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William Browne - was born about 1505 and died in 1565/1566 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England . William married Johan about 1530. Johan was born about 1510. She died in 1573 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England . Johan - In her will dated Mar. 31, 1572/3 and proved May 5, 1573, she calls herself 'Johan Browne late the wife of Willm Browne decessed,' and names as sons Edmund, John and Laurence, and as daughters Margaret, Annis and Alice. William - His will, dated Jan. 5, 1565/66, names all of his known children, and his wife 'Johan.' Married about 1530. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Edmund Browne was born about 1547, lived in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England and died in 1638/1639 . See #2. below.

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Edmund Browne - was born about 1547, lived in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England and died in 1638/1639 . He was the son of William Browne. Edmund married Mary Cramphorne. Mary was chr. on 27 Sep 1562. She is the daughter of William Cramphorne and Jone Plowe. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Abraham Browne was chr. on 22 Oct 1588 and died in 1645/1648 in Watertown, MA . See #3. below.

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Abraham Browne - was chr. on 22 Oct 1588 and died in 1645/1648 in Watertown, MA . He was the son of Edmund Browne and Mary Cramphorne. Abraham married Joan Shelton. Joan was born about 1599. She died in 1628 . Abraham - Admitted as freeman at Watertown, MA Mar. 6, 1631/2. He appears in the town records in various public positions from 1634 to 1647, notably those associated with survey work and land distribution. His lands inventory (1694) amounted to 191 acres in 5 parcels. The home lot of Abraham BROWNE passed to his grandson Capt. Abraham BROWN, and the home as rebuilt by the latter remained in the family for over 200 years, and is currently owned and operated by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Will filed Oct. 1, 1650, Middlesex Co., MA. His estate was not settled until Jan. 22, 1693/4 when it was divided between five claimants, with a double portion going to the estate of Jonathan, eldest son of Abraham. The original will has not been located, but the settlement provisions were apparently in disregard to its terms as summarized in an abstract found in the County Court (1670). email July 2008   The Mary (Browne) who married John Lewis in 1650 is the daughter of Abraham Browne, Sr. and Lydia/Lidea ( ? ) Browne Hodges. Abraham & Lydia Browne came from England on Winthrop's Fleet in 1630-1. Abraham Browne Sr. born 1585 in England, died in 1650 in Watertown, MA. His will & settlement pleas appears in Middlesex Co. Probate Records, Vol. 1, pgs. 21 - 24. It includes wife Lydia and daughter Mary Browne in the 1650 will and the heirs of Isaac Lewis in the 1691 land settlement. Abraham Browne's wife Lydia Browne later married Andrew Hodges. Their son Abraham Browne, Jr., born 1639-40 died 1667 Watertown, MA, m. 1663 Mary (Dix). She remarried ca. 1670 to Samuel Rice of Marlborough, MA. I am a descendant of Mary (Dix) Browne, daughter of Edward Dix, through her second marriage to Samuel Rice. Cindy Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Sarah Browne was chr. on 30 Jul 1620 and died before Sep 1650 in Watertown, MA . Sarah - married George Parkhurst, Jr. ii.  Hannah Browne was chr. on 25 Aug 1622. Hannah - died young. iii.  Mary Browne was chr. on 8 Feb 1623/1624. Mary married John Lewis on 10 Apr 1650 in Malden, MA. John was born in 1603. He was the son of Edward Lewis. He died on 16 Sep 1657 in Malden, MA . See Lewis family for children.

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