(Birth year is an estimate.)
"Charles Browne was one of the early settlers of Rowley, Mass. He was an educated man, and taught the Rowley school; he also played the drum for the town. He married Aug. 14, 1647, Mary Acey, dau. of William and Margaret Acey, of Rowley. She was buried Dec. 12, 1683. He was buried Dec. 16, 1687. Children: Beriah, Gershom, William, Jon, Samuel, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Mary, and Joseph." pp. 405-406.
"Charles Browne of Rowley in ye County of Essex. My last will & testament is as followeth, I give to my Eldest Son riah Browne twenty four pounds in some good pay eight pounds of it in or as good as money. I give to my sn William Browne half an acre of land in ye Town of Rowley to be Set out to him of my homestead & the One Half of th Eight acres of land at ye rie plain & one freehold. Item: I give to my Son John Browne one third part of ye land John being now possesed of it. I give to my Son Samuel Browne that piece of land lying by ye Streights Seven acres & a half more or less & half of Eight acres of land at ye Rie Plain. I give to my Son Ebenezer Browne one third part of ye land my Son Gershom bought of my brother John Acies, Ebenezer being already possessed of it. I give to my son Nathaniel Browne a grant of Eighteen acres be it more or less Joyning o the ox pature and my other Sons Lands & the lands he is possessed of I give to my Son Joseph Brone my house & land in the Town of Rowley bing my homestead all ye Remainder of it that is not give to my Son William & an acre & a half at Satchells of plow ground & meadow & one freehold. I give to my grand daughter Sarah Browne a Legacy given by my Son Gershom to her & left in my hands my Will is that my Executors pay it to her in one half Corne & the other half Cattle when she comesto ye age of twenty one or do Marry & my Son Joseph had alsoa Legacy given him by my son Gerhom which I declare hereby to be paid him in the lands I have given, So that he is not to Require anything of my Executors upon ye account of that Legacy he havig it in ye lands by me here Given and that he shall not be possessed of it till he comes to ye age of Twenty One years further my will is that my Sons John Browne, Nathaniel Browne, & Ebenezer Browne be my Executors & take care to pay all my debts and funerall Charges & for that End to inable them I Gie them to be Equally divided among them three all my land Meadowes and Appurtenances thereunto belonging either in the bounds of Rowley or elce where that are not already Conveyed & also all my Stockhouehold Stuff money or moneys Worth to be divided as aforesd, when my debts are paid and my obligacon to my father Acie during his life which they are to take care of if it please God now to take me out of this World this I declare to be my last Will & Testament.
(Mark of C) (Charles Browne - seal) This 20th of December 1687 we Saw Charles Browne Sign & Seal this intrument by Setting his Marke & Seal. Witnesses: Richard Dumer, Jonathan Wheeler, John Sterlin. Essex Probate Records. The name of Charles Browne is mentioned in the Rowley town records thirty-one times.
Source: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II, Part 1, 1628-1915, Part II, Many of the Descendants of Charles Browne of Rowley, Mass. 1647-1915 by Cyrus Henry Brown, Boston: Everett Press, 1915.
"In 1659 Charles testified against a suspected 'witch', one John Godfrey of Andover....Information on this trial is found in Witchcraft Trials, Salem, Mass.: Vol. 5, page 6."
Source: The Browns (Browne-Brown): Some of the Descendants of Charles Brown of Suffolk, England and Rowley, Massachusetts, Including The isconsin Descendants of Adon Morton Brown and Mary Calvery Brown, by Barbara Brown Cooper, 1977 (929.273 B812o)
"Charles Browne was one of the early settlers of Rowley, Mass. He was an educated man, and taught the Rowley school; he also played the drum for the town. He married Aug. 14, 1647, Mary Acey, dau. of William and Margaret Acey, of Rowley. She was buried Dec. 12, 1683. He was buried Dec. 16, 1687. Children: Beriah, Gershom, William, Jon, Samuel, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Mary, and Joseph." pp. 405-406.
"Charles Browne of Rowley in ye County of Essex. My last will & testament is as followeth, I give to my Eldest Son riah Browne twenty four pounds in some good pay eight pounds of it in or as good as money. I give to my sn William Browne half an acre of land in ye Town of Rowley to be Set out to him of my homestead & the One Half of th Eight acres of land at ye rie plain & one freehold. Item: I give to my Son John Browne one third part of ye land John being now possesed of it. I give to my Son Samuel Browne that piece of land lying by ye Streights Seven acres & a half more or less & half of Eight acres of land at ye Rie Plain. I give to my Son Ebenezer Browne one third part of ye land my Son Gershom bought of my brother John Acies, Ebenezer being already possessed of it. I give to my son Nathaniel Browne a grant of Eighteen acres be it more or less Joyning o the ox pature and my other Sons Lands & the lands he is possessed of I give to my Son Joseph Brone my house & land in the Town of Rowley bing my homestead all ye Remainder of it that is not give to my Son William & an acre & a half at Satchells of plow ground & meadow & one freehold. I give to my grand daughter Sarah Browne a Legacy given by my Son Gershom to her & left in my hands my Will is that my Executors pay it to her in one half Corne & the other half Cattle when she comesto ye age of twenty one or do Marry & my Son Joseph had alsoa Legacy given him by my son Gerhom which I declare hereby to be paid him in the lands I have given, So that he is not to Require anything of my Executors upon ye account of that Legacy he havig it in ye lands by me here Given and that he shall not be possessed of it till he comes to ye age of Twenty One years further my will is that my Sons John Browne, Nathaniel Browne, & Ebenezer Browne be my Executors & take care to pay all my debts and funerall Charges & for that End to inable them I Gie them to be Equally divided among them three all my land Meadowes and Appurtenances thereunto belonging either in the bounds of Rowley or elce where that are not already Conveyed & also all my Stockhouehold Stuff money or moneys Worth to be divided as aforesd, when my debts are paid and my obligacon to my father Acie during his life which they are to take care of if it please God now to take me out of this World this I declare to be my last Will & Testament.
(Mark of C) (Charles Browne - seal) This 20th of December 1687 we Saw Charles Browne Sign & Seal this intrument by Setting his Marke & Seal. Witnesses: Richard Dumer, Jonathan Wheeler, John Sterlin. Essex Probate Records. The name of Charles Browne is mentioned in the Rowley town records thirty-one times.
Source: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II, Part 1, 1628-1915, Part II, Many of the Descendants of Charles Browne of Rowley, Mass. 1647-1915 by Cyrus Henry Brown, Boston: Everett Press, 1915.
"In 1659 Charles testified against a suspected 'witch', one John Godfrey of Andover....Information on this trial is found in Witchcraft Trials, Salem, Mass.: Vol. 5, page 6."
Source: The Browns (Browne-Brown): Some of the Descendants of Charles Brown of Suffolk, England and Rowley, Massachusetts, Including The isconsin Descendants of Adon Morton Brown and Mary Calvery Brown, by Barbara Brown Cooper, 1977 (929.273 B812o)
(Birth year is an estimate.)
"Charles Browne was one of the early settlers of Rowley, Mass. He was an educated man, and taught the Rowley school; he also played the drum for the town. He married Aug. 14, 1647, Mary Acey, dau. of William and Margaret Acey, of Rowley. She was buried Dec. 12, 1683. He was buried Dec. 16, 1687. Children: Beriah, Gershom, William, Jon, Samuel, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Mary, and Joseph." pp. 405-406.
"Charles Browne of Rowley in ye County of Essex. My last will & testament is as followeth, I give to my Eldest Son riah Browne twenty four pounds in some good pay eight pounds of it in or as good as money. I give to my sn William Browne half an acre of land in ye Town of Rowley to be Set out to him of my homestead & the One Half of th Eight acres of land at ye rie plain & one freehold. Item: I give to my Son John Browne one third part of ye land John being now possesed of it. I give to my Son Samuel Browne that piece of land lying by ye Streights Seven acres & a half more or less & half of Eight acres of land at ye Rie Plain. I give to my Son Ebenezer Browne one third part of ye land my Son Gershom bought of my brother John Acies, Ebenezer being already possessed of it. I give to my son Nathaniel Browne a grant of Eighteen acres be it more or less Joyning o the ox pature and my other Sons Lands & the lands he is possessed of I give to my Son Joseph Brone my house & land in the Town of Rowley bing my homestead all ye Remainder of it that is not give to my Son William & an acre & a half at Satchells of plow ground & meadow & one freehold. I give to my grand daughter Sarah Browne a Legacy given by my Son Gershom to her & left in my hands my Will is that my Executors pay it to her in one half Corne & the other half Cattle when she comesto ye age of twenty one or do Marry & my Son Joseph had alsoa Legacy given him by my son Gerhom which I declare hereby to be paid him in the lands I have given, So that he is not to Require anything of my Executors upon ye account of that Legacy he havig it in ye lands by me here Given and that he shall not be possessed of it till he comes to ye age of Twenty One years further my will is that my Sons John Browne, Nathaniel Browne, & Ebenezer Browne be my Executors & take care to pay all my debts and funerall Charges & for that End to inable them I Gie them to be Equally divided among them three all my land Meadowes and Appurtenances thereunto belonging either in the bounds of Rowley or elce where that are not already Conveyed & also all my Stockhouehold Stuff money or moneys Worth to be divided as aforesd, when my debts are paid and my obligacon to my father Acie during his life which they are to take care of if it please God now to take me out of this World this I declare to be my last Will & Testament.
(Mark of C) (Charles Browne - seal) This 20th of December 1687 we Saw Charles Browne Sign & Seal this intrument by Setting his Marke & Seal. Witnesses: Richard Dumer, Jonathan Wheeler, John Sterlin. Essex Probate Records. The name of Charles Browne is mentioned in the Rowley town records thirty-one times.
Source: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II, Part 1, 1628-1915, Part II, Many of the Descendants of Charles Browne of Rowley, Mass. 1647-1915 by Cyrus Henry Brown, Boston: Everett Press, 1915.
"In 1659 Charles testified against a suspected 'witch', one John Godfrey of Andover....Information on this trial is found in Witchcraft Trials, Salem, Mass.: Vol. 5, page 6."
Source: The Browns (Browne-Brown): Some of the Descendants of Charles Brown of Suffolk, England and Rowley, Massachusetts, Including The isconsin Descendants of Adon Morton Brown and Mary Calvery Brown, by Barbara Brown Cooper, 1977 (929.273 B812o)
"Charles Browne was one of the early settlers of Rowley, Mass. He was an educated man, and taught the Rowley school; he also played the drum for the town. He married Aug. 14, 1647, Mary Acey, dau. of William and Margaret Acey, of Rowley. She was buried Dec. 12, 1683. He was buried Dec. 16, 1687. Children: Beriah, Gershom, William, Jon, Samuel, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Mary, and Joseph." pp. 405-406.
"Charles Browne of Rowley in ye County of Essex. My last will & testament is as followeth, I give to my Eldest Son riah Browne twenty four pounds in some good pay eight pounds of it in or as good as money. I give to my sn William Browne half an acre of land in ye Town of Rowley to be Set out to him of my homestead & the One Half of th Eight acres of land at ye rie plain & one freehold. Item: I give to my Son John Browne one third part of ye land John being now possesed of it. I give to my Son Samuel Browne that piece of land lying by ye Streights Seven acres & a half more or less & half of Eight acres of land at ye Rie Plain. I give to my Son Ebenezer Browne one third part of ye land my Son Gershom bought of my brother John Acies, Ebenezer being already possessed of it. I give to my son Nathaniel Browne a grant of Eighteen acres be it more or less Joyning o the ox pature and my other Sons Lands & the lands he is possessed of I give to my Son Joseph Brone my house & land in the Town of Rowley bing my homestead all ye Remainder of it that is not give to my Son William & an acre & a half at Satchells of plow ground & meadow & one freehold. I give to my grand daughter Sarah Browne a Legacy given by my Son Gershom to her & left in my hands my Will is that my Executors pay it to her in one half Corne & the other half Cattle when she comesto ye age of twenty one or do Marry & my Son Joseph had alsoa Legacy given him by my son Gerhom which I declare hereby to be paid him in the lands I have given, So that he is not to Require anything of my Executors upon ye account of that Legacy he havig it in ye lands by me here Given and that he shall not be possessed of it till he comes to ye age of Twenty One years further my will is that my Sons John Browne, Nathaniel Browne, & Ebenezer Browne be my Executors & take care to pay all my debts and funerall Charges & for that End to inable them I Gie them to be Equally divided among them three all my land Meadowes and Appurtenances thereunto belonging either in the bounds of Rowley or elce where that are not already Conveyed & also all my Stockhouehold Stuff money or moneys Worth to be divided as aforesd, when my debts are paid and my obligacon to my father Acie during his life which they are to take care of if it please God now to take me out of this World this I declare to be my last Will & Testament.
(Mark of C) (Charles Browne - seal) This 20th of December 1687 we Saw Charles Browne Sign & Seal this intrument by Setting his Marke & Seal. Witnesses: Richard Dumer, Jonathan Wheeler, John Sterlin. Essex Probate Records. The name of Charles Browne is mentioned in the Rowley town records thirty-one times.
Source: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II, Part 1, 1628-1915, Part II, Many of the Descendants of Charles Browne of Rowley, Mass. 1647-1915 by Cyrus Henry Brown, Boston: Everett Press, 1915.
"In 1659 Charles testified against a suspected 'witch', one John Godfrey of Andover....Information on this trial is found in Witchcraft Trials, Salem, Mass.: Vol. 5, page 6."
Source: The Browns (Browne-Brown): Some of the Descendants of Charles Brown of Suffolk, England and Rowley, Massachusetts, Including The isconsin Descendants of Adon Morton Brown and Mary Calvery Brown, by Barbara Brown Cooper, 1977 (929.273 B812o)
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