Person:Richard Brownson (2)

Richard Brownson
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
m. Abt 1643
  1. Abigail Brownson1643 - 1710
  2. John Brownson1645 - 1696
  • HRichard Brownson1615 - Bef 1687
  • WUnknown (28054)Bef 1626 - Abt 1665
m. Abt 1646/47
  1. Cornelius Brownson1647/48 - 1732
  2. Hannah BrownsonAbt 1650 - Bef 1712
  3. Elizabeth BrownsonBet 1651 & 1652 -
  4. Edith Brownson1655 - Aft 1684/85
  5. Mary Brownson1658/59 - Aft 1684/85
  6. Samuel BrownsonEst 1665 - 1741/42
m. Abt 1666
Facts and Events
Name[1] Richard Brownson
Alt Name Richard Bronson
Gender Male
Christening[1][2] 23 Jul 1615 Earls Colne, Essex, EnglandSt. Andrew's
Emigration[3] Abt 1635 Probably on the Defence.
Marriage Abt 1643 Connecticut, United Statesto Abigail? Wyborne
Marriage Abt 1646/47 to Unknown (28054)
Marriage Abt 1666 to Elizabeth Unknown
Will[1] 27 Feb 1684/85 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] Bef 26 Sep 1687 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[1] 26 Sep 1687
Probate[1] 26 Oct 1687

An original settler at Farmington... Richard and John Bronson were at Hartford at an early period of the settlement. From them, most, if not all, the Bronsons in Connecticut are descended. The artist, Frederic Remington, is a descendant.

From Families of Early Hartford, CT

Supposed to have been at Hartford with his brother, John; removed to Farmington 1653; joined the church there Apr 1654. Inv. Sept. 1687 L. 405-8. His first wife was [Abigail Wilborne/Weyborn/Wilbour/Wayborn] a sister of the wife [married in Willesborough, Kent, England] of William Pantrey of Hartford who mentions in her will Sept. 12 1651 "two children of Richard Bronson that he had by my sister, John and Abigail."

Will of Richard Brunson

'The will of "Richard Brunson of Farmington" was dated 27 Feb. 1684 [1684/5]. He devised to his wife (unnamed) during her life the use of the whole homestead, the lower room of the old house, "& one good cowe," bedding and household implements. Son Samuel to be sole executor and to have residue, "having given my two other sons their portions"; to daughter Hannah, £4 more; to daughter Eddy £3 more; to daughter Abigail, 40s. more; to daughter Mary, 40s. per annum as long as she liveth unmarried, and on her marriage a good cow; homelot to son Samuel. The inventory, amounting to £405-08-00, was taken 26 Sept. 1687, and the will was proved 26 Oct. 1687. ]Manwaring, Probates, 1:279.]'[1]

Cautionary Note about a Source

'Ernest R. Brownson, M.D., Genealogy of One Branch of the Richard Brownson Family, Mayville, North Dakota, 1851 is (sad to say) a book which should be used great caution, for it contains a number of errors, beginning with the belief in the existence of "Old Richard" Brownson.'[1]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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)
    38:204-207.
  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)
    38:195.

    Parish Registers of St. Andrew's Church, Earl's Colne, Essex ...
    BAPTISMS ...
    1615 Richard son of Roger Brownsonne, 23 July.'

  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)
    38:194.

    His father's will, dated 4 Aug 1635, implies that he, his brother John 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.