Richard Browne was first a Baptist, & then a Puritan, & was finally convinced to the Quaker faith. He & his first wife Mary had 9 children. He & his second wife Dorothy had 1 son, Jeremiah.
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical; By John Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, 1881. Pages 487-488:
"BROWN - There are many different families bearing this name, of which the descendants of James and William Brown, of Nottingham, are perhaps the most numerous. According to the evidence discovered by the late Henry Armitt Brown, Esq., of Philadelphia, they were the sons of Richard and Mary Brown, of Puddington, near Wellingboro', Northamptonshire. The father died 9, 28, 1662, and of his eight children James was born 3, 27, 1656, and William, 1, 29, 1658. James was married at Burlington, N.J., 6, 8, 1679, to Honor, daughter of William Clayton, of Chichester, where he also settled at first. His children were James, b. at Marcus Hook, 1, 17, 1681; William, b. 1, 13, 1682; Clayton, b. 8, 1, 1685; Jeremiah, Margery, Daniel, and Mary."
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical; By John Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, 1881. Pages 487-488:
"BROWN - There are many different families bearing this name, of which the descendants of James and William Brown, of Nottingham, are perhaps the most numerous. According to the evidence discovered by the late Henry Armitt Brown, Esq., of Philadelphia, they were the sons of Richard and Mary Brown, of Puddington, near Wellingboro', Northamptonshire. The father died 9, 28, 1662, and of his eight children James was born 3, 27, 1656, and William, 1, 29, 1658. James was married at Burlington, N.J., 6, 8, 1679, to Honor, daughter of William Clayton, of Chichester, where he also settled at first. His children were James, b. at Marcus Hook, 1, 17, 1681; William, b. 1, 13, 1682; Clayton, b. 8, 1, 1685; Jeremiah, Margery, Daniel, and Mary."
Richard Browne was first a Baptist, & then a Puritan, & was finally convinced to the Quaker faith. He & his first wife Mary had 9 children. He & his second wife Dorothy had 1 son, Jeremiah.
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical; By John Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, 1881. Pages 487-488:
"BROWN - There are many different families bearing this name, of which the descendants of James and William Brown, of Nottingham, are perhaps the most numerous. According to the evidence discovered by the late Henry Armitt Brown, Esq., of Philadelphia, they were the sons of Richard and Mary Brown, of Puddington, near Wellingboro', Northamptonshire. The father died 9, 28, 1662, and of his eight children James was born 3, 27, 1656, and William, 1, 29, 1658. James was married at Burlington, N.J., 6, 8, 1679, to Honor, daughter of William Clayton, of Chichester, where he also settled at first. His children were James, b. at Marcus Hook, 1, 17, 1681; William, b. 1, 13, 1682; Clayton, b. 8, 1, 1685; Jeremiah, Margery, Daniel, and Mary."
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical; By John Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, 1881. Pages 487-488:
"BROWN - There are many different families bearing this name, of which the descendants of James and William Brown, of Nottingham, are perhaps the most numerous. According to the evidence discovered by the late Henry Armitt Brown, Esq., of Philadelphia, they were the sons of Richard and Mary Brown, of Puddington, near Wellingboro', Northamptonshire. The father died 9, 28, 1662, and of his eight children James was born 3, 27, 1656, and William, 1, 29, 1658. James was married at Burlington, N.J., 6, 8, 1679, to Honor, daughter of William Clayton, of Chichester, where he also settled at first. His children were James, b. at Marcus Hook, 1, 17, 1681; William, b. 1, 13, 1682; Clayton, b. 8, 1, 1685; Jeremiah, Margery, Daniel, and Mary."
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