Person:John Brownson (6)

m. 12 May 1600
  1. Roger Brownson1601 -
  2. John Brownson1602 - 1680
  3. Edith Brownson1604/05 - 1680
  4. Cornelius Brownson1609/10 - 1656/57
  5. Alice Brownson1612 - 1612
  6. Richard Brownson1615 - Bef 1687
  7. Elizabeth Brownson1617/18 - 1618
  8. Mary BrownsonEst 1622/23 - Bef 1671
  • HJohn Brownson1602 - 1680
  • WFrances HillsEst 1606 - Aft 1680
m. 19 Nov 1626
  1. Mary Brownson1627 - Aft 1690
  2. John Brownson1628/29 -
  3. John Brownson1631 - 1631/32
  4. Dorcas Brownson1633 - 1697
  5. Sarah BrownsonAbt 1639 - 1711
  6. Jacob BrownsonAbt 1641 - 1707/08
  7. John BrownsonAbt 1643 - Bet 1711/12 & 1712
  8. Sergeant Isaac Bronson1645 - Bef 1718/19
  9. Lieutenant Abraham Bronson1647 - 1719
Facts and Events
Name[3] John Brownson
Alt Name[3] John Bronson
Alt Name[3] John Brunson
Gender Male
Christening[3][5] 21 Sep 1602 Lamarsh, Essex, EnglandHoly Innocents' Church
Marriage 19 Nov 1626 Halstead, Essex, EnglandSt. Andrew's Church
to Frances Hills
Emigration[2][8] Abt 1635 Probably on the Defence.
Emigration[6][8] 1637
Residence[6] 1637 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[7] 28 Nov 1680 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[7] Bet 28 Nov 1680 and 2 Dec 1680 Between date of death and date of probate action.
Probate[7] 2 Dec 1680 Inventory exhibited in Court.
References
  1.   Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    38:199-202.
  2. Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    38:194.

    His father's will, dated 4 Aug 1635, implies that he, his brother Richard and his sister Mary had left Essex by then.
    'The emigrants may well have sailed on the Defence, which departed from London "the last of July 1635" and arrived at Boston 8 Oct. 1635.' The article goes on to provide an argument for believing this might be true.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    38:199.

    'John Brownson (in later life his surname was variously spelled Brownson, Bronson and Brunson), second but eldest surviving son of Roger and Mary (Underwood) Brownson, was baptized at Lamarsh, Essex, 21 Sept. 1602, and died at Farmington, Conn., shortly before 28 Nov. 1680, aged 78.'

  4.   Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    38:201.

    'The inventory of the estate of John "Brunson" was taken 28 Nov. 1680, showing that he had died intestate shortly before that date.'

  5. Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    38:196.

    'Parish Registers of Holy Innocents' Church, Lamarsh, co. Essex
    1602 John Brownson son of Roger Brownson, bapt, 21 Sept.'

  6. 6.0 6.1 John Hopkins, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    3:413.

    John Brownson {1637, Hartford}

  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:278.

    Brunson, John, Farmington. Died 28 November 1680. Invt. £312-01-06. … 2 December 1680: Invt. now exhibited in Court by Jacob & Isaac Brunson & Dorcas Hopkins.

  8. 8.0 8.1 Not included in The Great Migration series as having emigrated in 1634 or 1635, so presumably did not show up in New England records until after 1635.