703 |
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| Alexander Brown and Esther Dyer's marriage record |
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| Alexander Brown and Esther Dyer marriage record - bottom half of page These names are their friends and family invited to their wedding. |
Children: Elizabeth, Josiah, Esther, Thomas, Mary, John, Martha, Mary, Jonathan, Thomas, James
Died 2 Nov 1782 Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Buried 3 Nov 1782 Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Sources
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 381
1779 Tax roll for Plumstead, owning 127 acres
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| Elizabeth was a Quaker |
Born 13 June 1705 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Elizabeth and her brother's births Note that Elizabeth's birth is listed as 4.13.1705. Their calendar begins in March, so the 4th month is not April, but June. |
Married Thomas Robinson 5 July 1726 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Elizabeth and Thomas marriage, their daughter's birth, and Elizabeth's death Transcription: 1726: Thomas Robinson and Elizabeth Brown was married the 2nd day of the 5th month - this does not mean May 2, as their calendar begins in March - therefore, the 5 month is July, making the date 5 July 1726, not May 2 1726. |
Birth: Encyclopedia for American Quaker Genealogy Vol 1-7
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| -M- 7th Great Grandparents |
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| Joseph was a Quaker |
Married Ann Dawson 23 Mar 1729 Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Children: Abraham, Isaac, Ann, Dawson, Leah, Elizabeth, Joseph
Died 26 Feb 1748 Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Sources
Book: History of Bucks County Vol 1 by William Watts Harts Davis pages 381
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/bucks/wills/willabstbk2.txtBROWN, states that he had a will: Joseph. Plumstead Twp. May 16, 1748 Vol 2 page 107
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Thomas_Browne_and_Mary_Eyre_(1)
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| Esther was a Quaker |
Born 23 Feb 1709 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Joseph Dyer 25 Feb 1728 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Note: their calendar began in March so when it reports that they were married 12-25-1708-9, the 12th month is FEBRUARY, not December.)
Children: Josiah, Thomas, John, Ester, Phebe
Buried 11 Apr 1784 Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Sources
Pennsylvania Probate Records (her husband's will)
I found his mother to be Mercy Wright but ends with her on the maternal side.
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