Person:Jonathan Browne (4)

Introducing Jonathan Browne of Southold, Suffolk Co, NY_______________________

Lineage of Jonathan Browne

Richard Brown 1629 - 1688 .. +Hannah King 1629 - 1688 .............. 2 Richard Brown 1651 - 1701 .................. +Dorothy King 1664 - 1750 .............. 2 Jonathan Brown 1653 - 1710 .................. +Unknown First Wife 1653 - 1696 .............. *2nd Wife of Jonathan Brown: .................. +Eliza Silvester 1653 - .............. 2 Hannah Brown 1655 - 1698 .................. +John Reeve 1652 - 1712 .............. 2 Mary Brown 1657 - .............. 2 William Brown 1659 - 1731 .................. +Catherine 1659 - 1732 .............. 2 Walter Brown 1661 - 1711 .................. +Unknown First Wife 1659 - .............. *2nd Wife of Walter Brown: .................. +Jane Conklin 1659 - .............. 2 Abigail Brown 1667 - 1716

Jonathan Browne Mentioned in Father's Will

Southold Town Records By Southold (N.Y.), Joseph Wickham Case, Riverhead (N.Y.),

The will of Lt. Richard Brown aka Richard Brown of Southold, yeoman (p71 of original)

P159 To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come, I Richard Brown of Southold, yeoman, send Greeting Know Ye that I the said Richard Brown, being in perfect memory, doe give devise, grant, and confirme unto my well beloved friend and brother in law John Tuthill of said Southold all and singular my lands and plantation, houses, barnes, stables, orchards, gardens, building, and other hereditaments to the same belonging, lying in Oysterpond Lower Neck or elsewhere with all commons and common of pasture, together with all cattle chattels and other stocks, utensils and other

P161 And shall likewise permit and suffer my second son Jonathan Brown peaceably to hold and enjoy 5 acres of land where his own barn now standeth, the land of John Tutthill Junior on the east – the highway north and the land of Walter Brown west – to rum from the common highway south down to the creek leaving a sufficient highway – And also ½ of 40 acres of land bounded southeast by his own land – northwest by the common highway – northeast by the land of John Tutthill Senior and southwest by the land of Gedion Yongs – and also a second lott of meadow at Ocquabauke – and also 1/3 part of all my lands and meadow within the bounds of Southold which premises together with what my said son Jonathan is already possessed on shall be his full share part and portion

p162 peaceably to hold and enjoy and possess all my home stall viz houses, barns, stables, cellars, orchards and gardens during my myne and my wifes naturall life, together with all lands, that is to say, west of the land to the pond by the North Sea, and so down to ye beach North and West – and on South down to the creek by the land of Walter Brown so far east as until he comes to a great white oak tree southeast. And from thence the common highway northerly 4 pole eastward of the Barn, the land of Jonathan Brown on the east as also all the land and meadow where the Mill now standeth reserving a sufficient highway for all my sons and their heirs forever –

And upon further trust and confidence in case my sons Richard, Jonathan and Walter shall not agree upon the equal division of the lands and meadow before mentioned, that then the said John Tuthill shall nominate and appoint so many men as to him or them shall seem convenient for the doeing of the same, he the said John always to be one, and upon further trust and confidence in him the said John Tutthill that he shall doe and use his uttermost endeavor to keepe peace and unity among my said sons, and to prevent all sutes and controversies in the law as much as in him lyeth – And upon further trust and

P163 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of February 1686/87 Richard Brown his mark Witnesses, Young Yongs, Isa Arnold Acknowledged the day and year aforesaid before me John Yongs

Entered or Benj Yo, 3 Mar 1694

1698 Southold Census

1698 Southold, Long Island Census, A Study of Identities, Norris M. Taylor, Jr. [online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~riss/ny/southold/1698_census.html

Brown, Jonathan, Eliza, Jonathan junjr, Eliza junjr, Hannah, Rachel (225-230)

This is Jonathan-2 (Richard-1) Brown and his second wife Eliza Silvester, daughter of Nathaniel Sylvester. All of these kids are from the first wife, who is unknown, per Lucy D. Akerly, NYGBR 31, 1900 Browne, Richard, 31:65-70, 1900

Land Indentures in Southold for Jonathan Browne

P164 Purchased of Jonathan Brown one first lot of meadow, 1 acre and halfe at Oysterponds Lower Neck bounded westerly by Nath More – south by meadow formerly owned by John Yongs deceased Entered 3 Aug 1699 Benj Youngs Recorder

P165 Jonathan Browne hath purchased of Daniell Youngs one first lot of meadow containing 1 ½ acres now in ye possession of Daniel Youngs. Entered 3 August 1699 Benj Youngs Recorder

Land Gift from Jonathan Browne's Father

To all Christian people I Richard Brown Senior of Southold, Yeoman, send Greeting. Know Ye that for the love I bear to my second son Jonathan of Southold I have given and by these presents doe give and grant unto my said son Jonathan the land his now dwelling house stands on and the ½ of my lott of Land called the Rocky Lott – bounded on the east by the land of Richard Brown Junior – the south north – the highway south – and the highway or lane westerly – also 10 acres of land adjoining to the Hog sty neck, bounded by the land of John Tutthill Senior northerly – the creek easterly – and the land of Richard Brown Junior southerly so high as the fence now stands westerly – excepting 1 ½ acres if I see cause to make use of it – And I doe further give and grant unto my said son Jonathan free egress and regress of highways and other privileges of commonage and cutting of wood on my whole intrest and right, of and to all my

P166 Privileges of lands in the Township of Southold proportionable to this my deed of gift. Witness my hand and seal this 20th January 1686/87 Witnesses John Tuthill, Is Arnold Richard Brown his mark The day and year aforesaid acknowledged before me John Yongs Entered Benj Y 8 Mar 1694

Documentation

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   A Brief Account of the Family of Lieutenant Richard Browne, of Southold, on the Island of Nassau, or Long Island, N. Y., Lucy D. Akerly, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record [NYGBR] Vol 31:65-70, 1900.

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   Judy Jacobson, Southold Connections Historical and Biographical Sketches of Northeastern Long Island, Clearfield Publishers, 1991, p12-13

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   Southold Town Records By Southold (N.Y.), Joseph Wickham Case, Riverhead (N.Y.), [online]

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   1698 Southold, Long Island Census, A Study of Identities, Norris M. Taylor, Jr. [online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~riss/ny/southold/1698_census.html